Hong Kong in the Space Age
The atlas holds 12 people and 29 moments here, from 1958 to 2016. The most recorded lives are Bruce Lee, Teresa Teng and Yang Chen-Ning.
Notable people
Bruce Lee
from 1958 to 1973
11 moments here
Bruce Lee (Lee Jun-fan) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do.…
Chien-Shiung Wu
in 1965
1 moment here
Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…
Fidel V. Ramos
in 2016
1 moment here
Filipino military officer and politician who served as president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998.…
Ichirou Mizuki
from 2001 to 2009
2 moments here
Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor, and actor, born Toshio Hayakawa. Known as the “Emperor of Anime Songs,” Mizuki recorded theme songs…
Jiang Zemin
in 1997
1 moment here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Li Keqiang
in 2011
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1984
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Maryam Mirzakhani
in 1994
1 moment here
Iranian mathematician whose work transformed the study of hyperbolic surfaces, moduli spaces, and dynamics.…
Sydney Brenner
in 2001
1 moment here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
Teresa Teng
from 1976 to 1991
5 moments here
Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng (Teng Li-yun; 1953–1995) became one of the most influential popular vocalists in the Chinese-speaking world and across…
Thích Nhất Hạnh
in 2014
1 moment here
Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, teacher, author, and peace activist. Thích Nhất Hạnh helped develop engaged Buddhism, founded the Plum Village…
Yang Chen-Ning
from 1964 to 1997
3 moments here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…
Moments
- 1958 Hong Kong schools boxing tournament Bruce Lee
- 1964 Lecture and family visit in Hong Kong Yang Chen-Ning
- 1965 Family visit in Hong Kong Chien-Shiung Wu
- 1970 Lecture and family meeting in Hong Kong Yang Chen-Ning
- 1971 Return to Hong Kong for feature-film work Bruce Lee
- 1971 Stopover in Hong Kong en route to Thailand Bruce Lee
- 1971 Return to Hong Kong after Thailand filming Bruce Lee
- 1971 The Big Boss gala premiere Bruce Lee
- 1972 Game of Death fight-sequence filming Bruce Lee
- 1973 Enter the Dragon filming Bruce Lee
- 1973 Collapse and treatment at Hong Kong Baptist Hospital Bruce Lee
- 1973 Collapse at Golden Harvest studio Bruce Lee
- 1973 Death at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Bruce Lee
- 1973 Final meeting at Betty Ting's home Bruce Lee
- 1976 First Hong Kong concert Teresa Teng
- 1982 Charity concert at Queen Elizabeth Stadium Teresa Teng
- 1983 A Billion Applause Concert opening Teresa Teng
- 1984 Hong Kong press conference Margaret Thatcher
- 1989 Concert for Democracy in China Teresa Teng
- 1991 ATV East China disaster-relief performance Teresa Teng
- 1994 International Mathematical Olympiad gold medal Maryam Mirzakhani
- 1997 Hong Kong handover ceremony Yang Chen-Ning
- 1997 Hong Kong handover ceremony Jiang Zemin
- 2001 Shirley Boyde Memorial Lecture Sydney Brenner
- 2001 Hong Kong Character Showcase performance Ichirou Mizuki
- 2009 Hong Kong concert with Mitsuko Horie Ichirou Mizuki
- 2011 Official visit to Hong Kong Li Keqiang
- 2014 Honorary doctorate in Hong Kong Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 2016 Envoy mission to Hong Kong Fidel V. Ramos