Political Leaders of the Space Age
The atlas holds 36 people and 1,081 moments here, from 1957 to 2025. The most recorded lives are Ronald Reagan, Nelson Mandela and Pope Francis.
Notable people
Ronald Reagan
from 1957 to 2004
98 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Nelson Mandela
from 1958 to 2013
81 moments here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Pope Francis
from 1958 to 2025
70 moments here
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…
Shinzo Abe
from 1977 to 2022
67 moments here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
from 1957 to 1968
51 moments here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Mikhail Gorbachev
from 1961 to 2022
51 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
John F. Kennedy
from 1958 to 1963
46 moments here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Hugo Chávez
from 1974 to 2013
44 moments here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Jimmy Carter
from 1971 to 2024
42 moments here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Li Keqiang
from 1974 to 2023
40 moments here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Fidel Castro
from 1957 to 2016
37 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…
Kofi Annan
from 1958 to 2018
37 moments here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Indira Gandhi
from 1966 to 1984
33 moments 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.…
George H. W. Bush
from 1959 to 2018
32 moments here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
Margaret Thatcher
from 1959 to 2013
31 moments 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…
Benazir Bhutto
from 1965 to 2007
30 moments here
Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…
Che Guevara
from 1957 to 1967
28 moments here
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…
Wangarĩ Maathai
from 1960 to 2011
26 moments here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
Alexei Navalny
from 1976 to 2024
24 moments here
Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, politician, and political prisoner. This chronology records supported locations of his birth,…
Ebrahim Raisi
from 1960 to 2024
24 moments here
Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…
Corazon Aquino
from 1972 to 2009
23 moments here
María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino political leader and president of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992.…
Pope John Paul II
from 1958 to 2005
22 moments here
Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…
Yuri Gagarin
from 1957 to 1968
21 moments 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…
Raisa Gorbacheva
from 1960 to 1999
21 moments here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Moments
- 1957 Guerrilla base in the Sierra Maestra Che Guevara
- 1957 Mao–Khrushchev state visit Mao Zedong
- 1957 Helps establish the SCLC Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1957 Moves to San Onofre Drive Ronald Reagan
- 1957 Meeting Valentina Goryacheva Yuri Gagarin
- 1957 Meeting with Celia Sánchez Fidel Castro
- 1957 Witnesses Ghanaian independence Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1957 Delivers “Give Us the Ballot” Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1957 Posting to Northern Fleet fighter regiment Yuri Gagarin
- 1958 Returned to Georgetown John F. Kennedy
- 1958 Jesuit novitiate and humanities study Pope Francis
- 1958 Radio Rebelde formation Che Guevara
- 1958 Return to Algeria as prime minister Charles de Gaulle
- 1958 Meets President Eisenhower Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1958 Marries Winnie in Bizana Nelson Mandela
- 1958 Battle of Las Mercedes Che Guevara
- 1958 Faces formal Treason Trial Nelson Mandela
- 1958 Stabbed at Harlem book signing Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1958 Consecration as auxiliary bishop Pope John Paul II
- 1958 Receives Order of Liberation in Paris Winston Churchill
- 1958 Arrival at Santa Clara University Che Guevara
- 1959 Battle of Santa Clara Che Guevara
- 1959 Command at La Cabaña Fortress Che Guevara
- 1959 Entry into Havana Che Guevara
- 1959 Meeting with Sukarno in Jakarta Che Guevara
- 1959 Recovery and planning at Tarará Che Guevara
- 1959 Freedom Caravan arrival Fidel Castro
- 1959 Residence and office at Havana Hilton Fidel Castro
- 1959 Revolutionary victory speech Fidel Castro
- 1959 Working visit to Caracas Fidel Castro
- 1959 Speaks at Yale's Woolsey Hall Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Last stay in Marrakesh Winston Churchill
- 1959 Arrives at Gandhigram Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Arrives in New Delhi Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Meets Nehru at Teen Murti Bhavan Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Received by Kerala government Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Stays in Bangalore Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Views sunset at Cape Comorin Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Visits Bodh Gaya Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Visits Richard Wright in Paris Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Leaves Safi aboard Christina Winston Churchill
- 1959 Finchley campaign speech Margaret Thatcher
- 1959 Makes Jerusalem pilgrimage Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Meets Vinoba Bhave Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Returns from India through New York Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Visits Sabarmati Ashram Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 United States working visit Fidel Castro
- 1959 Marriage ceremony at La Cabaña Che Guevara
- 1959 Trade negotiations in Japan Che Guevara
- 1959 Visit to Hiroshima Che Guevara