Explore 1158 historical events from 2000–2009.
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)
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)
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)
Michael Vincent O'Brien was an Irish race horse trainer from Churchtown, County Cork, Ireland. In 2003 he was voted the greatest influence in horse racing history in a worldwide p…
Vincent O'Brien, Irish horse trainer (born 1917)
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)
Koko Taylor was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues, and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known…
Koko Taylor, American singer (born 1928)
Jeff Hanson was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, whose voice was described in a 2005 Paste review as an "angelic falsetto, a cross between Alison…
Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1978)
Jean-Baptiste-Gabriel-Joachim Dausset was a French immunologist born in Toulouse, France. Dausset received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1980 along with Baruj Benace…
Jean Dausset, French-Spanish immunologist and academic; awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his s
Omar Bongo Ondimba was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. A member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), Bongo was pro…
Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (born 1935)
Richard Shelton May was an American NASCAR driver who competed in 185 races in the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup Series between 1967 and 1985.
Dick May, American race car driver (born 1930)
Stelios Skevofilakas was a Greek professional footballer who played as a midfielder mostly for AEK Athens and later a manager.
Stelios Skevofilakas, Greek footballer (born 1940)
Mitsuharu Misawa was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter. Regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, he is primarily known both his 18-year stint with All Ja…
Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1962)
Fathi Yakan, February 9, 1933 – June 13, 2009) was an Islamic cleric who held a seat in the parliament of Lebanon in 1992. He was born in Tripoli.
Fathi Yakan, Lebanese scholar and politician (born 1933)
Robert Lenard Bogle was an American musician who was a founding member of the instrumental rock band the Ventures. He and Don Wilson founded the group in 1958. Bogle was the lead g…
Bob Bogle, American musician (born 1934)
William Rogers McIntyre, was a Canadian Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
William McIntyre, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and judge (born 1918)
Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician. A class conflict theorist, Dahrendorf was a lea…
Ralf Dahrendorf, German-English sociologist and politician (born 1929)
Darrell Cecil "Shifty" Powers was a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II…
Darrell Powers, American sergeant (born 1923)
In gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are extremely energetic events occurring in distant galaxies which represent the brightest and most powerful class of explosion in t…
The gamma-ray burst GRB 090423 was detected coming from the most distant astronomical object of any kind known at the ti