Cuba in the Space Age

The atlas holds 5 people and 5 moments here, from 1958 to 2012. The most recorded lives are Che Guevara, Simone de Beauvoir and Miguel Ángel Asturias.

Notable people

1. Che Guevara

   in 1966

   1 moment here

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

2. Errol Flynn

   in 1958

   1 moment here

   Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in swashbuckling and adventure films.…

3. Miguel Ángel Asturias

   in 1960

   1 moment here

   Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…

4. Nguyễn Phú Trọng

   in 2012

   1 moment here

   Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024, and…

5. Simone de Beauvoir

   in 1960

   1 moment here

   French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Born and died in Paris, Beauvoir studied philosophy in Paris,…

Moments

1. 1958 Cuban Revolution reporting and filming Errol Flynn
2. 1960 First-anniversary celebration of the Revolution Miguel Ángel Asturias
3. 1960 Visit to Cuba Simone de Beauvoir
4. 1966 Secret return to Cuba Che Guevara
5. 2012 Visit to Cuba Nguyễn Phú Trọng

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