Singapore in the Space Age

The atlas holds 20 people and 37 moments here, from 1961 to 2024. The most recorded lives are Lee Kuan Yew, Sydney Brenner and Robert Mugabe.

Notable people

Charlie Chaplin
in 1961
1 moment here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Corazon Aquino
in 1986
1 moment here
María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…
Deng Xiaoping
in 1978
1 moment here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…
Eisaku Satō
in 1967
1 moment here
Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…
John McCain
in 2016
1 moment here
John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…
Khaleda Zia
in 2005
1 moment here
Bangladeshi politician who was prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–1996 and 2001–2006, chaired the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1984 until her…
Lee Kuan Yew
from 1963 to 2015
7 moments here
Singaporean barrister and statesman who co-founded the People’s Action Party and served as Singapore’s first prime minister from 1959 to 1990.…
Milton Obote
in 1971
1 moment here
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
in 2012
1 moment here
Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024, and…
Pope Francis
in 2024
2 moments here
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…
P. Ramlee
from 1961 to 1973
3 moments here
Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh, known as P. Ramlee, was a Malaysian actor, singer, composer, and filmmaker.…
Robert Mugabe
from 2014 to 2019
3 moments here
Zimbabwean nationalist leader, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and President from 1987 to 2017.…
Sebastián Piñera
in 2018
1 moment here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Shinzo Abe
from 2014 to 2015
2 moments here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Sushma Swaraj
in 2014
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, politician and diplomat. Swaraj served in the Haryana government, represented constituencies in Parliament, was Chief Minister of…
Sydney Brenner
from 1985 to 2019
4 moments here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
Teresa Teng
from 1969 to 1973
2 moments here
Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng (Teng Li-yun; 1953–1995) became one of the most influential popular vocalists in the Chinese-speaking world and across…
Thích Nhất Hạnh
from 1978 to 2010
2 moments here
Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, teacher, author, and peace activist. Thích Nhất Hạnh helped develop engaged Buddhism, founded the Plum Village…
Trần Đại Quang
in 2016
1 moment here
Vietnamese police general and politician who served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016 and as President of Vietnam from April 2016…
Tunku Abdul Rahman
in 1961
1 moment here
Malaysian statesman, UMNO leader, chief minister of the Federation of Malaya, and first prime minister of Malaya and Malaysia.…

Singapore in the Space Age

Notable people

Charlie Chaplin

Corazon Aquino

Deng Xiaoping

Eisaku Satō

John McCain

Khaleda Zia

Lee Kuan Yew

Milton Obote

Nguyễn Phú Trọng

Pope Francis

P. Ramlee

Robert Mugabe

Sebastián Piñera

Shinzo Abe

Sushma Swaraj

Sydney Brenner

Teresa Teng

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Trần Đại Quang

Tunku Abdul Rahman

Moments

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