Explore 4960 historical events from 2010–2019.
Cecil Bustamente Campbell, known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the cour…
Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (born 1938)
Alexis Arquette was an American actress and transgender activist. Born in Los Angeles, she was the fourth of five children of actor and director Lewis Arquette and Brenda Olivia "M…
Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (born 1969)
Jonathan Simon Christopher Riley-Smith was a historian of the Crusades, and, between 1994 and 2005, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge. He was a Fellow of Emman…
Jonathan Riley-Smith, British historian (born 1938)
Tarık Akan was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in 1965.
Tarık Akan, Turkish actor, director and activist (born 1949)
Edward Franklin Albee III was an American playwright known for works such as The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), A Delicate Balance (1…
Edward Albee, American director and playwright (born 1928)
Gabriele Amorth was an Italian Catholic priest of the Paulines and an exorcist for the Diocese of Rome. Amorth, along with five other priests, founded the International Association…
Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (born 1925)
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi was an Italian politician, statesman and banker who was the president of Italy from 1999 to 2006 and prime minister of Italy from 1993 to 1994.
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (born…
William Patrick Kinsella was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, known for his novel Shoeless Joe (1982), which was adapted into the movie Field of Dreams in 1989. His work…
W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist (born 1935)
Gérard C. Louis-Dreyfus, also known as William Louis-Dreyfus, was a French-American businessman. His net worth was estimated at $3.4 billion by Forbes in 2006. He was the chairman …
Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (born 1932)
António Manuel Mascarenhas Gomes Monteiro was the first democratically elected President of Cape Verde from 22 March 1991 to 22 March 2001.
António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (born 1944)
Sigvard Emanuel "Sigge" Parling was a Swedish footballer. He also played ice hockey and bandy.
Sigge Parling, Swedish footballer (born 1936)
Peter Leo Gerety was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Newark from 1974 to 1986. He previously served as Bishop of Portland in Maine from 1969 to 1974. Geret…
Peter Leo Gerety, American bishop (born 1912)
Delphine Medjo was a Cameroonian politician and educator. A member of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement, she was elected to the Senate in 2013.
Delphine Medjo, Cameroonian politician (born 1941)
Bahman Golbarnezhad was an Iranian Paralympic racing cyclist competing in C4 classification events and an earlier powerlifter. During his powerlifting career, he won twelve gold me…
Bahman Golbarnezhad, Iranian racing cyclist (born 1968)
Curtis Lee Hanson was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. Born in Reno, Nevada, Hanson grew up in Los Angeles. After dropping out of high school, Hanson worked a…
Curtis Hanson, American film director and screenwriter (born 1945)
Melvyn Charles was a Welsh international footballer. Charles played as both a centre-half and centre-forward, with his preferred position being at right-half.
Mel Charles, Welsh footballer (born 1935)
Bruce Charles "Bill" Mollison was an Australian researcher, author, scientist, teacher and biologist. In 1981, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Award "for developing and promoti…
Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (born 1928)
William Goldwyn Nunn III was an American actor. He was known for his collaborations with director Spike Lee, notably as Radio Raheem in Do the Right Thing (1989). He also portrayed…
Bill Nunn, American actor (born 1953)
Buckwheat Zydeco, was an American accordionist and zydeco musician. He was one of the few zydeco artists to achieve mainstream success. His music group was formally billed as Buckw…
Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and bandleader (born 1947)
José Delfín Fernández Gómez was a Cuban-born American professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a member of the Miam…
José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1992)
Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Since embarking on a pro…
Arnold Palmer, American golfer (born 1929)
Nahed Hattar was a Jordanian writer and political activist.
Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (born 1960)
Toughie was the last known living Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog. The species, scientifically known as Ecnomiohyla rabborum, is thought to be extinct, as the last specimen—Toughie—d…
Toughie, last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (h. fl. 2005)
Agnes Nixon was an American television writer and producer, and the creator of the ABC soap operas One Life to Live, All My Children, as well as Loving and its spin-off The City.
Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (born 1922)