Explore 1158 historical events from 2000–2009.
Konsta Helenius is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Buffalo Sab…
Konsta Helenius, Finnish ice hockey player
Vasilije Adžić is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus and the Montenegro national team.
Vasilije Adžić, Montenegrin footballer
Kang Hae-rin, known mononymously as Haerin, is a South Korean singer. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group NewJeans, which debuted on July 22, 2022, under t…
Haerin, Korean singer
Macklin Richard Celebrini is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and alternate captain for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected f…
Macklin Celebrini, Canadian ice hockey player
Pablo García Fernández is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Real Betis and the Spain national under-21 team.
Pablo García, Spanish footballer
Iranian Azerbaijanis are a Turkic ethnic group native to the Iranian Azerbaijan region. They also live in smaller numbers in other provinces, such as Kurdistan, Qazvin, Hamadan, Gi…
Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout
The 2006 São Paulo violence outbreak began on the night of May 12, 2006 in São Paulo, Brazil, the largest city in South America. It was among the worst outbreaks of violence in rec…
São Paulo violence: Rebellions occur in several prisons in Brazil
The Republic of Montenegro was a constituent federated state of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and then Serbia and Montenegro between 1992 and 2006. The declaration of independ…
The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55%
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes…
Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts
The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and commonly referred to as Yugoslavia, was a country in the Balkans in South…
The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence
Jean Bernard was a French physician and haematologist. During his life, he served as president of the French Academy of Sciences and the French National Academy of Medicine. He was…
Jean Bernard, French physician and haematologist (born 1907)
Scott Brazil was an American television producer and director.
Scott Brazil, American director and producer (born 1955)
Henderson Forsythe was an American actor. Forsythe was known for his role as Dr. David Stewart on the soap opera As the World Turns, a role he played for over 30 years (1960-1991),…
Henderson Forsythe, American actor (born 1917)
Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg, better known by her stage name Alida Valli, or simply Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 10…
Alida Valli, Italian actress (born 1921)
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country in Southeast and Central Europe. Located in the Balkans, it is bordered by Hungary in the north, Romania in the n…
Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country situated primarily in Central Asia, with a portion of its territory extending into Eastern Europe. It bor…
The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1 is launched
Gukesh Dommaraju is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest undisputed world champion; the youngest player to hav…
Dommaraju Gukesh, Youngest contender to compete for the title of World Chess Champion
Albert Scott Crossfield was an American naval officer and test pilot. In 1953, he became the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound. Crossfield was the first of twelve pilo…
Albert Scott Crossfield, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (born 1921)
Henriette Davidson Avram was a computer programmer and systems analyst who developed the MARC format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in …
Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (born 1919)
Phil Walden was the American co-founder of the Macon, Georgia-based Capricorn Records, along with former Atlantic Records executive Frank Fenter.
Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (born 1940)
Brian Leslie Labone was an English footballer who played for and captained Everton. A one-club man, Labone's professional career lasted from 1958 to 1971, during which he won the F…
Brian Labone, English footballer (born 1940)
Moshe (Moses) Teitelbaum was a Hungarian-American Hasidic rebbe and the world leader of the Satmar Hasidim.
Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (born 1914)
Jane Isabel Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book The Death and Life of Great …
Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (born 1916)
Peter John Law was a Welsh politician. For most of his career Law sat as a Labour councillor and subsequently Labour Co-operative Assembly member (AM) for Blaenau Gwent. Latterly h…
Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (born 1948)