Explore 1542 historical events from 2010–2019.
Kalasuri Arisen Ahubudu was a Sri Lankan writer, orator, scholar, playwright, teacher (Guru), Sinhala lyricist, author and poet. He is a member of the Hela Havula. He has received …
Arisen Ahubudu, Sri Lankan scholar, author, and playwright (born 1920)
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway was an American actor. He portrayed Kenickie in the film Grease and had roles in three television series: struggling actor Bobby Wheeler in …
Jeff Conaway, American actor and singer (born 1950)
Małgorzata Teresa Dydek-Twigg, better known as Margo Dydek, was a Polish professional basketball player. Standing 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall, she was the tallest professional female b…
Margo Dydek, Polish-American basketball player (born 1974)
Gilbert Scott-Heron was an American jazz poet, singer, musician and author, known for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with mus…
Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1949)
Luigi "Gino" Valenzano was an Italian racing driver. He entered 39 races between 1947 and 1955 in Abarths, Maseratis and Lancias as a teammate of drivers like Robert Manzon and Fro…
Gino Valenzano, Italian racing driver (born 1920)
Sergei Uasyl-ipa Bagapsh was an Abkhaz politician who served as the second president of Abkhazia from 12 February 2005 until his death on 29 May 2011. He previously served as Prime…
Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia (born 1949)
William Perry Clements Jr. was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served two nonconsecutive terms as the governor of Texas between 1979 and 1991. His terms…
Bill Clements, American soldier and politician, 42nd Governor of Texas (born 1917)
Ferenc Mádl was a Hungarian legal scholar, professor, and politician who served as President of Hungary from 2000 until 2005. Prior to that he had been minister without portfolio f…
Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 14th President of Hungary (born 1931)
Isikia Rabici Savua was a senior Fijian diplomat who had a distinguished career in the military and police forces before taking up his last post as Ambassador and Permanent Repre…
Isikia Savua, Fijian police officer and diplomat (born 1952)
Syed Saleem Shahzad was a Pakistani investigative journalist who wrote widely for leading European and Asian media. He served as the Pakistan Bureau Chief of Asia Times Online and …
Saleem Shahzad, Pakistani journalist (born 1970)
Marek Jan Siemek was a Polish philosopher and historian of German transcendental philosophy. He was a professor at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw and the d…
Marek Siemek, Polish philosopher and historian (born 1942)
Clarice Taylor was an American stage, film and television actress. She is best known for playing Cousin Emma on Sanford and Son; Anna Huxtable, the mother of Cliff Huxtable, on The…
Clarice Taylor, American actress (born 1917)
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of the radioimmunoassay technique. She wa…
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921)
Pauline May Betz Addie was an American professional tennis player. She won five Grand Slam singles titles and was the runner-up on three other occasions. Jack Kramer called her the…
Pauline Betz, American tennis player (born 1919)
Jonas Bevacqua was an American clothing designer and entrepreneur.
Jonas Bevacqua, American fashion designer, co-founded the Lifted Research Group (born 1977)
Derek Michael Hodge was an American Virgin Islander politician and lawyer who served as the sixth lieutenant governor of the United States Virgin Islands for two terms from 1987 to…
Derek Hodge, Virgin Islander lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1941)
Hans Alex Keilson was a German-Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst and child psychologist. He was best known for his novels set during the Second World War, during which he was an …
Hans Keilson, German-Dutch psychoanalyst and author (born 1909)
Vice-Admiral Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin, was a Royal Navy officer and Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.
John Martin, English admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (born 1918)
Andrew Richard Robustelli was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams and the New York Giant…
Andy Robustelli, American football player and manager (born 1925)
Haleh Sahabi was an Iranian humanitarian and democracy activist. She was the daughter of former Iranian MP and veteran opposition figure Ezzatollah Sahabi, and the granddaughter of…
Haleh Sahabi, Iranian humanitarian and activist (born 1957)
Murad Jacob Kevorkian, also known by the nickname "Dr. Death", was an American pathologist and euthanasia proponent. He publicly championed a terminal patient's right to die by phy…
Jack Kevorkian, American pathologist, author, and activist (born 1928)
Jan van Roessel was a Dutch footballer who played as a forward.
Jan van Roessel, Dutch footballer (born 1925)
James King Arness was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years in the series Gunsmoke. He has the distinction of having played the role of Dill…
James Arness, American actor and producer (born 1923)