Explore 3324 historical events from 2010–2019.
Rayampettai Krishnamacharya Rangarajan, popularly known as Ra Ki, was a Tamil journalist and prolific author of novels, short stories, essays, translations and other works. Rangara…
Ra. Ki. Rangarajan, Indian journalist and author (born 1927)
Jesus "Jesse" Manalastas Robredo was a Filipino politician who served as 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III f…
Jesse Robredo, Filipino public servant and politician, 23rd Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (born 1958)
Donal Henahan was an American music critic and journalist who had lengthy associations with the Chicago Daily News and The New York Times. With the Times he won the annual Pulitzer…
Donal Henahan, American journalist and critic (born 1921)
Ivar Iversen was a Norwegian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1948 ICF Canoe Sprint World C…
Ivar Iversen, Norwegian canoe racer (born 1914)
Anthony David Leighton Scott was an English filmmaker. He made his theatrical film debut with The Hunger (1983) and went on to direct highly successful action and thriller films su…
Tony Scott, English-American director and producer (born 1944)
Edmund Skellings was an American poet. He was the Poet Laureate of Florida from 1980 to 2012, and was succeeded by Peter Meinke.
Edmund Skellings, American poet and academic (born 1932)
Phyllis Ada Diller was an American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician and visual artist, noted for her eccentric stage persona, characterized by her self-deprecating humo…
Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian (born 1917)
William Daryl Hine was a Canadian poet and translator. A MacArthur Fellow for the class of 1986, Hine was the editor of Poetry from 1968 to 1978. He graduated from McGill Universit…
Daryl Hine, Canadian-American poet and academic (born 1936)
Wilfred Leonard Quested was an English footballer. Quested played one match for England B as well as being selected as a travelling reserve for a Full International for England. In…
Len Quested, English footballer and manager (born 1925)
Dominic Mintoff was a Maltese socialist politician, architect, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 1984, and was Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to…
Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1916)
Mika Yamamoto was a Japanese video and photojournalist for the news agency Japan Press. Yamamoto was killed on 20 August 2012 while covering the Syrian Civil War in Aleppo, Syria.…
Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (born 1967)
Meles Zenawi Asres, born Legesse Zenawi Asres was an Ethiopian politician and former rebel militant commander who served as president of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and as prime min…
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (born 1955)
Georg Leber was a German Trades Union leader and a politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, Federal Minister of Defence for Germany (born 1920)
John Frank Raley Jr. was a Maryland politician and an advocate for education, economic development and protection and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.
J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (born 1926)
James Donald Raleigh was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played centre with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League between 1943 and 1956.
Don Raleigh, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1926)
Guy Gustave Arthur Ghislain Spitaels was a Belgian politician of the Socialist Party. He was the 7th Minister-President of Wallonia from 1992 to 1994 and president of his party for…
Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, seventh Minister-President of Wallonia (born 1931)
William Paul Thurston was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology and was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982 for his contributions to the…
William Thurston, American mathematician and academic (born 1946)
Nina Mary Bawden CBE, FRSL, JP was an English novelist and children's writer.
Nina Bawden, English author (born 1925)
Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, S.J. was a cardinal in the Catholic Church. He was at times the bishop of Hualien and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and the chairman of Fu Jen Catholic University.
Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, Taiwanese cardinal (born 1923)
Jeffrey Stone was an American actor and voice-over artist. Stone was the model and inspiration for Prince Charming in the 1950 Walt Disney animated feature film, Cinderella. While …
Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter (born 1926)
Jerry Nelson was an American puppeteer, best known for his work with the Muppets. Known for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on Se…
Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (born 1934)
Josepha Sherman was an American author, folklorist, and anthologist. In 1990 she won the Compton Crook Award for the novel The Shining Falcon.
Josepha Sherman, American anthologist and author (born 1946)
Jamal Said better known by the nom de guerre Mullah Dadullah and also Maulana Mohammad Jamal, was a senior member of the Pakistani Taliban. He was self-proclaimed Taliban leader in…
Dadullah, Pakistani Taliban leader (born 1965)
Joen Pauli Højgaard Ellefsen was a Faroese politician and member of the Union Party. He was Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1981 to 1985.
Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese surveyor and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1936)