Explore 2493 historical events from 2000–2009.
Ezer Weizman was an Israeli major general and politician who served as the president of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was com…
Ezer Weizman, Israeli general and politician, 7th President of Israel (born 1924)
Fei Xiaotong or Fei Hsiao-tung was a Chinese anthropologist and sociologist. He was a pioneering researcher and professor of sociology and anthropology; he was also noted for his s…
Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist and academic (born 1910)
Jim L. Barker was an Oklahoma politician. During his tenure he was the only state representative to be elected four times as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
Jim Barker, American politician (born 1935)
Swami Ranganathananda was a Hindu swami of the Ramakrishna Math order. He served as the 13th president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.
Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk and educator (born 1908)
Mason Adams was an American actor. From the late 1940s until the early 1970s, he was heard in numerous radio programs and voiceovers for countless television commercials, the latte…
Mason Adams, American actor (born 1919)
Elisabeth Domitien served as the prime minister of the Central African Republic from 1975 to 1976. She was the first and to date only woman to hold the position, and was the first …
Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (born 1925)
Maria Margarethe Anna Schell was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She was one of the leading stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, she was awarded the Cannes Best Actre…
Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (born 1926)
George Reginald "Red" Horner was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League from 1928 to 1940. He was the Leafs captain from 1938 un…
Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1909)
Percy Heath was an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern …
Percy Heath, American bassist (born 1923)
Taraki Sivaram or Dharmeratnam Sivaram was a popular Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka. He was kidnapped by four men in a white van on 28 April 2005, in front of the Bambalapitya polic…
Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (born 1959)
Augusto Roa Bastos was a Paraguayan novelist and short story writer. As a teenager he fought in the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, and he later worked as a journalist, scr…
Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (born 1917)
Christopher Barrett Candito was an American professional wrestler. Candito is best remembered for his tenures with promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Extreme Ch…
Chris Candido, American wrestler (born 1971)
William Joseph Bell was an American screenwriter and television producer, best known as the creator of the soap operas Another World, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and th…
William J
Louis Leithold was an American mathematician and teacher. He is best known for authoring The Calculus, a classic textbook about calculus that changed the teaching methods for calcu…
Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (born 1924)
Philip M. Rasmussen was a United States Army Air Forces second lieutenant assigned to the 46th Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field on the island of Oahu during the Japanese attack on…
Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1918)
Kenneth Bancroft Clark and Mamie Phipps Clark were American psychologists who as a married team conducted research among children and were active in the Civil Rights Movement. They…
Kenneth Clark, American psychologist and academic (born 1914)
Wee Kim Wee was a Singaporean journalist, diplomat and politician who served as the fourth president of Singapore between 1985 and 1993.
Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th President of Singapore (born 1915)
Colonel David Haskell Hackworth was a United States Army officer and journalist, who was highly decorated in both the Korean War and Vietnam War. Hackworth is known for his role in…
David Hackworth, American colonel and journalist (born 1930)
Tristan Egolf was an American novelist, author, and political activist.
Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (born 1971)
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1989. A liberal Democrat, he represented parts of Ne…
Peter Rodino, American captain and politician (born 1909)
Otilino George Tenorio Bastidas was an Ecuadorian professional footballer who played as a forward.
Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (born 1980)
Jean Carrière was a French writer.
Jean Carrière, French author (born 1928)
Nicolás Vuyovich was a sportscar driver from Argentina.
Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentinian race car driver (born 1981)
Léo Alphonse Joseph Cadieux was a Canadian politician.
Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (born 1908)