Explore 2579 historical events from 2010–2019.
On the evening of May 23, 2014, multiple misogynistic terrorist attacks occurred in Isla Vista, California, United States. Elliot Rodger murdered six people and injured fourteen ot…
Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of Univers
An earthquake occurred in the northern Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey on May 24, 2014. It had a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Ser…
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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
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)
Yigal Arnon was an Israeli lawyer and founder of Yigal Arnon & Co.
Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer (born 1929)
Vujadin Boškov was a Yugoslavian football player and manager.
Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1931)
Shia Islam in Iraq has a history going back to the times of Ali ibn Abi Talib who moved the capital of the Rashidun Caliphate from Medina to Kufa, two decades after the death of Mu…
Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Camp Sp
On 14 June 2014, an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the Russia-backed separatists fro…
A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board
Syria's chemical weapons program began in the 1970s with weapons and training from Egypt and the Soviet Union, with production of chemical weapons in Syria beginning in the mid-198…
The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction
GAIL (India) Limited is an Indian state-owned energy corporation with primary interests in the trade, transmission production and distribution of natural gas. GAIL also has interes…
At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari distric
Daniel Mametta Colchico was an American athlete who played defensive end in the National Football League (NFL).
Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (born 1935)
Henry Leslie Firth, OAM was an Australian racing driver and team manager. Firth was a leading race and rally driver during the 1950s and 1960s and continued as an influential team …
Harry Firth, Australian race car driver and manager (born 1918)
Barbara Fiske Calhoun was an American cartoonist and painter, one of the few female creators from the Golden Age of Comic Books. She co-founded Quarry Hill Creative Center, one of …
Barbara Fiske Calhoun, American cartoonist and painter (born 1919)
William Holmes Honan was an American journalist and author who directed coverage of the arts at The New York Times as its culture editor in the 1980s. Honan held senior editorial p…
William Honan, American journalist and author (born 1930)
Dennis David Kahekilimamaoikalanikeha Kamakahi was a Hawaiian slack key guitarist, recording artist, music composer, and Christian minister. He was a three-time Grammy Award winner…
Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (born 1953)
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnation…
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east,…
Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli…
The Brazil national football team, nicknamed Canarinho, represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation, the governing…
The Brazil national football team suffers its joint-worst defeat, losing 7–1 to Germany in the semi-finals of the FIFA…
The Germany national football team represents Germany in men's international football and played its first match in 1908. The team is governed by the German Football Association, f…
Germany wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina in the final 1–0 after extra time.
On 15 July 2014, at around 8:40 am MSK (UTC+03:00), an outbound Moscow Metro train derailed between Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Bulvar stations of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line. Cas…
A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.