Manchester in the Cold War

The atlas holds 3 people and 6 moments here, from 1948 to 1966. The most recorded lives are Alan Turing, Yuri Gagarin and Eusébio.

Notable people

1. Alan Turing

   from 1948 to 1954

   4 moments here

   English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computing pioneer. Turing studied at Cambridge and Princeton, worked at Bletchley Park during the…

2. Eusébio

   in 1966

   1 moment here

   Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), who became Benfica's record goalscorer and…

3. Yuri Gagarin

   in 1961

   1 moment here

   Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…

Moments

1. 1948 Copper Folly residence Alan Turing
2. 1948 University of Manchester appointment Alan Turing
3. 1951 Meeting Arnold Murray on Oxford Road Alan Turing
4. 1954 Death at Copper Folly Alan Turing
5. 1961 Public visit to Manchester Yuri Gagarin
6. 1966 World Cup goal against Bulgaria Eusébio

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