Explore 2579 historical events from 2010–2019.
Edgar Louis "Beaver" Laprade was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League. The son of Thomas and Edith Laprade, h…
Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1919)
Muhammad Idris Sardi was an Indonesian violinist and composer.
Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer (born 1938)
Frederic David Schwartz was an American architect, author, and city planner whose work includes Empty Sky, the New Jersey 9-11 Memorial, which was dedicated in Liberty State Park o…
Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (born 1951)
Ryan Tandy was an international rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played as a prop in the National Rugby League (NRL) for the St. George Illawarra Drago…
Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player (born 1981)
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-backed forces with a Buk 9M38 surface-to-air missile on 17…
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All…
Transport express régional is the brand name used by the SNCF, the French national railway company, to denote rail service run by the regional councils of France, specifically thei…
A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in…
On July 17, 2014, Eric Garner, an 43-year-old African American man, was killed in the New York City borough of Staten Island by Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City Police Department (…
Eric Garner is killed by police officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited…
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 requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands,…
New Valley, or El Wadi El Gedid, is a governorate of Egypt. It is in the southwestern part of the country, in the south of Egypt Western Desert, between the Nile, northern Sudan, a…
Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21…
Iveta Bartošová was a Czech singer, actress and celebrity, three-time best female vocalist in the music poll Zlatý slavík. She was also known for her turbulent lifestyle attracting…
Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (born 1966)
Albert Bernard Feldstein was an American writer, editor, and artist, best known for his work at EC Comics and, from 1956 to 1985, as the editor of the satirical magazine Mad. After…
Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (born 1925)
Robert William Hoskins was an English actor and film director. Known for his intense but sensitive portrayals of "tough guy" characters, he began his career on stage before making …
Bob Hoskins, English actor (born 1942)
Khaled Choudhury was a theatre personality and artist of Bengal. He worked for various directors of both Bengali and Hindi plays, including Sombhu Mitra, Tripti Mitra, and Shyamana…
Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (born 1919)
TransAsia Airways Flight 222 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by TransAsia Airways from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, to Magong, Penghu Island. On 23 July 2014, the ATR 72-5…
TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Xixi village near Huxi, Penghu, during approach to Penghu Airport. Forty-eight…
Air Algérie Flight 5017 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, Algeria, which crashed near Gossi, Mali, on 24 July 2014. The McD…
Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between…
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)
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)
Ian Charles "Roscoe" Ross was an Australian television news presenter for Seven News in Sydney and for Nine News.
Ian Ross, Australian journalist (born 1940)
Alhaji Adamu Atta was the first civilian governor of the Nigerian Kwara State during the Second Republic, representing the National Party of Nigeria (NPN).
Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (born 1927)
Radhia Cousot was a French computer scientist known for inventing abstract interpretation.
Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (born 1947)
Assaf "Assi" Dayan was an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)
Juan de Dios Castillo González was a Mexican footballer and coach, last with F.C. Motagua of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, the top tier of the Honduran football. He has …
Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (born 1951)
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)