New York City in the Cold War
The atlas holds 139 people and 301 moments here, from 1947 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Andy Warhol, John Lennon and Édith Piaf.
Notable people
Golda Meir
from 1948 to 1960
2 moments here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Grace Kelly
in 1949
1 moment here
American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
Haile Selassie
in 1963
1 moment here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Helen Keller
in 1947
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Herbert Hoover
from 1952 to 1964
2 moments here
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1949
1 moment here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
Idi Amin
in 1975
1 moment here
Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
Igor Stravinsky
from 1948 to 1971
3 moments here
Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…
I. M. Pei
in 1948
1 moment here
Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect whose work ranged from U.S. civic and cultural buildings to major projects in China, France, and the…
Indira Gandhi
from 1968 to 1983
3 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.…
Isaac Asimov
from 1948 to 1983
3 moments here
American writer and biochemist best known for science fiction, popular-science writing, and the Foundation and Robot series.…
Italo Calvino
from 1959 to 1983
2 moments here
Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
from 1981 to 1991
5 moments here
Peruvian diplomat and politician who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991).…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1960
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…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
from 1966 to 1985
5 moments here
Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
Jim Morrison
in 1967
1 moment here
James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the Doors.…
Jimmy Carter
in 1976
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…
Joan Fontaine
from 1954 to 1961
2 moments here
British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…
John F. Kennedy
from 1960 to 1962
2 moments here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Lennon
from 1964 to 1980
10 moments here
English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…
John Steinbeck
in 1968
1 moment here
American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…
Jorge Luis Borges
from 1971 to 1979
3 moments here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Judy Garland
from 1951 to 1967
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
in 1955
1 moment here
Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Moments
- 1962 Death at East 74th Street home Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1963 Works at the East 87th Street firehouse studio Andy Warhol
- 1963 Conserved-vector-current experiment at Columbia Chien-Shiung Wu
- 1963 Getz/Gilberto recording, first session Astrud Gilberto
- 1963 Getz/Gilberto recording, second session Astrud Gilberto
- 1963 Too True to Be Good at the 54th Street Theatre Glynis Johns
- 1963 Doug Jones fight Muhammad Ali
- 1963 Tovarich opens on Broadway Vivien Leigh
- 1963 Address to the United Nations General Assembly Haile Selassie
- 1964 Moves into the Silver Factory Andy Warhol
- 1964 Englewood residence with Hugh Masekela Miriam Makeba
- 1964 Television interview in New York P. L. Travers
- 1964 Ed Sullivan Show debut John Lennon
- 1964 Lectures at the New School Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1964 Meeting with Arthur C. Clarke Stanley Kubrick
- 1964 Live recording at Café Au Go Go Astrud Gilberto
- 1964 Carnegie Hall concert recording Astrud Gilberto
- 1964 Death in New York City Herbert Hoover
- 1964 Departure from New York for world tour Che Guevara
- 1964 United Nations address Che Guevara
- 1965 New York conference Carlos Fuentes
- 1965 Street performances in New York Yayoi Kusama
- 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act signing Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1966 Delmonico Hotel multimedia performance Andy Warhol
- 1966 Public talks in New York City Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1966 UNCTAD work in New York Manmohan Singh
- 1966 Public-health study at Columbia Nawal El Saadawi
- 1966 Opening of Peep Show Yayoi Kusama
- 1966 Walking Piece in New York Yayoi Kusama
- 1966 Harvey Lecture in New York Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1966 United States readings and PEN meetings Pablo Neruda
- 1966 Paint-your-own-dress demonstration Andy Warhol
- 1967 Visiting professor at Rockefeller University Lars Onsager
- 1967 First Broadway engagement Marlene Dietrich
- 1967 Return to New York Maya Angelou
- 1967 Random House transfer Toni Morrison
- 1967 Addresses antiwar march at United Nations Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1967 Delivers “Beyond Vietnam” Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1967 Return to the Palace Theatre Judy Garland
- 1967 Ed Sullivan Show performance Jim Morrison
- 1967 Visit to United Nations Headquarters Lee Kuan Yew
- 1967 UN Headquarters meeting with Singapore delegation U Thant
- 1967 Felt Forum appearances Judy Garland
- 1968 Jam session in the Bronx Bob Marley
- 1968 First visit to New York Claude Simon
- 1968 Second Broadway engagement Marlene Dietrich
- 1968 Walk through Harlem after King's assassination Marlon Brando
- 1968 Homosexual Wedding happening Yayoi Kusama
- 1968 Performance at Fillmore East Yayoi Kusama
- 1968 Shot at the Factory Andy Warhol