Tripoli in the Space Age

The atlas holds 5 people and 6 moments here, from 1972 to 2000. The most recorded lives are Idi Amin, Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro.

Idi Amin
from 1972 to 1979
2 moments here
Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
Nelson Mandela
in 1997
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Fidel Castro
in 1977
1 moment here
Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
Hugo Chávez
in 2000
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Ali Khamenei
in 1984
1 moment here
Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…