Explore 3323 historical events from 2010–2019.
Günter F. Wendt was a German-born American mechanical engineer noted for his work in the U.S. human spaceflight program. An employee of McDonnell Aircraft and later North American …
Guenter Wendt, German-American engineer (born 1923)
Giulietta Simionato was an Italian mezzo-soprano. Her career spanned the period from the 1930s until her retirement in 1966.
Giulietta Simionato, Italian soprano (born 1910)
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2007 until his death in May 2010. He won the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 A…
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian academic and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (born 1951)
Robin Evan Roberts was an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher who pitched primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies (1948–1961). He spent the latter part of his career wi…
Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1926)
The 2010 China floods were floods in China that began in early May 2010. Three hundred and ninety-two people died, and a further 232 people were reported missing as of June 30, 201…
China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, China, kills more than 1,400 people.
AIRES Flight 8250 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that on 16 August 2010 crashed on landing at night in poor weather on the Colombian island of San Andrés, killing two of…
AIRES Flight 8250 crashes at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia,…
The Iraq War, also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States–led coalition, which…
Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
The Manila hostage crisis, officially known as the Rizal Park hostage-taking incident, took place in Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines, on August 23, 2010. A tourist bus carrying 25 …
The Manila hostage crisis occurred near the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines killing 9 people including the…
Adele Mara was an American actress, singer, and dancer, who appeared in films during the 1940s and 1950s and on television in the 1950s and 1960s.
Adele Mara, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1923)
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television and theater.
Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and activist (born 1917)
Otakar Motejl was a Czech lawyer and politician. He served as the first ombudsman of the Czech Republic from 2000 until his death in 2010. In 1998–2000 he served as the Minister of…
Otakar Motejl, Czech lawyer and politician (born 1932)
Doris Eaton Travis was an American dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, owner and manager, writer, and rancher, who was the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl, a troupe of a…
Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (born 1904)
Frank Frazetta was an American artist known for themes of fantasy and science fiction, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and…
Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (born 1928)
San Fernando is a city located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas; it serves as the seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name. It is about 85 miles (137 km) away from B…
In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by…
Henan Airlines Flight 8387 was a domestic flight operated by Henan Airlines from Harbin to Yichun, Heilongjiang. On the night of 24 August 2010, the Embraer E190 operating the rout…
Henan Airlines Flight 8387 crashes at Yichun Lindu Airport in Yichun, Heilongjiang, China, killing 44 out of the 96…
Agni Air Flight 101 was a regional flight between Kathmandu and Lukla, Nepal, that crashed on 24 August 2010, killing all 14 people on board. Twenty minutes after take-off, the fli…
Agni Air Flight 101 crashes near Shikharpur, Makwanpur, Nepal, killing all 14 people on board.
Dorothy Irene Height was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of Foundational Black American women, including unemployment, illit…
Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (born 1912)
Dorothy Michelle Provine was an American singer, dancer and actress. Born in 1935 in Deadwood, South Dakota, she grew up in Seattle, Washington, and was hired in 1958 by Warner Bro…
Dorothy Provine, American actress and singer (born 1935)
Mariam A. Aleem was an Egyptian artist and art professor specializing in printed design. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts Cairo in 1954 and her Maste…
Mariam A
Frank J. "Pat" Dodd was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate from 1974 to 1975.
Frank J
Goh Keng Swee was a Singaporean statesman and economist who served as the second Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1985. Goh is widely recognised as one of the fo…
Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (born 1918)
Besian Idrizaj was an Austrian professional footballer. He played in the Football League for Crystal Palace and Luton Town both whilst on loan from Liverpool for whom he did not ma…
Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (born 1987)
Walter Joseph Hickel was an American businessman, real estate developer, and politician who served as the second governor of Alaska from 1966 to 1969 and 1990 to 1994, as well as U…
Wally Hickel, American politician, Governor of Alaska and Secretary of the Interior (born 1919)
Norman Lamont Hand was an American professional football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the fifth round of the 1995 NFL draft. He last p…
Norman Hand, American football player (born 1972)