San Francisco in World War II
The atlas holds 13 people and 15 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. The most recorded lives are John F. Kennedy, Maya Angelou and Ronald Reagan.
Notable people
Bruce Lee
in 1940
1 moment here
Bruce Lee (Lee Jun-fan) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do.…
Chien-Shiung Wu
in 1940
1 moment here
Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…
Diego Rivera
in 1940
1 moment here
Mexican painter and muralist Diego Rivera was a central figure in Mexican muralism. His documented movements include study in Mexico and Europe, work…
Frida Kahlo
in 1940
1 moment here
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) was born in Coyoacán and spent much of her life in Mexico City.…
Harry S. Truman
in 1945
1 moment here
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1939
1 moment here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
John F. Kennedy
from 1944 to 1945
2 moments here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Maurice Wilkins
in 1944
1 moment here
New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…
Maya Angelou
from 1942 to 1944
2 moments here
American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…
Octavio Paz
in 1943
1 moment here
Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…
Richard Nixon
in 1944
1 moment here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1942
1 moment here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Soong Mei-ling
in 1943
1 moment here
Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was a Chinese political figure and wife of Chiang Kai-shek.…
Moments
- 1939 Departure from San Francisco Hideki Yukawa
- 1940 Doctorate at UC Berkeley Chien-Shiung Wu
- 1940 Paints Pan American Unity on Treasure Island Diego Rivera
- 1940 Medical treatment in San Francisco Frida Kahlo
- 1940 Birth at Jackson Street Hospital Bruce Lee
- 1942 Move to Oakland Maya Angelou
- 1942 Stationed at Fort Mason Ronald Reagan
- 1943 Study at the University of California Octavio Paz
- 1943 Civic Auditorium speech Soong Mei-ling
- 1944 Arrived back in San Francisco John F. Kennedy
- 1944 Manhattan Project work at Berkeley Maurice Wilkins
- 1944 San Francisco streetcar conductor Maya Angelou
- 1944 Alameda Naval Air Station duty Richard Nixon
- 1945 Covered the United Nations conference John F. Kennedy
- 1945 United Nations Charter Conference address Harry S. Truman