Explore 4960 historical events from 2010–2019.
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)
Stephen Robert Franken was an American actor who worked in film and television for over fifty years.
Steve Franken, American actor (born 1932)
Félix Miélli Venerando was a Brazilian football player, more commonly known as Félix.
Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1937)
Florencio Amarilla Lacasa was a Paraguayan footballer, coach and later actor.
Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (born 1935)
Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was al…
Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)
Roberto González Barrera was a Mexican businessman. He was the chairman of Gruma, the largest producer of tortillas and corn flour in the world, and of Banorte, the largest Mexican…
Roberto González Barrera, Mexican banker and businessman (born 1930)
Donald Cameron Easterbrook Gorrie OBE was a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician. He was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Central Scotland region from 1999 to 2007…
Donald Gorrie, Scottish politician (born 1933)
Bernard Russ Alben was an American advertising executive and composer. He served as the Vice President and Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather from the early 1970s until his retir…
Russ Alben, American composer and businessman (born 1929)
Reginald Bartholomew was an American diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon (1983–1986), Spain (1986–1989), and Italy (1993–1997). He was also a member of the American A…
Reginald Bartholomew, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (born 1936)
Jacques Bensimon was a public film and television director, producer and executive in Canada, working primarily with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and TFO, the French-lan…
Jacques Bensimon, Canadian director and producer (born 1943)
Krzysztof Wilmanski was a Polish-German scientist working in the fields of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics.
Krzysztof Wilmanski, Polish-German physicist and academic (born 1940)
Neville Edward Alexander OLS was a proponent of a multilingual South Africa and a former revolutionary who spent ten years on Robben Island as a fellow prisoner of Nelson Mandela.
Neville Alexander, South African linguist and activist (born 1936)