Explore 907 historical events from 2020–2029.
Fidel Valdez Ramos, popularly known as FVR and Eddie Ramos, was a Filipino general and politician who served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He was the …
Fidel V. Ramos, 12th President of the Philippines (born 1928)
William Felton Russell was an American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. He wa…
Bill Russell, NBA Hall of Fame player and coach (born 1934)
Vincent Edward Scully was an American sportscaster, best known for his broadcast work in Major League Baseball. Scully was the play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles…
Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (born 1927)
Jacqueline Renae Walorski was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 2nd congressional district from 2013 until her death in 2022. She was a mem…
Jackie Walorski, American politician (born 1963)
Judith Durham was an Australian singer, songwriter and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1962.
Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1943)
Evangeline Rose Gil Eigenmann, known professionally as Cherie Gil, was a Filipino actress and singer. With a career spanning nearly 50 years, she was dubbed the "La Primera Contrav…
Cherie Gil, Filipino actress (born 1963)
Issey Miyake was a Japanese fashion designer. He was known for his technology-driven clothing designs, notably the Pleats, Please line, exhibitions and fragrances such as L'eau d'…
Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer (born 1938)
Dillon Quirke was an Irish hurler who played for Tipperary Senior Championship club Clonoulty–Rossmore and at inter-county level with the Tipperary senior hurling team.
Dillon Quirke, Irish hurler (born 1998)
David Gaub McCullough was an American popular historian and author. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presi…
David McCullough, American historian and author (born 1933)
Dame Olivia Newton-John was a British and Australian singer, songwriter and actress. With over 100 million records sold, Newton-John is one of the best-selling music artists of all…
Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1948)
Ali Haydar, known as the "Father of the Syrian Special Forces", was a Syrian military officer who was the commander of the Syrian Special Forces for 26 years. He was a close confid…
Ali Haydar, Syrian army officer (born 1932)
Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri was a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and…
Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian (born 1945)
Anne Celeste Heche was an American actress, known for her roles across a variety of genres in film, television, and theater. She was the recipient of Daytime Emmy, National Board o…
Anne Heche, American actress (born 1969)
Hanae Mori was a Japanese fashion designer. She was one of only two Japanese women to have presented her collections on the runways of Paris and New York, and the first Asian woma…
Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (born 1926)
Tekla Juniewicz was a Polish supercentenarian who, living to the age of 116 years and 70 days, was the oldest living Polish person from 20 July 2017 until her death on 19 August 20…
Tekla Juniewicz, Polish supercentenarian (born 1906)
Darya Aleksandrovna Dugina, also known under the pen name Daria Platonova, was a Russian journalist, political scientist, and activist. She was the daughter of Aleksandr Dugin, a f…
Darya Dugina, Russian journalist (born 1992)
Mable John was an American blues vocalist and the first female artist signed by Berry Gordy to Motown's Tamla label.
Mable John, American blues vocalist (born 1930)
The Myanmar civil war began following the military coup on 1 February 2021. The seizure of power triggered mass anti-coup demonstrations and a violent crackdown by the Tatmadaw, wh…
Myanmar civil war: Government troops killed 37 unarmed civilians in Mondaingbin
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 (pictured) was assassinated with an improvised firearm due to resentment…
On April 22, 2022, climate activist Wynn Alan Bruce set himself on fire in the plaza of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. The fatal self-immolation, whic…
American climate activist Wynn Bruce set himself on fire outside the United States Supreme Court Building in an apparent
Shireen Abu Akleh was a prominent Palestinian-American journalist who worked as a reporter for 25 years for Al Jazeera, before she was killed by Israeli forces while wearing a blue…
Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting on an Israel Defense Forces raid o
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a telescope array consisting of a global network of radio telescopes. The EHT project combines data from several very-long-baseline interferome…
The Event Horizon Telescope released the first image of Sagittarius A*
The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russ…
Russo-Ukrainian war: Russia claimed full control of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege
On May 24, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States. Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old former student of the school, fatally shot 19 st…
An 18-year old gunman shot and killed nineteen students and two teachers in a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in