Dublin in the Space Age
The atlas holds 14 people and 21 moments here, from 1961 to 2014. The most recorded lives are Elizabeth II, Grace Kelly and Stanley Kubrick.
Notable people
Bob Marley
in 1980
1 moment here
Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work with the Wailers made reggae an international musical force.…
Desmond Tutu
in 1991
1 moment here
South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…
Elizabeth II
in 2011
5 moments here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
F. W. de Klerk
in 2008
1 moment here
South African lawyer and National Party politician who served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994…
Grace Kelly
from 1961 to 1979
3 moments here
American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
John F. Kennedy
in 1963
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Kofi Annan
in 2014
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Maurice Wilkins
in 1992
1 moment here
New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…
Muhammad Ali
in 1972
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Pope Francis
in 1980
1 moment here
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…
Richard Nixon
in 1970
1 moment here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1984
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Stanley Kubrick
from 1973 to 1974
2 moments here
American filmmaker and photographer whose career began in New York photojournalism, expanded through Hollywood productions and European location…
Stephen Hawking
in 2004
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Moments
- 1961 Irish state visit at Áras an Uachtaráin Grace Kelly
- 1963 Arrived in Dublin John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Family visit to Carton House Grace Kelly
- 1970 State visit to Ireland Richard Nixon
- 1972 Alvin Lewis fight Muhammad Ali
- 1973 Barry Lyndon production in Dublin Stanley Kubrick
- 1974 Departure from Ireland via Dún Laoghaire Stanley Kubrick
- 1979 Dublin Theatre Festival arrival Grace Kelly
- 1980 English study at Milltown Pope Francis
- 1980 Final outdoor concert Bob Marley
- 1984 Addresses Irish Parliament Ronald Reagan
- 1991 Televised service in Dublin Desmond Tutu
- 1992 Honorary degree at Trinity College Dublin Maurice Wilkins
- 2004 Information-paradox lecture in Dublin Stephen Hawking
- 2008 College Historical Society visit F. W. de Klerk
- 2011 Arrived at Casement Aerodrome Elizabeth II
- 2011 Honoured Irish independence dead Elizabeth II
- 2011 Spoke at Dublin Castle Elizabeth II
- 2011 Stayed at Farmleigh in Ireland Elizabeth II
- 2011 Visited Croke Park Elizabeth II
- 2014 One Young World Summit Kofi Annan