Explore 1158 historical events from 2000–2009.
Zena Sutherland was an American reviewer of children's literature. She is best known for her editorship and contributions to the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and as …
Zena Sutherland, American reviewer of children's literature (born 1915)
John Raymond Hope was an American meteorologist who specialized in hurricane forecasting and was an on-air personality on The Weather Channel.
John Hope, American navigator and meteorologist (born 1919)
Maia Teresa Wojciechowska was a Polish-American writer best known for children's and young adult fiction. Her first book and two books for adults were published under her married n…
Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (born 1927)
June Millicent Jordan was an American poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In her writing she explored issues of gender, race, immigration, and representation.
June Jordan, American author and activist (born 1936)
Choi Hong-hi was a South Korean Army general, and martial artist who was an important figure in the history of the Korean martial art of Taekwondo, albeit controversial due to his …
Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, founded Taekwondo (born 1918)
William D. Davenport was an American sprint runner.
Willie Davenport, American sprinter and hurdler (born 1943)
Friedrich "Fritz" Walter was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or inside forward. In his …
Fritz Walter, German footballer (born 1920)
Erwin Chargaff was an Austro-Hungarian-born American biochemist, writer, and professor of biochemistry at Columbia University medical school. A Bucovinian Jew who immigrated to the…
Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (born 1905)
Martinus Bernardus "Tinus" Osendarp was a Dutch sprint runner.
Tinus Osendarp, Dutch runner (born 1916)
The Erfurt school massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 26 April 2002 at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium, a secondary school in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany. 19-year-old expelled stu…
An expelled student murdered sixteen people and wounded seven others before committing suicide at the Gutenberg-Gymnasiu
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is a federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Justice that is responsible for all federal prisons in the country and p…
Police announced that the skeletal remains of Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy, who had been missing for a
A bridge collapse occurred southeast of Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, United States, at 7:45 a.m. on May 26, 2002. Freight barges being transported on the Arkansas River collided with a…
Barges being towed destroyed part of a bridge (aftermath pictured) near Webbers Falls, Oklahoma, causing vehicles to fal
The Football Association is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the olde…
An independent commission appointed by the Football Association voted two-to-one to allow Wimbledon F
George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former United States Air Force officer who was the 43rd president of the United States, serving from 2001 to 2009. Th…
President George W
Mamoru Takuma was a Japanese mass murderer who killed eight children in the Ikeda school massacre in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, on 8 June 2001.
Mamoru Takuma kills eight and injures 15 in a mass stabbing at an elementary school in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in t…
Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa
Shin Ryu-jin, known mononymously as Ryujin, is a South Korean rapper, singer, and dancer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Itzy, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2019.
Shin Ryujin, South Korean rapper, singer and dancer
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world and among the most densely populated wit…
India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border
Space Shuttle Endeavour is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the fifth and final operational Shuttle built. It embarked on its first mission, STS-49, in May 1…
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-100 carrying the Canadarm2 to the International Space Station
Violette Dorange is a French offshore professional sailor. She is an offshore sailor having competed extensively in the Figaro class before progressing to the IMOCA 60.
Violette Dorange, French Professional Round the World Sailor
Dalton Douglas Knecht is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Northe…
Dalton Knecht, American basketball player
Thiago Ezequiel Almada is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Argentina national team.
Thiago Almada, Argentine footballer
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the United N…
The United States loses its seat on the U
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to t…
During a trip to Syria, Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to enter a mosque