Explore 910 historical events from 2000–2009.
Richard Edward Arnold was an American country music singer. He was a Nashville sound innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second…
Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1918)
François Sterchele was a Belgian professional footballer who played for Germinal Beerschot and Club Brugge. The striker was the top scorer of the Jupiler League in 2006–07. Sterche…
François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (born 1982)
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)
John Arthur Gibson OAM was an Australian rugby league coach, player, and commentator. He is widely considered one of the greatest coaches in the sport's history, Nicknamed 'Superco…
Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1929)
Baptiste John "Bap" Manzini was a professional American football center and high school football coach.
Baptiste Manzini, American football player (born 1920)
Nuala Brigid Anne O'Faolain was an Irish journalist and writer. Her debut memoir, Are You Somebody?, published when she was in her mid-fifties, became a sensation in Ireland and a …
Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist and producer (born 1942)
Pascal Sevran was a French TV presenter and author.
Pascal Sevran, French singer, television host, and author (born 1945)
John Howard Rutsey was a Canadian musician best known as a founding member and original drummer of Rush. He performed on the band's 1974 debut album, but left shortly after its rel…
John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (born 1953)
Leyla Gencer also known as La Diva Turca was a Turkish operatic soprano.
Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (born 1928)
Irena Stanisława Sendler, operating under the nom de guerre Jolanta, was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during Worl…
Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian (born 1910)
Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah was the Emir of Kuwait from 15 January 2006, succeeding Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, until abdicating nine days later on 24 Ja…
Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler, Emir of Kuwait (born 1930)
Ron Stone was an American news anchor at KPRC-TV in Houston for 20 years from 1973 to 1992. He was called "the most popular and revered news anchor the city has ever known" by the …
Ron Stone, American journalist and author (born 1936)
Thomas Burns was a Scottish professional football player and manager. He is best known for his long association with Celtic, where he was a player, manager and coach.
Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1956)
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)
Alexander Mair Courage Jr. familiarly known as "Sandy" Courage, was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film. He is best known a…
Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (born 1919)
William Elder was an American illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art but is best known for a frantically funny cartoon style that helped l…
Will Elder, American illustrator (born 1921)
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)
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)
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)
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)