Explore 2493 historical events from 2000–2009.
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers…
The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the…
The Airbus Helicopters H125 Écureuil, or Squirrel, is a single-engine light utility helicopter designed and originally manufactured by the French corporation Aérospatiale, later by…
A Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil and Piper PA-32R collide over the Hudson River, killing nine people.
On 17 August 2009, a turbine in the hydroelectric power station of the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam near Sayanogorsk in Russia failed catastrophically, killing 75 people and severely da…
An accident at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power…
Sister Carol Anne O'Marie, C.S.J., was a Roman Catholic sister in the Religious Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. She was also a mystery writer.
Carol Anne O'Marie, American nun and author (born 1933)
Major General Sir William Dudley Duncan Refshauge, was an Australian soldier and public health administrator. He was Honorary Physician to Queen Elizabeth II (1955–64), director-ge…
William Refshauge, Australian soldier and physician (born 1913)
Paul William Sharratt, was an English-born Australian entertainer and television personality, and later an American television producer.
Paul Sharratt, English-American television host (born 1933)
Otto Torsten Andersson was a Swedish modernist painter, best known for his theme of the realistic depiction of abstract sculptures, and two-dimensional exploration of three-dimensi…
Torsten Andersson, Swedish painter and illustrator (born 1926)
The August 2009 Baghdad bombings were three coordinated car bomb attacks and a number of mortar strikes in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on 19 August 2009. The explosives were detona…
A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
On June 10, 1991, Jaycee Lee Dugard, an eleven-year-old girl, was abducted from a street while walking to a school bus stop in Meyers, California, United States. Searches began imm…
Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years. Her captors,…
Myanmar has been in armed conflict since 1948, when the country, then known as Burma, gained independence from the United Kingdom. The conflict has largely been ethnic-based, with …
Internal conflict in Myanmar: The Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin three days of violent clashes in the…
Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operationa…
NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-128.
James Graham Ballard was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between…
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Aino Maria Susanna Haapoja was a Finnish politician in the Centre Party. Haapoja was born in Kauhava and became a Member of Parliament in 2003 and was elected for a second term in …
Susanna Haapoja, Finnish politician (born 1966)
Ephraim Katzir was an Israeli biophysicist and Labor Party politician. He was the president of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (born 1916)
Danny La Rue was an entertainer best known for on-stage theatrical productions, television shows and films where he customarily performed as a female impersonator.
Danny La Rue, Irish-British drag queen performer and singer (born 1927)
George Richard Tiller was an American physician and abortion provider from Wichita, Kansas. He gained national attention as the medical director of Women's Health Care Services, wh…
George Tiller, American physician (born 1941)
Feroz Khan was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director best known for his work in Indian cinema. He appeared in over 60 films throughout his career and became one of Bo…
Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (born 1939)
Ekaterina Sergeyevna Maximova was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. She was a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi…
Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina and actress (born 1939)
Jack French Kemp was an American politician, professional football player, and U.S. Army veteran who served as the ninth U.S. secretary of housing and urban development in the admi…
Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (born 1
Dominick DeLuise was an American actor, comedian, director, musician, chef, and author. Known primarily for comedic roles, he rose to fame in the 1970s as a frequent guest on telev…
Dom DeLuise, American actor, director, and producer (born 1933)
Abel Nguéndé Goumba was a Central African politician. During the late 1950s, he headed the government in the period prior to independence from France, and following independence he…
Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1926)
Claudio Huepe García was a Chilean politician, engineer and economist, member of the Christian Democrat party, who occupied several government and political positions. During his c…
Claudio Huepe, Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (born 1939)
David Carroll Eddings was an American fantasy writer. With his wife Leigh, he authored several best-selling epic fantasy novel series, including The Belgariad (1982–84), The Mallor…
David Eddings, American author (born 1931)
David Carradine was an American actor, director, and producer, whose career included over 200 major and minor roles in film, television and on stage. He was widely known to televis…
David Carradine, American actor (born 1936)