Explore 2493 historical events from 2000–2009.
Robert Strange McNamara, also known by his initials RSM, was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 t…
Robert McNamara, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1916)
Arturo Gatti was a Canadian professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2007. He was a world champion in two weight classes, having held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) …
Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (born 1972)
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited a…
Walter Cronkite, American journalist and actor (born 1916)
Leszek Kołakowski was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analysis of contemporary Marxist thought and theory, as in his three-volume his…
Leszek Kołakowski, Polish historian and philosopher (born 1927)
Henry William Allingham was an English supercentenarian. He is the longest-lived man ever recorded from the United Kingdom, a First World War veteran, and, for one month, was the v…
Henry Allingham, English soldier (born 1896)
Jill Angela Henriette Balcon was a British actress. She was known for her work in film, television, radio and on stage. She made her film debut in Nicholas Nickleby (1947). She was…
Jill Balcon, English actress (born 1925)
Francis McCourt was an Irish-American teacher and writer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood.
Frank McCourt, American author and educator (born 1930)
Henry John Surtees was a British racing driver and the son of John Surtees. He died during a Formula Two race at Brands Hatch when he was struck by a wheel which came off another c…
Henry Surtees, English race car driver (born 1991)
Vedat Okyar was a Turkish international footballer who later became a sports journalist.
Vedat Okyar, Turkish footballer (born 1945)
Mark Richard Rosenzweig was an American research psychologist whose research on neuroplasticity in animals indicated that the adult brain remains capable of anatomical remodelling …
Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist and academic (born 1922)
Richard Martin Givan served as the 96th Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 6, 1969, until his retirement December 31, 1994. He served as chief justice from 1974 unti…
Richard M. Givan, American lawyer and judge (born 1921)
Peter Krieg, born as Wilhelm Walter Gladitz was a German documentary filmmaker, producer and writer. He initially enrolled in business and economics courses at Hamburg University b…
Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1947)
E. Lynn Harris was an American author. Openly gay, he was best known for his depictions of African-American men who were on the down-low and closeted. He authored ten consecutive b…
E. Lynn Harris, American author and screenwriter (born 1955)
Jack Louis Joseph Marie Le Goff was a French equestrian, best known as the coach of the American three-day eventing team from 1970 to 1984. He coached the team to multiple internat…
Jack Le Goff, French equestrian (born 1931)
Vernon Forrest was an American professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC, IBF, Ring magazine …
Vernon Forrest, American boxer (born 1971)
Stanley Middleton FRSL was a British novelist.
Stanley Middleton, English author (born 1919)
Henry John Patch, dubbed in his later years "the Last Fighting Tommy", was an English supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the world's last surviving trench comb…
Harry Patch, English soldier (born 1898)
Yasmin binti Ahmad was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter. She was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films…
Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director (born 1958)
Merce Philip Cunningham was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of American modern dance for more than 50 years. He frequently collaborated with artists o…
Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (born 1919)
Jim Johnson was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He was a defensive coordinator for nine seasons with the Philadelphia Eagl…
Jim Johnson, American football player and coach (born 1941)
Mohammed Yusuf, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Yusuf al-Barnawi, was a Nigerian militant who founded the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in 2002. He was its leader until he…
Mohammed Yusuf, Nigerian militant leader, founded Boko Haram (born 1970)
Peter Zadek was a German director of theatre, opera and film, a translator and a screenwriter. He is regarded as one of the greatest directors in German-speaking theater.
Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter (born 1926)
Sir Robert William Robson was an English football player and coach. His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winnin…
Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (born 1933)
Harry Alan Towers was a British radio and independent film producer and screenwriter. He wrote numerous screenplays for the films he produced, often under the pseudonym Peter Welbe…
Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (born 1920)