Explore 1208 historical events from 2010–2019.
Carmen Maria de Araújo Pereira was a Bissau-Guinean politician. She served three days as Acting President in 1984, becoming the first woman in this role in Africa and the only one …
Carmen Pereira, Bissau-Guinean politician (born 1937)
The Paris Agreement is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016. The treaty covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance. The Paris Agreement …
The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, opened for signature and was signed by 175 parties
On May 1, 2016, a wildfire began southwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. On May 3, it swept through the community, forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history…
The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned fo
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 was shot and killed after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gar
Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev is a Kazakh politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019. He also held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022 a…
Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97
Princess Charlotte of Wales is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, and a …
Princess Charlotte of Wales, British royal, and third in line to the British throne
Valery Konsantinovich Belousov was a Russian professional ice hockey coach and player.
Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1948)
Stanislav Gross was a Czech lawyer and politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic and leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party from 2004 until 2005 when h…
Stanislav Gross, Czech lawyer and politician, fifth Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (born 1969)
Scott Livingston Probasco, Jr. was an American heir, businessman and philanthropist.
Scotty Probasco, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1928)
Jeremiah J. Rodell was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force that served as Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force from 1978 to 1980.
Jeremiah J
The Garowe attack was a bombing of a UN van in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia. Between 7 and 10 people were killed, including the attacker and four UNICEF workers. The Al-Shabaab milita…
Ten people are killed in a bomb attack on a convoy carrying food supplies to a United Nations compound in Garowe in the
Sir Albert Raymond Maillard Carr was an English historian specialising in the history of Spain, Latin America, and Sweden. From 1968 to 1987, he was Warden of St Antony's College, …
Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (born 1919)
Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley,, was a British Labour Party politician and Cabinet minister who was Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland i…
Roy Mason, English miner and politician, Secretary of State for Defence (born 1924)
Richard Balharry was a Scottish conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer.
Dick Balharry, Scottish environmentalist and photographer (born 1937)
Richard Nelson Corliss was an American film critic and magazine editor for Time. He focused on movies, with occasional articles on other subjects.
Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (born 1944)
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake killed 8,962 people and injured 21,952 across the countries of Nepal, India, China and Bangladesh. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on Satur…
At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after a massive 7
The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL)…
A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major
The Curtis Culwell Center attack was a failed terrorist attack on an exhibit featuring cartoon images of Muhammad at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, Texas, United States, on …
Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charli
On May 12, 2015, an Amtrak Northeast Regional train from Washington, D.C., bound for New York City derailed and wrecked on the Northeast Corridor near the Kensington neighborhood o…
A train derailment in Philadelphia, United States, kills eight people and injures more than 200
Ray Jackson was an Australian Aboriginal activist and Wiradjuri elder. He was President of the Indigenous Social Justice Association (ISJA), and a prominent campaigner for the righ…
Ray Jackson, Australian activist (born 1941)
Pierre Claude Nolin was a Canadian politician and senator. A prominent member of the Conservative Party of Canada from 2004 until his death, he became an influential figure in the …
Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate (born 1950)
James William Steffen was an American professional football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys. He w…
Jim Steffen, American football player (born 1936)
Francis Tsai was an American comic book artist, illustrator, author and conceptual artist. He was of Taiwanese and Japanese ancestry.
Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator (born 1967)