Explore 3325 historical events from 2010–2019.
Olavi Johannes Mattila was a Finnish politician who served twice as the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs, and also held several other ministerial positions in a number of cabin…
Olavi J. Mattila, Finnish engineer and politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1918)
Renato Ruggiero was an Italian diplomat and politician. He was Director-General of the World Trade Organization from 1995 to 1999 and briefly served as Italy's Foreign Minister in …
Renato Ruggiero, Italian lawyer and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1930)
Flight Lieutenant Anthony Noel Snell, was a British RAF pilot during the Second World War. He flew in the North African campaign in 1942 and was shot down during the Allied invasio…
Tony Snell, English lieutenant and pilot (born 1922)
Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Task Force of the Falklands War.
Sandy Woodward, English admiral (born 1932)
Ruth Aiko Asawa was an American modernist artist primarily known for her abstract looped-wire sculptures inspired by natural and organic forms. In addition to her three-dimensiona…
Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (born 1926)
Shawn Christopher Burr was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger. Burr played in the NHL for parts of 16 seasons from 1985 to 2000.
Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1966)
William Lawrence Dunn was a Canadian singer-songwriter, film director and politician. Born in Montreal, he was of mixed Mi'kmaq and Scottish/Irish background. Dunn often highlighte…
Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
Roy Rubin was a former college and professional basketball coach.
Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (born 1925)
May Song Vang was an American Hmong community leader and activist. She was the widow of General Vang Pao, a former member of the Royal Lao Army and prominent Hmong American leader,…
May Song Vang, American activist (born 1951)
Rob Wyda was the District Judge of Bethel Park and Upper St. Clair, one of the largest magisterial districts in Pennsylvania. Beginning in 1999, he was elected three times. He anno…
Rob Wyda, American commander and judge (born 1959)
Myron Stanford Lynde was an American comic strip artist, painter and novelist.
Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (born 1931)
Mava Lee Thomas [′′Tommie′′] was an infielder and catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed…
Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (born 1929)
Jerry Wolman was an American developer in Washington, D.C. and owned the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League in the 1960s.
Jerry Wolman, American businessman (born 1927)
Samuel Gordon Armistead was an American ethnographer, linguist, folklorist, historian, literary critic and professor of Spanish. He is considered one of the most notable Hispanist …
Samuel G. Armistead, American linguist, historian, and academic (born 1927)
Almir Izmailovich Kayumov was a Russian football player and referee.
Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer (born 1964)
Anthony James Pawson was a British-born Canadian genetic scientist. He was known and recognized for his work on cellular organization, including how cells respond to growth signals…
Anthony Pawson, English-Canadian biologist, chemist, and academic (born 1952)
Margaret Pellegrini was an American actress, vaudeville performer and dancer, best known for playing one of the Munchkins from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Until her death in 20…
Margaret Pellegrini, American actress and dancer (born 1923)
Meeli Truu was an Estonian architect.
Meeli Truu, Estonian architect (born 1946)
Alexander Gennadiyevich Yagubkin was a Soviet Olympic boxer, who competed between 1979 and 1988. The only Soviet boxer to become the World heavyweight champion (1982), he never tur…
Alexander Yagubkin, Russian boxer (born 1961)
Karen Blanche Black was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently port…
Karen Black, American actress (born 1939)
Johannes Willem Maria Bluyssen or Bluijssen was a Dutch Catholic bishop.
Johannes Bluyssen, Dutch bishop (born 1926)
Fernando Castro Pacheco was a Mexican painter, engraver, illustrator, printmaker and teacher. As well as being known for traditional artistic forms, Castro Pacheco illustrated seve…
Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (born 1918)
Igor Kurnosov was a Russian chess grandmaster.
Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (born 1985)
Regina Resnik was an American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades. She began her career as a soprano in 1942 and soon after began a relati…
Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (born 1922)