Political Leaders of the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 37 people and 447 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Pope John Paul II, Fidel Castro and Martin Luther King Jr..

Notable people

  1. Pope John Paul II

    from 1920 to 1938

    2 moments here

    Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…

  2. Fidel Castro

    from 1926 to 1932

    2 moments here

    Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…

  3. Martin Luther King Jr.

    in 1929

    1 moment here

    American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…

  4. Pope Francis

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…

  5. Che Guevara

    in 1928

    1 moment here

    Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…

  6. Margaret Thatcher

    in 1925

    1 moment here

    British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

  7. Yuri Gagarin

    in 1934

    1 moment here

    Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…

  8. Mikhail Gorbachev

    in 1931

    1 moment here

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

  9. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1919

    1 moment here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

  10. Kofi Annan

    in 1938

    1 moment here

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

  11. Indira Gandhi

    in 1937

    1 moment here

    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…

  12. Corazon Aquino

    in 1933

    1 moment here

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

  13. Raisa Gorbacheva

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…

Moments

  1. 1919 Truman and Jacobson Haberdashery Harry S. Truman
  2. 1919 Return to Beijing Mao Zedong
  3. 1919 Establishes the nationalist center in Ankara Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  4. 1920 French Military Mission to Poland Charles de Gaulle
  5. 1920 Service in the Panama Canal Zone Dwight D. Eisenhower
  6. 1920 Spanish teacher at Temuco Gabriela Mistral
  7. 1920 Moved to Naples Road John F. Kennedy
  8. 1920 Travel through Tianjin, Jinan, and Qufu Mao Zedong
  9. 1920 Work and political contacts in Shanghai Mao Zedong
  10. 1920 Presents the NSDAP 25-point program Adolf Hitler
  11. 1920 Opens the Grand National Assembly Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  12. 1920 Second Fascist congress Benito Mussolini
  13. 1920 Birth in Wadowice Pope John Paul II
  14. 1920 Spoke at the Second Comintern Congress Vladimir Lenin
  15. 1920 Lectures at Copenhagen University Ernest Rutherford
  16. 1920 Campaigns in Boston Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  17. 1920 Campaigns in Clarksburg Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  18. 1920 Campaigns in Cincinnati Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  19. 1920 Campaigns in Denver Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  20. 1920 Congress of Tours delegate Ho Chi Minh
  21. 1920 Meets the Istanbul delegation at Bilecik Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  22. 1920 Settles in Dixon Ronald Reagan
  23. 1921 Arrival in Tel Aviv Golda Meir
  24. 1921 Departure for Palestine Golda Meir
  25. 1921 Transit through Naples Golda Meir
  26. 1921 Vagabonds camping trip at Hagerstown Henry Ford
  27. 1921 Residence on Compoint Lane Ho Chi Minh
  28. 1921 Holds first Odisha meeting at Kathajodi Mahatma Gandhi
  29. 1921 Arrives in Gaza Winston Churchill
  30. 1921 Convenes Middle East conference in Cairo Winston Churchill
  31. 1921 Meets delegations in Jerusalem Winston Churchill
  32. 1921 Marriage in Calais Charles de Gaulle
  33. 1921 First director of Liceo de Niñas Nº 6 Gabriela Mistral
  34. 1921 First CCP Congress Mao Zedong
  35. 1921 First CCP Congress relocation Mao Zedong
  36. 1921 Visits Western Front headquarters at Karacahisar Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  37. 1921 Took leave at Gorki Vladimir Lenin
  38. 1921 Arrives at Campobello before illness Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  39. 1921 CCP secretary in Changsha Mao Zedong
  40. 1921 Admitted to Presbyterian Hospital Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  41. 1921 Adopts loincloth in Madurai Mahatma Gandhi
  42. 1921 Observes the Battle of Sakarya from Duatepe Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  43. 1921 Returns to East 65th Street home Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  44. 1922 Visits Lenin at Gorki Joseph Stalin
  45. 1922 Convalesced after first stroke Vladimir Lenin
  46. 1922 Voyage to Mexico for educational reform Gabriela Mistral
  47. 1922 Commands at Dumlupınar Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  48. 1922 Leads the Great Offensive from Kocatepe Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  49. 1922 Enters liberated İzmir Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  50. 1922 Fascist rally before the March on Rome Benito Mussolini

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