Explore 907 historical events from 2020–2029.
David J. Argue was an Australian actor. He was best known for his role as Snowy in Gallipoli, as Whitey in BMX Bandits (1983), Dicko in Razorback (1984), and in the leading role of…
David Argue, Australian actor (born 1959)
George Patterson Nigh was an American politician and civic leader from the state of Oklahoma. Nigh served as the 17th and the 22nd governor of Oklahoma and as the eighth and tenth …
George Nigh, American politician, 17th and 22nd Governor of Oklahoma (born 1927)
Loni Kaye Anderson was an American actress. She is best known for playing receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982), which earned her nominatio…
Loni Anderson, American actress (born 1945)
Colin Frederick Jacobsen, better known by his stage name Col Joye, was an Australian pioneer rock and pop singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur with a career spanning almost…
Col Joye, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)
Myint Swe was a Burmese politician and army officer who served as the third first vice president of Myanmar from 2016 until his death in 2025. A member of the Union Solidarity and …
Myint Swe, retired army general and acting president of Myanmar (b.1951)
Anas Jamal Mahmoud Al-Sharif was a Palestinian journalist and videographer for Al Jazeera Arabic, known for his frontline reporting from northern Gaza during the Gaza war. In 2024,…
Anas Al-Sharif, Palestinian journalist and videographer (born 1996)
Miguel Uribe Turbay was a Colombian politician who served as a member of the Senate of Colombia from 2022 until his assassination in 2025. A member of the conservative Democratic C…
Miguel Uribe Turbay, Colombian precandidate to presidency (born 1986)
Danielle Louise Spencer was an American actress best known for her role as Dee Thomas on the ABC sitcom What's Happening!!, which ran from 1976 until 1979. She reprised the role on…
Danielle Spencer, American actress (born 1965)
Michael Newbold Castle was an American politician and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district from 1993 to 2011. A member of the…
Mike Castle, American politician, 69th Governor of Delaware (born 1939)
Terence Henry Stamp was a British actor. His filmography included a mix of cult and mainstream performances, particularly sophisticated villain roles. He received various accolades…
Terence Stamp, English actor (born 1938)
A conclave was held on 7 and 8 May 2025 to elect a new pope to succeed Francis, who had died on 21 April 2025. Of the 135 eligible cardinal electors, all but two attended. On the f…
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV (pictured), making him the first pope born in the United Sta
The prime minister of Mongolia is the head of government of Mongolia. Under the Constitution of Mongolia, the State Great Khural appoints the Prime Minister upon the President’s su…
Prime minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene (pictured) resigned after weeks of protests
The prime minister of Mongolia is the head of government of Mongolia. Under the Constitution of Mongolia, the State Great Khural appoints the Prime Minister upon the President’s su…
Prime minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigned after weeks of protests
On 4 June 2025, a crowd crush occurred in Bengaluru, India, during the celebrations of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's maiden Indian Premier League title win. Eleven people were kill…
A crowd crush outside M
Air India Flight 171 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, to London Gatwick Airport in C…
Air India Flight 171 crashes shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people
Air India Flight 171 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, to London Gatwick Airport in C…
Air India Flight 171 (wreckage pictured) crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing 260 people
Børsen, is a 17th-century commodity bourse and later stock exchange in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. The historic building is situated next to Christiansborg Palace, the seat …
The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, is severely damaged by a fire
On 21 May 2024, a Taiwanese man carried out a stabbing spree directed at passengers on a Taichung MRT train, near Taichung City Hall station. Three people, including the attacker, …
A stabbing spree on the Green line of the Taichung MRT injures four people, including the perpetrator
Starship flight test 4 was the fourth flight test of the SpaceX Starship launch vehicle. SpaceX performed the flight test on June 6, 2024. The prototype vehicles flown were the Sta…
The launch of SpaceX Starship integrated flight test 4 (IFT-4)
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 leaves 10 people dead, including the country's Vice President Saulos Chilima
On 23 April 2024 at 09:32 MYT, two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters – an AgustaWestland AW139 and a Eurocopter Fennec – collided over the Malaysian town of Lumut during a military …
The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Mala
Loblaw Companies Limited is a Canadian retailer encompassing corporate and franchise supermarkets operating under 22 regional and market-segment banners, as well as pharmacies, ban…
The 2024 Loblaw boycott, a Canadian boycott against retail corporation and grocer Loblaw Companies, begins
The solar storms of May 2024 were a series of powerful solar storms with extreme solar flares and geomagnetic storm components that occurred from 10 to 13 May 2024 during solar cyc…
Start/Middle of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar st
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 7 and 9 May and a final on 11 May 2024, held at the Malmö A…
The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö, Sweden