Explore 1359 historical events from 2020–2029.
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.
Fernando Alcibiades Villavicencio Valencia was an Ecuadorian journalist, trade unionist, and politician who ran for president of Ecuador in the 2023 Ecuadorian general election. He…
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated in Quito, eleven days before the general…
The Sycamore Gap tree, also known as the Robin Hood tree, was a 100–120-year-old sycamore tree next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England. It was illegally f…
The Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland, England, was illegally felled.
The Mongol Khan is a modern Mongolian play and a reproduction of the 1998 tragedy Tamgagui Tur by the Mongolian writer and playwright Lkhagvasuren Bavuu. Set during the time of the…
Chinese authorities cancelled a run of performances of The Mongol Khan, the first Mongolian play to be performed…
The Sycamore Gap tree, also known as the Robin Hood tree, was a 100–120-year-old sycamore tree next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England. It was illegally f…
The Sycamore Gap tree (pictured) in Northumberland, England, was illegally felled.
Palestinian nationalism is the national movement of the Palestinian people that espouses self-determination and sovereignty over the region of Palestine. Originally formed in the e…
Palestinian nationalist groups launched armed incursions into the Gaza envelope, starting the Gaza war.
Al-Qassam Brigades, also known as the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, are the military wing of the Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist organization, Hamas. Led by Mohammed Deif u…
The military wing of the Palestinian nationalist Islamist political organization Hamas massacred people attending an…
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…
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: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-e
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.
On 2 September 2022, a suicide bombing occurred at a mosque in Herat, northwestern Afghanistan.
Eighteen people are killed and 23 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.
The Tatmadaw, also known as the Sit-Tat, is the armed forces of Myanmar. It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the My…
The Burmese military executes at least 37 villagers during the Mon Taing Pin massacre in Sagaing, Myanmar
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 is killed while covering a raid in Jenin
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lif…
Queen Elizabeth II misses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years
On May 14, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in Buffalo, New York, United States, at a Tops Friendly Markets supermarket in the East Side neighborhood. Ten people, all of whom were bl…
Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York
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 claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. Elizabeth's reign of 70 years an…
The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.
On 26 September 2022, a mass shooting occurred at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia. Eighteen people were killed and twenty-three others were wounded before the gunman, identif…
A mass shooting occurs at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia, resulting in the deaths of 18 people, including 11…
Anthony Norman Albanese is an Australian politician who has served as the 31st prime minister of Australia since 2022. He has been the leader of the Labor Party since 2019 and the …
Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party is sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia after winning the 202
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…
A mass shooting occurs at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, resulting in the deaths of 21 people,
Tara Air Flight 197 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Tara Air for parent company Yeti Airlines from Pokhara Airport to Jomsom Airport in Nepal. On 29 May 2022, the Twin …
Tara Air Flight 197 crashes in Nepal's Mustang District, killing 22
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of over 5.3 million residents in its urban center, out of 6 million residen…
Following a request from Ankara, the United Nations officially changed the name of the Republic of Turkey in the organiz