Athens in the Space Age

The atlas holds 7 people and 7 moments here, from 1957 to 2014. The most recorded lives are William Faulkner, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Li Keqiang.

Abebe Bikila
in 1961
1 moment here
Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…
Eusébio
in 1968
1 moment here
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), who became Benfica's record goalscorer and…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
in 1960
1 moment here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
in 1976
1 moment here
Peruvian diplomat and politician who became the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations (1982–1991).…
Li Keqiang
in 2014
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Mercedes Sosa
in 1986
1 moment here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
William Faulkner
in 1957
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…