Explore 1359 historical events from 2020–2029.
Jeri Cecile Suer, known professionally as Jeri Taylor, was an American television scriptwriter and producer who wrote many episodes of the Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star T…
Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (born 1938)
Philip Chapman Lesh was an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he developed a unique style of improvised six-string bass guitar. He was their ba…
Phil Lesh, American bassist (born 1940)
Kim Soo-mi was a South Korean actress who had a prolific career in film and television.
Kim Soo-mi, South Korean actress (born 1949)
Renato Raffaele Martino was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Created a cardinal in 2003, Martino became the longest serving cardinal deacon, the cardinal protodeaco…
Renato Martino, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1932)
Paul Joseph Morrissey was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known for his long association with Andy Warhol and the Factory scene during the 1960s …
Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1938)
Jamshid Sharmahd was a German national and software engineer, based in Los Angeles, California. A permanent resident of the United States from 2003, Sharmahd had been targeted by t…
Jamshid Sharmahd, German-American affiliate of Kingdom Assembly of Iran (born 1955)
Matthew James Peacock was an Australian television and radio journalist, correspondent and author who worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in their News and Current A…
Matt Peacock, Australian journalist and author (born 1952)
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 4…
Donald Trump was convicted of falsifying business records in a New York trial, becoming the first former U
On 10 June 2024, a Malawian Defence Force Dornier 228 carrying Vice-President of Malawi Saulos Chilima, former First Lady Patricia Shanil Muluzi, and seven other occupants, crashed…
A plane crash in Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima
Kazuo Umezu or Kazuo Umezz was a Japanese manga artist, musician and actor. Starting his career in the 1950s, he is among the most famous artists of horror manga and has been vita…
Kazuo Umezu, Japanese manga artist (born 1936)
Terry Ann "Teri" Garr was an American actress, comedienne and dancer. Known for her comedic roles in film and television in the 1970s and 1980s, she often played women struggling t…
Teri Garr, American actress and comedian (born 1944)
The prime minister of Slovakia, officially the chairman of the government of the Slovak Republic, commonly referred to in Slovakia as Predseda vlády or informally as Premiér, is th…
Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico (pictured) is hospitalised after an assassination attempt
On the afternoon of May 21, 2024, a violent and destructive EF4 tornado tracked across southwestern Iowa, United States, devastating the city of Greenfield. The tornado, known most…
The Greenfield tornado, estimated to have produced winds in excess of 309 miles per hour (497 km/h), moved across Iowa
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024, and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. Starmer …
Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, ending fourteen…
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024, and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. Starmer …
Keir Starmer led the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, ending fourteen years…
Neary's was an Irish pub on East 57th Street near First Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, from 1967 to 2024. It was founded in 1967 by Jimmy Neary, an Irish emigrant who …
Neary's, a New York City Irish pub popular with political elites, closed.
Voepass Flight 2283 was a scheduled domestic Brazilian passenger flight from Cascavel to Guarulhos. On August 9, 2024, the ATR 72 serving the flight crashed in Vinhedo, São Paulo S…
Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283] crashed near Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 people on board.
Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo is an Indonesian politician, businessman, and retired military officer who has served as the eighth president of Indonesia since 2024. He previousl…
Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka were sworn in as president and vice president of Indonesia, becoming the…
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…
2023 Tanur boat disaster, At least 22 people are killed when a boat carrying tourists capsizes in Tanur, Malappuram, Ker
The United Nations (UN) is a global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining internat…
The UN commemorates the Palestinian Nakba Day for the first time
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 4…
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information
On 12 June 2023, a vessel capsized and split in two in the Niger River near Pategi, Kwara State, Nigeria. The boat was carrying attendees of a wedding, who came initially on motorc…
At least 100 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 4…
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his third…
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 4…
Former U.S. president Donald Trump is charged in Georgia along with 18 others in attempting to overturn the results of…