Explore 1542 historical events from 2010–2019.
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television and theater.
Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and activist (born 1917)
Otakar Motejl was a Czech lawyer and politician. He served as the first ombudsman of the Czech Republic from 2000 until his death in 2010. In 1998–2000 he served as the Minister of…
Otakar Motejl, Czech lawyer and politician (born 1932)
Doris Eaton Travis was an American dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, owner and manager, writer, and rancher, who was the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl, a troupe of a…
Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (born 1904)
Frank Frazetta was an American artist known for themes of fantasy and science fiction, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers, and…
Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (born 1928)
Walter Joseph Hickel was an American businessman, real estate developer, and politician who served as the second governor of Alaska from 1966 to 1969 and 1990 to 1994, as well as U…
Wally Hickel, American politician, Governor of Alaska and Secretary of the Interior (born 1919)
Frank J. "Pat" Dodd was an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as President of the New Jersey Senate from 1974 to 1975.
Frank J
Norman Lamont Hand was an American professional football defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the fifth round of the 1995 NFL draft. He last p…
Norman Hand, American football player (born 1972)
Goh Keng Swee was a Singaporean statesman and economist who served as the second Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1985. Goh is widely recognised as one of the fo…
Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (born 1918)
Besian Idrizaj was an Austrian professional footballer. He played in the Football League for Crystal Palace and Luton Town both whilst on loan from Liverpool for whom he did not ma…
Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (born 1987)
Loris Kessel was a racing driver from Switzerland.
Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (born 1950)
Yvonne Louise Georgette Loriod-Messiaen was a French pianist, teacher, and composer, and the second wife of composer Olivier Messiaen. Her sister was the Ondes Martenot player Jean…
Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and educator (born 1924)
Walasse Ting was a Chinese-American visual artist and poet. His colorful paintings have attracted critical admiration and a popular following. Common subjects include nude women an…
Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (born 1929)
Ronald James Padavona, known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black …
Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
José Desiderio Rodriguez Lima was a Dominican right-handed pitcher who spent 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros (1997–2001), Kansas C…
José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1972)
Simon Mark Monjack was an English screenwriter, film director, producer and make-up artist. He was the husband and later widower of Brittany Murphy.
Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
Raymond Alan Whyberd was an English ventriloquist, television entertainer, and writer. His career spanned over half a century, though he was most popular from the 1950s until the 1…
Ray Alan, English ventriloquist, actor, and screenwriter (born 1930)
Paul Dedrick Gray, also known as the Pig, was an American musician who was the bassist, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he was designate…
Paul Gray, American bass player and songwriter (born 1972)
Henry Jones Jr. was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The Nati…
Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1918)
Martin Gardner was an American writer on popular mathematics and popular science. His interests also encompassed magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and…
Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (born 1914)
Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. was an American business executive and civil rights leader during the second half of the 20th century in Baltimore, Maryland. During World War II, he served…
Raymond V
Petr Muk was a Czech pop musician, composer, and performer, famous in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Muk began playing music at the age of fifteen, performing with various underg…
Petr Muk, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1965)
Anneliese Rothenberger was a German operatic soprano who had an active international performance career which spanned from 1942 to 1983. She specialized in the lyric coloratura sop…
Anneliese Rothenberger, German soprano and actress (born 1926)
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian professional basketball player. He was a member of the senior Soviet national team, from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence durin…
Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (born 1959)
Michael H. Jordan was an American businessman. He served as the chief executive officer of PepsiCo Worldwide Foods (1986–1990), Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1993–1998), CBS C…
Michael H