Chicago in the Cold War
The atlas holds 27 people and 32 moments here, from 1947 to 1988. The most recorded lives are John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Enrico Fermi.
Notable people
Ada Yonath
in 1977
1 moment here
Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…
Ahmed Sékou Touré
in 1959
1 moment here
Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…
Alexei Leonov
in 1975
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…
Carl Sagan
in 1951
1 moment here
American astronomer, planetary scientist, educator, author, and science communicator. Sagan studied at the University of Chicago, held appointments…
Carrie Fisher
in 1979
1 moment here
Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, writer, and public advocate, internationally known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1961
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Edmund Hillary
from 1959 to 1960
2 moments here
New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Hillary became internationally known after reaching Mount Everest’s summit with…
Enrico Fermi
in 1954
2 moments here
Italian and naturalized-American physicist whose documented movements trace a path from Rome and Pisa through European study in Göttingen and Leiden,…
Gerald Ford
in 1974
1 moment here
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…
Golda Meir
in 1948
1 moment here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Grace Kelly
in 1971
1 moment here
American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
Harry S. Truman
in 1948
1 moment here
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…
Joan Fontaine
in 1967
1 moment here
British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…
John Eccles
in 1966
1 moment here
Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
John F. Kennedy
from 1954 to 1960
2 moments here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1966
2 moments here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Mercedes Sosa
in 1986
1 moment here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Muhammad Ali
in 1959
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Oscar Niemeyer
in 1988
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist architect whose career ranged from early work in Rio de Janeiro and New York to Brasília, Paris exile, and later international…
Ravi Shankar
in 1974
1 moment here
Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar (1920–2012) was a leading exponent of Hindustani classical music whose performances, teaching, recordings,…
Robin Williams
in 1951
1 moment here
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian, born in Chicago and raised in Illinois, Michigan, and California.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1980
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Simone de Beauvoir
in 1947
1 moment here
French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Born and died in Paris, Beauvoir studied philosophy in Paris,…
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
from 1952 to 1964
2 moments here
Indian-American astrophysicist whose work established the Chandrasekhar limit and ranged across stellar structure, stellar dynamics, radiative…
Moments
- 1947 Meeting Nelson Algren Simone de Beauvoir
- 1948 Fundraising speech in Chicago Golda Meir
- 1948 Chicago Stadium campaign address Harry S. Truman
- 1951 University of Chicago student Carl Sagan
- 1951 Birth at St. Luke's Hospital Robin Williams
- 1952 Teaching commute to Chicago Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- 1954 Post-state-visit stop in Chicago Syngman Rhee
- 1954 Addressed Chicago executives John F. Kennedy
- 1954 Exploratory operation Enrico Fermi
- 1954 Death at home Enrico Fermi
- 1959 State-visit stop in Chicago Ahmed Sékou Touré
- 1959 Chicago Golden Gloves championship Muhammad Ali
- 1959 World Book meeting in Chicago Edmund Hillary
- 1960 Faced Nixon in the first televised debate John F. Kennedy
- 1960 Yeti-scallop examination trip Edmund Hillary
- 1961 Lee Lecture at the University of Chicago Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1964 Permanent move to Chicago campus Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- 1966 Institute for Biomedical Research appointment John Eccles
- 1966 Moves into North Lawndale apartment Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1966 Peace press conference with Martin Luther King Jr. Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 1966 Marches through Marquette Park Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1967 Dial M for Murder in Chicago Joan Fontaine
- 1971 La Leche League conference address Grace Kelly
- 1973 Visit to Chicago Willy Brandt
- 1974 Heart attack during North American tour Ravi Shankar
- 1974 Veterans of Foreign Wars address Gerald Ford
- 1975 Chicago motorcade during United States tour Alexei Leonov
- 1977 Visiting professor at the University of Chicago Ada Yonath
- 1979 Filming The Blues Brothers Carrie Fisher
- 1980 Debates Republican rivals in Chicago Ronald Reagan
- 1986 Performance in Chicago Mercedes Sosa
- 1988 Pritzker Prize ceremony Oscar Niemeyer