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

  1. Katharine Hepburn

    from 1950 to 1969

    3 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…

  2. Kenzaburō Ōe

    in 1968

    1 moment here

    Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, Nobel laureate, and prominent pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigner.…

  3. Kofi Annan

    in 1983

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  4. Lars Onsager

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    Norwegian-American physical chemist and theoretical physicist whose career took him from Norway and Switzerland to major American universities.…

  5. Lee Kuan Yew

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…

  6. Liu Xiaobo

    in 1989

    1 moment here

    Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…

  7. Louis Armstrong

    in 1971

    2 moments here

    American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…

  8. Lyndon B. Johnson

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) was a Texas-born teacher, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 36th president of the United States.…

  9. Macfarlane Burnet

    from 1956 to 1980

    2 moments here

    Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

  10. Manmohan Singh

    in 1966

    1 moment here

    Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…

  11. Margaret Thatcher

    in 1989

    1 moment here

    British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

  12. Marilyn Monroe

    in 1962

    1 moment here

    American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…

  13. Marlene Dietrich

    from 1967 to 1968

    2 moments here

    German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…

  14. Marlon Brando

    from 1968 to 1973

    2 moments here

    American actor and activist whose stage and screen career ranged from Broadway in the 1940s to major films through the early 2000s.…

  15. Martin Luther King Jr.

    from 1958 to 1967

    5 moments here

    American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…

  16. Maya Angelou

    from 1959 to 1967

    4 moments here

    American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…

  17. Mercedes Sosa

    from 1986 to 1987

    2 moments here

    Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…

  18. Mikhail Gorbachev

    in 1988

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

  19. Miriam Makeba

    from 1959 to 1975

    5 moments here

    South African singer, songwriter, actor, and anti-apartheid activist known as “Mama Africa.” Makeba’s career took her from Johannesburg and Pretoria…

  20. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…

  21. Momoko Kōchi

    in 1958

    1 moment here

    Japanese film, stage, and television actress, born Momoko Ōkōchi. She became widely known for playing Emiko Yamane in Godzilla (1954), later worked…

  22. Muhammad Ali

    from 1963 to 1985

    4 moments here

    Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…

  23. Nadine Gordimer

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…

  24. Nawal El Saadawi

    in 1966

    1 moment here

    Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, feminist writer, and activist whose life and work challenged patriarchal authority, gender-based violence,…

Moments

  1. 1968 Conversation in Greenwich Village Kenzaburō Ōe
  2. 1968 United Nations General Assembly appearance Indira Gandhi
  3. 1968 Death in Manhattan John Steinbeck
  4. 1969 Move to New York City Igor Stravinsky
  5. 1969 Grand Orgy to Awaken the Dead Yayoi Kusama
  6. 1969 Honorary degree at Columbia University U Thant
  7. 1969 Apollo 11 ticker-tape parade Neil Armstrong
  8. 1969 Broadway run of Coco begins Katharine Hepburn
  9. 1970 Return to Manhattan's Upper West Side Isaac Asimov
  10. 1970 Special UN General Assembly session Indira Gandhi
  11. 1970 Bonavena fight Muhammad Ali
  12. 1971 Non-Aligned ministers' conference in New York Abdelaziz Bouteflika
  13. 1971 Van Gelder Studio session Astrud Gilberto
  14. 1971 United Nations Security Council visit with her father Benazir Bhutto
  15. 1971 Talk at Town Hall Jiddu Krishnamurti
  16. 1971 Honorary doctorate at Columbia University Jorge Luis Borges
  17. 1971 Adjunct Professor of Writing at Columbia University Nadine Gordimer
  18. 1971 Carnegie Hall recording Tina Turner
  19. 1971 Host of the 25th Tony Awards Anthony Quinn
  20. 1971 Final Waldorf-Astoria engagement begins Louis Armstrong
  21. 1971 Fight of the Century Muhammad Ali
  22. 1971 Van Gelder Studio final session Astrud Gilberto
  23. 1971 Death on Fifth Avenue Igor Stravinsky
  24. 1971 Birth in East Harlem Tupac Shakur
  25. 1971 Death at home in Corona Louis Armstrong
  26. 1971 Move to New York City John Lennon
  27. 1971 Concert for Bangladesh performance Ravi Shankar
  28. 1971 United Nations General Assembly work George H. W. Bush
  29. 1971 UN Security Council appearance during East Pakistan crisis Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
  30. 1972 Talks at Carnegie Hall Jiddu Krishnamurti
  31. 1972 Visit to New York Jorge Luis Borges
  32. 1972 Madison Square Garden concert Elvis Presley
  33. 1972 One to One benefit concerts John Lennon
  34. 1972 Star-Spangled Women fundraiser Tina Turner
  35. 1972 Address to the UN General Assembly Salvador Allende
  36. 1973 Broadway debut in Irene Carrie Fisher
  37. 1973 Black theology conference paper Desmond Tutu
  38. 1973 Relocation to the Dakota John Lennon
  39. 1973 Juilliard scholarship Robin Williams
  40. 1973 A Little Night Music premiere Glynis Johns
  41. 1973 Dick Cavett Show taping Marlon Brando
  42. 1973 Visit to New York City Willy Brandt
  43. 1973 UN General Assembly appearance Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
  44. 1973 Return visit to New York City Félix Houphouët-Boigny
  45. 1974 Moves to East 66th Street townhouse Andy Warhol
  46. 1974 Photographed in New York Ariel Sharon
  47. 1974 Relocates the Factory to 860 Broadway Andy Warhol
  48. 1974 UN General Assembly session Abdelaziz Bouteflika
  49. 1974 First Bengali address to the UN General Assembly Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  50. 1974 Address to the United Nations General Assembly Siad Barre

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