Explore 3324 historical events from 2010–2019.
Édgar Morales Pérez was the mayor-elect of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, elected on July 1, 2012. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the Ecolo…
Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican engineer and politician
Alfred Morris, Baron Morris of Manchester, was a British Labour Co-operative politician and disability rights campaigner.
Alf Morris, English politician and activist (born 1928)
Hugo Adam Bedau was the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Tufts University. He is best known for his work on capital punishment.
Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher and academic (born 1926)
Helen Gurley Brown was an American author, publisher, and businesswoman. She was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.
Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (born 1922)
Raymond Clarence "Slug" Jordon was an Australian first-class cricketer who represented Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and toured with the Australian national cricket team. He was…
Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1937)
Joan Roberts was an American actress, most famous for creating the role of Laurey in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! in 1943.
Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (born 1917)
John Michael Pesky, nicknamed "the Needle" and "Mr. Red Sox", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a shortstop and…
Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (born 1919)
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra, first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term, fro…
Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1945)
Svetozar Gligorić was a Serbian chess grandmaster and musician. He won a record 11 titles at Yugoslav Chess Championship, a record 12 team medals at Chess Olympiad, and is consider…
Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess player (born 1923)
Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter was an American actress. She is best known for portraying Ellen Lawson in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) and Martha "Ma" Kent in Superman (1978). She al…
Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (born 1919)
Robert Wayne Birch was an American musician, best known as the bass player for Elton John.
Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (born 1956)
Altamiro Carrilho was a Brazilian musician and composer. He is widely regarded as a master flutist and a major representative of the choro genre.
Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (born 1924)
Harry Max Harrison was an American science fiction author, known mostly for his character The Stainless Steel Rat and for his novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966). The latter was the…
Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (born 1925)
Princess Lalla Amina was a member of the Moroccan royal family and former President of the Royal Moroccan Federation of Equestrian Sports.
Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (born 1954)
Martine Franck was a British-Belgian documentary and portrait photographer. She was a member of Magnum Photos for more than 32 years. Franck was the second wife of Henri Cartier-Br…
Martine Franck, Belgian photographer and director (born 1938)
Abune Paulos was the fifth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church from 1992 to his death in 2012. His full title was "His Holiness Abuna Paulos, Fifth Patriarch of the…
Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (born 1935)
William Windom was an American actor. Known as a character actor of the stage and screen, he is famous for his recurring role as Dr. Seth Hazlitt alongside Angela Lansbury in the C…
William Windom, American actor (born 1923)
Aase Ingerid Nathalie Bjerkholt was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She was born in Oslo.
Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (born 1915)
Victor "Vic" Poor was an American engineer and computer pioneer. At Computer Terminal Corporation, he co-created the architecture that was ultimately implemented in the first succe…
Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (born 1933)
Patrick Ricard was a French entrepreneur and chairman and CEO of the liquor and wine group Pernod Ricard.
Patrick Ricard, French businessman (born 1945)
John George Lynch-Staunton was a Canadian senator, who served as interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, from December 2003 to March 2004. He represented the Senate div…
John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1930)
Harrison Begay, also known as Haashké yah Níyá was a renowned Diné (Navajo) painter, printmaker, and illustrator. Begay specialized in watercolors, gouache, and silkscreen prints. …
Harrison Begay, American painter (born 1917)
John George Kovatch Jr. was an American professional football end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the Green Bay Packers. He was born in South …
John Kovatch, American football player (born 1920)
Scott McKenzie was an American singer and songwriter who recorded the 1967 hit single "San Francisco ".
Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)