Explore 2579 historical events from 2010–2019.
From 2019 until 2020, protests were held in Hong Kong in response to the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extrad…
People returning from anti-extradition bill protests were attacked (pictured) by suspected triad members in Yuen Long,…
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He was pr…
Boris Johnson became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after winning the Conservative Party leadership election.
From 2019 until 2020, protests were held in Hong Kong in response to the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to amend the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance in regard to extrad…
People returning from anti–extradition bill protests in Hong Kong were attacked (pictured) by suspected triad members…
The King of Eswatini, officially Ngwenyama, is the title of the male monarch and head of state of Eswatini. The King (Ngwenyama) reigns together with the Queen Mother (Indlovukazi)…
King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini
Protests against President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega began in 2014, when the construction of the Nicaragua Canal was about to begin, and several hundred protesters blocked roads a…
Anti-government protests start in Nicaragua
On May 18, 2018, a school shooting occurred at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, United States, in the Houston metropolitan area. Ten people – eight students and two teacher…
A school shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas kills ten people
On 18 June 2018, around 7:58:35 a.m. Japan Standard Time, an earthquake measuring 5.6 Mw on the moment magnitude scale struck in northern Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake's …
An earthquake of magnitude 6
The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel.
The Knesset passes the controversial Nationality Bill, which defines the State of Israel as the nation-state of the…
The 2018 Suwayda attacks were a string of suicide bombings and mass shooting incidents in Suwayda, Syria on 25 July 2018. At least 258 people were killed and 180 wounded. The attac…
As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
Wendy Tuck is a yachtswoman and previous chief instructor and principal at the Clipper Race training base in Sydney, Australia. She was the first female skipper to win a round-the-…
Australian Wendy Tuck becomes the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
Prince Louis of Wales is a member of the British royal family. He is the third and youngest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and a grandson of K…
Prince Louis of Wales, British royal
Harry Laverne Anderson was an American actor, comedian, and magician. He is best known for his role as Judge Harold "Harry" T. Stone on the NBC sitcom Night Court (1984–1992). He l…
Harry Anderson, American actor and magician (born 1952)
Carl Ray Kasell was an American radio personality. He was a newscaster for National Public Radio, and later was the official judge and scorekeeper of the weekly news quiz show Wait…
Carl Kasell, American radio personality (born 1934)
Tim Bergling, known professionally as Avicii, was a Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer. His musical style was primarily pop-oriented house music, and he is an influence on ma…
Avicii, Swedish DJ and musician (born 1989)
The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and re…
The New York Times and The New Yorker win the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for breaking news of the Harvey Weinstei
Nabi Tajima was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living person from 16 September 2017, until her own death, and the last surviving person to have been born i…
Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1900)
James Harvey Hylton was an American stock car racing driver. He was a two-time winner in NASCAR Winston Cup Series competition and was a long-time competitor in the ARCA Racing Ser…
James Hylton, American race car driver (born 1934)
Luis Arturo García Meza Tejada was a Bolivian military officer who served as the 57th president of Bolivia from 1980 to 1981. He was a dictator convicted of human rights violations…
Luis García Meza, Bolivian general, 57th President of Bolivia (born 1929)
A vehicle-ramming attack occurred on April 23, 2018, when a rented van was driven along Yonge Street through the North York City Centre business district in Toronto, Ontario, Canad…
A vehicle-ramming attack kills 11 people and injures 15 in Toronto
The Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula was adopted between the supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, and the president of S…
The Panmunjom Declaration is signed between North and South Korea, officially declaring their intentions to end the Kore
The Syrian Civil War was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered…
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of
Barisan Nasional is a political coalition in Malaysia. It was founded in 1974 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing ethnic political parties to succeed the Alliance Party, …
Barisan Nasional, the coalition that had governed Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957, suffer an historic
On 12 May 2018, a 20-year-old Chechnya-born French citizen, armed with a knife, killed one pedestrian and injured four others near the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris, France, …
Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others
Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, was a Scottish politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 2000 and 2009. A member of the Labour Party prior t…
Michael Martin, British politician (born 1945)