Explore 3884 historical events from 2010–2019.
The Smithsonian Institution is a group of museums, education and research centers, created by the United States federal government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Fo…
The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in…
Bob Brozman was an American guitarist and ethnomusicologist.
Bob Brozman, American guitarist (born 1954)
Robert William Edgar was an American politician, administrator, and religious leader. A native of the Philadelphia area, he began his career as a Methodist pastor and chaplain. He …
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Anthony Patrick Grealish was a professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in England to Irish parents, he played for the Republic of Ireland at international level.
Tony Grealish, English footballer (born 1956)
Antonio Maccanico was an Italian constitutional specialist and politician who served in various capacities in the Italian Parliament and federal administrations of Italy. He was th…
Antonio Maccanico, Italian banker and politician (born 1924)
MV St. Thomas Aquinas was a Philippine-registered passenger ferry operated by 2GO Travel. On 16 August 2013, the vessel collided with a cargo ship named MV Sulpicio Express Siete o…
The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59…
The Dhamara Ghat train accident occurred on 19 August 2013 when the Saharsa Patna Rajya Rani Express train struck a large group of people at the Dhamara Ghat railway station in the…
The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar.
The Ghouta chemical attack was a chemical attack carried out by the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in the early hours of 21 August 2013 in Ghouta, Syria during the Syr…
Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.
On August 23, 2013, a prison riot broke out at Palmasola, a maximum-security prison in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The riot started when members of one cell block attacked a rival gang in…
A riot at the Palmasola prison complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia kills 31 people.
The eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was a construction project to replace a seismically unsound portion of the Bay Bridge with a new self-anchored …
The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 pm at a cost of $6.4 billion,…
Frank William John Olver was a professor of mathematics at the Institute for Physical Science and Technology and Department of Mathematics at the University of Maryland who worked …
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Kathryn Wasserman Davis was an American investor, painter, philanthropist, and political activist. She was a longtime promoter of women's rights and planning parenthood. She was co…
Kathryn Wasserman Davis, American philanthropist and scholar (born 1907)
Brian James Adam was a Scottish politician and biochemist who served as Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip from 2011 to 2012. A member of the Scottish National Part…
Brian Adam, Scottish biochemist and politician (born 1948)
Minotaur V is a small-lift launch vehicle repurposed from the retired LGM-118 Peacekeeper, an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Minotaur V was developed by Orbital Science…
The first Minotaur V rocket is launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, carrying NASA's…
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as well as researc…
NASA confirms that its Voyager 1 probe has become the first manmade object to enter interstellar space.
The Taliban, officially known as the Islamic Movement of Taliban, also referring to itself by the name of the government it operates, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the rul…
Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National…
The Washington Navy Yard shooting occurred on September 16, 2013, when 34-year-old Aaron Alexis fatally shot 12 people and injured three others in a mass shooting at the headquarte…
A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
Jacob Avshalomov was a composer and conductor.
Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (born 1919)
György Berencsi 3rd was a Hungarian virologist. He was the Head of the Department of Virology at the "Béla Johan" National Centre for Epidemiology and professor at the Semmelweis U…
György Berencsi, Hungarian virologist and academic (born 1941)
Rick Lamar Camp was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for a total of nine seasons with the Atlanta Braves between 1976 and 1985.
Rick Camp, American baseball player (born 1953)
Jacqueline Victoire Brookes was an American film, television, and stage actress, best known for her work both off-Broadway and on Broadway.
Jacqueline Brookes, American actress and educator (born 1930)
Aída Bortnik was an Argentine screenwriter, nominated for an Academy Award for her work in the film La historia oficial (1985). She has the notable distinction of having written th…
Aída Bortnik, Argentinian screenwriter (born 1938)
Grand Theft Auto V is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, followi…
Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
François Jacob was a French biologist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control…
François Jacob, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)