Yale University in the Space Age

The atlas holds 5 people and 5 moments here, from 1958 to 2010. The most recorded lives are Martin Luther King Jr., Harry S. Truman and Jorge Luis Borges.

Notable people

1. Martin Luther King Jr.

   in 1959

   1 moment here

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

2. Harry S. Truman

   in 1958

   1 moment here

   Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.…

3. Jorge Luis Borges

   in 1971

   1 moment here

   Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…

4. Alexei Navalny

   in 2010

   1 moment here

   Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, politician, and political prisoner. This chronology records supported locations of his birth,…

5. Wangarĩ Maathai

   in 2002

   1 moment here

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

Moments

1. 1958 Visiting lecturer at Yale Harry S. Truman
2. 1959 Speaks at Yale's Woolsey Hall Martin Luther King Jr.
3. 1971 Encuentro at Yale Jorge Luis Borges
4. 2002 McCluskey Fellowship at Yale Wangarĩ Maathai
5. 2010 Yale World Fellows program Alexei Navalny

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