London in the Cold War
The atlas holds 92 people and 193 moments here, from 1947 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Freddie Mercury, Diana, Princess of Wales and Margaret Thatcher.
Notable people
F. W. de Klerk
in 1989
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…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1957
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
George Michael
from 1963 to 1988
5 moments here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
George Orwell
from 1949 to 1950
2 moments here
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Glynis Johns
from 1960 to 1970
2 moments here
British actress, dancer and singer whose stage and screen career ran from childhood performances in Britain to Broadway and later American work.…
Hastings Banda
in 1985
1 moment here
Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian physician and politician who led Nyasaland to independence and served as Malawi's prime minister and first…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1962
1 moment here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
Howard Florey
in 1960
1 moment here
Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…
Igor Stravinsky
in 1961
1 moment here
Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…
Indira Gandhi
from 1966 to 1969
2 moments 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.…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1948
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jim Morrison
in 1968
1 moment here
James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the Doors.…
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…
John Atta Mills
from 1968 to 1971
2 moments here
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian legal scholar and politician who served as vice president of Ghana from 1997 to 2001 and president from 7…
John Cornforth
in 1951
1 moment here
Australian-British organic chemist and 1975 Nobel Prize laureate, noted for elucidating the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions.…
John F. Kennedy
in 1961
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Lennon
from 1963 to 1969
3 moments here
English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…
Jomo Kenyatta
in 1962
1 moment here
Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who became Kenya’s first prime minister in 1963 and first president…
J. R. R. Tolkien
in 1972
1 moment here
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Judy Garland
from 1951 to 1969
5 moments here
American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…
Julius Nyerere
from 1951 to 1952
2 moments here
Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Katharine Hepburn
from 1952 to 1959
2 moments here
American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Kenneth Kaunda
in 1964
1 moment here
Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…
Lata Mangeshkar
in 1974
1 moment here
Indian playback singer and occasional composer whose career spanned eight decades. Born in Indore, she moved to Mumbai in 1945 and became a central…
Moments
- 1958 Royal Society meeting in London Satyendra Nath Bose
- 1958 CND public launch at Central Hall Bertrand Russell
- 1959 Suddenly, Last Summer filmed in London Katharine Hepburn
- 1959 Croonian Lectures in London Macfarlane Burnet
- 1959 Finchley campaign speech Margaret Thatcher
- 1959 Adopted as Finchley candidate Margaret Thatcher
- 1960 Constitutional talks at Lancaster House Daniel arap Moi
- 1960 Marriage to Cecil Henderson Glynis Johns
- 1960 Hospitalization at the London Clinic Elizabeth Taylor
- 1960 Inspection of Carlton House Terrace Howard Florey
- 1961 Second Christmas Lecture series Lawrence Bragg
- 1961 Ugandan Constitutional Conference Milton Obote
- 1961 Permanent move to the United Kingdom Stanley Kubrick
- 1961 Visited London after Vienna John F. Kennedy
- 1961 Second imprisonment at Brixton Prison Bertrand Russell
- 1961 European concert tour visit to London Igor Stravinsky
- 1962 Study and ministry in Golders Green Desmond Tutu
- 1962 Lancaster House constitutional conference Jomo Kenyatta
- 1962 Conducts ANC business in London Nelson Mandela
- 1962 Tenth Pugwash Conference in London Hideki Yukawa
- 1963 Elizabeth Taylor in London filming Elizabeth Taylor
- 1963 Twinning visit to Hammersmith Willy Brandt
- 1963 Recording Please Please Me John Lennon
- 1963 Birth in East Finchley George Michael
- 1963 State visit in London Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1964 Studied at Isleworth Polytechnic Freddie Mercury
- 1964 Queen's Theatre engagement Marlene Dietrich
- 1964 Arrival in London for Leeds study Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- 1964 City of London Festival performance Ram Narayan
- 1964 Stockwell Park Crescent home V. S. Naipaul
- 1964 Independence talks visit Kenneth Kaunda
- 1964 London Palladium concerts with Liza Minnelli Judy Garland
- 1965 Death at home T. S. Eliot
- 1965 Dies at Hyde Park Gate Winston Churchill
- 1966 Foundation chairmanship in London Macfarlane Burnet
- 1966 West End performance at Wyndham's Theatre Olivia Hussey
- 1966 London stopover Indira Gandhi
- 1966 Henry Cooper rematch Muhammad Ali
- 1966 World Cup semi-final Eusébio
- 1966 First meeting with Yoko Ono John Lennon
- 1967 Lived with her mother during parental separation Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1967 Death at Eaton Square flat Vivien Leigh
- 1968 Meeting John Lennon at the May Fair Hotel Brigitte Bardot
- 1968 LLM at the London School of Economics John Atta Mills
- 1968 Lobbying British leaders over military withdrawal Lee Kuan Yew
- 1968 London concert at Finsbury Park Astoria Aretha Franklin
- 1968 London concert at Hammersmith Odeon Aretha Franklin
- 1968 Roundhouse performances Jim Morrison
- 1969 Graduated from Ealing Art College Freddie Mercury
- 1969 Sold clothes at Kensington Market Freddie Mercury