Explore 1542 historical events from 2010–2019.
Isabelle Collin Dufresne, known professionally as Ultra Violet, was a French-American artist, actress, and writer. She initially studied and worked with Surrealist artist Salvador …
Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress (born 1935)
Robert Lebeck was an award-winning German photojournalist.
Robert Lebeck, German photographer and journalist (born 1929)
James E. Rogers was an American entrepreneur and former attorney. He served as interim chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education and the University of Arizona College of …
James E
Jacques Bergerac was a French actor and businessman.
Jacques Bergerac, French actor and businessman (born 1927)
Anthony Keith Gwynn Sr., nicknamed "Mr. Padre", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 20 seasons (1982–2001) in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Die…
Tony Gwynn, American baseball player and coach (born 1960)
Cándido Muatetema Rivas was a political figure in Equatorial Guinea who was Prime Minister from 2001 to 2004.
Cándido Muatetema Rivas (born 1960), Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
Patricia Anne Thirza Byrne was an English actress, best known for her role as "Nursie" in Blackadder II as well as Malcolm's domineering Mother, Mrs Stoneway in all seven series of…
Patsy Byrne, English actress (born 1933)
Éric Dewailly was a Canadian epidemiologist and medical researcher from Quebec. He was particularly notable for his research into human toxicology and the effect of contaminants on…
Éric Dewailly, Canadian epidemiologist and academic (born 1954)
Stanley Marsh 3 was an American artist, businessman, philanthropist, and prankster from Amarillo, Texas. He is perhaps best known for having been the sponsor of the Cadillac Ranch,…
Stanley Marsh 3, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1938)
Lazarus "Larry The Rock" Zeidel was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, most notably for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League, for whom he played nine seasons…
Larry Zeidel, Canadian-American ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1928)
Stephanie Louise Kwolek was a Polish-American chemist known for inventing Kevlar. Her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 years.
Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer (born 1923)
John Russell Mann was an American arranger, composer, conductor, entertainer, singer, and recording artist.
Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (born 1928)
Arnold Seymour Relman — known as Bud Relman to intimates — was an American internist and professor of medicine and social medicine. He was editor of The New England Journal of Medi…
Arnold S
Claire Martin, was the pseudonym of the Canadian writer Claire Montreuil. She wrote mainly in French. Her novels often have themes of women's liberation and erotic relationships. M…
Claire Martin, Canadian author (born 1914)
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Popovkin was a Russian statesman and military figure. He was a commander of the Russian Space Forces, then First Deputy Defense Minister of Russia, then Gen…
Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (born 1957)
Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.
Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (born 1928)
Oskar-Hubert Heinrich Dennhardt was a German Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.…
Oskar-Hubert Dennhardt, German general (born 1915)
Gerald Goffin was an American lyricist. Collaborating initially with his first wife, Carole King, he co-wrote many international pop hits of the early and mid-1960s, including the …
Gerry Goffin, American songwriter (born 1939)
Ibrahim Obyala Touré was an Ivorian professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the younger brother of former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Touré and former Arsenal a…
Ibrahim Touré, Ivorian footballer (born 1985)
MV Sewol was a South Korean vehicle-passenger ferry, built and previously operated in Japan. She operated between Incheon and Jeju. On 16 April 2014, Sewol capsized and sank with t…
The ferry MV Sewol capsized and sank off Donggeochado, South Korea, killing 306 people, mainly students from Danwon High
The Flint water crisis was a public health crisis from 2014 to 2025 which involved the drinking water for the city of Flint, Michigan, being contaminated with lead and possibly Leg…
A water crisis began when officials in Flint, Michigan, switched the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to
On 30 April 2014, a bomb-and-knife attack occurred in the Chinese city of Ürümqi, Xinjiang. The terrorist attack killed 3 people, and injured 79 others. The attack coincided with t…
A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China, killed three people and injured 79 others
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in…
NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habi
Flint is a city in and the county seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States. The city's population was 81,252 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 79,735 in 2024, maki…
The city of Flint, Michigan, U