Explore 1542 historical events from 2010–2019.
National Airlines Flight 102 (N8102/NCR102) was a cargo flight operated by National Airlines between Camp Shorabak near the city of Lashkargah in Afghanistan and Al Maktoum Airport…
National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan
Between 2002 and 2004, Ariel Castro abducted Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus from the roads of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and later held them captive in his ho…
Three women, kidnapped and missing for more than a decade, are found alive in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Designed by D…
One World Trade Center becomes the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere
On 3 June 2013, a fire at the Jilin Baoyuanfeng (吉林宝源丰) poultry processing plant in Mishazi (米沙子镇), a town about 35 km (22 mi) from Changchun, in Jilin province, People's Republic …
At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China
The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation, commonly shortened to ERT, is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Greece.
Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras
Kermit Barron Gosnell was an American serial killer and abortion doctor. At his clinic in West Philadelphia, Gosnell provided illegal and unsafe late-term abortions, committed post…
American physician Kermit Gosnell is found guilty in Pennsylvania of murdering three infants born alive during attempted
The Enhanced Fujita scale is a scale that rates tornado intensity based on the severity of the damage a tornado causes. It is used in the United States, Brazil and France, among ot…
An EF5 tornado strikes the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people and injuring 377 others
Fusilier is a name given to various kinds of soldiers; its meaning depends on the historical context. While fusilier is derived from the 17th-century French word fusil – meaning a …
Fusilier Lee Rigby is murdered by 2 Islamic extremists in Woolwich, Southeast London
Interstate 5 (I-5) is an Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States that serves as the region's primary north–south route. It spans 277 miles (446 km) across the sta…
A freeway bridge carrying Interstate 5 over the Skagit River collapses in Mount Vernon, Washington
A wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Turkey began on 28 May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by out…
Start of the Gezi Park protests in Turkey
On 15 June 2013, a series of bombings resulted in the deaths of 26 people and injuries to dozens more. On the same day, separatist militants attacked and demolished the historic Qu…
A bomb explodes on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 25 people and wounding 22 others
Charles Arthur Bruzon was a Gibraltarian politician and former Roman Catholic priest. He was affiliated with the Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party (GSLP). In the general elections o…
Charles Bruzon, Gibraltarian politician (born 1938)
Ali Kafi was an Algerian politician who was Chairman of the High Council of State and acting President from 1992 to 1994.
Ali Kafi, Algerian politician (born 1928)
Siegfried Ludwig was an Austrian politician and Governor of Lower Austria from 1981 to 1992.
Siegfried Ludwig, Austrian politician, 18th Governor of Lower Austria (born 1926)
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers…
Nigeria passes a law banning same-sex marriage
An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jup…
The asteroid 1998 QE2 and its moon make their closest approach to Earth for the next two centuries
The 2013 El Reno tornado was an extremely large, intense, and erratic tornado that occurred and hit a rural part of Central Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31, 2013. This …
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In June 2013, a mid-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides, becoming the country's worst natural disaster since t…
A multi-day cloudburst, centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, causes devastating floods and landslides, bec
Pentti Alexander Lund was a Finnish Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Boston Bruins and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. Lund was ofte…
Pentti Lund, Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (born 1925)
George Beverly Shea was a Canadian-born American gospel singer and hymn composer. Shea was often described as "America's beloved gospel singer" and was considered "the first intern…
George Beverly Shea, Canadian-American singer-songwriter (born 1909)
George Allen "Pat" Summerall was an American professional football player and television sportscaster who worked for CBS, Fox, and ESPN. In addition to football, he announced major…
Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (born 1930)
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez was a Mexican architect. He was persuaded to study architecture by writer and poet Carlos Pellicer.
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (born
Carlos Alberto Monteiro Dias da Graça was a São Toméan politician who served as the country's sixth prime minister.
Carlos Graça, São Toméan politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (born 1931)
Fatuma binti Baraka, popularly known as Bi Kidude, was a Tanzanian taarab singer from Zanzibar. She has been called the "queen of taarab and Unyago music" and was inspired by earli…
Bi Kidude, Tanzanian Taarab singer (born ≈1910)