Madrid in the Space Age
The atlas holds 33 people and 46 moments here, from 1957 to 2023. The most recorded lives are Mario Vargas Llosa, Alfredo Di Stéfano and Alan García.
Notable people
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
in 2008
1 moment here
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2005 until his death in 2015.…
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 1957 to 2014
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.…
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,…
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…
José Mujica
in 2010
1 moment here
Uruguayan guerrilla fighter, farmer and politician who was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.…
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…
Kofi Annan
in 2005
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
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 2023
4 moments here
Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…
Mercedes Sosa
from 1980 to 2008
2 moments 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.…
Moments
- 1957 Second European Cup final Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1958 Study scholarship in Madrid Mario Vargas Llosa
- 1959 Studies paintings at the Prado Salvador Dalí
- 1960 Cable en route to Madrid Ernest Hemingway
- 1961 Marriage during Madrid exile Juan Perón
- 1961 Villa in Puerta de Hierro Juan Perón
- 1967 Farewell match at the Bernabéu Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1970 State visit to Madrid Richard Nixon
- 1971 Filming The Trojan Women in Spain Katharine Hepburn
- 1971 Doctorate at Complutense Mario Vargas Llosa
- 1972 Doctoral studies in Madrid Alan García
- 1973 Travel to Madrid Jorge Luis Borges
- 1973 Final residence in Madrid Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1974 Death in Madrid Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1975 Sociology seminar in Madrid Alan García
- 1975 Meeting with Francisco Franco Gerald Ford
- 1975 Travel to Spain for Franco funeral Augusto Pinochet
- 1979 Visit to Spain Gabriel García Márquez
- 1980 Exile residence in Madrid Mercedes Sosa
- 1980 Madrid official visit Jimmy Carter
- 1982 State visit to Madrid Ahmed Sékou Touré
- 1983 Copa de la Liga final first leg Diego Maradona
- 1984 Copa del Rey final and brawl Diego Maradona
- 1984 State visit to Spain Olav V
- 1985 Presentation of Los conjurados in Madrid Jorge Luis Borges
- 1985 Makes Madrid state visit Ronald Reagan
- 1986 Stop in Madrid Osho
- 1987 Meeting Felipe González at Moncloa Palace Alan García
- 1988 Cervantes Prize visit to Madrid Carlos Fuentes
- 1988 State visit to Madrid Elizabeth II
- 1989 Faith Tour concert in Madrid George Michael
- 1989 ECOWAS address in Madrid Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1991 Middle East Peace Conference opening George H. W. Bush
- 1991 Madrid Peace Conference Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1993 State visit to Spain Violeta Chamorro
- 1996 Royal Spanish Academy inauguration Mario Vargas Llosa
- 2005 Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security Kofi Annan
- 2008 International tour through Spain Mercedes Sosa
- 2008 World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- 2010 Energy-investment meetings José Mujica
- 2011 State visit to Madrid Sebastián Piñera
- 2014 Death at Gregorio Marañón Hospital Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 2019 Spanish Order of Civil Merit Sushma Swaraj
- 2021 State visit to Madrid Sebastián Piñera
- 2022 State visit to Spain Muhammadu Buhari
- 2023 Hospitalization in Madrid Mario Vargas Llosa