Explore 4132 historical events from 2010–2019.
James Elmer Akins was the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from September, 1973 to February, 1976, just in time to serve during the 1973 Oil Crisis of October, 1973 to March, 1974. …
James E. Akins, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (born 1926)
Larry Keith was an American television actor. He was best known for being a cast member on the ABC soap opera All My Children and was the first American to play the role of Henry H…
Larry Keith, American actor (born 1931)
Cécile Aubry was a French film actress, author, television screenwriter and director.
Cécile Aubry, French actress, author, television screenwriter and director (born 1928)
Jon Stephen Cleary was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including The Sundowners (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one …
Jon Cleary, Australian author and playwright (born 1917)
Luis Nicolás Corvalán Lepe was a Chilean politician, teacher, and writer. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh) for more than three decades and was tw…
Luis Corvalán, Chilean educator and politician (born 1916)
Ralph George Houk, nicknamed "the Major", was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the successor of Casey S…
Ralph Houk, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1919)
John Ernest Irving CM was a Canadian businessman, the youngest son of the industrialist K. C. Irving and his wife, Harriet Lila Irving.
John E. Irving, Canadian businessman (born 1932)
Kenneth Carroll Guinn was an American businessman, academic administrator, and politician who served as the 27th governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007. He previously served as inter…
Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (born 1936)
Daniel Louis Schorr was an American journalist who covered world news for more than 60 years. He was most recently a Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR). Schorr won…
Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (born 1916)
Alexander Gordon Higgins was a Northern Irish professional snooker player and a two-time world champion, remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the sport's history. Nickna…
Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player (born 1949)
Sivakant Tiwari, P.P.A.(E.), P.B.S., P.P.A.(E.)(L.), P.J.G., known professionally as S. Tiwari, was a senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service. He was educated at the Un…
Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean politician (born 1945)
Maury Alan Chaykin was an American and Canadian actor. Described as "one of the most recognizable faces in Canadian cinema," he was best known for his portrayal of Rex Stout's dete…
Maury Chaykin, American-Canadian actor (born 1949)
John David Tatum was an American professional football safety who played 10 seasons from 1971 through 1980 with the Oakland Raiders and the Houston Oilers in the National Football …
Jack Tatum, American football player (born 1948)
Charles Edward Wicks was an American chemical engineer. He was a professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at Oregon State University. His focus was mass transfer, which was…
Charles E. Wicks, American chemist and academic (born 1925)
Lolita Lebrón was a Puerto Rican nationalist who was convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes after carrying out an armed attack on the United States Capitol in 1954, which…
Lolita Lebrón, Puerto Rican-American activist (born 1919)
Eric William Thomas Tindill was a New Zealand sportsman. Tindill held a number of unique records: he was the oldest ever Test cricketer at the time of his death, the only person to…
Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (born 1910)
Robert Alvin Von Hebb was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his 1966 hit "Sunny".
Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
John Ashworth Nelder was a British statistician known for his contributions to experimental design, analysis of variance, computational statistics, and statistical theory.
John Nelder, English mathematician and statistician (born 1924)
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones was an American electric blues bassist and singer. He worked with many blues musicians, including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, the Legendary Blues Band, Mississi…
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (born 1926)
Markus Liebherr was a German-born Swiss businessman and a member of one of Europe's top family business dynasties. He was a Swiss entrepreneur and owner of MALI International AG, w…
Markus Liebherr, German-Swiss businessman (born 1948)
Adam Stansfield was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. He competed professionally for Yeovil Town, Hereford United and Exeter City, and won promotion from …
Adam Stansfield, English footballer (born 1978)
Patricia Neal was an American actress of stage and screen. She is well known for, among other roles, playing World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)…
Patricia Neal, American actress (born 1926)
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he was the longest-s…
Ted Stevens, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1923)
David Lloyd Wolper was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as Roots, The Thorn Birds, and North and South, and the theatrically-released films Will…
David L. Wolper, American director and producer (born 1928)