Pittsburgh in the Cold War

The atlas holds 6 people and 6 moments here, from 1948 to 1980. The most recorded lives are Harry S. Truman, Bob Marley and Wangarĩ Maathai.

Ada Yonath
in 1969
1 moment here
Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…
Ahmed Sékou Touré
in 1979
1 moment here
Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…
Bob Marley
in 1980
1 moment here
Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work with the Wailers made reggae an international musical force.…
Grace Kelly
in 1978
1 moment here
American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
Harry S. Truman
in 1948
1 moment here
Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…
Wangarĩ Maathai
in 1964
1 moment here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…