Explore 1542 historical events from 2010–2019.
Willem Albeda was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and later of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and economist.
Wil Albeda, Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs (born 1925)
William Harvey Dana was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, NASA test pilot, and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an ex…
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James Albert Ellis was an American professional boxer. He won the vacant WBA heavyweight title in 1968 by defeating Jerry Quarry, making one successful title defense in the same ye…
Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (born 1940)
William Harrell was an American reserve infielder in Major League Baseball who played between 1955 and 1961 for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox (1961). Listed at 6 feet 1 …
Billy Harrell, American baseball player and scout (born 1928)
Antony Hopkins was a composer, pianist, and conductor, as well as a writer and radio broadcaster. He was widely known for his books of musical analysis and for his radio programm…
Antony Hopkins, English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1921)
Maria Lassnig was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness". In 1980, she became a professor for Painting at the University of Appl…
Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (born 1919)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Patrick McNamara, was a senior commander of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), the RAAF's highest-ranki…
Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (born 1923)
Colin Trevor Pillinger, was an English planetary scientist. He was a founding member of the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute at The Open University in Milton Keynes;…
Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (born 1943)
Farley McGill Mowat was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publi…
Farley Mowat, Canadian environmentalist and author (born 1921)
Richard John Welteroth was an American right-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played from 1948 to 1950 for the Washington Senators.
Dick Welteroth, American baseball player (born 1927)
Roger Lee Easton Sr. was an American physicist and state representative who was the principal inventor and designer of the Global Positioning System, along with Ivan A. Getting and…
Roger L
Nancy Malone was an American television actress from the 1950s to 1970s, who later moved into producing and directing in the 1980s and 1990s.
Nancy Malone, American actress, director, and producer (born 1935)
Jair Rodrigues de Oliveira was a Brazilian musician and singer. He is the father of Luciana Mello and Jair Oliveira, who also followed in his footsteps and became musicians.
Jair Rodrigues, Brazilian singer (born 1939)
Joseph Patrick Teasdale was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the 48th Governor of Missouri from 1977 to 1981. Teasdale was formerly a prosecutor for Jackson County,…
Joseph P
Giacomo Bini was a Franciscan priest. Ordained in 1964, he worked as a missionary in Africa, and was appointed Minister General of the Order of the Friars Minor (OFM) for the perio…
Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (born 1938)
Harlan Mathews was an American politician who was an appointed interim Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1993 to 1994. He previously served in the executive and …
Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)
Mary, Lady Stewart was a British novelist who developed the romantic mystery genre, featuring smart, adventurous heroines who could hold their own in dangerous situations. She also…
Mary Stewart, British author and poet (born 1916)
Cornell Borchers was a Lithuanian-German actress and singer, active in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for her roles opposite Montgomery Clift in The Big Lift (195…
Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (born 1925)
Marco Cé was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Patriarch of Venice from 1978 to 2002 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.
Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (born 1925)
Hans Ruedi Giger was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as "biomechanical". He was part of the speci…
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Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. A member of the Indian National Congress, he represented the Visakhapatnam constituency in the Lok Sabha,…
Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1935)
Sarat Pujari was an Indian actor, director and producer in Odia film industry (Ollywood). He was originally from Jhaduapada, Sambalpur.
Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1934)
Lorenzo Hormisdas Zambrano Treviño was a Mexican businessman and philanthropist. He took over Cemex, a regional cement company founded by his grandfather, and transformed it into o…
Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (born 1944)
David Malet Armstrong, often D. M. Armstrong, was an Australian philosopher. He is well known for his work on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and for his defence of a factu…
David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (born 1926)