Explore 734 historical events from 2020–2029.
John Robin Warren was an Australian pathologist, Nobel laureate, and researcher who is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, together with Barry…
Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1937)
Shafin Ahmed was a Bangladeshi rock bassist, singer-songwriter, record producer and politician. He was the lead singer, songwriter and bassist for the Bangladeshi rock band Miles, …
Shafin Ahmed, Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (born 1961)
Dmytro Semenovich Kiva was a Ukrainian engineer and academic who was a recipient of the Hero of Ukraine, Order of Merit and Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. Additionally, he was …
Dmytro Kiva, Ukrainian engineer and designer (born 1942)
Hamzah Haz was an Indonesian politician who served as the ninth vice president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004 under President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Prior to serving as vice presid…
Hamzah Haz, Indonesian journalist and politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia (born 1940)
Shafin Ahmed was a Bangladeshi rock bassist, singer-songwriter, record producer and politician. He was the lead singer, songwriter and bassist for the Bangladeshi rock band Miles, …
Shafin Ahmed, Bangladeshi bassist and singer-songwriter (born 1961)
Martin Sean Indyk was an Australian-American diplomat and foreign relations analyst with expertise in the Middle East.
Martin Indyk, American diplomat (born 1951)
Josephine Edna O'Brien was an Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer.
Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer (born 1930)
Pavel Mikhailovich Kushnir was a Russian pianist, writer, and political activist, who became the first political prisoner in modern Russia to die during a hunger strike. Born into …
Pavel Kushnir, Russian pianist, writer, activist and political prisoner (born 1984)
John Anderson was a Scottish television personality and sports coach. He was best known as the referee and official trainer on the UK television show Gladiators which featured his …
John Anderson, Scottish television personality, teacher and coach (born 1931)
Paul Douglas Creek was an American professional baseball pitcher who played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1995 to 2005 for seven different teams. He also played …
Doug Creek, American baseball player (born 1969)
Reyes Armando Moronta was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondback…
Reyes Moronta, Dominican baseball player (born 1993)
Francine Paula Pascal was an American author best known for her Sweet Valley series of young adult novels. Sweet Valley High, the backbone of the collection, was made into a televi…
Francine Pascal, American author (born 1932)
Onyeka Onwenu was a Nigerian singer-songwriter, actress, human rights and social activist, journalist, politician, and X Factor series judge. Dubbed the "Elegant Stallion" due to h…
Onyeka Onwenu, Nigerian singer, actress and politician (born 1952)
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 4…
Donald Trump was convicted of falsifying business records in a New York trial, becoming the first former U
The prime minister of Slovakia, officially the chairman of the government of the Slovak Republic, commonly referred to in Slovakia as Predseda vlády or informally as Premiér, is th…
Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico (pictured) is hospitalised after an assassination attempt
On the afternoon of May 21, 2024, a violent and destructive EF4 tornado tracked across southwestern Iowa, United States, devastating the city of Greenfield. The tornado, known most…
The Greenfield tornado, estimated to have produced winds in excess of 309 miles per hour (497 km/h), moved across Iowa
On 10 June 2024, a Malawian Defence Force Dornier 228 carrying Vice-President of Malawi Saulos Chilima, former First Lady Patricia Shanil Muluzi, and seven other occupants, crashed…
A plane crash in Malawi, kills nine people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024, and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. Starmer …
Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, ending fourteen…
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024, and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. Starmer …
Keir Starmer led the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, ending fourteen years…
Neary's was an Irish pub on East 57th Street near First Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, from 1967 to 2024. It was founded in 1967 by Jimmy Neary, an Irish emigrant who …
Neary's, a New York City Irish pub popular with political elites, closed.
The Tanur boat accident occurred on 7 May 2023 evening, when the recreational boat Atlantic capsized in Tanur Beach in Tanur, Malappuram, Kerala, India. The incident, on a boat car…
2023 Tanur boat disaster, At least 22 people are killed when a boat carrying tourists capsizes in Tanur, Malappuram, Ker
The United Nations (UN) is a global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining internat…
The UN commemorates the Palestinian Nakba Day for the first time
Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 4…
Former US President Donald Trump is indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information
On 12 June 2023, a vessel capsized and split in two in the Niger River near Pategi, Kwara State, Nigeria. The boat was carrying attendees of a wedding, who came initially on motorc…
At least 100 people are killed when a wedding boat capsizes on the Niger River in Kwara State, Nigeria