Explore 1208 historical events from 2010–2019.
Chyna, also known as Joanie Laurer, was an American professional wrestler, fitness model, bodybuilder, actress, adult actress, and television personality.
Chyna, American wrestler (born 1969)
Doris May Roberts was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award duri…
Doris Roberts, American actress (born 1925)
Patricio Aylwin Azócar was a Chilean politician, lawyer, author, professor and former senator who was the 30th president of Chile from 1990 to 1994. He was the first president to b…
Patricio Aylwin, Chilean politician (born 1918)
Prince Rogers Nelson, known mononymously as Prince, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, dancer, and actor. Often being credited as one of the greatest musicians of his ge…
Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1958)
Fort McMurray is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands…
Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire rips through
EgyptAir Flight 804 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Cairo International Airport, operated by EgyptAir. On 19 May 20…
EgyptAir Flight 804 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Paris to Cairo, killing all on board
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets,…
The government of Singapore authorised the controversial execution of convicted murderer Kho Jabing for the murder of a
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets,…
The government of Singapore authorises the controversial execution of convicted murderer Kho Jabing for the murder of a
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnation…
Two suicide bombings, conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, kill at least 45 potential army recruits in Aden
Ingeborg Viktoria "Inge" King was a German-born Australian sculptor. She received many significant public commissions. Her work is held in public and private collections. Her best …
Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (born 1915)
Tamio "Tommy" Kono was an American weightlifter of Japanese descent. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Kono set world records in four different weight classes: lightweight, middlew…
Tommy Kono, American weightlifter and coach (born 1930)
Harry Wu was a Chinese-American human rights activist. Wu spent 19 years in Chinese labor camps, and he became a resident and citizen of the United States. In 1992, he founded the …
Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (born 1937)
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnation…
Eight bombings are carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Jableh and Tartus, coastline cities in Syria
Barack Hussein Obama II is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first Africa…
Barack Obama is the first president of the United States to visit Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and meet Hibakusha
Harambe was a western lowland gorilla who lived at the Cincinnati Zoo. On May 28, 2016, a three-year-old boy visiting the zoo climbed under a fence into an outdoor gorilla enclosur…
Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Bota
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) launch the Manbij offensive, in order to capture the city of Manbij
Victoria Wood was an English comedian, actress, musician, screenwriter, and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several …
Victoria Wood, British comedian, actress and writer (born 1953)
Dmytro Mykhailovych Hnatyuk was a Soviet and Ukrainian baritone opera singer and a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament.
Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian singer (born 1925)
Renato Tereso Antonio Coronado Corona was a Filipino judge who served as the 23rd Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2010 until his removal from office in 2012.
Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1948)
Daniel Joseph Berrigan was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author.
Daniel Berrigan, American priest and activist (born 1921)
Banharn Silpa-archa was a Thai politician who served as the Prime Minister of Thailand from 1995 to 1996. Banharn made a fortune in the construction business before he became a Mem…
Banharn Silpa-archa, Thai politician, Prime Minister from 1995 to 1996 (born 1932)
Thomas Lancelot Lewis was a New South Wales politician who served as the 33rd Premier of New South Wales from 1975 to 1976, and served as a minister in the cabinets of Sir Robert A…
Tom Lewis, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (born 1922)
Jenny Diski FRSL was an English novelist, non-fiction writer and memoirist. She was a regular contributor to the London Review of Books; articles and essays she wrote for the publi…
Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter (born 1947)
Sir Harold Walter Kroto was an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. He was the recip…
Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1939)