Explore 910 historical events from 2000–2009.
Scott Brazil was an American television producer and director.
Scott Brazil, American director and producer (born 1955)
Henderson Forsythe was an American actor. Forsythe was known for his role as Dr. David Stewart on the soap opera As the World Turns, a role he played for over 30 years (1960-1991),…
Henderson Forsythe, American actor (born 1917)
Baroness Alida Maria Laura Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg, better known by her stage name Alida Valli, or simply Valli, was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 10…
Alida Valli, Italian actress (born 1921)
A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes…
Alaskan stratovolcano Mount Cleveland erupts
The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and commonly referred to as Yugoslavia, was a country in the Balkans in South…
The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence
Gukesh Dommaraju is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest undisputed world champion; the youngest player to hav…
Dommaraju Gukesh, Youngest contender to compete for the title of World Chess Champion
Albert Scott Crossfield was an American naval officer and test pilot. In 1953, he became the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound. Crossfield was the first of twelve pilo…
Albert Scott Crossfield, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (born 1921)
Henriette Davidson Avram was a computer programmer and systems analyst who developed the MARC format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in …
Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (born 1919)
Phil Walden was the American co-founder of the Macon, Georgia-based Capricorn Records, along with former Atlantic Records executive Frank Fenter.
Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founder of Capricorn Records (born 1940)
Brian Leslie Labone was an English footballer who played for and captained Everton. A one-club man, Labone's professional career lasted from 1958 to 1971, during which he won the F…
Brian Labone, English footballer (born 1940)
Moshe (Moses) Teitelbaum was a Hungarian-American Hasidic rebbe and the world leader of the Satmar Hasidim.
Moshe Teitelbaum, Romanian-American rabbi and author (born 1914)
Jane Isabel Jacobs was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book The Death and Life of Great …
Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (born 1916)
Peter John Law was a Welsh politician. For most of his career Law sat as a Labour councillor and subsequently Labour Co-operative Assembly member (AM) for Blaenau Gwent. Latterly h…
Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (born 1948)
Julia Stimson Thorne was an American writer. She was the first wife of John Kerry, who was a U.S. Senator during their marriage.
Julia Thorne, American author (born 1944)
Steven Roy Howe was an American professional baseball relief pitcher. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Minnesota Twins, Texas Ranger…
Steve Howe, American baseball player (born 1958)
John Kenneth Galbraith, also known as J. K. Galbraith or Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics…
John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (born 1908)
Jean-François Revel was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European prop…
Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (born 1924)
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, also nicknamed Pram, was an Indonesian novelist and writer. His works span the colonial period under Dutch rule, Indonesia's struggle for independence, its o…
Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author and academic (born 1925)
Louis Richard Rukeyser was an American financial journalist, columnist, and commentator, through print, radio, and television.
Louis Rukeyser, American journalist and author (born 1933)
Christiaan Karel Appel was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of…
Karel Appel, Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet (born 1921)
Pramod Venkatesh Mahajan was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. A second-generation leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he belonged to a group of relatively young "tech…
Pramod Mahajan, Indian politician (born 1949)
Earl Dennison Woods was a U.S. Army infantry officer and father of American professional golfer Tiger Woods. Woods started his son in golf at a very early age and coached him exclu…
Earl Woods, American colonel, baseball player, and author (born 1932)
Naushad Ali was an Indian composer for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry. He is respectfully re…
Naushad Ali, Indian composer and producer (born 1919)
Atıf Yılmaz Batıbeki was a renowned Turkish film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He was very much a legend in the film industry of Turkey with 119 movies directed. He al…
Atıf Yılmaz, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1925)