Explore 2579 historical events from 2010–2019.
Denise McCluggage was an American auto racing driver, journalist, author and photographer. McCluggage was a pioneer of equality for women in the U.S., both in motorsports and in jo…
Denise McCluggage, American race car driver and journalist (born 1927)
Frank DiPascali Jr. was an American fraudster and financier who was a key lieutenant of Bernie Madoff for three decades. He referred to himself as the company's "director of option…
Frank DiPascali, American businessman (born 1956)
Joseph Mwepu Ilunga was a football defender from Zaire. His name is also written as Alunga Mwepu.
Mwepu Ilunga, Congolese footballer (born 1949)
Juan Schwanner, János Schwanner was a Hungarian–Chilean football player and manager.
Juan Schwanner, Hungarian-Chilean footballer and manager (born 1921)
Atanas Georgiev Semerdzhiev was a Bulgarian general, statesman and politician. He was a veteran of World War II, as he participated in the Partisan Movement in Bulgaria during 1942…
Atanas Semerdzhiev, Bulgarian soldier and politician, 1st Vice President of Bulgaria (born 1924)
Edward Walker Estlow was a journalist and businessman, best known as CEO at the E. W. Scripps Company from 1976 to 1985. The Edward W. and Charlotte A. Estlow International Center …
Edward W
Ahmet Kenan Evren was a Turkish military officer who served as the 7th president of Turkey from 1982 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup.
Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (born 1917)
Elizabeth Welter Wilson was an American actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years in film and television. In 1972 she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for …
Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (born 1921)
Earl Douglas Averill was an American professional baseball player who was a catcher and outfielder in the Major Leagues in 1956 and from 1958 to 1963 for the Cleveland Indians, Chi…
Earl Averill, Jr
Robert Jackson Drasnin was an American composer and clarinet player.
Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer (born 1927)
Nina Grigoryevna Otkalenko, née Pletnyova, was a Soviet middle-distance runner. She won a European title in the 800 m at the inaugural 1954 European Athletics Championships and set…
Nina Otkalenko, Russian runner (born 1928)
Christopher Lee Burden was an American artist working in performance art, sculpture, and installation art. Burden became known in the 1970s for his performance art works, including…
Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (born 1946)
Peter Joachim Gay was a German-American historian, educator, and author. He was a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University and former director of the New York Public Librar…
Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (born 1923)
David Lawrence Sackett was an American-Canadian physician and a pioneer in evidence-based medicine. He is known as one of the fathers of Evidence-Based Medicine. He founded the fir…
David Sackett, American-Canadian physician and academic (born 1934)
Gainan Rakhmatovich Saidkhuzhin was a Russian Tatar cyclist and ten-time cycling champion of the Soviet Union. He competed in the road race at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and…
Gainan Saidkhuzhin, Russian cyclist (born 1937)
Riley B. King, known professionally as B. B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on…
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Micheál O'Brien was an Irish Gaelic footballer and hurler who played at senior level for the Meath county team.
Micheál O'Brien, Irish footballer and hurler (born 1923)
Stanton Jerrold Peale was an American astrophysicist, planetary scientist, and Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research interests include the geophysi…
Stanton J
Franz Wright was an American poet. He and his father James Wright are the only parent/child pair to have won the Pulitzer Prize in the same category.
Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (born 1953)
Jackie Brookner was an ecological artist, writer, and educator. She worked with ecologists, design professionals, engineers, communities, and policy-makers on water remediation/pub…
Jackie Brookner, American sculptor and educator (born 1945)
Flora MacNeil, MBE was a traditional singer of Scottish Gaelic folk music. MacNeil gained prominence after meeting Alan Lomax and Hamish Henderson during the early 1950s, and conti…
Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (born 1928)
Lionel Du Fon Pickens, professionally known as Chinx, was an American rapper. He was a member of The Rockaway Riot Squad alongside fellow slain rapper Stack Bundles. Chinx later jo…
Lionel Pickens, American rapper (born 1983)
Halldór Ásgrímsson was an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 15 September 2004 to 15 June 2006 and was the leader of the Progressive Party from 1994…
Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1947)
Elisabeth Dorothea Bing was a German physical therapist, co-founder of Lamaze International, and proponent of natural childbirth. She trained as a physical therapist in England aft…
Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (born 1914)