Madrid in the Cold War

The atlas holds 29 people and 38 moments here, from 1947 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Alfredo Di Stéfano, Alan García and Jorge Luis Borges.

Notable people

Ahmed Sékou Touré
in 1982
1 moment here
Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…
Alan García
from 1972 to 1987
3 moments here
Alan García Pérez was a Peruvian politician and leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party who served two nonconsecutive terms as president of Peru, from…
Alfredo Di Stéfano
from 1953 to 1967
3 moments here
Argentine-born footballer and manager who became a Spanish citizen and was the central player in Real Madrid's five consecutive European Cup…
Augusto Pinochet
in 1975
1 moment here
Augusto Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer who led the 11 September 1973 coup and ruled Chile as head of the military junta and then…
Carlos Fuentes
in 1988
1 moment here
Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and diplomat. Born in Panama City to a Mexican diplomat, he spent…
Diego Maradona
from 1983 to 1984
2 moments here
Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…
Dolores del Río
in 1955
1 moment here
Mexican actress Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete) was a major star of silent-era Hollywood and the Golden Age of…
Elizabeth II
in 1988
1 moment here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1960
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Eva Perón
in 1947
1 moment here
María Eva Duarte de Perón, known as Eva or Evita Perón, was an Argentine actress, political leader, social-welfare organizer, and First Lady of…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1979
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
George H. W. Bush
in 1991
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
George Michael
in 1989
1 moment here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
Gerald Ford
in 1975
1 moment here
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…
Jimmy Carter
in 1980
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…
Jorge Luis Borges
from 1973 to 1985
2 moments here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Juan Perón
in 1961
2 moments here
Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine army officer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and again from 1973 until his…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1971
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…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
in 1989
1 moment here
Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Mario Vargas Llosa
from 1958 to 1971
2 moments here
Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…
Mercedes Sosa
in 1980
1 moment here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
from 1973 to 1974
2 moments here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1991
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Olav V
in 1984
1 moment here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…

Madrid in the Cold War

Notable people

Ahmed Sékou Touré

Alan García

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Augusto Pinochet

Carlos Fuentes

Diego Maradona

Dolores del Río

Elizabeth II

Ernest Hemingway

Eva Perón

Gabriel García Márquez

George H. W. Bush

George Michael

Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter

Jorge Luis Borges

Juan Perón

Katharine Hepburn

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Mario Vargas Llosa

Mercedes Sosa

Miguel Ángel Asturias

Mikhail Gorbachev

Olav V

Moments

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