Explore 3323 historical events from 2010–2019.
Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall was a Mauritanian political and military figure. Following a coup d'état in August 2005, he served as the transitional military leader of Mauritania u…
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Mauritanian politician (born 1953)
Orenthal James Simpson, nicknamed "the Juice", was an American football player, actor, and media personality. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons—nine wi…
O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being…
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, …
Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from office for life by Supreme Court of Pakistan after finding him guilty of corruption…
On August 1, 2017, two suicide bombers entered a Shi'ite mosque named "Jadwadia" in Bekrabad, Herat, Afghanistan, during an evening prayer session. After throwing explosives into t…
A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people.
The Unite the Right rally was a white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, from August 11 to 12, 2017. Marchers included members of the alt-right, neo-Co…
The Unite the Right rally occurs in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to the deaths of 3 and injuring nearly 50 more.
On the afternoon of 17 August 2017, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla street in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, killing 13 people and injuring a…
Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.
Roberto Concina, known professionally as Robert Miles, was an Italian record producer, composer, musician, and DJ. His 1995 composition "Children" sold more than five million copie…
Robert Miles, a Swiss-born Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ (born 1969)
Mauno Henrik Koivisto was a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as the country's prime minister twice, from 1968 to 1970 and…
Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, ninth President of Finland (born 1923)
Powers Allen Boothe was an American actor known for his commanding character actor roles on film and television. He received a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for two Screen A…
Powers Boothe, American actor (born 1948)
Herbert Richard Axelrod was an American tropical fish expert, a publisher of pet books, and an entrepreneur. In 2005 he was sentenced in U.S. court to 18 months in prison for tax f…
Herbert R
Todor "Toza" Veselinović was a Yugoslav and Serbian football manager and player.
Todor Veselinović, Serbian football player and manager (born 1930)
On 18 August 2017, a mass stabbing took place in Turku, Finland. Two women were killed and eight others were injured before the perpetrator, 22-year-old Abderrahman Bouanane, was d…
The Turku terror attack occurs in Finland when a knifeman kills two and injures eight.
The Atlantic salmon is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the third largest of the Salmonidae, behind Siberian taimen and Pacific Chinook salmon, growing …
Tens of thousands of farmed non-native Atlantic salmon are accidentally released into the wild in Washington waters in…
A total solar eclipse, dubbed the "Great American Eclipse" by some media, occurred on August 21, 2017. It was visible within a band that spanned the contiguous United States from t…
A solar eclipse traverses the continental United States.
Hurricane Harvey was a powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that made landfall in Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths. I…
Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, the strongest hurricane to make landfall…
Violent clashes have been ongoing in the northern part of Myanmar's Rakhine State since October 2016. Insurgent attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) have led to sec…
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present): One hundred seventy people are killed in at least 26 separate attacks…
Roger Eugene Ailes was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News, Fox Television Stations and 20th Television. Ailes was a medi…
Roger Ailes, American businessman (born 1940)
Christopher John Cornell was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and primary lyricist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. He also ha…
Chris Cornell, American singer (born 1964)
The 2017 China–India border standoff or Doklam standoff was a military border standoff between the Indian Armed Forces and the People's Liberation Army of China over Chinese constr…
China–India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two-month-long…
Robert Jonathan Demme was an American filmmaker. His career of directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and televisio…
Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (born 1944)
Mariano Gagnon was an American Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, who served as a missionary in Peru. Gagnon founded the Cutivereni mission in Peru's Ene River valley to assist …
Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (born 1929)
Rabbi Binyamin "Benny" Elon was an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009. A ninth-gen…
Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (born 1954)
Jacque Fresco was an American futurist and self-described social engineer. Self-taught, he worked in a variety of positions related to industrial design.
Jacque Fresco, American engineer and academic (born 1916)
Nawshirwan Mustafa was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the General Coordinator of the Movement for Change and the leader of the opposition in the Kurdistan Region from 1 …
Nawshirwan Mustafa, General coordinator of the Movement for Change (Gorran) (born 1944)