Explore 3325 historical events from 2010–2019.
Asghar Ali Engineer was an academic, Indian reformist writer and social activist. Internationally known for his work on liberation theology in Islam, he led the Progressive Dawoodi…
Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian author and activist (born 1939)
Ray Guy was a Canadian journalist and humourist, best known for his satirical newspaper and magazine columns.
Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (born 1939)
Henrique Pereira Rosa was a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 2003 to 2005. He was born in 1946 in Bafatá.
Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1946)
Philippe Gaumont was a French professional road racing cyclist. He earned a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 100 km team time trial. In 1997, he won the Belgian classic Ge…
Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (born 1973)
Peter Schulz was a German politician, member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and First Mayor of Hamburg.
Peter Schulz, German politician, Mayor of Hamburg (born 1930)
Kenneth Paul Venturi was an American professional golfer and golf broadcaster. In a career shortened by injuries, he won 14 events on the PGA Tour including a major, the U.S. Open …
Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (born 1931)
General Jorge Rafael Videla was an Argentine military dictator and the President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981 during the National Reorganization Process. His rule, which was duri…
Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentine Commander in Chief and dictator (born 1925)
Aleksei Oktyabrinovich Balabanov was a Russian filmmaker. A member of the European Film Academy, he began his career by creating mostly arthouse pictures and music videos but gaine…
Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter (born 1959)
Jo Benkow was a Norwegian politician and writer, notable for being an important person in the Conservative Party of Norway, and the President of the Parliament 1985–1993. He was al…
Jo Benkow, Norwegian soldier and politician (born 1924)
Steve Forrest was an American actor who was well known for his role as Lt. Hondo Harrelson in the hit television series S.W.A.T., which was broadcast on ABC from 1975 to 1976. He w…
Steve Forrest, American actor (born 1925)
David McMillan was an American professional football defensive end. He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round of the 2005 NFL draft. He played college football for…
David McMillan, American football player (born 1981)
Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid was a German chess grandmaster. He was born in Radebeul in Saxony into a family who were the co-owners of the Karl May Press, which published the Ge…
Lothar Schmid, German chess player (born 1928)
Angelo Joseph Errichetti was an American Democratic Party politician who served as Mayor of Camden, New Jersey, and in the New Jersey Senate before being indicted during Abscam.
Angelo Errichetti, American politician (born 1928)
Bryan Illerbrun was a professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played fourteen seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for three teams. He was a part of the BC Li…
Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (born 1957)
Heinrich Rohrer was a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The other half …
Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1933)
George Frederick Speight, was a British actor and comedian. He was known for his television work, in particular for playing Ted Bovis in the 1980s BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!.
Paul Shane, British actor and comedian (born 1940)
Richard Leroy Trickle was an American race car driver. He raced for decades around the short tracks of Wisconsin, winning many championships along the way. Trickle competed in the …
Dick Trickle, American race car driver (born 1941)
Francisco Librán Rosas was a Puerto Rican athlete who distinguished himself for performing professionally on all three major sports in the island. Most notably, Librán played as an…
Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (born 1948)
Bernard Waber was an American children's author most famous for the books The House on East 88th Street (1962), Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (1965) and the subsequent books in the Lyle se…
Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (born 1921)
Robin Keith Harrison was a British-born Canadian musician. Known as a composer and pianist, he served for over 20 years as head of the piano division at the University of Saskatche…
Robin Harrison, English-Canadian pianist and composer (born 1932)
Neil Reynolds was a Canadian journalist, editor and former leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada.
Neil Reynolds, Canadian journalist and politician (born 1940)
Flavio Costantini was an Italian painter and illustrator. Costantini created portraits of writers and artists for newspapers, and illustrated several novels. His early works were i…
Flavio Costantini, Italian painter and illustrator (born 1926)
Billie Dawe was a Canadian amateur ice hockey player. He was a member of the 1950 World Champion team, the Edmonton Mercurys, and captained that team to a gold medal at the 1952 Wi…
Billie Dawe, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (born 1924)