Jeddah in the Space Age

The atlas holds 8 people and 11 moments here, from 1957 to 2023. The most recorded lives are Idi Amin, Osama bin Laden and George H. W. Bush.

Akhmad Kadyrov
in 2004
1 moment here
Chechen Islamic religious leader and politician. Born in Karaganda during his family’s deportation from Chechnya, he studied in Uzbekistan, returned…
Anwar Sadat
in 1973
1 moment here
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
in 1965
1 moment here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
George H. W. Bush
in 1990
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Idi Amin
from 1980 to 2003
3 moments here
Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
Muhammadu Buhari
in 2023
1 moment here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Osama bin Laden
from 1957 to 1968
2 moments here
Saudi-born founder and first emir of al-Qaeda. His documented movements include childhood and education in Saudi Arabia and England; militant…
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
in 2009
1 moment here
Nigerian teacher, businessman and politician who served as governor of Katsina State from 1999 to 2007 and president of Nigeria from 2007 until his…