Explore 1208 historical events from 2010–2019.
Giacomo Bini was a Franciscan priest. Ordained in 1964, he worked as a missionary in Africa, and was appointed Minister General of the Order of the Friars Minor (OFM) for the perio…
Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (born 1938)
Harlan Mathews was an American politician who was an appointed interim Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1993 to 1994. He previously served in the executive and …
Harlan Mathews, American lawyer and politician (born 1927)
Mary, Lady Stewart was a British novelist who developed the romantic mystery genre, featuring smart, adventurous heroines who could hold their own in dangerous situations. She also…
Mary Stewart, British author and poet (born 1916)
Joseph Patrick Teasdale was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the 48th Governor of Missouri from 1977 to 1981. Teasdale was formerly a prosecutor for Jackson County,…
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Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. A member of the Indian National Congress, he represented the Visakhapatnam constituency in the Lok Sabha,…
Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy, Indian politician, 12th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1935)
Cornell Borchers was a Lithuanian-German actress and singer, active in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for her roles opposite Montgomery Clift in The Big Lift (195…
Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (born 1925)
Marco Cé was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the Patriarch of Venice from 1978 to 2002 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1979.
Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (born 1925)
Hans Ruedi Giger was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as "biomechanical". He was part of the speci…
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Sarat Pujari was an Indian actor, director and producer in Odia film industry (Ollywood). He was originally from Jhaduapada, Sambalpur.
Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1934)
Lorenzo Hormisdas Zambrano Treviño was a Mexican businessman and philanthropist. He took over Cemex, a regional cement company founded by his grandfather, and transformed it into o…
Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (born 1944)
David Malet Armstrong, often D. M. Armstrong, was an Australian philosopher. He is well known for his work on metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and for his defence of a factu…
David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author (born 1926)
Malik Bendjelloul was a Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist and actor. He directed the 2012 documentary Searching for Sugar Man, which won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (born 1977)
James Francis Coleman, nicknamed "Skeets", was an American military fighter and test pilot.
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Ronald Gordon "Ron" Stevens was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Glenmore as a Progressive Con…
Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1949)
Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, born as Diana Moore, subsequently known as Morning Glory Ferns, Morning Glory Zell and briefly Morning G'Zell, was an American community leader, writ…
Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, American occultist and author (born 1948)
Jeffrey Sonny Kruger MBE was a British entertainment business executive who owned the Flamingo Club in Soho, London, established the independent record label Ember Records, and set…
Jeffrey Kruger, English-American businessman (born 1931)
Emanuel Raymond Lewis was the longest-serving and final House Librarian for the United States House of Representatives Library in the U.S. Capitol Building. He was appointed House …
Emanuel Raymond Lewis, American librarian and author (born 1928)
Morvin Te Anatipa Simon was a New Zealand Māori composer, kapa haka leader, choirmaster and historian.
Morvin Simon, New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (born 1944)
Jean Luc Joseph Marie "Jean-Luc" Dehaene was a Belgian politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1992 until 1999. During his political career, he was nicknamed "T…
Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1940)
Norifumi Suzuki , was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the Torakku Yarō series.
Noribumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter (born 1933)
Gerald Maurice Edelman was an American biologist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work with Rodney Robert Porter on the immune system. Edelman's Nobel …
Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1929)
Captain Chittarath Poovakkatt Krishnan Nair was an Indian businessman who founded The Leela Group. He was a 2010 recipient of the Padma Bhushan, given by Government of India. He wa…
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Lieutenant general Douangchay Phichit was a Laotian politician from Attapeu and a Politburo member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister a…
Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (born 1944)
Thongbanh Sengaphone was a Laotian politician and member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). He served as Minister of Public Security and held seats in the LPRP's Centr…
Thongbanh Sengaphone, Laotian politician (born 1953)