Explore 3324 historical events from 2010–2019.
Leslie Royston Johnson AM was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the Whitlam government, serving as Minist…
Les Johnson, Australian politician and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (born 1924)
Robert Paul Kraft was an American astronomer. He performed pioneering work on Cepheid variables, stellar rotation, novae, and the chemical evolution of the Milky Way. His name is a…
Robert Kraft, American astronomer and academic (born 1927)
João Nuno Silva Cardoso Lucas was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
João Lucas, Portuguese footballer (born 1979)
Erik Hilding Carlsson was a Swedish rally driver for Saab. He was nicknamed "Carlsson på taket" as well as Mr. Saab.
Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver (born 1929)
Nils Christie was a Norwegian sociologist and criminologist. He was a professor of criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo. Considered a leading figure of his field, …
Nils Christie, Norwegian sociologist, criminologist, and author (born 1928)
Andrew Edward King was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 350 appearances and scored 92 goals in the Football League in the 1970s and 1980s, and…
Andy King, English footballer and manager (born 1956)
Michael Lou Martin was an American philosopher and former professor at Boston University. Martin specialized in the philosophy of religion, although he also worked on the philosoph…
Michael Martin, American philosopher and academic (born 1932)
Steven Roy Gerber was an American composer of classical music. He attended Haverford College, graduating in 1969 at the age of twenty. He then attended Princeton University with a…
Steven Gerber, American pianist and composer (born 1948)
John Keating was a Scottish musician, songwriter, arranger and trombonist.
Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (born 1927)
Reynaldo Rey was an American actor, comedian and television personality.
Reynaldo Rey, American actor and screenwriter (born 1940)
Henry Carr was an American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (born 1942)
Doris Hart was an American tennis player who was active in the 1940s and first half of the 1950s. She was ranked world No. 1 in 1951. She was the fourth player, and second woman, t…
Doris Hart, American tennis player (born 1925)
Betsy Palmer was an American actress known for her many film and Broadway roles, television guest-starring appearances, as a panelist on the game show I've Got a Secret, and later …
Betsy Palmer, American actress (born 1926)
Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III was an American politician, lawyer, and Army National Guard officer who served as the 44th attorney general of Delaware from 2007 to 2015. A membe…
Beau Biden, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 44th Attorney General of Delaware (born 1969)
Joël Champetier was a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.
Joël Champetier, Canadian author and screenwriter (born 1957)
Lowell Tom Perry was an American businessman and religious leader who was a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1974…
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Gladys Taylor was a Canadian writer and publisher.
Gladys Taylor, Canadian author and publisher (born 1917)
Charles Peter Kennedy was a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ross, Skye and Lochaber f…
Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (born 1959)
Nicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool was a politician and jurist from Dominica who served as the sixth President of Dominica from 2 October 2003 to 17 September 2012.
Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (born 1934)
Jacques Parizeau was a Canadian politician and economist who served as the 26th premier of Quebec from September 26, 1994, to January 29, 1996.
Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (born 1930)
Irwin Allan Rose was an American biologist. Along with Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated…
Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
Avi Beker was an Israeli writer, statesman, and academic. Beker served as secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress from 4 October 2001 to 14 October 2003.
Avi Beker, Israeli political scientist and academic (born 1951)
Joan Elizabeth Kirner was an Australian politician who was the 42nd Premier of Victoria, serving from 1990 to 1992. A Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 1982 to …
Joan Kirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (born 1938)
Jean Ruth Ritchie was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk". In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in …
Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (born 1922)