Explore 1542 historical events from 2010–2019.
Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri was an Indian politician. He was the oldest surviving member of the founding Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (born 1917)
William Desmond Anthony Pertwee was an English actor and comedian. He played Chief ARP Warden Hodges in Dad's Army and P.C. Wilson in You Rang, M'Lord?.
Bill Pertwee, English actor (born 1926)
Abdoulaye Sékou Sow was a Malian politician who served as Prime Minister of Mali from 12 April 1993 to 4 February 1994 under President Alpha Oumar Konaré.
Abdoulaye Sékou Sow, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (born 1931)
Viktor Georgiyevich Kulikov was the Warsaw Pact commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1989. He was awarded the rank of the Marshal of the Soviet Union on 14 January 1977.
Viktor Kulikov, Russian commander (born 1921)
Edgar Sinco Romero,, commonly known as Eddie Romero, was a Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter.
Eddie Romero, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter, and National Artist for Cinema and Broadcast Arts (born 1924)
Gerd Schmückle was a German four-star general. Schmückle served in the 7th Panzer Division under Erwin Rommel during the Fall of France. With this division he later fought in the S…
Gerd Schmückle, German general (born 1917)
Richard Ballantine was a cycling writer, journalist and cycling advocate. Born in America, the son of Ian and Betty Ballantine of Ballantine Books, and educated at the Browning Sch…
Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (born 1940)
Andrew Moran Greeley was an American Catholic priest, sociologist, journalist and novelist. He was a professor of sociology at the University of Arizona and the University of Chica…
Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (born 1928)
Françoise Denise Aline Blanchard was a French actress. Her most notable work is that of her role in the 1982 French film La morte vivante, directed by Jean Rollin. Blanchard had co…
Françoise Blanchard, French actress (born 1954)
Mulgrew Miller was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects o…
Mulgrew Miller, American pianist and composer (born 1955)
Henekh "Henry" Morgentaler was a Polish-born Canadian physician and abortion rights advocate who fought numerous legal battles aimed at expanding abortion rights in Canada. As a Je…
Henry Morgentaler, Polish-Canadian physician and activist (born 1923)
Franca Rame was an Italian theatre actress, playwright and political activist. She was married to Nobel laureate playwright Dario Fo and is the mother of writer Jacopo Fo. Fo dedic…
Franca Rame, Italian actress and playwright (born 1928)
Ludwig Georg Strauss was a German nuclear medicine physician and professor of radiology at the University of Heidelberg.
Ludwig G
Wali-ur-Rehman was a senior Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commander based in South Waziristan. Wali-ur-Rehman was formerly a spokesman for Baitullah Mehsud, the late leader of th…
Wali-ur-Rehman, Pakistani commander (born 1970)
Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP, commonly as Jayalath Jayawardena, was a medical doctor who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Par…
Jayalath Jayawardena, Sri Lankan physician and politician (born 1953)
Larry Bruce Jones was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Florida State University from 1971 to 1973, compiling a record of 15–19. A nativ…
Larry Jones, American football player and coach (born 1933)
Gerald Edward Brown was an American theoretical physicist who worked on nuclear physics and astrophysics. Since 1968 he had been a professor at the Stony Brook University. He was a…
Gerald E
Frederic Lindsay was a Scottish crime writer, who was born in Glasgow and lived in Edinburgh. He was a full-time writer from 1979 and previously worked as a lecturer, teacher and l…
Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (born 1933)
Miguel Méndez was the pen name for Miguel Méndez Morales, a Mexican American author best known for his novel Peregrinos de Aztlán. He was a leading figure in the field of Chicano l…
Miguel Méndez, American author and poet (born 1930)
Timothy Michael Samaras, was an American engineer and storm chaser best known for his field research on tornadoes and time on the Discovery Channel show Storm Chasers. He died in t…
Tim Samaras, American engineer and storm chaser (born 1957)
Jairo Mora Sandoval was a Costa Rican environmentalist who was murdered while attempting to protect leatherback turtle nests. Just before midnight on May 30, 2013, Mora and four fe…
Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (born 1987)
Jean Stapleton was an American character actress of stage, television and film. Stapleton is best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker, the perpetually optimistic and devoted wi…
Jean Stapleton, American actress (born 1923)
James Francis Kelleher was a Canadian politician and retired senator.
James Kelleher, Canadian lawyer and politician, 33rd Solicitor General of Canada (born 1930)
Mario Bernardi, was a Canadian conductor and pianist. He conducted 75 different operas and over 450 other works with the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
Mario Bernardi, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1930)