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Alec Holowka was a Canadian indie game developer and co-founder of independent game companies Infinite Ammo, Infinite Fall, and Bit Blot. He was mainly known for the award-winning …
Alec Holowka, Canadian game developer (born 1983)
Francisco Benjamín López Toledo was a Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist. In a career that spanned seven decades, Toledo produced thousands of works of art and became wi…
Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940)
S. Rajasekar was an Indian cinematographer, film director, and actor. He collaborated with director Robert under the name Robert–Rajasekar.
S. Rajasekar, Indian cinematographer, film director, and actor (born 1957)
Edward Joseph Money was an American singer and songwriter who had his greatest commercial success in the 1970s and 1980s. Money had eleven Top 40 singles, starting with "Baby Hold …
Eddie Money, American musician (born 1949)
Richard Theodore Otcasek, known as Ric Ocasek, was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the primary lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, songwriter, an…
Ric Ocasek, American musician (born 1944)
Harbrinderjit Singh Dillon was an Indonesian Sikh who occupied a variety of positions in Indonesian political life, including assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, and Commissi…
H. S. Dillon, Indonesian politician and human rights defender (born 1945)
Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary, politician, and dictator who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until 2017. He served as the country's first Prime Minister from 1980 to 1…
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (born 1924)
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was an Indonesian statesman, engineer, scientist and inventor who served as the third president of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999. A little over two months a…
B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (born 1936)
Samiuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva was a Tongan pro-democracy activist and politician. A key leader of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (DPFI), he served as the Prime Minister of…
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Tongan politician and activist, Prime Minister of Tonga (born 1941)
Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne "Cokie" Roberts was an American journalist and author. Her career included decades as a political reporter and analyst for National Public Ra…
Cokie Roberts, American journalist and bestselling author (born 1943)
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician, military officer and dictator who served as the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 20…
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (born 1936)
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is an executive department of the United States federal government that oversees the domestic enforcement of federal laws and the admi…
The United States Department of Justice released a redacted version of the Mueller report about the investigation of Rus
The 2019 W Series was the inaugural motor racing season of the W Series, an all-female Formula Regional-level racing series.
The inaugural race of the W Series took place at Hockenheimring, Germany, and was won by Jamie Chadwick (pictured), who
On May 31, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a municipal building in the Princess Anne area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The gunman, 40-year-old DeWayne Craddock, a disgruntled cit…
A shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, United States, left 13 people dead, including the gunman, and inju
David Américo Ortiz Arias, nicknamed "Big Papi", is a Dominican-American former professional baseball designated hitter who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 19…
Dominican-American retired baseball player David Ortiz was shot and severely wounded while at a bar in Santo Domingo
On June 20, 2019, Iran's integrated system of Air Defense Forces shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drone with a surface-to-air missile over the Strait…
Iranian aircraft shot down an American drone over the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between the two countrie
The Kyoto Animation arson attack occurred at Kyoto Animation's Studio 1 building in the Fushimi ward of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, on the morning of 18 July 2019. The arson ki…
An arson attack at the studio of Kyoto Animation in Japan led to the deaths of 36 people.
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…
Typhoon Lekima, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Hanna, was the fourth costliest typhoon in Chinese history. The ninth named storm of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, Lekima ori…
Having already caused severe flooding in the Philippines, Typhoon Lekima made landfall in Zhejiang, China, killing 45…
Jeffrey Edward Epstein was an American financier and child sex offender. He began his career as a math teacher at the Dalton School in New York City, before entering the banking an…
Jeffrey Epstein, an American financier and convicted sex offender, was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan…
On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. The gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, shot 45 people, killing 23 and injuring 22…
A mass shooting occurred at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, killing 23 people and injuring 22 others.
On 31 August 2019, an Airbus AS350 helicopter operated by a contracted Helitrans pilot from Sweden crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, …
A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.