Explore 1359 historical events from 2020–2029.
The Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement, officially Abraham Accords: Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations, is an agreement to no…
Signing of the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel…
A grand jury is a jury empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jur…
A grand jury in Kentucky declines to indict three police officers for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in a drug…
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding occupied territories. It was a major es…
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan launches an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the…
Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the…
Betty Wright, American soul singer (born 1953)
Aimee Stephens was an American funeral director known for her fight for civil rights for transgender people. She worked as a funeral director in Detroit and was fired for being tra…
Aimee Stephens, American funeral director and U
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding occupied territories. It was a major es…
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of…
The Libyan civil war (2014–2020), also known as the Second Libyan Civil War, was a multilateral civil war which was fought in Libya among a number of armed groups, but mainly the H…
Second Libyan Civil War: The Second Libyan Civil War comes to an end as all parties to the 5+5 Joint Libyan Military…
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North since 1983. He is the parliamentary leader of Your Party, which he co-f…
Jeremy Corbyn, former Leader of the Labour Party and of the Opposition in the United Kingdom is suspended from the…
An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.0 occurred on 30 October 2020 about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Greek island of Samos. Although Samos was closest to the epicentre, i…
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people…
Arif Wazir was a Pakistani politician, activist, and a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). He was a member of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) and its president f…
Arif Wazir, Pakistani politician, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (born 1982)
Alan Gilbert Merten was the fifth president of George Mason University.
Alan Merten, fifth President of George Mason University (born 1941)
Denise Cronenberg was a Canadian costume designer.
Denise Cronenberg, Canadian costume designer (born 1938)
Hana Kimura was a Japanese professional wrestler. She worked for Japanese promotions such as World Wonder Ring Stardom and Wrestle-1, in addition to making appearances for foreig…
Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1997)
Laurence David Kramer was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and gay rights activist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Co…
Larry Kramer, American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (born 1935)
Maikanti Kachalla Baru was a Nigerian engineer, crude oil marketer and the 18th Group Managing Director of the Nigeria's state oil firm, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NN…
Maikanti Baru, Nigerian engineer, former chief of state oil firm
Richard Wayne Penniman, better known by his stage name Little Richard, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for …
Little Richard, American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1932)
Frederic Charles Willard was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with Christopher Guest in his mockumentary films This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Waiting for G…
Fred Willard, American actor, comedian, and writer (born 1933)
Judge Kenneth "Lucky" Peterson was an American musician who played contemporary blues, fusing soul, R&B, gospel and rock and roll. He was a vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist. Mus…
Lucky Peterson, American blues singer, keyboardist and guitarist (born 1964)
Kenneth Charles Osmond was an American actor and police officer. Beginning a career as a child actor at the age of four, Osmond played the role of Eddie Haskell on the late 1950s t…
Ken Osmond, American actor and police officer (born 1943)
George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd h…
George Floyd, African American man murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (born 1973)
Nicolas Michael Angelis was an English actor. He was best known for his television roles as Chrissie Todd in Boys from the Blackstuff, Martin Niarchos in G.B.H. and as the longest-…
Michael Angelis, British actor (born 1944)
Claudell Washington was an American baseball outfielder who played seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Chicago Whi…
Claudell Washington, American baseball player (born 1954)
Stella Pevsner was an American author of children's books and works of young adult literature published since the late 1960s.
Stella Pevsner, children's author (born 1921)
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert was an English actor. After graduating from RADA and beginning his career on the British stage as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a succe…
Ian Holm, British actor (born 1931)