Germany in the Cold War

The atlas holds 6 people and 6 moments here, from 1955 to 1970. The most recorded lives are Charles de Gaulle, William Faulkner and Alexei Leonov.

Abdurrahman Wahid
in 1970
1 moment here
Indonesian Islamic scholar, Nahdlatul Ulama leader, reform advocate, and fourth president of Indonesia (1999–2001), widely known as Gus Dur.…
Abebe Bikila
in 1968
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.…
Alexei Leonov
in 1959
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1962
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Ram Narayan
in 1964
1 moment here
Indian sarangi player who established the sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music.…
William Faulkner
in 1955
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…