Vienna in the Space Age

The atlas holds 19 people and 21 moments here, from 1958 to 2011. The most recorded lives are Bhumibol Adulyadej, Olav V and John F. Kennedy.

Notable people

  1. 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…

  2. 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,…

  3. Claude Simon

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…

  4. Claudia Cardinale

    in 2009

    1 moment here

    Italian-Tunisian actress whose career ranged from postwar Tunis through Italian, French, British, American, and international cinema, as well as…

  5. Erwin Schrödinger

    in 1961

    1 moment here

    Austrian-Irish theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate whose work on wave mechanics and the Schrödinger equation became foundational to quantum…

  6. George Michael

    in 2011

    1 moment here

    English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…

  7. 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.…

  8. 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.…

  9. 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…

  10. 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.…

  11. Kofi Annan

    in 1998

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  12. Konstantin Chernenko

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    Soviet Communist Party official and General Secretary of the CPSU from 13 February 1984 until his death.…

  13. Manmohan Singh

    in 1993

    1 moment here

    Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…

  14. 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…

  15. 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…

  16. 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.…

  17. Sydney Brenner

    in 2000

    1 moment here

    South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…

  18. 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…

  19. 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

  1. 1958 Third Pugwash Conference in Vienna Hideki Yukawa
  2. 1961 Death in Vienna Erwin Schrödinger
  3. 1961 Met Khrushchev in Vienna John F. Kennedy
  4. 1961 Vienna summit with Kennedy Nikita Khrushchev
  5. 1964 Honorary membership in Vienna Bhumibol Adulyadej
  6. 1964 European Cup final in Vienna Alfredo Di Stéfano
  7. 1965 Nuclear discussions in Vienna Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
  8. 1966 Reception at Vienna's Hofburg Bhumibol Adulyadej
  9. 1966 State visit to Austria Olav V
  10. 1967 Conference in Vienna Claude Simon
  11. 1972 Visit to Vienna Willy Brandt
  12. 1973 Meeting with Chancellor Kreisky Golda Meir
  13. 1979 SALT II signing in Vienna Jimmy Carter
  14. 1979 SALT II summit participation Konstantin Chernenko
  15. 1982 Working visit to Vienna Muammar Gaddafi
  16. 1982 State visit to Austria Olav V
  17. 1993 World Conference on Human Rights Manmohan Singh
  18. 1998 Human-rights assembly in Vienna Kofi Annan
  19. 2000 Mendel Lecture Sydney Brenner
  20. 2009 Women's World Awards gala Claudia Cardinale
  21. 2011 Pneumonia and coma in Vienna George Michael

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