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
Bob Marley
from 1968 to 1980
4 moments here
Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work with the Wailers made reggae an international musical force.…
Burhanuddin Rabbani
in 2000
1 moment here
Afghan Islamic scholar, Jamiat-e Islami leader, president of Afghanistan during 1992–96 and briefly in 2001, Northern Alliance political leader, and…
Carlos Fuentes
in 1965
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…
Carrie Fisher
from 1973 to 2009
4 moments here
Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, writer, and public advocate, internationally known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.…
Celia Cruz
from 1957 to 2003
7 moments here
Celia Cruz was a Cuban-American singer celebrated internationally as the “Queen of Salsa.” Born in Havana, she rose to fame with Sonora Matancera,…
Che Guevara
in 1964
2 moments here
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…
Chien-Shiung Wu
from 1963 to 1997
2 moments here
Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…
Claude Simon
from 1968 to 1981
2 moments here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Dalida
from 1958 to 1978
2 moments here
Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…
Desmond Tutu
from 1973 to 2003
4 moments here
South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…
Diana, Princess of Wales
in 1989
1 moment here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Dolores del Río
in 1959
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…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1966
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1960
1 moment here
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…
Ebrahim Raisi
from 2022 to 2023
3 moments here
Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…
Edgar Lungu
from 2015 to 2018
4 moments here
Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a Zambian lawyer and politician who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021.…
Édith Piaf
from 1957 to 1959
2 moments here
French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…
Edmund Hillary
in 1959
1 moment here
New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Hillary became internationally known after reaching Mount Everest’s summit with…
Eleanor Roosevelt
in 1962
1 moment here
American political figure, diplomat, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.…
Elizabeth II
from 1957 to 2010
2 moments here
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death.…
Elizabeth Taylor
from 1960 to 1983
3 moments here
British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…
Elvis Presley
in 1972
1 moment here
American singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley, widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up in Memphis,…
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,…
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
from 1962 to 1983
3 moments here
Ivorian physician and politician who became the first president of Côte d’Ivoire, serving from independence in 1960 until his death in 1993.…
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