Explore 910 historical events from 2000–2009.
Herman Alex Veenstra was a Dutch water polo player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Dutch team which finished fifth in the 1936 tournament. He played fi…
Herman Veenstra, Dutch water polo player (born 1911)
Norris Dewar McWhirter was a British writer, right-wing political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were kno…
Norris McWhirter, English author and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (born 1925)
John Maynard Smith was a British theoretical and mathematical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a seco…
John Maynard Smith, English biologist and geneticist (born 1920)
Joseph Damiani, known by the pen name José Giovanni, was a French-Swiss writer, filmmaker, and a convicted criminal. He was known for his realistic, gritty crime novels which drew …
José Giovanni, French-Swiss director and producer (born 1923)
Estée Lauder was an American businesswoman. She co-founded her eponymous cosmetics company with her husband, Joseph Lauter. Lauder was the only woman on Time magazine's 1998 list o…
Estée Lauder, American businesswoman, co-founded Estée Lauder Companies (born 1906)
Thomson William "Thom" Gunn was an English poet who was praised for his early verses in England, where he was associated with The Movement, and his later poetry in America, where h…
Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (born 1929)
Hubert "Cubby" Selby Jr. was an American novelist. Two of his books, Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) and Requiem for a Dream (1978), were adapted into films, both of which he appeared…
Hubert Selby, Jr
John Patrick Edward Chandos Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker, known as Sir John Henniker-Major from 1965 to 1980, was a British peer, civil servant, and diplomat.
John Henniker-Major, British diplomat and civil servant (born 1916)
Kenneth Henry Downing was a British racing driver. From a wealthy family connected to G.H. Downing & Co., he began racing as a privateer in the late 1940s, and with Connaught in 19…
Ken Downing, English race car driver (born 1917)
Darrell Dean Johnson was an American professional catcher, coach, manager and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a manager, he led the 1975 Boston Red Sox to the American Lea…
Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1928)
David Reimer was a Canadian boy raised as a girl following medical advice and intervention after his penis was severely injured during a botched circumcision in infancy.
David Reimer, Canadian man, born male but reassigned female and raised as a girl after a botched circumcision (born 196
Eliza "Virginia" Capers was an American actress. She won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1974 for her performance as Lena Younger in Raisin, a musical version …
Virginia Capers, American actress and singer (born 1925)
Philip Kapleau was an American Zen Buddhist teacher. He trained in the Harada–Yasutani tradition, which is rooted in Japanese Sōtō and incorporates Rinzai-school koan study. He est…
Philip Kapleau, American monk and educator (born 1912)
Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups…
Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (born 1923)
Waldemar Milewicz was a Polish journalist and war correspondent.
Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (born 1956)
Akhmat-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov was a Russian politician and revolutionary who served as Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the F…
Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (born 1951)
Alan King was an American comedian, actor and satirist known for his biting wit and often angry humorous rants. He was also a serious actor who appeared in a number of films and te…
Alan King, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1927)
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was a South African singer, songwriter, dancer and activist. Affectionately called MaBrrr by her fans, she is also known as the "Queen of African Pop" or the…
Brenda Fassie, South African singer (born 1964)
Anna Lee, MBE was an English and American actress, labelled by studios "The British Bombshell".
Anna Lee, English-American actress (born 1913)
Jørgen Nash was a Danish artist, writer and central proponent of Situationism.
Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (born 1920)
Anthony Leonard Randall was an American actor, comedian, director, producer and singer, active in film, television and stage.
Tony Randall, American actor (born 1920)
Ezzedine Salim, also known as Abdelzahra Othman Mohammed, was an Iraqi politician, author, educator, Islamist theorist and one of the leading members of the Iraqi Dawa Movement bet…
Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (born 1943)
Elvin Ray Jones was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appear…
Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (born 1927)
Mary Dresselhuys was primarily a Dutch stage actress, although she also appeared in a number of films. She was born in Tiel, the Netherlands, and died in Amsterdam. She and her hus…
Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress and screenwriter (born 1907)