Explore 3324 historical events from 2010–2019.
Augusta Marie Chiwy was a Belgian nurse who was a volunteer during the Siege of Bastogne in 1944. She worked with the U.S. Army physician John Prior and with fellow Belgian nurse R…
Augusta Chiwy, Congolese-Belgian nurse (born 1921)
Guy Camille Ligier was a French racing driver and team owner. He maintained many varied and successful careers over the course of his life, including rugby player, butcher, racing …
Guy Ligier, French rugby player and race car driver (born 1930)
Germán Enrique Centeno Reneau, known as "Quique" Renau was a Honduran football player.
Enrique Reneau, Honduran footballer (born 1971)
Flight Lieutenant Paul Gordon Royle was an Australian Royal Air Force pilot who was one of the last two survivors of the 76 men who were able to escape from the Stalag Luft III Ger…
Paul Royle, Australian lieutenant and pilot (born 1914)
Joseph Frederick Traub was an American computer scientist. He was the Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University and External Professor at the Sant…
Joseph F. Traub, German-American computer scientist and academic (born 1932)
Justin Boyd Wilson was a British professional open-wheel racing driver who competed in Formula One (F1) in 2003, the Champ Car World Series (CCWS) from 2004 to 2007 and the IndyCar…
Justin Wilson, English racing driver (born 1978)
José María "Txiki" Benegas Haddad was a Spanish politician for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). His nickname "Txiki" is Basque for "small".
José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (born 1948)
Charles Edward Coffey was an American football player and coach. A native of Shelbyville, Tennessee, Coffey attended the University of Tennessee to play football for Robert Neyland…
Charlie Coffey, American football player and coach (born 1934)
Francis Sejersted was a Norwegian history professor and the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1991 until 1995.
Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (born 1936)
Amelia Isadora Platts Boynton Robinson was an American activist and supercentenarian who was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama, and a key figure in t…
Amelia Boynton Robinson, American activist (born 1905)
Donald Eric Capps was an American theologian and William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He specialized in the psychology of religio…
Donald Eric Capps, American theologian, author, and academic (born 1939)
P. J. Kavanagh FRSL was an English poet, lecturer, actor, broadcaster and columnist. His father was the ITMA scriptwriter Ted Kavanagh.
P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (born 1931)
Stefanos Manikas was a Greek politician of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) who was Minister of State. He died on 26 August 2015, at the age of 63, from cancer.
Stefanos Manikas, Greek politician (born 1952)
Francisco Capiral San Diego was a Filipino Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pasig from 2003 to 2010. He previously served as Bishop of San Pablo from 1995 to 2003.
Francisco San Diego, Filipino bishop (born 1935)
Kazi Zafar Ahmad was a Bangladeshi politician of the Jatiya Party, who was Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1989 to 1990.
Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (born 1939)
Pascal Chaumeil was a French director and screenwriter. He started out as an assistant director in the 1980s, working with directors such as Pierre Tchernia and Luc Besson. He was …
Pascal Chaumeil, French director and screenwriter (born 1961)
Darryl R. Dawkins was an American professional basketball player and coach. A three-time NBA finalist center, he most notably played for the Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets …
Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (born 1957)
Mark Krasniqi was a Kosovar Albanian ethnographist, publicist, writer and translator who did most of his work while residing in Yugoslavia.
Mark Krasniqi, Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (born 1920)
John Nelson Shanks was an American artist and painter. His best known works include his portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, first shown at Hirschl & Adler Gallery in New York Cit…
Nelson Shanks, American painter and educator (born 1937)
Refugio State Beach is a protected state beach park in California, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Santa Barbara. One of three state parks along the Gaviota C…
A corroded pipeline near Refugio State Beach, California, spilled 142,800 gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto the
Alger Joseph Arbour was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive. He is seventh for games coached in National Hockey League history and eighth all-time in wins. Under Arb…
Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1932)
On April 12, 2015, Freddie Carlos Gray Jr., a 25-year-old African-American, was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department for possession of a knife. While in police custody, Gray…
Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American, died of injuries sustained while in the custody of the Baltimore Police De
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake killed 8,962 people and injured 21,952 across the countries of Nepal, India, China and Bangladesh. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on Satur…
Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7
The Bali Nine were a group of nine Australians convicted for attempting to smuggle 8.3 kg (18 lb) of heroin out of Indonesia in April 2005. The heroin was valued at around A$4 mill…
The ringleaders of the Bali Nine were executed in Indonesia for attempting to smuggle 8