Explore 3325 historical events from 2010–2019.
Gordon C. Faber was an American politician and businessman in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania, he grew up in Hillsboro, Oregon. He joined the U.S. Air Force duri…
Gordon Faber, American soldier and politician, 39th Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon (born 1930)
James Merrill Jeffords was an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. Originally a Republican, he served as a member of the Vermont Senate from 1967 to 1969 and Vermont Attorn…
Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1934)
Levente Lengyel was a Hungarian chess player, who gained the Grandmaster title in 1964.
Levente Lengyel, Hungarian chess player (born 1933)
Dominick George "Don" Pardo Jr. was an American radio and television announcer whose career spanned more than seven decades.
Don Pardo, American radio and television announcer (born 1918)
Samīħ al-Qāsim al Kaissy was a Palestinian poet with Israeli citizenship whose work is well known throughout the Arab world. He was born in Transjordan and later lived in Mandatory…
Samih al-Qasim, Palestinian poet and journalist (born 1939)
Simin Behbahani was an Iranian poet, lyricist, and activist. Renowned for her mastery of the ghazal, a traditional poetic form, she became an icon of modern Persian poetry. The Ira…
Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (born 1927)
James Wright Foley was an American journalist and video reporter. While working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted on November 22, 2012, …
James Foley, American photographer and journalist (born 1973)
Lois Mai Chan was a Taiwanese-American library scientist, author, and professor at the University of Kentucky School of Library and Information Science until 2011. Her publications…
Lois Mai Chan, Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (born 1934)
Boris Vladimirovich Dubin was a Russian sociologist, and a translator for English, French, Spanish, Latin American and Polish literature. Dubin was the head of department of sociop…
Boris Dubin, Russian sociologist and academic (born 1946)
Hugh Alan "Buddy" MacMaster was a Canadian fiddler. He performed and recorded both locally and internationally, and was regarded as an expert on the tradition and lore of Cape Bret…
Buddy MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (born 1924)
Sava Stojkov was a Serbian naive art painter, known for his environment depictions, as well as for his pre-photorealistic tendencies.
Sava Stojkov, Serbian painter and educator (born 1925)
Candida Rose Lycett Green was a British author who wrote sixteen books including English Cottages, Goodbye London, The Perfect English House, Over the Hills and Far Away and The Da…
Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (born 1942)
Anton Sergeevich Buslov was an astrophysicist, top Russian blogger, columnist at The New Times magazine, and expert on transportation systems. He is also known as a founder of non-…
Anton Buslov, Russian astrophysicist and journalist (born 1983)
Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar was an Indian teacher of yoga and author. He is the founder of the style of yoga as exercise called "Iyengar Yoga", and was considered one …
B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (born 1918)
Edmund Casimir Szoka was an American Catholic prelate who served as president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and as president of the Governorate of Vatican Cit…
Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (born 1927)
Gerald Michael Anderson was a Northern Irish radio and television broadcaster for BBC Northern Ireland. Renowned for his unique style and distinctive sense of humour, Anderson ofte…
Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (born 1944)
Helen Rae Bamber OBE, née Helen Balmuth, was a British psychotherapist and human rights activist. She worked with Holocaust survivors in Germany after the concentration camps were …
Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (born 1925)
Steven Ray Nagel, , was an American astronaut, aeronautical and mechanical engineer, test pilot, and a United States Air Force pilot. In total, he logged 723 hours in space. After …
Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1946)
Jean Redpath MBE was a Scottish folk singer.
Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1937)
Emmanuel G. Kriaras was a Greek lexicographer, philologist, professor and linguist. He was Professor Emeritus of the School of Philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessalonik…
Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek lexicographer and philologist (born 1906)
Peter Glenn Ladygo was an American football player. He played as a guard and linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL) from 1952 to 1954, and as …
Pete Ladygo, American football player and coach (born 1928)
Noella Leduc was an American pitcher and outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m),…
Noella Leduc, American baseball player (born 1933)
John Stewart Waugh was an American chemist and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is known for developing average hamiltonian theory and using it …
John S. Waugh, American chemist and academic (born 1929)
Albert Martin Reynolds was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1992 to 1994. Between 1979 and 1991, he held several cabinet posit…
Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, ninth Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1932)