Explore 3323 historical events from 2010–2019.
On 12 May 2018, a 20-year-old Chechnya-born French citizen, armed with a knife, killed one pedestrian and injured four others near the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris, France, …
Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others
Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Mexican charter airline Global Air on behalf of Cubana de Aviación, from José Martí International Airport…
Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashes in Santiago de las Vegas after takeoff from José Martí International Airport in Ha
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held on Saturday 19 May 2018 in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. The groom is a member of the British r…
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience
The General Data Protection Regulation, abbreviated GDPR, is a European Union regulation on information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). The…
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union
Ireland, additionally described as the Republic of Ireland, is a country in Northwestern Europe. It consists of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of…
Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choos
Nabi Tajima was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living person from 16 September 2017, until her own death, and the last surviving person to have been born i…
Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1900)
James Harvey Hylton was an American stock car racing driver. He was a two-time winner in NASCAR Winston Cup Series competition and was a long-time competitor in the ARCA Racing Ser…
James Hylton, American race car driver (born 1934)
Luis Arturo García Meza Tejada was a Bolivian military officer who served as the 57th president of Bolivia from 1980 to 1981. He was a dictator convicted of human rights violations…
Luis García Meza, Bolivian general, 57th President of Bolivia (born 1929)
In the afternoon of May 27, 2018, after over 8 inches (20 cm) of rain in a span of two hours, the historic Main Street in Ellicott City, Maryland experienced catastrophic flooding,…
Maryland Flood Event: A flood occurs throughout the Patapsco Valley, causing one death, destroying the entire first floo
Opportunity, also known as MER-B or MER-1, and nicknamed Oppy, is a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 until 2018. Opportunity was operational on Mars for 5111 sols. L…
Opportunity rover, sends it last message back to Earth
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 st…
United States President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the first meeting between leaders of their two
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Established in 1937 by the German Labour Front, it was revived after World War II by Briti…
Volkswagen is fined one billion euros over the emissions scandal
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time, in exch…
The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued
Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, was a Scottish politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 2000 and 2009. A member of the Labour Party prior t…
Michael Martin, British politician (born 1945)
Anne Voase Coates was a British film editor with a more than 60-year-long career.
Anne V
Per Kirkeby was a Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor. His works have been exhibited worldwide and are represented in many important public collections, including the Tat…
Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor (born 1938)
Antwon Rose II was a 17-year-old African-American who was fatally shot in East Pittsburgh on June 19, 2018, by East Pittsburgh Police Department officer Michael Rosfeld after being…
Antwon Rose II is fatally shot in East Pittsburgh by East Pittsburgh Police Officer Michael Rosfeld after being involved
Opportunity, also known as MER-B or MER-1, and nicknamed Oppy, is a robotic rover that was active on Mars from 2004 until 2018. Opportunity was operational on Mars for 5111 sols. L…
The Opportunity rover sends its last message back to Earth
In June 2018, a junior soccer team became trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non, a cave system in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Twelve members of the team, aged 11 to 16, and th…
Twelve boys and an assistant coach from a soccer team in Thailand are trapped in a flooding cave, leading to an 18-day r
In June 2018, a junior football team became trapped in Tham Luang Nang Non, a cave system in Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. Twelve members of the team, aged 11 to 16, and …
Tham Luang cave rescue: A group of Thai school children and their football coach are all rescued from a cave after…
The France national football team represents France in men's international football. It is controlled by the French Football Federation, the governing body for football in France. …
France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2.
Dennis Andrew Nilsen was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least twelve young men and boys between 1978 and 1983. Convicted at the Old Bailey of six counts of…
Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (born 1945)
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. was an American author and journalist widely known for his association with New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s …
Tom Wolfe, American author (born 1931)
Zhengzhang Shangfang was a Chinese linguist, known for his reconstruction of Old Chinese.
Zhengzhang Shangfang, Chinese linguist (born 1933)