Explore 907 historical events from 2020–2029.
Delwar Hossain Sayeedi was a Bangladeshi Islamic leader, politician and scholar who served as a Member of Parliament representing the Pirojpur-1 constituency from 1996 to 2006. Bef…
Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Bangladeshi Islamic lecturer, politician (born 1940)
Howard Saul Becker was an American sociologist who taught at Northwestern University. Becker made contributions to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of mus…
Howard S. Becker, American sociologist (born 1928)
Lolita, also called Tokitae or Toki for short, was a captive female orca of the southern resident population captured from the wild in September 1970 and displayed at the Miami Sea…
Lolita, the second-oldest orca in captivity (born ca. 1966)
Albert Harold "Al" Quie was an American politician and farmer from Minnesota. Quie served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Minnesota's 1st con…
Al Quie, American politician, 35th Governor of Minnesota (born 1923)
Vašo Patejdl was a Slovak musician and composer. He was best known for being a co-founder and long-term member of the pop-rock band Elán. He wrote songs for other musicians, includ…
Václav Patejdl, Slovak musician (born 1954)
Terrance Dee Funk was an American professional wrestler and actor. Funk is known for the length of his career, which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived re…
Terry Funk, American professional wrestler (born 1944)
Windham Lawrence Rotunda, better known by his ring name Bray Wyatt, was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures in WWE from 2009 to 2021 and again from…
Bray Wyatt, American wrestler (born 1987)
Salvatore "Toto" Cutugno was an Italian pop singer-songwriter, musician, and television presenter. He was best known for his worldwide hit song, "L'Italiano", released on his 1983 …
Toto Cutugno, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1943)
Dmitry Valerievich Utkin was a Russian military officer and mercenary. He served as a special forces officer in the GRU, where he held the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was the co…
Dmitry Utkin, Russian army officer, founder of Wagner Group (born 1970)
Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin was a Russian mercenary leader, rebel commander, and oligarch. He led the Wagner Group, a private military company, and was a close confidant of Russi…
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian businessman, chief of Wagner Group (born 1961)
Robert William Barker was an American media personality, game show host, and animal rights advocate. He hosted CBS's The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in North Amer…
Bob Barker, American television game show host (born 1923)
Dominion Voting Systems Corporation was a North American company that produced and sold electronic voting hardware and software, including voting machines and tabulating machines, …
Dominion Voting Systems agreed to a $787 million settlement with Fox News over defamation claims related to the 2020 U
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, doing business as SpaceX, is a private American aerospace and artificial intelligence company headquartered at the Starbase development …
SpaceX's Starship launched for the first time before exploding four minutes into flight
Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London
The Tanur boat accident occurred on 7 May 2023 evening, when the recreational boat Atlantic capsized in Tanur Beach in Tanur, Malappuram, Kerala, India. The incident, on a boat car…
A tourist boat capsized, killing at least 22 people in Tanur, India
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is head…
The World Health Organization declared the end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency
The 2023 Pakistan protests occurred after the Punjab Police attempted to arrest the former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, nearly one year after his removal from office. Th…
Pakistani protests: Riots broke out following the arrest of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan
Titan, previously named Cyclops 2, was a submersible created and operated by the American underwater tourism company OceanGate. It was the first privately owned submersible with a …
The Titan submersible imploded during a dive to the RMS Titanic wreck, killing all five people aboard
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is the Irish public service broadcaster. It produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, a…
Irish broadcaster RTÉ announced that between 2017 and 2022 it had paid €345,000 more than had been previously disclosed
The Islamic State – Khorasan Province is a regional branch of the Salafi jihadist group Islamic State (IS) active in Central and South Asia, primarily Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajiki…
In Pakistan, IS–KP kill over 60 people in a suicide bombing at a political rally in Khar.
Shinzo Abe was a Japanese statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 t…
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is shot and killed with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the…
On 14 August 2022, at 13:23 local time, a large explosion took place in the Surmalu shopping centre in the Armenian capital of Yerevan. It caused widespread destruction and fire, l…
An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens.
Radu Lupu was a Romanian pianist. He was widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of his time.
Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist (born 1945)
Kane Tanaka was a Japanese supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 119 years, 107 days, was the world's oldest verified living person, following the death of Chiyo Miy…
Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1903)