Explore 1208 historical events from 2010–2019.
Samuel Alexander Barr was a British shipyard worker, trade unionist and Upper Clyde Shipbuilders (UCS) work-in veteran. Barr was an "inspiring speaker" and organiser who was a "wid…
Sammy Barr, Scottish trade union leader (born 1931)
Ferenc Bartha was a Hungarian economist who served as the last governor of the Hungarian National Bank during the Communist regime.
Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist and politician (born 1943)
United Airlines Flight 232 was a regularly scheduled United Airlines flight from Stapleton International Airport in Denver to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, continuing to…
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Maurice Bernard Sendak was an American author and illustrator of children's books. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was impacted by the death of many of his family memb…
Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (born 1928)
Ampon Tangnoppakul, commonly known in Thai as Ah Kong or in English as Uncle SMS, was a Thai national accused of sending four Short Message Service (SMS) messages from his cell pho…
Ampon Tangnoppakul, Thai criminal (born 1948)
Roman Totenberg was a Polish-American violinist and educator. A child prodigy, he lived in Poland, Moscow, Berlin, and Paris, before formally immigrating to the U.S. in 1938, at ag…
Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (born 1911)
Bertram Joseph Cohler was an American psychologist, psychoanalyst, and educator primarily associated with the University of Chicago, the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, and H…
Bertram Cohler, American psychologist, psychoanalyst, and academic (born 1938)
Sir Geoffrey Arama Henry was a Cook Island politician who was twice the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands. He was leader of the Cook Islands Party (CIP) from 1979 to 2006.
Geoffrey Henry, Cook Islander lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (born 1940)
Vidal Sassoon was a British hairstylist and businessman. He was noted for repopularising a simple, close-cut geometric hairstyle called the five-point cut, worn by fashion designer…
Vidal Sassoon, English-American hairdresser and businessman (born 1928)
Horst Faas was a German photo-journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He is best known for his images of the Vietnam War.
Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (born 1933)
Carroll Hall Shelby was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur.
Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and designer (born 1923)
Gunnar Fridtjof Thurmann Sønsteby DSO was a member of the Norwegian resistance movement during the German occupation of Norway in World War II. Known by the nickname "Kjakan" and a…
Gunnar Sønsteby, Norwegian captain and author (born 1918)
Jan Bens was a Dutch professional football player and coach; he was also an amateur boxer and trainer.
Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (born 1921)
Edouard Paape, commonly known as Eddy Paape, was a Belgian comics artist best known for illustrating the science fiction comic series Luc Orient.
Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (born 1920)
Arsala Rahmani Daulat was selected to serve in the Meshrano Jirga, the upper house of Afghanistan's national assembly, in 2005 and 2010. He was appointed a Deputy Minister for High…
Arsala Rahmani Daulat, Afghan politician (born 1937)
Donald "Duck" Dunn was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a…
Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (born 1941)
Ada María Isasi-Díaz was a Cuban-American theologian who served as professor emerita of ethics and theology at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. As a Hispanic theologian, she…
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Cuban-American theologian, author, and academic (born 1943)
Lee Stewart Richardson was a British international motorcycle speedway rider.
Lee Richardson, English speedway rider (born 1979)
Donald Taylor Ritchie was an Australian who intervened in many suicide attempts. He officially rescued at least 180 people but his family says he helped save up to 500 people who h…
Don Ritchie, Australian humanitarian (born 1925)
Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop and the oldest of the Catholic Church at 106 years of age. He was also one of the last living bishops to have served…
Nguyễn Văn Thiện, Vietnamese bishop (born 1906)
Ernst Hinterberger was an Austrian writer of novels, particularly detective novels, plays and successful sitcoms. His first TV scripts were unusual for their use of genuine Vienna …
Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (born 1931)
Mario Trejo was an Argentine poet, playwright, screenwriter, and journalist.
Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (born 1926)
Arno Lustiger was a German historian and author of Jewish origin. Lustiger made significant contributions to research and document the history of Jewish resistance under Nazi rule.
Arno Lustiger, German historian and author (born 1924)
Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist and ambassador to France. Among his works are The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), The Old Gri…
Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (born 1928)