Explore 4960 historical events from 2010–2019.
Ashawna Hailey was an American computer scientist and philanthropist. She was among the creators of the HSPICE program, which many electronic design companies worldwide use to simu…
Ashawna Hailey, American computer scientist and philanthropist (born 1949)
Elizabeth (Betty) Mary Driver was a British actress and singer, best known for her role as Betty Williams in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, a role she played fo…
Betty Driver, English actress, singer, and author (born 1920)
Daniel Clive Wheldon was a British motor racing driver who won the 2005 IndyCar Series for Andretti Green Racing (AGR). He won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and 2011, and was co-win…
Dan Wheldon, English race car driver (born 1978)
Carl Henry Lindner Jr. was an American businessman from Norwood, Ohio, a member of the Lindner family, and one of the world's richest people. According to the 2010 issue of Forbes …
Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (born 1919)
George Varghese Kakkanadan, commonly known as Kakkanadan, was an Indian short-story writer and novelist in the Malayalam language. His works broke away from the neo-realism that do…
Kakkanadan, Indian author (born 1935)
Mutassim Billah Gaddafi was a Libyan military officer, and the National Security Advisor of Libya from 2008 until his assassination in 2011. He was the fourth son of former Libyan …
Mutassim Gaddafi, Libyan colonel (born 1974)
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi was a Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his overthrow by Libyan rebe…
Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Libya (born 1942)
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr was a Libyan military officer and politician who was the Minister of Defence of Libya during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi. His official position was Secretary of…
Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr, Libyan politician (born 1942)
Iztok Puc was a Croatian-Slovenian handball player, who was one of the world's top players of the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he played professionally for Borac Banja Luka, …
Iztok Puc, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (born 1966)
Hikmet Bilâ was a Turkish journalist and columnist. He was the author of three books about Turkish political history.
Hikmet Bilâ, Turkish journalist and author (born 1954)
Tone Pavček was one of the most influential Slovene poets, translators, and essayists from the first post-war generation. He published numerous collections of poetry, well received…
Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and author (born 1928)
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود, Sulṭān ibn ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Suʿūd;, called The generous Sultan in Saudi Arabia, was the Saudi defense minister from …
Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabian prince (born 1930)
Herbert Aaron Hauptman was an American mathematician and Nobel laureate. He pioneered and developed a mathematical method that has changed the whole field of chemistry and opened a…
Herbert A. Hauptman, American chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
Sansan Chien was a Taiwanese composer of contemporary classical music. Chien was well known in Taiwan for her teaching of music theory and composition.
Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1967)
Jona Baravilala Senilagakali was a Fijian medical doctor and diplomat who was briefly appointed as Prime Minister of Fiji following the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. Subsequently he was…
Jona Senilagakali, Fijian physician and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Fiji (born 1929)
James Hillman was an American psychologist. He studied at, and then guided studies for, the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich. He founded a movement toward archetypal psychology and re…
James Hillman, American psychologist and author (born 1926)
Marco Simoncelli, nicknamed Sic was an Italian professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the MotoGP World Championship for 10 years from 2002 to 2011. He started in the 125cc c…
Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle racer (born 1987)
John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence, and part of just a small group of…
John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (born 1927)
Robert Alan Pritzker was an American businessman and member of the wealthy Pritzker family.
Robert Pritzker, American businessman, co-founded Marmon Group (born 1926)
Raymond Thomas Casamajor Addington was a British Army soldier who won the Military Cross in the Netherlands in 1944/45 for his bravery as a battery captain with the 13th Honourable…
Tom Addington, English soldier (born 1919)
Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile was an English media personality and disc jockey. During his lifetime, he was known for his eccentric image, charitable work, and hosting the BBC sh…
Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (born 1926)
The Guantánamo Bay files leak began on 24 April 2011, when WikiLeaks, along with The New York Times, NPR and The Guardian and other independent news organizations, began publishin…
Secret documents relating to detainees at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp were released on WikiLeaks an
William, Prince of Wales, is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales.
Watched by a worldwide television audience of tens of millions, Prince William and Catherine Middleton were married at W
Bulgaria is a country in Europe and a member state of the European Union.
The Russian river cruise liner Bulgaria was caught in a storm in Tatarstan on the Volga River and sank in several…