Explore 3773 historical events from 2000–2009.
Ephraim Katzir was an Israeli biophysicist and Labor Party politician. He was the president of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (born 1916)
Danny La Rue was an entertainer best known for on-stage theatrical productions, television shows and films where he customarily performed as a female impersonator.
Danny La Rue, Irish-British drag queen performer and singer (born 1927)
George Richard Tiller was an American physician and abortion provider from Wichita, Kansas. He gained national attention as the medical director of Women's Health Care Services, wh…
George Tiller, American physician (born 1941)
Typhoon Ketsana, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Ondoy was a catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused extensive damages across Southeast Asia, particularly in the Phili…
Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
The 2009 Guinean protests were an opposition rally in Conakry, Guinea on 28 September 2009, with about 50,000 participants demonstrating against the junta government that came to p…
The military junta leading Guinea attacks a protest rally, killing or wounding 1,400 people.
The 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami took place on 29 September 2009 in the southern Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Tonga–Kermadec subduction zone. The submarine earthquake occurre…
The 8.1 Mw Samoa earthquake results in a tsunami that kills over 189 and injures hundreds.
The first of the 2009 Sumatra earthquakes occurred on 30 September off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia with a moment magnitude of 7.6 at 17:16:10 local time. The epicenter was 45 k…
The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a landlocked country at the boundary of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is boun…
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.
David Carroll Eddings was an American fantasy writer. With his wife Leigh, he authored several best-selling epic fantasy novel series, including The Belgariad (1982–84), The Mallor…
David Eddings, American author (born 1931)
David Carradine was an American actor, director, and producer, whose career included over 200 major and minor roles in film, television and on stage. He was widely known to televis…
David Carradine, American actor (born 1936)
Koko Taylor was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues, and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known…
Koko Taylor, American singer (born 1928)
Jeff Hanson was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, whose voice was described in a 2005 Paste review as an "angelic falsetto, a cross between Alison…
Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1978)
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the we…
Armenia and Turkey sign the Zurich Protocols, intended to normalize relations. However, they are never ratified by…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as well as researc…
NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program.
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American retired politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the firs…
US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
James Graham Ballard was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between…
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Feroz Khan was an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director best known for his work in Indian cinema. He appeared in over 60 films throughout his career and became one of Bo…
Feroz Khan (actor), Indian Actor, Film Director & Producer (born 1939)
Omar Bongo Ondimba was a Gabonese politician who was the second president of Gabon from 1967 until his death in 2009. A member of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), Bongo was pro…
Omar Bongo, Gabonese captain and politician, President of Gabon (born 1935)
Richard Shelton May was an American NASCAR driver who competed in 185 races in the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup Series between 1967 and 1985.
Dick May, American race car driver (born 1930)
Stelios Skevofilakas was a Greek professional footballer who played as a midfielder mostly for AEK Athens and later a manager.
Stelios Skevofilakas, Greek footballer (born 1940)
Mitsuharu Misawa was a Japanese professional wrestler and promoter. Regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, he is primarily known both his 18-year stint with All Ja…
Mitsuharu Misawa, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1962)
Fathi Yakan, February 9, 1933 – June 13, 2009) was an Islamic cleric who held a seat in the parliament of Lebanon in 1992. He was born in Tripoli.
Fathi Yakan, Lebanese scholar and politician (born 1933)
Ekaterina Sergeyevna Maximova was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. She was a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi…
Ekaterina Maximova, Russian ballerina and actress (born 1939)
Jack French Kemp was an American politician, professional football player, and U.S. Army veteran who served as the ninth U.S. secretary of housing and urban development in the admi…
Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (born 1