Explore 1542 historical events from 2010–2019.
Leela Dube was a renowned anthropologist and feminist scholar, fondly called Leeladee by many. She had been married to the renowned anthropologist and sociologist Late Shyama Chara…
Leela Dube, Indian anthropologist and scholar (born 1923)
Robin Hugh Gibb was a British singer and songwriter. He gained global fame as a member of the Bee Gees with elder brother Barry and twin brother Maurice. Robin Gibb also had his ow…
Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (born 1949)
David Gerald Littman was a British political activist. He is known for organising the illegal transportation of Jewish Moroccan children from Morocco to Israel when he was 28.
David Littman, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (born 1933)
Eugene Joseph Polley was an electrical engineer and engineering manager for Zenith Electronics who invented the first wireless remote control for television.
Eugene Polley, American engineer, invented the remote control (born 1915)
Eddie Blazonczyk, Sr. was an American polka musician and founder of the band The Versatones. He was inducted into the International Polka Hall of Fame in 1970, and was a 1998 Natio…
Eddie Blazonczyk, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Otis Clark was an American butler who was one of the last survivors of the May 31, 1921, Tulsa race massacre, considered to be the worst racial massacre in American history. He had…
Otis Clark, American butler and preacher, survivor of the Tulsa race riot (born 1903)
Metropolitan Constantine was the Metropolitan of Irinoupolis, and Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in Diaspora…
Constantine of Irinoupolis, Metropolitan of Irinoupolis and Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (born 19
Kenneth Leo Lyons was a bass guitarist and founding member of the southern rock band 38 Special. He was born to mother Joyce Lavelle Godwin Lyons and father Clynn Leo Lyons in Jack…
Ken Lyons, American bass guitarist (born 1953)
Andrew Bart Steinberg was a leading aviation regulatory lawyer, who held several key posts in the public and private sectors in the United States. He served until 2008 as the Assis…
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Roman Dumbadze was a Georgian military commander, who led a mutiny during the 2004 crisis in Adjara. From 2008, he resided in Russia, where he was shot dead in 2012.
Roman Dumbadze, Georgian commander (born 1964)
Douglas Rodríguez was an amateur boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
Douglas Rodríguez, Cuban boxer (born 1950)
William L. Stewart, nicknamed "Stew", was an American football coach. He was named interim head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers after Rich Rodriguez left for Michigan in De…
Bill Stewart, American football player and coach (born 1952)
Alan Gordon Thorne was an Australian born anatomist who is considered an authority on interpretations of Aboriginal Australian origins and the human genome. Thorne first became i…
Alan Thorne, Australian anthropologist and academic (born 1939)
Muzafar Bhutto was a Sindhi nationalist politician, who served as the Secretary General of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM). His body was found at a roadside near Hatri bypass…
Muzafar Bhutto, Pakistani politician (born 1970)
Wesley Anthony Brown was the first African-American graduate of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland. He served in the United States Navy from May 2, 1949,…
Wesley A
Paul Fussell Jr. was an American cultural and literary historian, author and university professor. His writings cover a variety of topics, from scholarly works on eighteenth-centur…
Paul Fussell, American historian, author, and academic (born 1924)
Klaas Carel Faber was a convicted Dutch-German war criminal. He was the son of Pieter and Carolina Josephine Henriëtte Faber, and the brother of Pieter Johan Faber, who was execute…
Klaas Carel Faber, Dutch-German SS officer (born 1922)
Jacqueline Harpman was a Belgian writer and psychoanalyst.
Jacqueline Harpman, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (born 1929)
Juan Francisco Lombardo was an Argentine football defender. He played a large part of his career for Argentine giants Boca Juniors and represented Argentina on 37 occasions.
Juan Francisco Lombardo, Argentinian footballer (born 1925)
Kathi Kamen Goldmark was an American author, columnist, publishing consultant, radio and music producer, songwriter, and musician. Goldmark was the author of the novel And My Shoes…
Kathi Kamen Goldmark, American journalist and author (born 1948)
Lee Rich was an American film and television producer, who won the 1973 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy award for The Waltons as the producer. He is also known as the co-founder and …
Lee Rich, American production manager and producer (born 1918)
William Hanley was an American playwright, novelist, and scriptwriter, born in Lorain, Ohio. Hanley wrote plays for the theatre, radio and television and published three novels in …
William Hanley, American author and screenwriter (born 1931)
Peter D. Sieruta was an American writer and book critic. He was best known for his reviews for The Horn Book Magazine, his short story collection Heartbeats and Other Stories, and …
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Louis C. Watson was an American basketball player and coach for Indiana University. The 6'-5" Watson played for Jeffersonville High School in Jeffersonville, Indiana, graduating i…
Lou Watson, American basketball player and coach (born 1924)