Explore 907 historical events from 2020–2029.
Monte Hellman was an American film director, producer, writer, and editor. Hellman began his career as an editor's apprentice at ABC TV, and made his directorial debut with the hor…
Monte Hellman, American film director (born 1929)
Daniel Kaminsky was an American computer security researcher. He was a co-founder and chief scientist of Human Security, a computer security company. He previously worked for Cisco…
Dan Kaminsky, American internet security researcher (born 1979)
Manoj Das was an Indian author who wrote in Odia and English. In 2000, Manoj Das was awarded the Saraswati Samman. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2001, the fourth-highest Civilian Aw…
Manoj Das, Indian writer (born 1934)
Michael Collins was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first…
Michael Collins, American astronaut (born 1930)
On 23 May 2021, an aerial tram on the Stresa–Alpino–Mottarone Cable Car crashed to the ground after a traction or haulage cable snapped about five metres (16 ft) from the summit of…
A cable car falls from a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing 14 people
Ryanair Flight 4978 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Athens International Airport, Greece, to Vilnius Airport, Lithuania, operated by Buzz, a Polish su…
Ryanair Flight 4978 is forced to land by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich
On May 26, 2021, a mass shooting occurred at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) rail yard in San Jose, California, United States. A 57-year-old VTA employee, Samue…
Ten people are killed in a shooting at a VTA rail yard in San Jose, California, United States
The Cessna 500 Citation I is a small business jet produced by Cessna, the basis of the Citation family. The Fanjet 500 prototype was announced in October 1968, first flew on Septem…
A Cessna Citation I/SP crashes into Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, killing all six people on board, including actor Joe
2021 Shiyan pipeline explosion, officially June 13 Yanhu Community Pedlar's Market Severe Gas Explosion Accident in Zhangwan District, Shiyan, Hubei was a gas explosion took place …
A gas explosion in Zhangwan district of Shiyan city, in Hubei province of China kills at least 12 people and wounds over
Juan Joya Borja, was a Spanish comedian and actor, better known by his stage name, El Risitas. He gained widespread popularity in 2015 thanks to a series of memes based on a televi…
El Risitas, Spanish comedian (born 1956)
Catherine Haste, Baroness Bragg, was an English author, biographer, historian and documentary film director, who worked freelance for major television networks in the UK and US ove…
Cate Haste, English author (born 1945)
Olympia Dukakis was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, in some 60 films, and in approximately 50 television series. Best known as a screen actre…
Olympia Dukakis, American actress (born 1931)
Marcel Leopold Stellman was a Belgian born British record producer and lyricist. Among the many artists who recorded Stellman’s songs are Cilla Black, Petula Clark, Charles Aznavou…
Marcel Stellman, Belgian record producer and lyricist (born 1925)
Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in th…
Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Joe Biden, to become the first federal holiday es
Surfside is a town in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Surfside is a primarily residential beachside community, with several multistory condominium buildings adjacent to …
The Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Florida suffers a sudden partial collapse, killing 98 people inside
The Tiger Fire was a wildfire that burned 16,278 acres (6,587 ha) in the U.S. state of Arizona from June to July 2021. The fire was caused by a dry lightning strike in the Prescott…
The Tiger Fire ignites near Black Canyon City, Arizona, and goes on to burn 16,278 acres (6,587 ha) of land before being
The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop regional airliner and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986. It is the third member…
An Antonov An-26 operating as Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing…
The existing political, economic, and social crisis began with protests across cities in Haiti on 7 July 2018 in response to rising fuel prices. These protests gradually evolved in…
Haitian crisis: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is assassinated in his residence in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
Lloyd Price was an American R&B and rock and roll singer known as "Mr. Personality" after his 1959 million-selling hit, "Personality". His first recording, "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", was…
Lloyd Price, American R&B vocalist (born 1933)
Ivor Neville "Nick" Kamen was a British singer, songwriter and model. He was best known for the singles "Each Time You Break My Heart" from 1986 and "I Promised Myself" from 1990, …
Nick Kamen, English model, songwriter (born 1962)
Kentaro Miura was a Japanese manga artist. He was best known for his dark fantasy series Berserk, which began serialization in 1989. By 2023, Berserk had over 60 million copies in…
Kentaro Miura, Japanese manga artist (born 1966)
Helmut Jahn was a German and American architect, known for projects such as the The Center Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the James R. Tho…
Helmut Jahn, German-American architect (born 1940)
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman, and the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing co…
American businessman Jeff Bezos flies to space aboard New Shepard NS-16 operated by his private spaceflight company…
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station in low Earth orbit (LEO). It is the product of the International Space Station program and is operated by five partner spac…
The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following…