Explore 907 historical events from 2020–2029.
The Labour Party, commonly Labour, is a political party in the United Kingdom. It sits on the centre-left of the left–right political spectrum, and has been described as an allianc…
The Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, wins a landslide majority in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, ending…
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024, and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. Starmer …
Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown…
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government an…
Former president of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an…
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American former politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Dela…
U.S. President Joe Biden announces he will no longer seek a second term and withdraws from the 2024 election,…
Robert Cecil Cole was a Canadian sports television announcer who worked for CBC and Sportsnet and a competitive curler. He was known primarily for his work on National Hockey Leagu…
Bob Cole, Canadian sports announcer (born 1933)
Terence Christopher Hill was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre in the 1990s and 2000s. He played in the NRL for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, …
Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player (born 1972)
Donald Milford Payne Jr. was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district from 2012 until his death in 2024. A member o…
Donald Payne Jr
Michael Thomas Pinder was an English rock musician. He was a founding member and the original keyboard player of the rock group the Moody Blues. He left the group following the rec…
Mike Pinder, British musician (born 1941)
Saurya Airlines Pvt. Ltd is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. As of August 2017, the airline served five destinations across three provinces of Nepal from its hub at Tribhuvan …
A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashes during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal…
On 29 July 2024, a mass stabbing targeting young girls occurred at the Hart Space, a dance studio in the Meols Cop area of Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Seventeen-year-old…
Three children are stabbed to death and 10 other people injured at a dance studio in Southport, England. This…
A series of landslides occurred in Punjirimattom, Mundakkai, Chooralmala, and Vellarimala villages in Meppadi panchayat, Vythiri taluk in Wayanad district, Kerala, India in the ear…
A series of landslides occurs in Kerala, India, causing over 420 fatalities.
The non-cooperation movement, also known as the one-point movement, was a disinvestment movement and a mass uprising against the Awami League-led government of Bangladesh, initiate…
Following the non-cooperation movement against the government of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina…
Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and statesman. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.…
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.
Marla Vene Adams was an American actress. She was best known for playing the roles of Belle Clemens on the CBS soap opera The Secret Storm and Dina Abbott Mergeron on the CBS soap …
Marla Adams, American television actress (born 1938)
Laurent Cantet was a French director, cinematographer and screenwriter. His film Entre les murs won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008.
Laurent Cantet, French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (born 1961)
Christopher John Sansom was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter in Madrid and the alternati…
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Voepass Flight 2283 was a scheduled domestic Brazilian passenger flight from Cascavel to Guarulhos. On August 9, 2024, the ATR 72 serving the flight crashed in Vinhedo, São Paulo S…
Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
The Israel Defense Forces, alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym Tzahal (צה״ל), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service bra…
Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians.
Forrest Richard "Dickey" Betts was an American rock guitarist and vocalist, best known as a longtime member of the Allman Brothers Band. A co-founder of the band when it formed in …
Dickey Betts, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer (born 1943)
Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr. was an American professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, earning fir…
Roman Gabriel, Filipino-American NFL American footballer
Frank Ernest Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead, was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead for 40 years, from 1979 to 2019, serving as a Labour …
Frank Field, British politician (born 1942)
Brian McCardie was a Scottish actor and writer, known for his role as John Thomas "Tommy" Hunter in the BBC police procedural series Line of Duty.
Brian McCardie, Scottish actor and writer (born 1965)
Paul Benjamin Auster was an American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker. His notable works include The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chanc…
Paul Auster, American writer and film director (born 1947)
Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra was a Dutch competitive figure skater. She was the 1964 Olympic champion in ladies' singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champio…
Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater (born 1942)