Explore 2579 historical events from 2010–2019.
A pastel is an art medium that consists of powdered pigment and a binder. It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other…
A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, se
A pair of car bombs, allegedly detonated by suicide bombers, exploded outside a military intelligence complex in Damascus, Syria, on 10 May 2012. Combined, the perpetrators detonat…
The Damascus bombings are carried out using a pair of car bombs detonated by suicide bombers outside a military intellig
This is a list of notable tank truck fires and explosions.
A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
Park Jae-sang, better known as Psy, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has received numerous accolades, including an American Music Award, a Worl…
South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.
Doug the Pug is a celebrity pug living in Nashville, Tennessee, who has gained a large internet and social media following.
Doug the Pug, American celebrity dog
Sári Barabás was a Hungarian operatic soprano, particularly associated with coloratura roles.
Sári Barabás, Hungarian soprano (born 1914)
Marian Biskup was a Polish historian, author and academic, who specialized in the history of the Baltics, Pomerelia, Teutonic Order, Prussia, Toruń and Copernicus. He was a member …
Marian Biskup, Polish author and academic (born 1922)
Alan Ray Hacker was an English clarinettist, conductor, and music professor.
Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and conductor (born 1938)
The Cadereyta Jiménez massacre occurred on the Fed 40 on 12–13 May 2012. Mexican officials stated that 49 people were decapitated and mutilated by members of Los Zetas drug cartel …
Forty-nine dismembered bodies are discovered by Mexican authorities on Mexican Federal Highway 40
The Brindisi school bombing occurred on 19 May 2012, when three gas cylinder bombs hidden in a large rubbish bin exploded in front of the Morvillo Falcone high school in Brindisi, …
Three gas cylinder bombs explode in front of a vocational school in the Italian city of Brindisi, killing one person and
On 21 May 2012, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt among groups of Yemeni soldiers rehearsing for the annual Unity Day military parade in Sanaa, Yemen. An 18-year-old sol…
A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sanaa, Yemen
Tokyo Skytree , a.k.a Tokyo Sky Tree, is a broadcasting and observation tower, located in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It has been the tallest tower in Japan since opening in 2012, and re…
Tokyo Skytree opens to the public
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2, also known as Dragon C2+, was the second test-flight for SpaceX's uncrewed Cargo Dragon spacecraft. It launched in May 2012 on the third flight of the co…
SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launches a Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket in the first commercial flight to the Internati
George Kunda was a Zambian lawyer and politician who was the 11th vice-president of Zambia from 2008 to 2011. He served as the vice-president under President Rupiah Banda until the…
George Kunda, Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th Vice-President of Zambia (born 1956)
Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller was a Danish shipping magnate. He was a longtime figure at A.P. Moller–Maersk Group, which was founded by his father.
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (born 1913)
Carlo Petrini was an Italian professional football player and coach.
Carlo Petrini, Italian footballer and coach (born 1948)
Leila Berg was an English children's author, editor and play specialist. She was well known as a journalist and a writer on education and children's rights. Berg was a recipient of…
Leila Berg, English journalist and author (born 1917)
John Quinn Brisben was an American teacher, author, and political activist from Chicago, Illinois. Brisben was on the Socialist Party USA's presidential ticket twice. He was the pa…
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SpaceX Dragon 1 is a class of fourteen partially reusable cargo spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company. The spacecraft flew 23 missions be…
The SpaceX Dragon 1 becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, …
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during
The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the head of state of Egypt. Under the various iterations of the Constitution of Egypt following the Egyptian revolution of 1952, the …
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators d
Dana Air Flight 0992 was a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to Murtala Muhammed International Airport. On 3 June 2012, the McD…
A plane carrying 153 people crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board plus six
The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant was a parade on 3 June 2012 of 670 boats on the Tideway of the River Thames in London as part of the celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of Eliza…
The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames
The 2012 transit of Venus, when the planet Venus appeared as a small, dark spot passing across the face of the Sun, began at 22:09 UTC on 5 June 2012, and finished at 04:49 UTC on …
Last transit of Venus until the year 2117