Honolulu in the Cold War
The atlas holds 11 people and 16 moments here, from 1957 to 1989. The most recorded lives are Ferdinand Marcos, Elvis Presley and Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
Notable people
Dolly Parton
in 1983
1 moment here
American singer-songwriter, actor, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Born in Pittman Center, Tennessee, Parton built a country-music career centered…
Elvis Presley
from 1961 to 1973
2 moments here
American singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley, widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up in Memphis,…
Ferdinand Marcos
from 1986 to 1989
3 moments here
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as president of the Philippines from 1965 until his overthrow…
Hirohito
in 1975
1 moment here
Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Kelly Preston
from 1962 to 1980
2 moments here
Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress whose career spanned film and television from 1980 to 2020.…
Maya Angelou
in 1965
1 moment here
American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…
Ngô Đình Diệm
in 1957
1 moment here
Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
from 1966 to 1968
2 moments here
South Vietnamese army officer and politician who led South Vietnam as chairman of the National Leadership Committee from 1965 and as president from…
Park Chung Hee
in 1968
1 moment here
Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…
Syngman Rhee
in 1965
1 moment here
Syngman Rhee was a Korean independence activist and the first president of the Republic of Korea, serving from 1948 until his resignation in 1960.…
Yasunari Kawabata
in 1969
1 moment here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…
Moments
- 1957 Final U.S. visit stop in Hawaii Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1961 Pearl Harbor memorial benefit Elvis Presley
- 1962 Birth in Honolulu Kelly Preston
- 1965 Singing career in Hawaii Maya Angelou
- 1965 Death in Honolulu Syngman Rhee
- 1966 Johnson conference in Honolulu Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1968 Johnson meeting in Honolulu Park Chung Hee
- 1968 Johnson meeting in Honolulu Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1969 Special lectures at the University of Hawaiʻi Yasunari Kawabata
- 1973 Aloha from Hawaii satellite concert Elvis Presley
- 1975 Conclusion of United States state visit Hirohito
- 1980 Punahou School graduation Kelly Preston
- 1983 Honolulu visit Dolly Parton
- 1986 Exile residence in Makiki Heights Ferdinand Marcos
- 1986 Arrival at Hickam Air Force Base Ferdinand Marcos
- 1989 Death at St. Francis Medical Center Ferdinand Marcos