Paris in the Cold War
The atlas holds 93 people and 172 moments here, from 1947 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Édith Piaf, Dalida and Lê Đức Thọ.
Notable people
Léopold Sédar Senghor
from 1956 to 1989
4 moments here
Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Louis Armstrong
in 1952
1 moment here
American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…
Manmohan Singh
in 1973
1 moment here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Marguerite Duras
from 1975 to 1984
5 moments here
French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker, born Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu.…
Mario Vargas Llosa
in 1960
1 moment here
Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…
Marlene Dietrich
from 1959 to 1976
3 moments here
German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1959
1 moment here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Mathieu Kérékou
in 1981
1 moment here
Beninese military officer and politician who led Dahomey/Benin from 1972 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2006.…
Mercedes Sosa
in 1979
1 moment here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
from 1952 to 1966
2 moments here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Mikhail Gorbachev
from 1976 to 1985
3 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
in 1961
1 moment here
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1973
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Ngô Đình Diệm
in 1950
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…
Norodom Sihanouk
from 1949 to 1991
3 moments here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Octavio Paz
from 1959 to 1968
2 moments here
Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…
Olav V
in 1962
1 moment here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Olivia de Havilland
in 1956
1 moment here
Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Omar Bongo
in 1965
1 moment here
Gabonese politician who served as Gabon’s second president from 1967 until his death in 2009.…
Oscar Niemeyer
from 1965 to 1972
3 moments here
Brazilian modernist architect whose career ranged from early work in Rio de Janeiro and New York to Brasília, Paris exile, and later international…
Pablo Neruda
in 1971
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Pablo Picasso
in 1965
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Pelé
in 1963
1 moment here
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…
Pol Pot
in 1949
1 moment here
Cambodian communist revolutionary and dictator, born Saloth Sâr. As leader of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and Democratic Kampuchea, he oversaw a…
Moments
- 1970 Filming The Only Game in Town Elizabeth Taylor
- 1970 Announces museum project in Paris Salvador Dalí
- 1970 Visit to Paris Willy Brandt
- 1970 The Clowns location scouting Federico Fellini
- 1970 First secret Kissinger meeting Lê Đức Thọ
- 1970 In Paris during Cambodian protests Norodom Sihanouk
- 1970 Speech outside Renault Billancourt Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1971 Move to Rue Beautreillis Jim Morrison
- 1971 Presentation of credentials in Paris Pablo Neruda
- 1971 Burial at Père Lachaise Jim Morrison
- 1971 Death in Le Marais apartment Jim Morrison
- 1972 Films L'Amour in Paris Andy Warhol
- 1972 Champs-Élysées office Oscar Niemeyer
- 1972 Thirteenth Kissinger meeting Lê Đức Thọ
- 1972 First visit to France Saddam Hussein
- 1972 July negotiating session with Kissinger Lê Đức Thọ
- 1972 November renegotiation meeting Lê Đức Thọ
- 1973 Postgraduate study in Paris Alan García
- 1973 Initialing the Vietnam peace agreement Lê Đức Thọ
- 1973 Aid India Consortium meetings Manmohan Singh
- 1973 Friendly against France Eusébio
- 1973 Meeting at the Élysée Palace Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1973 Working visit to Paris Muammar Gaddafi
- 1974 Olympia concerts for Gigi and 18 ans Dalida
- 1975 Paris discussions with Giscard Anwar Sadat
- 1975 Ambassadorial residence in Paris Carlos Fuentes
- 1975 Filming India Song at the Palais Rothschild Marguerite Duras
- 1975 Official visit to Paris Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1976 Retirement to Avenue Montaigne Marlene Dietrich
- 1976 Visit to France Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1977 Enrollment at IHEAL Alan García
- 1977 Second visit to France Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1978 Hospitalization at Hôpital Cochin Jacques Chirac
- 1979 Boat-people appeal at the Élysée Palace Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1979 Exile residence in Paris Mercedes Sosa
- 1979 Paris photograph Carlos Fuentes
- 1979 Arrives at the Centre Pompidou Salvador Dalí
- 1980 Performance at the Olympia Celia Cruz
- 1980 Palais des Sports spectacle Dalida
- 1980 Hospitalization in Saint-Germain-en-Laye Marguerite Duras
- 1980 Death in Paris Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1981 Secret Louvre feasibility visits I. M. Pei
- 1981 Meeting François Mitterrand Mathieu Kérékou
- 1982 Makes Paris state visit Ronald Reagan
- 1982 Detoxification at the American Hospital of Paris Marguerite Duras
- 1983 Part-year residence in Paris Jorge Amado
- 1983 Jacques Monod Memorial Lecture Sydney Brenner
- 1983 Death at home in Antony Pridi Banomyong
- 1983 Credentials at UNESCO House Gough Whitlam
- 1984 EHESS professorship Jacques Derrida