New York City in the Space Age
The atlas holds 161 people and 355 moments here, from 1957 to 2023. The most recorded lives are Andy Warhol, John Lennon and Whitney Houston.
Notable people
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
from 1971 to 1974
2 moments here
Algerian politician, diplomat, and president. Born in Oujda, he joined the National Liberation Army during the Algerian War, served as Algeria's…
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
from 2005 to 2006
2 moments here
Malaysian civil servant and politician who served as Malaysia’s fifth prime minister from 2003 to 2009.…
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
from 2000 to 2010
3 moments here
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2005 until his death in 2015.…
Abdus Salam
in 1984
1 moment here
Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…
Ahmed Sékou Touré
from 1959 to 1982
3 moments here
Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…
Akhmad Kadyrov
in 2003
1 moment here
Chechen Islamic religious leader and politician. Born in Karaganda during his family’s deportation from Chechnya, he studied in Uzbekistan, returned…
Alberto Fujimori
in 1991
1 moment here
Peruvian agricultural engineer, university rector, and president of Peru from 1990 to 2000. His presidency combined market reforms and…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
in 1975
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…
Alexander Prokhorov
in 1959
1 moment here
Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet and Russian physicist whose work in quantum electronics helped lead to the maser and…
Alexei Leonov
from 1975 to 2010
2 moments here
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…
Alice Munro
in 2002
1 moment here
Canadian short-story writer and 2013 Nobel laureate. Born in Wingham, Ontario, Munro studied in London, Ontario; lived in British Columbia during her…
Ali Khamenei
in 1987
1 moment here
Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…
Andy Warhol
from 1960 to 1987
13 moments here
American artist and filmmaker whose work helped define Pop art. Born in Pittsburgh, Warhol studied there before moving to New York in 1949.…
Anthony Quinn
from 1960 to 1983
4 moments here
Mexican-American actor, painter, sculptor, writer, and civil-rights supporter Anthony Quinn (Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca) worked in film,…
Aretha Franklin
from 1960 to 2017
5 moments here
American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil-rights activist known as the “Queen of Soul.” Her documented movements span childhood relocations…
Ariel Sharon
in 1974
1 moment here
Israeli military officer and politician. Sharon was born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestine, served in major Israeli military campaigns from 1948…
Asha Bhosle
from 2006 to 2008
2 moments here
Indian playback singer and actress whose career in Indian film and popular music spanned more than eight decades.…
Astrud Gilberto
from 1963 to 1981
7 moments here
Brazilian-American singer and songwriter best known for her English-language vocals on “The Girl from Ipanema.” Born in Salvador, she grew up in Rio…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
from 1977 to 2003
5 moments here
Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…
Audrey Hepburn
in 1991
1 moment here
British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Kathleen Ruston) was born in Brussels, raised across Belgium, England and the Netherlands,…
Benazir Bhutto
from 1971 to 2002
3 moments here
Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…
Benigno Aquino III
in 2010
1 moment here
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as president of the Philippines from 2010…
Bhumibol Adulyadej
in 1960
1 moment here
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) was King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up partly in Thailand and Switzerland,…
Bingu wa Mutharika
in 2010
1 moment here
Malawian economist and politician who served as Malawi's third president from 2004 until his death in office in 2012.…
Moments
- 1957 First United States trip and St. Nicholas Arena performance Celia Cruz
- 1957 Second Carnegie Hall performance Édith Piaf
- 1957 Visit to St. Patrick's Cathedral Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1957 Addressed the United Nations Elizabeth II
- 1957 UN Sixth Committee address Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1958 Japanese-cinema exhibition visit Momoko Kōchi
- 1958 Arrival in New York Yayoi Kusama
- 1958 Stabbed at Harlem book signing Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1958 Meeting with Norman Granz Dalida
- 1959 State-visit stop in New York City Ahmed Sékou Touré
- 1959 Visit to Columbia University Alexander Prokhorov
- 1959 Marriage to Lewis Riley in New York Dolores del Río
- 1959 Waldorf Astoria performances Édith Piaf
- 1959 Explorer of the Year banquet Edmund Hillary
- 1959 Move to New York for writing Maya Angelou
- 1959 Greenwich Village residence Miriam Makeba
- 1959 Returns from India through New York Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Metropolitan Opera House concert run Judy Garland
- 1959 New York City visit Nikita Khrushchev
- 1959 Columbia University lecture Italo Calvino
- 1960 Lexington Avenue residence and studio Andy Warhol
- 1960 Move to New York for recording career Aretha Franklin
- 1960 Performance at Benny Goodman's New York home Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1960 Filming BUtterfield 8 in New York Elizabeth Taylor
- 1960 New York office and departure for Spain Ernest Hemingway
- 1960 United Nations Security Council address Golda Meir
- 1960 United Nations mission Patrice Lumumba
- 1960 Ticker-tape parade appearance in New York Sirikit
- 1960 Meeting Gamal Abdel Nasser at the United Nations Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1960 United Nations annual session Fidel Castro
- 1960 Fifteenth UN General Assembly Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1960 Fidel Castro visit at Hotel Theresa Maya Angelou
- 1960 United Nations General Assembly Nikita Khrushchev
- 1960 Becket at St. James Theatre Anthony Quinn
- 1960 Address to the UN General Assembly Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1960 Joined the split-screen third debate John F. Kennedy
- 1961 Prensa Latina posting in New York Gabriel García Márquez
- 1961 Christmas in New York Joan Fontaine
- 1961 The Blacks at St. Mark's Playhouse Maya Angelou
- 1961 Stephen Radich Gallery solo exhibition Yayoi Kusama
- 1961 Judy at Carnegie Hall Judy Garland
- 1961 Meeting President Kennedy in New York Norodom Sihanouk
- 1962 First United Nations testimony Miriam Makeba
- 1962 Kennedy birthday performance Miriam Makeba
- 1962 A Gift of Time on Broadway Olivia de Havilland
- 1962 Private visit to New York City Félix Houphouët-Boigny
- 1962 Celebrated birthday at Madison Square Garden John F. Kennedy
- 1962 Sang for President Kennedy at Madison Square Garden Marilyn Monroe
- 1962 Conference at UN Headquarters on West New Guinea U Thant
- 1962 Tchin-Tchin on Broadway Anthony Quinn