Explore 907 historical events from 2020–2029.
In August 2023, major floods occurred in large part of Slovenia and neighbouring areas of Austria and Croatia due to heavy rain. Amongst others, the level of rivers Sava, Mur and D…
Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.
The 2023 Hawaii wildfires were a series of wildfires that broke out in early August 2023 in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui. The wind-driven fires pro…
Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others…
Sir David William Brewer was a British marine insurance broker who served as Lord Mayor of London (2005/06) and Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London to Elizabeth II (2008–15).
David Brewer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (born 1940)
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, was an Iranian-American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor. To date he is the only Iranian …
The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler and actor (born 1942)
Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson was an American media mogul, televangelist, political commentator, presidential candidate, and charismatic minister. Robertson advocated a conservativ…
Pat Robertson, American televangelist (born 1930)
Luna 25, also known as the Luna-Glob lander, was a failed Russian lunar lander mission operated by Roscosmos. It was the first lunar mission undertaken by Russia since the Soviet-e…
Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
The Wagner Group, officially known as PMC Wagner, is a Russian state-funded private military company (PMC) that was controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally …
A business jet carrying key leadership members of the Russian private military company Wagner Group crashes, killing…
Radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan began being discharged into the Pacific Ocean on 11 March 2011, following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear di…
Japan officially begins discharging treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the…
On August 26, 2018, a mass shooting occurred during a Madden NFL 19 qualifying tournament at the GLHF Game Bar in the Jacksonville Landing marketplace in Jacksonville, Florida, Uni…
Exactly 5 years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida,…
Ronald Allen Hamilton, also known as "Patch the Pirate", was an American Christian musician, composer, preacher, and radio personality. He was president and owner of Majesty Music,…
Ron Hamilton, American musician (born 1950)
Alain Touraine was a French sociologist. He was research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux. T…
Alain Touraine, French sociologist (born 1925)
Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. A mathematics prodigy, he abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursu…
Ted Kaczynski, American mathematician and domestic terrorist (born 1942)
Francesco Nuti was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Francesco Nuti, Italian actor and director, (born 1955)
John Victor Romita was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating characters including Mary Jane Watson, the…
John Romita Sr
Leonard Gordon Goodman was an English professional ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance competition adjudicator. He appeared as head judge on the British television programme …
Len Goodman, English ballroom dancer and television personality (born 1944)
Tangaraju Suppiah was a Singaporean convicted drug trafficker who was charged in February 2014 with abetting the trafficking of about 1 kg (2.2 lb) of cannabis. Prior to his arrest…
Tangaraju Suppiah, Singaporean drug trafficker (born 1977)
James Nathaniel Brown was an American professional football player, civil rights activist, and actor. He played as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football Leag…
Jim Brown, American football player, civil rights activist, and actor (born 1936)
Sulochana Latkar, better known by her screen name Sulochana, was an Indian actress of Marathi and Hindi cinema, who acted in 50 films in Marathi and around 250 films in Hindi. She …
Sulochana Latkar, Indian actress (born 1928)
Astrud Gilberto was a Brazilian and American bossa nova and samba singer. She was the first wife of Brazilian bossa nova guitarist João Gilberto, whose surname she continued to use…
Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer (born 1940)
Richard Treat Williams Jr. was an American actor, whose career on stage and in film and television spanned five decades. He received many accolades for his work, including nominati…
Treat Williams, American actor (born 1951)
Cormac McCarthy was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, post-apocalyptic, and Southern Gothic ge…
Cormac McCarthy, American author (born 1933)
Gino Mäder was a Swiss road and track cyclist. He last rode for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious. Mäder died as a result of an accident during the 2023 Tour de Suisse.
Gino Mäder, Swiss cyclist (born 1997)
Shahzada Dawood was a Pakistani businessman and philanthropist.
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Winifred Margaret Ewing was a Scottish lawyer and politician who figured prominently in the Scottish National Party.
Winnie Ewing, Scottish politician (born 1929)