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Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (born 1960)
Konstantin Aseev was a Russian chess Grandmaster and trainer.
Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player and trainer (born 1960)
The 2000s
Explore 2952 historical events from 2000–2009.
2004
Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1908)
Sir Walter Angus Bethune was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 26 May 1969 to 3 May 1972.
Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (born 1908)
2004
Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (born 1920)
Daniel Mannix Petrie was a Canadian film, television, and stage director who worked in Canada, Hollywood, and the United Kingdom; known for directing grounded human dramas often de…
Daniel Petrie, Canadian director and producer (born 1920)
2004
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (born 1926)
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss and American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, author, and developer of the five stages of grief, also known as the "Kübler-Ross mode…
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (born 1926)
2004
Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1952)
Laura Ann Kruteck was an American singer. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 cover of Umberto Tozzi's single "Gloria", stayed on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 36 week…
Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1952)
2004
Willie Crawford, American baseball player (born 1946)
Willie Murphy Crawford was an American professional baseball outfielder. He played in the major leagues with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1964–1975), St. Louis Cardinals (1976), Housto…
Willie Crawford, American baseball player (born 1946)
2004
Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (born 1942)
Hans Vonk was a Dutch conductor.
Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (born 1942)
2004
Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (born 1906)
Fred Lawrence Whipple was an American astronomer, who worked at the Harvard College Observatory for more than 70 years. Among his achievements were asteroid and comet discoveries, …
Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (born 1906)
2004
Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (born 1915)
Ahmed Muhammad Amin Kuftaro was the Grand Mufti of Syria, the highest officially appointed Sunni Muslim representative of the Fatwa-Administration in the Syrian Ministry of Auqaf i…
Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (born 1915)
2004
Alastair Morton, South African businessman (born 1938)
Sir Robert Alastair Newton Morton was Chief Executive of Eurotunnel and Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority, industrialist and the last chairman of the British Railways Board.
Alastair Morton, South African businessman (born 1938)
2004
Joan Oró, Catalan biochemist and academic (born 1923)
Joan Oró i Florensa, 1st Marquess of Oró was a Spanish Catalan biochemist, whose research has been of importance in understanding the origin of life. Living in the United States fo…
Joan Oró, Catalan biochemist and academic (born 1923)
2004
Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (born 1971)
Alphonso Gene Ford was an American professional basketball player. A 1.92 m tall, 98 kg (216 lbs.) shooting guard, he was one of the greatest scorers in college basketball history.…
Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (born 1971)
2004
Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (born 1929)
Murray Irwin "Moe" Norman was a Canadian professional golfer whose accuracy and ability to hit shot after shot perfectly straight gave him the reputation as a golf swing "genius" w…
Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (born 1929)
2004
Bob Boyd, American baseball player (born 1925)
Robert Richard Boyd was an American first baseman in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball.
Bob Boyd, American baseball player (born 1925)
2004
Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (born 1913)
Franklin Rosborough Thomas was an American animator and pianist. He was one of Walt Disney's leading team of animators known as the Nine Old Men.
Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (born 1913)
2004
Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman (born 1930)
Ernie Ball was an American entrepreneur and musician who developed guitar-related products. Ball began as a club and local television musician and entrepreneur, building an interna…
Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman (born 1930)
2004
Caitlin Clarke, American actress (born 1952)
Caitlin Clarke was an American actress best known for her roles as Valerian in the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer and Charlotte Cardoza in the 1998–1999 Broadway musical Titanic.
Caitlin Clarke, American actress (born 1952)
2004
Brock Adams, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (born 1927)
Brockman Adams was an American lawyer and politician. A Democratic Party member from the state of Washington, Adams served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Was…
Brock Adams, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (born 1927)
2004
Fred Ebb, American songwriter (born 1928)
Fred Ebb was an American lyricist and playwright who had many successful collaborations with composer John Kander. The Kander and Ebb team frequently wrote for such performers as L…
Fred Ebb, American songwriter (born 1928)
2004
David Mann, American painter and illustrator (born 1939)
David Mann was a California graphic artist whose paintings celebrated biker culture, and choppers. Called "the biker world's artist-in-residence," his images are ubiquitous in bike…
David Mann, American painter and illustrator (born 1939)
2004
Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (born 1949)
Peter VII was the Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa from 1997 to 2004. During his reign, Petros VII was credited with reviving the Greek Orthodox churc…
Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (born 1949)
2004
Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-invented the birth-control pill (born 1925)
Luis Ernesto Miramontes Cárdenas was a Mexican chemist known as co-inventor and the first to synthesize an oral contraceptive, progestin norethisterone.
Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-invented the birth-control pill (born 1925)
2004
Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1948)
John William Cummings, better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American musician who was the guitarist and a founding member of the Ramones, a band that helped pioneer…
Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1948)
2004
Charlie Brandt, American serial killer (born 1957)
Carl Eric Brandt was an American serial killer known to have perpetrated at least four murders. In 1971, at age 13, Brandt shot his parents in their family home in Fort Wayne, Indi…
Charlie Brandt, American serial killer (born 1957)