Explore 4132 historical events from 2010–2019.
Chukwuedu Nathaniel II Nwokolo was a Nigerian physician specialist in tropical diseases. He was recognised for discovering and mapping out the area of paragonimiasis lung disease i…
Chukwuedu Nwokolo, Nigerian physician and academic (born 1921)
Wubbo Johannes Ockels was a Dutch physicist and astronaut with the European Space Agency who, in 1985, became the first Dutch citizen in space when he flew on STS-61-A as a payload…
Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut (born 1946)
Christopher Anthony Russell Duckworth was a Rhodesian cricketer who played in two Tests for South Africa in 1957.
Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (born 1933)
Vito Favero was an Italian road racing cyclist. He was professional from 1956 to 1962. In the 1958 Tour de France, he finished second. Stage 14 of the 1958 Tour was won by Federico…
Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (born 1932)
Buddy Ryan "Bud" Hollowell was an American professional baseball player and minor league manager. After his athletic career, he became an educator and author.
Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (born 1943)
Clyde Snow was an American forensic anthropologist. Some of his skeletal confirmations include John F. Kennedy, victims of John Wayne Gacy, King Tutankhamun, victims of the Oklahom…
Clyde Snow, American anthropologist and author (born 1928)
Simon Neil Stuart Andrews was a British motorcycle racer. He competed in the British Superbike Championship for the MSS Kawasaki aboard a Kawasaki ZX10-R and RAF Reserves team, abo…
Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (born 1982)
Sir John Arthur Brabham was an Australian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1970. Brabham won three Formula One World Drivers' Champi…
Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (born 1926)
Samuel Eldred Greenlee, Jr. was an American writer of fiction and poetry. He is best known for his novel The Spook Who Sat by the Door, first published in March 1969 in London by t…
Sam Greenlee, American author and poet (born 1930)
Zbigniew Jan Pietrzykowski was a Polish boxer.
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Polish boxer (born 1934)
Sandra Ruth Lipsitz Bem was an American psychologist known for her works in androgyny and gender studies. Her pioneering work on gender roles, gender polarization and gender stereo…
Sandra Bem, American psychologist and academic (born 1944)
Ross Handley Brown was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played 16 test matches, most frequently in the first-five back position, for New Zealand's national rugby team, the …
Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (born 1934)
Edward Maurice FitzGerald "Robyn" Denny was one of a group of young artists who transformed British art in the late 1950s, leading it into the international mainstream. Reacting ag…
Robyn Denny, English-French painter (born 1930)
Vincent Gordon Harding was an African-American pastor, historian, and scholar of various topics with a focus on American religion and society. A social activist, he was perhaps bes…
Vincent Harding, American historian and scholar (born 1931)
Gabriel Morris Kolko was an American historian. His research interests included American capitalism and political history, the Progressive Era, and U.S. foreign policy in the 20th …
Gabriel Kolko, American historian and author (born 1932)
Arthur Gelb was an American editor, author and executive and was the managing editor of The New York Times from 1986 to 1989.
Arthur Gelb, American journalist, author, and critic (born 1924)
Rupert, Prince zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Count of Löwenstein-Scharffeneck was a Spanish-born Bavarian aristocrat and the longtime financial manager of the rock band the R…
Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English businessman (born 1933)
Barbara Ann Murray was an English actress.
Barbara Murray, English actress (born 1929)
Tunku Annuar ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah was a member of the Kedah royal family and the Chairman of the Regency Council of the Malaysian state of Kedah from December 2011 until …
Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (born 1939)
John Leonard Gray was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics / Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians…
Johnny Gray, American baseball player (born 1926)
Jaime Ramón Lusinchi was the president of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989. His term was characterized by an economic crisis, growth of the external debt, populist policies, currency de…
Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1924)
Alireza Soleimani Karbalaei was an Iranian heavyweight freestyle wrestler. He was the first Iranian to win the world superheavyweight title, which he achieved in 1989. He served as…
Alireza Soleimani, Iranian wrestler (born 1956)
Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev was a Soviet and Russian linguist specializing in Nakh-Daghestanian languages.
Mikhail Egorovich Alekseev, Russian linguist and academic (born 1949)
Madhav Krishnaji Mantri was an Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches between 1951 and 1955. Born in Nasik, Maharashtra, he was a right-handed opening batsman and special…
Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer (born 1921)