Saigon in the Space Age
The atlas holds 8 people and 19 moments here, from 1959 to 2018. The most recorded lives are Ngô Đình Diệm, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and Thích Nhất Hạnh.
Notable people
Bhumibol Adulyadej
in 1959
1 moment here
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) was King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he grew up partly in Thailand and Switzerland,…
Dalida
in 1961
1 moment here
Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…
Lê Đức Thọ
in 1975
2 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary, Communist Party leader, and diplomat. Born Phan Đình Khải, he was imprisoned by French colonial authorities, worked in…
Ngô Đình Diệm
from 1961 to 1963
5 moments here
Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
from 1969 to 1975
5 moments here
South Vietnamese army officer and politician who led South Vietnam as chairman of the National Leadership Committee from 1965 and as president from…
Richard Nixon
in 1969
1 moment here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Thích Nhất Hạnh
from 1959 to 1964
3 moments here
Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, teacher, author, and peace activist. Thích Nhất Hạnh helped develop engaged Buddhism, founded the Plum Village…
Trần Đại Quang
in 2018
1 moment here
Vietnamese police general and politician who served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016 and as President of Vietnam from April 2016…
Moments
- 1959 Teaching at Saigon temples Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 1959 State visit to South Vietnam Bhumibol Adulyadej
- 1961 Saigon concert Dalida
- 1961 Meeting with Lyndon B. Johnson Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1963 Arrest in Cholon Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1963 Assassination during transfer to Tân Sơn Nhứt Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1963 Escape from Gia Long Palace Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1963 Refuge at St. Francis Xavier Church Ngô Đình Diệm
- 1963 Return to South Vietnam Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 1964 Founding higher Buddhist studies institute Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 1969 Meeting Nixon at Independence Palace Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1969 Visit to South Vietnam Richard Nixon
- 1970 Meeting Vice President Agnew Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1970 Meeting Vice President Agnew again Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1975 Entry into Saigon Lê Đức Thọ
- 1975 Departure from Tan Son Nhut Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1975 Resignation at the presidential palace Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1975 Victory parade in Saigon Lê Đức Thọ
- 2018 Meeting with Ho Chi Minh City voters Trần Đại Quang