Oslo in the Space Age

The atlas holds 9 people and 9 moments here, from 1957 to 2004. The most recorded lives are Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Notable people

  1. Nelson Mandela

    in 1993

    1 moment here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

  2. Martin Luther King Jr.

    in 1964

    1 moment here

    American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…

  3. Mikhail Gorbachev

    in 1991

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

  4. Jimmy Carter

    in 2002

    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…

  5. Mother Teresa

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…

  6. Kofi Annan

    in 2001

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…

  7. Helen Keller

    in 1957

    1 moment here

    Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

  8. Wangarĩ Maathai

    in 2004

    1 moment here

    Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…

  9. Liu Xiaobo

    in 1988

    1 moment here

    Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…

Moments

  1. 1957 Tour of Scandinavia Helen Keller
  2. 1964 Accepts Nobel Peace Prize Martin Luther King Jr.
  3. 1979 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech Mother Teresa
  4. 1988 Visiting scholar at the University of Oslo Liu Xiaobo
  5. 1991 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance Mikhail Gorbachev
  6. 1993 Receives Nobel Peace Prize Nelson Mandela
  7. 2001 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony Kofi Annan
  8. 2002 Nobel Peace Prize lecture Jimmy Carter
  9. 2004 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony Wangarĩ Maathai

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