White House in the Cold War

The atlas holds 103 people and 192 moments here, from 1947 to 1991. The most recorded lives are John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr..

Notable people

  1. Agostinho Neto

    in 1962

    1 moment here

    António Agostinho Neto was an Angolan physician, poet, anti-colonial leader, president of the MPLA, and the first president of independent Angola.…

  2. Ahmed Sékou Touré

    from 1959 to 1982

    5 moments here

    Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…

  3. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian novelist, essayist, historian, dissident, and Nobel laureate whose writings on Soviet political repression and the Gulag made him…

  4. Alexei Leonov

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…

  5. Allan MacLeod Cormack

    in 1990

    1 moment here

    South African-born American physicist and academic whose mathematical work helped establish computed tomography.…

  6. Andy Warhol

    in 1975

    1 moment here

    American artist and filmmaker whose work helped define Pop art. Born in Pittsburgh, Warhol studied there before moving to New York in 1949.…

  7. Anwar Sadat

    from 1975 to 1981

    5 moments here

    Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…

  8. Astrud Gilberto

    in 1980

    1 moment here

    Brazilian-American singer and songwriter best known for her English-language vocals on “The Girl from Ipanema.” Born in Salvador, she grew up in Rio…

  9. Audrey Hepburn

    in 1981

    1 moment here

    British actress and humanitarian Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Kathleen Ruston) was born in Brussels, raised across Belgium, England and the Netherlands,…

  10. Augusto Pinochet

    in 1977

    1 moment here

    Augusto Pinochet Ugarte was a Chilean army officer who led the 11 September 1973 coup and ruled Chile as head of the military junta and then…

  11. Benazir Bhutto

    from 1984 to 1989

    2 moments here

    Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…

  12. Bhumibol Adulyadej

    in 1960

    1 moment 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,…

  13. B. J. Habibie

    in 1984

    1 moment here

    Indonesian aerospace engineer, technocrat, vice president, and third president of Indonesia.…

  14. Bob Hawke

    in 1986

    1 moment here

    Australian trade-union leader and Labor politician who served as Australia’s 23rd prime minister from 1983 to 1991.…

  15. Carlos Fuentes

    in 1974

    1 moment here

    Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and diplomat. Born in Panama City to a Mexican diplomat, he spent…

  16. Carl Sagan

    from 1968 to 1985

    2 moments here

    American astronomer, planetary scientist, educator, author, and science communicator. Sagan studied at the University of Chicago, held appointments…

  17. Chien-Shiung Wu

    in 1956

    1 moment here

    Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…

  18. Corazon Aquino

    from 1986 to 1989

    3 moments here

    María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…

  19. Deng Xiaoping

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…

  20. Diana, Princess of Wales

    in 1985

    1 moment here

    Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…

  21. Dolly Parton

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    American singer-songwriter, actor, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Born in Pittman Center, Tennessee, Parton built a country-music career centered…

  22. Dolores del Río

    in 1978

    1 moment here

    Mexican actress Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete) was a major star of silent-era Hollywood and the Golden Age of…

  23. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    from 1953 to 1969

    4 moments here

    Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…

  24. Eisaku Satō

    from 1969 to 1970

    2 moments here

    Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…

Moments

  1. 1947 Hoover Commission work in Washington Herbert Hoover
  2. 1947 Lived in Georgetown during House service John F. Kennedy
  3. 1949 Howard University student Toni Morrison
  4. 1949 First visit to the United States Jawaharlal Nehru
  5. 1950 Blair House Korean War meeting Harry S. Truman
  6. 1950 Development-plan announcement Golda Meir
  7. 1951 Visited President Truman Elizabeth II
  8. 1952 Dyer Award Lecture at NIH Macfarlane Burnet
  9. 1952 Return to the renovated White House Harry S. Truman
  10. 1953 First presidential inauguration Dwight D. Eisenhower
  11. 1953 Medical treatment at Bethesda Umm Kulthum
  12. 1954 Oppenheimer hearing testimony Enrico Fermi
  13. 1954 State visit to Washington Haile Selassie
  14. 1954 Churchill conference in Washington Dwight D. Eisenhower
  15. 1954 State visit talks in Washington Syngman Rhee
  16. 1955 Settled at Hickory Hill John F. Kennedy
  17. 1956 Parity experiment at the National Bureau of Standards Chien-Shiung Wu
  18. 1956 Address to the U.S. Congress Sukarno
  19. 1957 Return to Howard as instructor Toni Morrison
  20. 1957 Delivers “Give Us the Ballot” Martin Luther King Jr.
  21. 1957 Address to the United States Congress Ngô Đình Diệm
  22. 1957 Arrival for United States state visit Ngô Đình Diệm
  23. 1958 Returned to Georgetown John F. Kennedy
  24. 1958 United States tour Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
  25. 1958 Unofficial visit to Washington Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  26. 1958 Meets President Eisenhower Martin Luther King Jr.
  27. 1959 United States working visit Fidel Castro
  28. 1959 Agricultural research visit Nikita Khrushchev
  29. 1959 Arrival in the United States Nikita Khrushchev
  30. 1959 Washington diplomatic discussions Ahmed Sékou Touré
  31. 1960 Announced presidential candidacy John F. Kennedy
  32. 1960 Address to the United States Congress Bhumibol Adulyadej
  33. 1960 Arrival at Washington National Airport Sirikit
  34. 1960 Appeal for United States assistance Patrice Lumumba
  35. 1961 Farewell Address from the Oval Office Dwight D. Eisenhower
  36. 1961 White House luncheon Grace Kelly
  37. 1961 Visit with President Kennedy Helen Keller
  38. 1961 Began White House residence John F. Kennedy
  39. 1961 Inaugurated at the Capitol John F. Kennedy
  40. 1961 Visiting lecturer at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Nadine Gordimer
  41. 1961 Official White House meeting Willy Brandt
  42. 1961 Graduation in Alexandria Jim Morrison
  43. 1961 Meets President Kennedy Martin Luther King Jr.
  44. 1962 Visit to Washington Agostinho Neto
  45. 1962 White House dinner Igor Stravinsky
  46. 1962 Official visit to Washington U Thant
  47. 1962 White House state visit Félix Houphouët-Boigny
  48. 1962 White House meeting with Kennedy and Glenn Gherman Titov
  49. 1962 Arrival at Washington National Airport Ahmed Sékou Touré
  50. 1962 Visit to the Kennedy White House Pearl S. Buck

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