Tokyo in the Cold War
The atlas holds 48 people and 66 moments here, from 1947 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Ronald Reagan, Yukio Mishima and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
Notable people
Louis Armstrong
in 1953
1 moment here
American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…
Marilyn Monroe
in 1954
1 moment here
American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…
Maurice Wilkins
in 1982
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…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1991
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Momoko Kōchi
from 1968 to 1989
3 moments here
Japanese film, stage, and television actress, born Momoko Ōkōchi. She became widely known for playing Emiko Yamane in Godzilla (1954), later worked…
Muhammad Ali
in 1976
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
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…
Octavio Paz
in 1952
1 moment here
Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…
Olav V
in 1983
1 moment here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Park Chung Hee
in 1961
1 moment here
Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…
P. Ramlee
in 1963
1 moment here
Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh, known as P. Ramlee, was a Malaysian actor, singer, composer, and filmmaker.…
Prince
in 1990
1 moment here
Prince Rogers Nelson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, and filmmaker associated with the Minneapolis sound.…
Rajendra Prasad
in 1958
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, independence leader, journalist and statesman who became the first President of India, serving from 1950 to 1962.…
Rajiv Gandhi
in 1985
1 moment here
Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian aircraft pilot and politician who served as prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989.…
Ronald Reagan
from 1983 to 1989
3 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
in 1956
3 moments here
Indian philosopher, academic, diplomat, and statesman. Radhakrishnan taught at leading Indian and British universities, served as vice-chancellor of…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
in 1973
1 moment here
Bangladeshi political leader, founding president of Bangladesh, and prime minister. His documented life moved from childhood and schooling in Bengal…
Shinzo Abe
from 1954 to 1977
2 moments here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Teresa Teng
in 1985
1 moment 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…
Toshiro Mifune
in 1950
1 moment here
Japanese actor, producer, and director whose career spanned 1947–1995. Born in Qingdao, he grew up in Dalian, served in the Imperial Japanese Army…
William Faulkner
in 1955
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…
Yasunari Kawabata
in 1957
1 moment here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…
Yayoi Kusama
from 1973 to 1977
2 moments here
Japanese avant-garde artist, novelist, and performance artist known for polka dots, Infinity Net paintings, immersive mirror rooms, and public…
Yukio Mishima
from 1947 to 1970
3 moments here
Yukio Mishima, born Kimitake Hiraoka, was a Japanese novelist, playwright, actor, and political activist.…
Moments
- 1982 Address to the United Nations Association of Japan Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
- 1983 State visit to Japan Olav V
- 1983 Makes Tokyo state visit Ronald Reagan
- 1985 Last solo concert before semi-retirement Teresa Teng
- 1985 Brighton Beach Memoirs at PARCO Theatre Momoko Kōchi
- 1985 Speech to Japan's National Diet Rajiv Gandhi
- 1986 Attends Tokyo economic summit Ronald Reagan
- 1988 Faith Tour opening night George Michael
- 1989 Death at Fukiage Palace Hirohito
- 1989 Emperor Hirohito funeral trip George H. W. Bush
- 1989 Tokyo airport transit Liu Xiaobo
- 1989 Receives Japanese honor in Tokyo Ronald Reagan
- 1989 Broadway Bound at PARCO Theatre Momoko Kōchi
- 1990 Nude Tour in Tokyo Prince
- 1991 Cover to Cover concert at Tokyo Dome George Michael
- 1991 Tokyo state visit Mikhail Gorbachev