Hamburg in the Cold War

The atlas holds 6 people and 6 moments here, from 1955 to 1986. The most recorded lives are John Lennon, T. S. Eliot and Tina Turner.

Notable people

1. Ada Yonath

   in 1986

   1 moment here

   Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…

2. B. J. Habibie

   in 1965

   1 moment here

   Indonesian aerospace engineer, technocrat, vice president, and third president of Indonesia.…

3. John Lennon

   in 1960

   1 moment here

   English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…

4. 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…

5. Tina Turner

   in 1972

   1 moment here

   Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) was an American-born Swiss singer, songwriter, actress, and author.…

6. T. S. Eliot

   in 1955

   1 moment here

   Thomas Stearns Eliot was a St. Louis-born poet, critic, editor, and playwright who studied in Massachusetts, Paris, Germany, and Oxford before making…

Moments

1. 1955 Hanseatic Goethe Prize address T. S. Eliot
2. 1960 Hamburg residency John Lennon
3. 1965 Engineering career in Hamburg B. J. Habibie
4. 1972 Performance in Hamburg Tina Turner
5. 1986 Headed ribosome-structure unit at DESY Ada Yonath
6. 1986 Performance in Hamburg Mercedes Sosa

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