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
Umm Kulthum
in 1953
1 moment here
Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…
U Thant
from 1962 to 1968
2 moments here
Burmese diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1961–1971). Born in Pantanaw, he taught and served in Burma’s government before…
Violeta Chamorro
from 1989 to 1991
2 moments here
Violeta Barrios Torres de Chamorro was a Nicaraguan newspaper publisher and politician. After succeeding her assassinated husband at La Prensa, she…
Willy Brandt
from 1961 to 1973
2 moments 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…
Yang Chen-Ning
in 1979
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist whose work in statistical mechanics, particle physics, gauge theory, and condensed-matter physics included the…
Yitzhak Rabin
in 1973
1 moment here
Israeli military officer, statesman, prime minister, ambassador, and 1994 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
from 1973 to 1975
2 moments here
Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…