Explore 2580 historical events from 2010–2019.
Henry Warren Hartsfield Jr. was a colonel in the United States Air Force and a NASA astronaut who logged over 480 hours in space. He was inducted into the United States Astronaut H…
Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1933)
Otto Piene was a German-American artist specializing in kinetic and technology-based art, often working collaboratively. He lived and worked in Düsseldorf, Germany; Cambridge, Mass…
Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic (born 1928)
Elaine Stritch was an American actress, singer, and comedian, known for her work on Broadway and later, television. She made her professional stage debut in 1944 and appeared in nu…
Elaine Stritch, American actress and singer (born 1925)
Andreas Biermann was a German professional footballer who played as a defender.
Andreas Biermann, German footballer (born 1980)
João Ubaldo Ribeiro was a Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor. Several of his books and short stories have been turned into movies and TV series in Brazil. Rib…
João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (born 1941)
Rubem Azevedo Alves was a Brazilian Presbyterian theologian, philosopher, educator, writer and psychoanalyst. Alves was one of the founders of Latin American liberation theology.
Rubem Alves, Brazilian theologian (born 1933)
Skye McCole Bartusiak was an American child actress and child model. She appeared in The Patriot (2000), Don't Say a Word (2001), as Rose Wilder in Beyond the Prairie: The True Sto…
Skye McCole Bartusiak, American child actress and child model (born 1992)
Dietmar Otto Schönherr was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1944 and 2014. He was famous for playing the role of Major Cliff Allister McLane in the German s…
Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)
David Easton was a Canadian-born American political scientist. From 1947 to 1997, he served as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago.
David Easton, Canadian-American political scientist and academic (born 1917)
Paul Murray Fleiss was an American pediatrician and author known for his unconventional medical views. Fleiss was a popular and sought-after pediatrician in the Greater Los Angeles…
Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician and author (born 1933)
James Scott Garner was an American actor. He played leading roles in more than fifty theatrical films, including The Great Escape (1963), The Americanization of Emily (1964), Grand…
James Garner, American actor (born 1928)
Jerzy Władysław Jurka was a Polish–American computational and molecular biologist known for his pioneering work on repetitive DNA and transposable elements (TEs) in eukaryotic geno…
Jerzy Jurka, Polish biologist (born 1950)
Raymond King was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 278 league and cup appearances in an 11-year career in the Football League. He was the younger brother of…
Ray King, English footballer and manager (born 1924)
Hertur Roland Ingemar Odlander was a Swedish journalist who worked for Sveriges Television on its news programmes Aktuellt and Rapport. Between 1975 and 1978 Odlander was the first…
Ingemar Odlander, Swedish journalist (born 1936)
Harry Pougher was an English cricketer. Pougher was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Harry Pougher, English cricketer (born 1941)
Leendert "Leen" Vleggeert was a Dutch politician. He served as a member of the Senate of the Netherlands between 1981 and 1983 for the Labour Party. He was also mayor of Puttershoe…
Leen Vleggeert, Dutch politician (born 1931)
Victor George Atiyeh was an American politician who served as the 32nd governor of Oregon from 1979 to 1987. He was also the first elected governor of Middle Eastern descent and of…
Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon (born 1923)
Constantin Lucaci was a Romanian contemporary sculptor, best known for his monumentalist sculptures and his kinetic fountains most made from stainless steel, among which those from…
Constantin Lucaci, Romanian sculptor and educator (born 1923)
John Robert McNamara was an American football all-star running back in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the American Football League (AFL).
Bob McNamara, American football player (born 1931)
Klaus Schmidt was a German archaeologist and prehistorian who led the excavations at Göbekli Tepe from 1996 to 2014.
Klaus Schmidt, German archaeologist and academic (born 1953)
John W. Winkin Jr. was an American baseball coach, scout, broadcaster, journalist and collegiate athletics administrator. Winkin led the University of Maine Black Bears baseball te…
John Winkin, American baseball player, coach, and journalist (born 1919)
Louise Abeita Chewiwi was a Pueblo writer, poet and educator who was an enrolled member of Isleta Pueblo.
Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (born 1926)
Daniel Marc Borislow was an American entrepreneur, sports team owner, inventor, and thoroughbred horse breeder. Borislow was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and att…
Dan Borislow, American businessman, invented the magicJack (born 1961)
Eleanor Lettice Curtis was an English aviator, flight test engineer, air racing pilot, and sportswoman.
Lettice Curtis, English engineer and pilot (born 1915)