Warsaw in the Space Age

The atlas holds 12 people and 13 moments here, from 1962 to 1990. The most recorded lives are Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter.

Notable people

  1. Dorothy Hodgkin

    in 1987

    1 moment here

    English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…

  2. George H. W. Bush

    in 1989

    1 moment here

    George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…

  3. Gerald Ford

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…

  4. Jimmy Carter

    in 1977

    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…

  5. Kim Il Sung

    in 1984

    1 moment here

    Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…

  6. Mercedes Sosa

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…

  7. Mikhail Gorbachev

    from 1986 to 1988

    2 moments here

    Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

  8. Muammar Gaddafi

    in 1978

    1 moment here

    Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…

  9. Richard Nixon

    in 1972

    1 moment here

    Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…

  10. Ronald Reagan

    in 1990

    1 moment here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

  11. Willy Brandt

    in 1970

    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…

  12. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

    in 1962

    1 moment here

    Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…

Moments

  1. 1962 Visit to Poland Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
  2. 1967 International tour performance in Warsaw Mercedes Sosa
  3. 1970 Warsaw kneeling at Ghetto Heroes Memorial Willy Brandt
  4. 1972 Official visit to Warsaw Richard Nixon
  5. 1975 Poland visit Gerald Ford
  6. 1977 Warsaw official visit Jimmy Carter
  7. 1978 Working visit to Warsaw Muammar Gaddafi
  8. 1984 State visit to Warsaw in 1984 Kim Il Sung
  9. 1986 State visit to Warsaw Mikhail Gorbachev
  10. 1987 Visit to Warsaw before Bucharest conference Dorothy Hodgkin
  11. 1988 State visit to Poland Mikhail Gorbachev
  12. 1989 Solidarity-era visit to Poland George H. W. Bush
  13. 1990 Addresses Polish Parliament Ronald Reagan

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