Baghdad in the Cold War

The atlas holds 4 people and 6 moments here, from 1959 to 1990. The most recorded lives are Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein and Muhammad Ali.

Muammar Gaddafi
from 1978 to 1990
2 moments here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Saddam Hussein
from 1959 to 1983
2 moments here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Muhammad Ali
in 1990
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Willy Brandt
in 1990
1 moment 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…