Explore 1158 historical events from 2000–2009.
Alfonso Carrasquel Colón, better known as Chico Carrasquel, was a Venezuelan professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a s…
Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (born 1928)
Ruth Laredo was an American classical pianist.
Ruth Laredo, American pianist and educator (born 1937)
Leslie Charles Smith, OBE, was a co-founder of Lesney Products, the company famous for making Matchbox cars.
Leslie Smith, English businessman, co-founded Lesney Products (born 1918)
John David D'Amico was a Canadian National Hockey League (NHL) linesman and later supervisor of officials.
John D'Amico, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (born 1937)
Hamilton Naki was a South African laboratory assistant known for his contributions to surgical research and medical training despite having no formal medical training. He worked wi…
Hamilton Naki, South African surgeon (born 1926)
George Rochberg was an American composer of contemporary classical music. Long a serial composer, Rochberg abandoned the technique after his teenage son died in 1964, saying it had…
George Rochberg, American soldier and composer (born 1918)
Gérald Leblanc was an Acadian poet notable for seeking his own Acadian roots and the current voices of Acadian culture. Leblanc was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. He studied at…
Gérald Leblanc, Acadian poet (born 1945)
Tomasz Pacyński was a Polish fantasy and science fiction writer, born in Warsaw. He was one of the creators and, from 2004, the chief editor of Fahrenheit, the first Polish Interne…
Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author (born 1958)
Alma Ziegler was an infielder and pitcher who played from 1944 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m), 125 lb., …
Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and stenographer (born 1918)
Hilda Crosby Standish was a pioneer in the birth control movement in the state of Connecticut. In 1935, she became medical director of the Maternal Health Center in Hartford, the s…
Hilda Crosby Standish, American physician (born 1902)
George Lawrence Mikan Jr., nicknamed "Mr. Basketball", was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League (NBL) and the…
George Mikan, American basketball player and coach (born 1924)
Lucien Cliche was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Abitibi-Est in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and then the Quebec National Assembly from 1960 to 1970 …
Lucien Cliche, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1916)
Gunder Gundersen was a Norwegian Nordic combined skier and sports official. He was born in Asker.
Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier (born 1930)
Samir Kassir was a Lebanese-Syrian-Palestinian journalist of An-Nahar and professor of history at Saint-Joseph University, who was an advocate of democracy and prominent opponent o…
Samir Kassir, Lebanese journalist and educator (born 1950)
Melita Stedman Norwood was a British civil servant, Communist Party of Great Britain member and KGB spy.
Melita Norwood, English civil servant and spy (born 1912)
Harold Cardinal was a Cree writer, political leader, teacher, negotiator, and lawyer. Throughout his career he advocated, on behalf of all First Nation peoples, for the right to be…
Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1945)
Adolfo Aguilar Zínser was a Mexican scholar, diplomat and politician who served as a National Security Advisor to President Vicente Fox and as a UN Security Council Ambassador in t…
Adolfo Aguilar Zínser, Mexican scholar and politician (born 1949)
Wee Chong Jin was a Malayan-born Singaporean jurist who served as a chief justice of Singapore for 27 years, from 1963 to 1990, where he was the first Asian lawyer appointed as a j…
Wee Chong Jin, Singaporean judge (born 1917)
General Vasco dos Santos Gonçalves GOL OA was a Portuguese army officer in the Engineering Corps who took part in the Carnation Revolution and later served as Prime Minister from 1…
Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general and politician, 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1922)
Anne Bancroft was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony A…
Anne Bancroft, American film actress; winner of the 1963 Academy Award for Best Actress for The Miracle Worker (born 193
Curtis Hardeman Pitts was an American aircraft designer, aircraft manufacturer, crop duster, and airport fixed-base operator. He became widely known and revered in the aerobatics c…
Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (born 1915)
Anne-Marie Alonzo, was a Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher.
Anne-Marie Alonzo, Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher (born 1951)
Scott Alexander Young was a Canadian journalist, sportswriter, and novelist. He was the father of musicians Neil Young and Astrid Young. Over his career, Young wrote 45 books, incl…
Scott Young, Canadian journalist and author (born 1918)
Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal was a Portuguese leftist revolutionary and politician. He was one of the major opponents of the corporatist regime of the Estado Novo. He served as secre…
Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese academic and politician (born 1913)