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
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,…
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,…
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.…
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.…
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…
Mercedes Sosa
from 1986 to 1995
3 moments here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Michael Jackson
in 2001
1 moment here
American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist whose career began with the Jackson 5 and developed into global solo stardom.…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1988
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
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…
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.…
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…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 2009
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
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.…
Muhammadu Buhari
from 2015 to 2021
3 moments here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Mwai Kibaki
from 2005 to 2010
2 moments here
Kenyan economist and politician who served as Kenya’s third president from 2002 to 2013. This chronology records documented physical presence from…
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.…
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,…
Neil Armstrong
in 1969
1 moment here
American naval aviator, research test pilot, NASA astronaut, aerospace administrator, and professor.…
Nelson Mandela
from 1990 to 1993
3 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Néstor Kirchner
from 2004 to 2006
2 moments here
Argentine lawyer and Peronist politician. Kirchner was mayor of Río Gallegos, governor of Santa Cruz Province, president of Argentina from 2003 to…
Ngô Đình Diệm
in 1957
1 moment here
Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
in 1992
1 moment here
Kenyan novelist, playwright, essayist, language advocate, and academic. Ngũgĩ’s life moved from colonial Kenya through education in Uganda and…
Nikita Khrushchev
from 1959 to 1960
2 moments here
Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Norodom Sihanouk
from 1961 to 1979
2 moments here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Moments
- 1982 Career tribute at Madison Square Garden Celia Cruz
- 1982 Press conference at UN Headquarters Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1982 Investment forum in New York Ahmed Sékou Touré
- 1982 Peace demonstration in New York Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 1982 Saturday Night Live appearance Freddie Mercury
- 1983 Agnes of God at the Music Box Theatre Carrie Fisher
- 1983 Talk at Felt Forum Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1983 UN Secretariat director in New York Kofi Annan
- 1983 Council of the Americas address Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1983 New York University reading Italo Calvino
- 1983 Private Lives on Broadway Elizabeth Taylor
- 1983 New York City visit during U.S. state visit Félix Houphouët-Boigny
- 1983 38th UN General Assembly Indira Gandhi
- 1983 Zorba at Broadway Theatre Anthony Quinn
- 1983 Triple-bypass surgery at NYU Lutheran Medical Center Isaac Asimov
- 1984 Judges tryouts at Trump Tower Andy Warhol
- 1984 Moves into final Factory Andy Warhol
- 1984 Sabbatical and UN address in New York Desmond Tutu
- 1984 Political meetings in New York Benazir Bhutto
- 1984 AAAS annual-meeting lecture Abdus Salam
- 1984 Burkinabé art exhibition Thomas Sankara
- 1984 Harlem rally Thomas Sankara
- 1984 United Nations General Assembly address Thomas Sankara
- 1985 United Nations address Jiddu Krishnamurti
- 1985 WrestleMania guest referee Muhammad Ali
- 1985 United Nations General Assembly advocacy Desmond Tutu
- 1985 Meeting with Ronald Reagan at the United Nations Rajiv Gandhi
- 1986 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration performance Whitney Houston
- 1986 Relocation to Fort Lee Whitney Houston
- 1986 Performance at Delacorte Theater Mercedes Sosa
- 1987 Carnegie Hall performance Mercedes Sosa
- 1987 Final hospitalization and death Andy Warhol
- 1987 United Nations visit in New York City Ali Khamenei
- 1988 Waiting for Godot at Lincoln Center Robin Williams
- 1988 UN General Assembly special session Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1988 UN disarmament address Rajiv Gandhi
- 1988 United Negro College Fund benefit Whitney Houston
- 1988 Governors Island Summit Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1989 Solo visit to New York and Harlem Hospital Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1989 Visiting scholar in New York Liu Xiaobo
- 1989 The Circle at the Ambassador Theatre Glynis Johns
- 1989 UN General Assembly address Margaret Thatcher
- 1990 Move to Fort Lee Celia Cruz
- 1990 Arista AIDS benefit concert Whitney Houston
- 1990 Addresses the United Nations Nelson Mandela
- 1990 Welcomed in New York Nelson Mandela
- 1991 Samuel Rudin Visiting Professorship Sydney Brenner
- 1991 Gardens of the World reception Audrey Hepburn
- 1991 Private visit to New York City Alberto Fujimori
- 1991 Cover to Cover concert at Madison Square Garden George Michael