London in the Space Age
The atlas holds 104 people and 242 moments here, from 1957 to 2025. The most recorded lives are Freddie Mercury, George Michael and Margaret Thatcher.
Notable people
Freddie Mercury
from 1964 to 1991
14 moments here
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…
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 2012
12 moments here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
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…
Heath Ledger
in 2008
1 moment here
Australian actor and music-video director whose career began in Australian television, expanded internationally after his 1998 move to the United…
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.…
Hugo Chávez
from 2001 to 2006
2 moments here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
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.…
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 2009
4 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 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 1964 to 1969
4 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
in 1999
1 moment here
Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1959
1 moment 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.…
Khaleda Zia
in 2025
2 moments here
Bangladeshi politician who was prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–1996 and 2001–2006, chaired the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1984 until her…
Moments
- 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
- 1969 Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference Indira Gandhi
- 1969 Beatles rooftop concert John Lennon
- 1969 Talk of the Town engagement Judy Garland
- 1969 Lecturer at King's College London Mario Vargas Llosa
- 1969 London meetings with Harold Wilson and Elizabeth II Richard Nixon
- 1969 Marriage to Mickey Deans Judy Garland
- 1969 Death at Cadogan Lane Judy Garland
- 1970 Come As You Are in London Glynis Johns
- 1970 Director of the MRC Biophysics Unit Maurice Wilkins
- 1970 Visit to London Willy Brandt
- 1970 Flew to Britain for The Persuaders! Tony Curtis
- 1970 Return engagement at Hammersmith Odeon Aretha Franklin
- 1971 Recorded demos at De Lane Lea Studios Freddie Mercury
- 1971 Doctoral work at SOAS John Atta Mills
- 1971 London recording of Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra Ravi Shankar
- 1972 Return to London for Frenzy Alfred Hitchcock
- 1972 CBS signing and United Kingdom tour Bob Marley
- 1972 Residence at Ridgmount Gardens Bob Marley
- 1972 Played Bedford College Freddie Mercury
- 1972 Arrival and meetings in London Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1972 Architectural Association studies Zaha Hadid
- 1972 Theological Education Fund base near Bromley Desmond Tutu
- 1972 Receives CBE insignia J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1972 Showcase at the Pheasantry Freddie Mercury
- 1972 Filming of I Wish You Love Marlene Dietrich
- 1972 Marquee Club performance Freddie Mercury
- 1973 Island Studios overdubbing work Bob Marley
- 1973 Studies at Central School of Speech and Drama Carrie Fisher
- 1973 Visits London with Oona Charlie Chaplin
- 1973 Official visit to London Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1974 Departure for London Abdus Salam
- 1974 Moved back to London Douglas Adams
- 1974 Filming Tommy Tina Turner
- 1974 Royal Albert Hall concert Lata Mangeshkar
- 1974 Met Graham Chapman at Chox opening party Douglas Adams
- 1975 Receives knighthood Charlie Chaplin
- 1977 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures Carl Sagan
- 1977 London and Newcastle visit Jimmy Carter
- 1977 Rainbow Theatre concerts Bob Marley
- 1977 Earls Court Jubilee concerts Freddie Mercury
- 1978 Is This Love video recording Bob Marley