Explore 1208 historical events from 2010–2019.
On the afternoon of 24 May 2014, a gunman opened fire at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels, killing four people in an antisemitic Islamist terrorist attack. Three of them, a…
At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the membe…
Narendra Modi takes oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India
Telangana is a state in southern India on the Deccan Plateau bordering Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh to the north and Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka to the south. It is the eleventh l…
Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh
Charles Gyude Bryant was a Liberian politician and businessman. He served as the Chairman of the Transitional Government of Liberia from 14 October 2003 to 16 January 2006. The ins…
Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (born 1949)
Gabriel José García Márquez was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors o…
Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
Michael Glawogger was an Austrian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer, born in Graz.
Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (born 1959)
Conrado Eugenio Marrero Ramos, nicknamed "Connie", was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. The right-handed Marrero pitched in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1954 for the Wa…
Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (born 1911)
Felix Michael Rogers, usually known as Michael Rogers, was a general in the United States Air Force and the former commander of the Air Force Logistics Command, with headquarters a…
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Jaap Havekotte was a Dutch speed skater. He skated in several Dutch championships during the 1940s, but is best known as the founder of Viking Schaatsenfabriek, a Dutch producer of…
Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (born 1912)
Mark Roland Shand, a brother of Queen Camilla, was an English travel writer and conservationist. Shand wrote four travel books, and as a BBC conservationist appeared in documentari…
Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (born 1951)
Patric Standford was an English composer, supporter of composers' rights, educationalist and author.
Patric Standford, English composer and educator (born 1939)
Hans Hollein was an Austrian architect and designer and key figure of postmodern architecture. Some of his most notable works are the Haas House and the Albertina extension in the …
Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (born 1934)
William "Sandy" Pullar Jardine was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Rangers, Hearts and represented Scotland. He played over 1000 professional games and twice won …
Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1948)
Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. She represented the Allagadda constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for four terms…
Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (born 1968)
Tadeusz Różewicz was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. Różewicz was in the first generation of Polish writers born after Poland regained its independence in 1918, …
Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (born 1921)
William Judson Holloway Jr. was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
William Judson Holloway Jr
Francesc "Tito" Vilanova Bayó was a Spanish professional football central midfielder and manager.
Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1968)
Paul Leroy Robeson Jr. was an American author, archivist and historian.
Paul Robeson, Jr
Rashad Hanif Harden, known as DJ Rashad, was a Chicago-based electronic musician, producer and DJ known as a pioneer in the footwork genre and founder of the Teklife crew. He relea…
DJ Rashad, American electronic musician, producer and DJ (born 1979)
Daniel James Macdonnell Heap was a Canadian activist and politician. Heap served as a Member of Parliament with the New Democratic Party, a Toronto City Councillor, a political act…
Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (born 1925)
Earl Edwin Morrall was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons, both a starter and reserve. He was the l…
Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (born 1934)
Stefanie Zweig was a German Jewish writer and journalist. She is best known for her autobiographical novel, Nirgendwo in Afrika (1995), which was a bestseller in Germany. The novel…
Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (born 1932)
Gerald Stanford "Gerry" Guralnik was the Chancellor’s Professor of Physics at Brown University. In 1964, he co-discovered the Higgs mechanism and Higgs boson with C. R. Hagen and T…
Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (born 1936)
Yigal Arnon was an Israeli lawyer and founder of Yigal Arnon & Co.
Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (born 1929)