Explore 1158 historical events from 2000–2009.
Dona Massin was a film choreographer best known for her work on the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz. Dona Massin appeared in over 100 films throughout her career.
Dona Massin, Canadian actress and choreographer (born 1917)
John Joseph Moakley was an American politician who served as the United States representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district from 1973 until his death in 2001. Moak…
Joe Moakley, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)
Francisco Javier Varela García was a Chilean biologist, philosopher, cybernetician, and neuroscientist who, together with his mentor Humberto Maturana, is best known for introducin…
Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist and philosopher (born 1946)
Brigadier William Denis Whitaker, was a Canadian athlete, soldier, businessman, and author.
Denis Whitaker, Canadian general and historian (born 1915)
Arlene Francis was an American game show panelist, actress, and radio and television talk show host. She was a pioneer for women in television, and is best known for her long-runni…
Arlene Francis, American actress, talk show host, game show panelist, and television personality (born 1907)
Henry King Ketcham was an American cartoonist who created the Dennis the Menace comic strip, writing and drawing it from 1951 to 1994, when he retired from drawing the daily cartoo…
Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (born 1920)
Aishwarya Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah was Queen of Nepal from 1972 until her assassination in 2001. She played a significant role as the consort of King Birendra and was a prominent fi…
notable victims of the Nepalese royal massacre
Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli was an American professional boxer. He was the World Light Heavyweight Champion from 1950 to 1952. He took the ring-name Joey Maxim from the Maxim gun…
Joey Maxim, American boxer (born 1922)
Manuel Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca, known as Anthony Quinn, was a Mexican and American actor. He was known for his portrayal of earthy, passionate characters "marked by a brutal a…
Anthony Quinn, Mexican-American actor and producer (born 1915)
Imogene Coca was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows. Starting out in vaudeville as a child acrobat, she studied ballet and …
Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (born 1908)
Ángel Víctor Paz Estenssoro was a Bolivian politician who served as the 45th president of Bolivia for three nonconsecutive and four total terms from 1952 to 1956, 1960 to 1964 and …
Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (born 1907)
Betty Neels was a prolific British writer of over 134 romance novels, beginning in 1969 and continuing until her death. Her work is known for being particularly chaste.
Betty Neels, English nurse and author (born 1910)
Alexander de Renzy was an American director and producer of pornographic movies.
Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (born 1935)
Leila Pahlavi was a princess of Iran. She was the youngest daughter of Mohammad Reza Shah the last Shah of Iran, and his third wife, Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi.
Leila Pahlavi, Princess of Iran (born 1970)
Timothy James McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist who masterminded and perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The bombing itself killed 167 or 168 people, …
Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (born 1968)
Amalia Mendoza García, nicknamed as La Tariácuri, was a Mexican singer and actress. "Échame a mi la culpa" and "Amarga navidad" were some of her greatest hits. Her best friend sinc…
Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (born 1923)
Henri Alekan was a French cinematographer.
Henri Alekan, French cinematographer (born 1909)
Donald James Cram was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with…
Donald J
Thomas Joseph Winning was a Scottish Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Glasgow from 1974 and President of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland from 1…
Thomas Winning, Scottish cardinal (born 1925)
Morey Stanley Mosk was an American jurist, politician, and attorney. He served as Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court for 37 years (1964–2001), the longest tenure in …
Stanley Mosk, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1912)
John Whitefoord Heyer was an Australian documentary filmmaker, who is often described as the father of Australian documentary film.
John Heyer, Australian director and producer (born 1916)
The Accra Sports Stadium, formerly named the Ohene Djan Stadium, is a multi-use stadium located in Accra, Ghana, mostly used for association football matches. It is also used for r…
Police at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, fired tear gas to quell unrest at a football match, leading to a stamp
The 2001 Bangladesh–India border skirmishes were a series of armed clashes between India and Bangladesh in April 2001. The clashes took place between troops of the Bangladesh Rifle…
India and Bangladesh began a six-day conflict over their disputed border, which ended in a stalemate
The Dos Palmas kidnappings was a hostage crisis in southern Philippines that began with the seizing of twenty hostages from the affluent Dos Palmas Resort on a private island in Ho…
Twenty tourists were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in Palawan, Philippines, triggering a hostage crisis that lasted