Berlin in the Space Age
The atlas holds 10 people and 15 moments here, from 1960 to 2020. The most recorded lives are Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and Alexei Navalny.
Notable people
Ronald Reagan
from 1982 to 1990
3 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Mikhail Gorbachev
from 1966 to 1989
3 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Alexei Navalny
in 2020
2 moments here
Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, politician, and political prisoner. This chronology records supported locations of his birth,…
John F. Kennedy
in 1963
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
Jimmy Carter
in 1978
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Marlene Dietrich
in 1960
1 moment here
German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 2011
1 moment here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Shinzo Abe
in 2007
1 moment here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Heath Ledger
in 2006
1 moment here
Australian actor and music-video director whose career began in Australian television, expanded internationally after his 1998 move to the United…
Li Keqiang
in 2013
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…
Moments
- 1960 Titania Palast appearance Marlene Dietrich
- 1963 Declared solidarity with West Berlin John F. Kennedy
- 1966 Delegation visit to East Germany Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1978 West Berlin Airlift Memorial speech Jimmy Carter
- 1982 Visits West Berlin Ronald Reagan
- 1986 Socialist Unity Party congress Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1987 Challenges Gorbachev at Berlin Wall Ronald Reagan
- 1989 GDR fortieth-anniversary visit Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1990 Tours Brandenburg Gate and Wall Ronald Reagan
- 2006 Candy press conference at Berlinale Heath Ledger
- 2007 Meeting Angela Merkel Shinzo Abe
- 2011 State visit to Berlin Pope Benedict XVI
- 2013 Official visit to Germany Li Keqiang
- 2020 Medical evacuation to Berlin Alexei Navalny
- 2020 Discharge from Charité Alexei Navalny