Explore 338 historical events from 2020–2029.
Domingos da Silva Soares, popularly known as Padre Maubere or Amu Du, was an East Timorese Roman Catholic priest, activist, and independence leader. Born in Letefoho in what was th…
Domingos Maubere, East Timorese Catholic priest and activist (born 1952)
Gerald Edward Connolly was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 11th congressional district from 2009 until his death in 2025. A member of th…
Gerry Connolly, American politician, U
Ferdinand "Freddie" Pascual Aguilar, also known by his Muslim name Abdul Farid, was a Filipino musician regarded as one of the pillars and icons of Original Pilipino Music (OPM). H…
Freddie Aguilar, Filipino musician and singer-songwriter (born 1953)
Bernard Bailey Kerik was an American consultant, police officer and convicted felon who was the 40th Commissioner of the New York Police Department from 2000 to 2001.
Bernie Kerik, American police officer, 40th Police Commissioner of New York City and interior minister of the Iraqi Coa
Valerie Mahaffey was a Canadian-American actress. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979–81), for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Day…
Valerie Mahaffey, American actress (born 1953)
Loretta Swit was an American stage and television actress. She was widely known for her character roles, especially her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for w…
Loretta Swit, American actress and singer (born 1937)
Étienne-Émile Baulieu was a French biochemist and endocrinologist who was best known for his research in the field of steroid hormones and their role in reproduction and aging. He …
Étienne-Émile Baulieu, French biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1926)
John E. Thrasher was an American politician and state legislator in Florida. He was a businessman, lawyer, and lobbyist who served as the 15th president of Florida State University…
John E
Stanley Fischer was an American and Israeli economist who served as the 20th vice chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2017. Fischer previously served as the 8th governor of t…
Stanley Fischer, Israeli-American economist (born 1943)
Jonathan Joss Gonzales was an American actor and musician of Native American ancestry. He was best known for his role as Chief Ken Hotate in Parks and Recreation and providing the …
Jonathan Joss, American actor (born 1965)
James Lawrence Marshall was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons, primarily with the Minnesota Viki…
Jim Marshall, American football player (born 1937)
Shigeo Nagashima was a Japanese professional baseball player and manager. Nagashima first began playing baseball in elementary school, before playing at his high school in Chiba P…
Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1936)
Edmund Valentine White III was an American novelist, memoirist, playwright, biographer and essayist. A pioneering figure in LGBTQ and especially gay literature after the Stonewall …
Edmund White, American novelist, memoirist and essayist (born 1940)
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau was a Canadian Armed Forces officer, astronaut and politician. Garneau served as a naval officer before being selected as an astronaut as part of th…
Marc Garneau, Canadian astronaut and Member of Parliament (born 1949)
A conclave was held on 7 and 8 May 2025 to elect a new pope to succeed Francis, who had died on 21 April 2025. Of the 135 eligible cardinal electors, all but two attended. On the f…
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV (pictured), making him the first pope born in the United Sta
The prime minister of Mongolia is the head of government of Mongolia. Under the Constitution of Mongolia, the State Great Khural appoints the Prime Minister upon the President’s su…
Prime minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene (pictured) resigned after weeks of protests
The prime minister of Mongolia is the head of government of Mongolia. Under the Constitution of Mongolia, the State Great Khural appoints the Prime Minister upon the President’s su…
Prime minister of Mongolia Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene resigned after weeks of protests
Børsen, is a 17th-century commodity bourse and later stock exchange in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark. The historic building is situated next to Christiansborg Palace, the seat …
The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, is severely damaged by a fire
On 23 April 2024 at 09:32 MYT, two Royal Malaysian Navy helicopters – an AgustaWestland AW139 and a Eurocopter Fennec – collided over the Malaysian town of Lumut during a military …
The 2024 Lumut mid-air collision in Malaysia kills 10 people while rehearsing for the 90th anniversary of the Royal Mala
Loblaw Companies Limited is a Canadian retailer encompassing corporate and franchise supermarkets operating under 22 regional and market-segment banners, as well as pharmacies, ban…
The 2024 Loblaw boycott, a Canadian boycott against retail corporation and grocer Loblaw Companies, begins
The solar storms of May 2024 were a series of powerful solar storms with extreme solar flares and geomagnetic storm components that occurred from 10 to 13 May 2024 during solar cyc…
Start/Middle of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar st
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 was the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 7 and 9 May and a final on 11 May 2024, held at the Malmö A…
The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö, Sweden
On 21 May 2024, a Taiwanese man carried out a stabbing spree directed at passengers on a Taichung MRT train, near Taichung City Hall station. Three people, including the attacker, …
A stabbing spree on the Green line of the Taichung MRT injures four people, including the perpetrator
Carl Daniel Erskine, nicknamed "Oisk", was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through…
Carl Erskine, American baseball player (born 1926)