Geneva in the Cold War
The atlas holds 26 people and 41 moments here, from 1953 to 1990. The most recorded lives are Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Jorge Luis Borges and Kofi Annan.
Notable people
Abdus Salam
from 1955 to 1958
2 moments here
Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…
Agostinho Neto
in 1973
1 moment here
António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan physician, poet, anti-colonial leader, president of the MPLA, and the first president of independent Angola.…
Benazir Bhutto
in 1984
1 moment here
Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…
Claude Simon
from 1982 to 1986
2 moments here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
in 1977
2 moments here
Ivorian physician and politician who became the first president of Côte d’Ivoire, serving from independence in 1960 until his death in 1993.…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1955
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1958
1 moment here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
Indira Gandhi
in 1981
1 moment here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
from 1976 to 1987
4 moments here
Peruvian diplomat and politician who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991).…
Jimmy Carter
in 1977
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Jorge Luis Borges
from 1985 to 1986
3 moments here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Kofi Annan
from 1961 to 1980
3 moments here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Manmohan Singh
from 1971 to 1987
2 moments here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1985
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1990
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Osho
in 1986
1 moment here
Indian guru and founder of the Rajneesh movement, born Chandra Mohan Jain. His documented life moved between central and western India, the United…
Raisa Gorbacheva
in 1985
2 moments here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Rajiv Gandhi
in 1985
1 moment here
Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian aircraft pilot and politician who served as prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989.…
Richard Feynman
in 1958
2 moments here
American theoretical physicist known for foundational work in quantum electrodynamics, the path-integral formulation of quantum mechanics, and…
Ronald Reagan
in 1985
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Satyendra Nath Bose
in 1953
1 moment here
Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician whose 1924 work founded Bose-Einstein statistics.…
Stephen Hawking
in 1985
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Sydney Brenner
in 1980
1 moment here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
U Thant
in 1970
1 moment here
Burmese diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1961–1971). Born in Pantanaw, he taught and served in Burma’s government before…
Moments
- 1953 Visit to Geneva Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1954 Geneva Conference Zhou Enlai
- 1955 Scientific secretary at Geneva conference Abdus Salam
- 1955 Foreign-correspondent assignment in Geneva Gabriel García Márquez
- 1957 Summer reunion in Geneva Yang Chen-Ning
- 1958 Scientific secretary at Geneva conference Abdus Salam
- 1958 Second Geneva Atoms for Peace conference Hideki Yukawa
- 1958 Atoms for Peace Conference Richard Feynman
- 1958 Meeting Gweneth Howarth at Lake Geneva Richard Feynman
- 1960 Family reunion in Geneva Yang Chen-Ning
- 1961 International-relations study in Geneva Kofi Annan
- 1962 Budget officer at WHO Kofi Annan
- 1962 Third Geneva reunion Yang Chen-Ning
- 1970 Press conference in Geneva U Thant
- 1971 UNCTAD Trade and Development Board meeting Manmohan Singh
- 1973 Presence in Geneva Agostinho Neto
- 1976 Report to the Secretary-General in Geneva Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1977 Meeting with Vorster in Geneva Félix Houphouët-Boigny
- 1977 Geneva official visit Jimmy Carter
- 1977 Cologny residence meeting with Pik Botha Félix Houphouët-Boigny
- 1980 UNHCR personnel chief in Geneva Kofi Annan
- 1980 Jean Weigle Lecture Sydney Brenner
- 1981 World Health Assembly attendance Indira Gandhi
- 1982 Conference in Geneva Claude Simon
- 1983 Press conference in Geneva Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1984 Released to Geneva Benazir Bhutto
- 1984 Press conference at Palais des Nations Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1985 Medical emergency during CERN trip Stephen Hawking
- 1985 International Labour Conference visit Rajiv Gandhi
- 1985 Final departure for Geneva Jorge Luis Borges
- 1985 Geneva Summit Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1985 Geneva Summit tea Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1985 International Red Cross event Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1985 Meets Gorbachev in Geneva Ronald Reagan
- 1986 Flight to Geneva Osho
- 1986 Marriage through Paraguayan consulate in Geneva Jorge Luis Borges
- 1986 Death in Geneva Jorge Luis Borges
- 1986 Colloquium in Geneva Claude Simon
- 1987 South Commission secretary-general in Geneva Manmohan Singh
- 1987 UNCTAD VII inaugural address Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1990 Visits Geneva Nelson Mandela