Explore 1542 historical events from 2010–2019.
Alexander Imich was a Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, zoologist and writer who was the president of the Anomalous Phenomena Research Center in New York City. He was born…
Alexander Imich, Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, and academic (born 1903)
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura was a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the second son of Takahito, Prince Mikasa and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. He was a first cousin of Emperor A…
Yoshihito, Prince Katsura of Japan (born 1948)
Bernard Agré was an Ivorian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Abidjan from 1994 to 2006. He was made a cardinal in 2001.
Bernard Agré, Ivorian cardinal (born 1926)
Stuart Ignatius Long was an American boxer and Catholic priest who developed a rare progressive muscle disorder. He was portrayed by Mark Wahlberg in the 2022 biopic Father Stu.
Stuart Long, American boxer and Catholic priest (born 1963)
Richard Michael Mayall was an English comedian, actor and writer. He formed a close partnership with Adrian Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University, and was a p…
Rik Mayall, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1958)
Elsie Quarterman was a prominent plant ecologist. She was a professor emerita at Vanderbilt University.
Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (born 1910)
Alicemarie Huber Stotler was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Alicemarie Huber Stotler, American lawyer and judge (born 1942)
Gustave Tassell was an American fashion designer and Coty Award winner.
Gustave Tassell, American fashion designer (born 1926)
Robert Lynn Welch was an American professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1978–87) and Oakland Athletics (1988…
Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (born 1956)
Marcello Nunes de Alencar was a Brazilian politician and lawyer. Alencar served as the Governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro from 1995 until 1999, as well as two tenures as Mayor…
Marcello Alencar, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Rio de Janeiro (born 1925)
Gary John Gilmour was an Australian cricketer who played in 15 test matches and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1973 and 1977. He was a part of the Australian squad that…
Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (born 1951)
Robert McQueen Grant was an American academic theologian and the Carl Darling Buck Professor Emeritus of Humanities and of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of…
Robert M
Jackson "Jack" Lee was an American radio broadcaster and politician. In 1971, Lee became the first Republican Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, of the 20th Century. He served …
Jack Lee, American radio host and politician (born 1920)
Ruby Dee was an American actress. She was married to Ossie Davis, with whom she frequently performed until his death in 2005. She received numerous accolades, including an Emmy Awa…
Ruby Dee, American actress (born 1922)
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos was a Spanish conductor and composer. Frühbeck was born in Burgos, Spain to a family of German ancestry. He first took up conducting while on military ser…
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (born 1933)
Susan Beth Horwitz was an American computer scientist noted for her research on programming languages and software engineering, and in particular on program slicing and dataflow-…
Susan B
Mipham Chokyi Lodro, also known as Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche, was the fourteenth Shamarpa of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. The Shamarpa is the second-most important teac…
Mipham Chokyi Lodro, Tibetan lama and educator (born 1952)
Leetile Benjamin Mophatlane was a South African business magnate, and former Chief Executive Officer of Business Connexion Group. He died on 11 June 2014 after suffering cardiac ar…
Benjamin Mophatlane, South African businessman (born 1973)
Mahdi Elmandjra was a Moroccan futurologist, economist and sociologist. He is one of the founders of the International Federation for Future Studies (Futuribles). He predicted a nu…
Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan economist and sociologist (born 1933)
Gyula Grosics was a Hungarian football goalkeeper who played 86 times for the Hungary national football team and was part of the "Golden Team" of the 1950s. Regarded as one of the …
Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1926)
James Keays was a Scottish-born Australian musician who fronted the rock band The Masters Apprentices as singer-songwriter, guitarist and harmonica-player from 1965 to 1972 and sub…
Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
Charles Henry Noll was an American professional football player and head coach. Regarded as one of the greatest head coaches of all time, his sole head coaching position was for th…
Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (born 1932)
Robert Louis Peters was an American poet, critic, scholar, playwright, editor, and actor. He held a PhD in Victorian literature. Born in an impoverished rural area of northern Wisc…
Robert Peters, American poet, playwright and critic (born 1924)
Alberto Cañas Escalante was a politician, writer, intellectual, public servant, and journalist from San José, Costa Rica. He is known as one of the most important figures in the cu…
Alberto Cañas Escalante, Costa Rican journalist and politician (born 1920)