Vienna in the Cold War
The atlas holds 15 people and 18 moments here, from 1950 to 1982. The most recorded lives are Erwin Schrödinger, Bhumibol Adulyadej and Olav V.
Notable people
Alfredo Di Stéfano
in 1964
1 moment here
Argentine-born footballer and manager who became a Spanish citizen and was the central player in Real Madrid's five consecutive European Cup…
Bhumibol Adulyadej
from 1964 to 1966
2 moments here
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) was King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up partly in Thailand and Switzerland,…
Claude Simon
in 1967
1 moment here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Erwin Schrödinger
from 1956 to 1961
2 moments here
Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…
Golda Meir
in 1973
1 moment here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Hideki Yukawa
in 1958
1 moment here
Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…
Jimmy Carter
in 1979
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
John F. Kennedy
in 1961
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Konstantin Chernenko
in 1979
1 moment here
Soviet Communist Party official and General Secretary of the CPSU from 13 February 1984 until his death.…
Ludwig Wittgenstein
in 1950
1 moment here
Austro-British philosopher whose work in logic, language, mathematics, and mind shaped twentieth-century analytic philosophy.…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1982
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Nikita Khrushchev
in 1961
1 moment here
Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Olav V
from 1966 to 1982
2 moments here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Willy Brandt
in 1972
1 moment here
German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
in 1965
1 moment here
Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…
Moments
- 1950 Final Vienna visit Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1956 Return to the University of Vienna Erwin Schrödinger
- 1958 Third Pugwash Conference in Vienna Hideki Yukawa
- 1961 Death in Vienna Erwin Schrödinger
- 1961 Met Khrushchev in Vienna John F. Kennedy
- 1961 Vienna summit with Kennedy Nikita Khrushchev
- 1964 Honorary membership in Vienna Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1964 European Cup final in Vienna Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1965 Nuclear discussions in Vienna Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1966 Reception at Vienna's Hofburg Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1966 State visit to Austria Olav V
- 1967 Conference in Vienna Claude Simon
- 1972 Visit to Vienna Willy Brandt
- 1973 Meeting with Chancellor Kreisky Golda Meir
- 1979 SALT II signing in Vienna Jimmy Carter
- 1979 SALT II summit participation Konstantin Chernenko
- 1982 Working visit to Vienna Muammar Gaddafi
- 1982 State visit to Austria Olav V