Explore 1917 historical events from 2000–2009.
The 26 June 2008 Karmah bombing was a suicide attack on a meeting of tribal sheiks in the town of Al-Karmah. Three Marines from 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines, as well as twenty Iraqi s…
A suicide bomber dressed as an Iraqi policeman detonates an explosive vest, killing 25 people
Joseph Pevney was an American film and television director.
Joseph Pevney, American actor and director (born 1911)
Roberto García-Calvo Montiel was a Spanish judge. Since 2001, he was a member of the Constitutional Court of Spain, sponsored by the conservative People's Party. In the last year o…
Roberto García-Calvo Montiel, Spanish judge (born 1942)
Robert Gerald Mondavi was an American winemaker. His technical and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California. From an early …
Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (born 1913)
William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan was an American politician who served as Chief of Staff to President of the United States Jimmy Carter.
Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (born 1944)
General elections were held in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008 to elect the president and Parliament. Because of Zimbabwe's dire economic situation, the elections were expected to provid…
In a highly scrutinized election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Mo
On 1 July 2008, a riot broke out in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. The riot was sparked by allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 parliamentary election, which occur…
Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
The 2008 Minsk bombing took place just after midnight on 4 July 2008, in Minsk, Belarus and wounded 54 people. The explosion happened near the Hero City monument at a concert to ce…
A bomb explodes at a concert in Minsk's Independence Square, injuring 50 people.
The Battle of Wanat took place on July 13, 2008, when around 200 Taliban insurgents attacked American troops stationed in the Waygal district of Afghanistan's far eastern Nuristan …
Battle of Wanat begins when Taliban and al-Qaeda guerrillas attack US Army and Afghan National Army troops in…
The 2008 Ahmedabad bombings were a series of 21 bomb blasts that hit Ahmedabad, India, on 26 July 2008, within a span of 70 minutes. Fifty-six people were killed and over 200 peopl…
Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
Gordon Bradley was an English-American soccer midfielder born and raised on Wearside who played several seasons with lower-division English clubs before moving to play in Canada at…
Gordon Bradley, English-American footballer (born 1933)
Robert Lynn Asprin was an American science fiction and fantasy author and active fan, known best for his humorous series MythAdventures and Phule's Company.
Robert Asprin, American soldier and author (born 1946)
Iñaki Ochoa de Olza was a Spanish climber. Ochoa de Olza took part in more than thirty separate climbing expeditions in the Himalayas over the course of his career, and was involve…
Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (born 1967)
Bruce Duncan "Utah" Phillips was an American labor organizer, folk singer, storyteller and poet. He described the struggles of labor unions and the power of direct action, self-ide…
Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1935)
Albert Hofmann was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann's team also is…
Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (born 1906)
Fredric John Baur Jr. was an American organic chemist and food storage scientist notable for designing the Pringles packaging. Baur filed for a patent for the tubular Pringles cont…
Fred Baur, American chemist and founder of Pringles (born 1918)
Jerry Leon Wallace was an American country and pop singer. Between 1958 and 1964, Wallace charted nine hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including the No. 8 "Primrose Lane" that was l…
Jerry Wallace, American singer and guitarist (born 1928)
Milton Ernest "Robert" or "Bob" Rauschenberg was an American painter and multi-media artist, whose work has been associated with numerous mid-20th century art movements including t…
Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (born 1925)
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was an Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marathi. His Marathi …
Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright and screenwriter (born 1928)
Thomas Richard Martin was an American comedian and director. He was known for his role as the co-host of the sketch comedy program Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1973.
Dick Martin, American actor, comedian, and director (born 1922)
James Harrell McGriff was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader.
Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader (born 1936)
Andrew Stephen Wilson was an astronomer from Doncaster, Yorkshire. He earned a doctorate in physics from the University of Cambridge.
Andrew Stephen Wilson, British-American astronomer (born1947)
John Richard Simplot was an American entrepreneur and businessman best known as the founder of the J. R. Simplot Company, a Boise, Idaho–based agricultural supplier specializing in…
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Veikko Johannes Uusimäki was a Finnish actor and theater councilor. During his life, he acted in a total of 25 films, in connection with which he also served as director of Yleisra…
Veikko Uusimäki, Finnish actor and theater councilor (born 1921)