Explore 1099 historical events from 2020–2029.
The 2023 Hawaii wildfires were a series of wildfires that broke out in early August 2023 in the U.S. state of Hawaii, predominantly on the island of Maui. The wind-driven fires pro…
Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land are burned and at least 101 people are killed, with two others…
Sir David William Brewer was a British marine insurance broker who served as Lord Mayor of London (2005/06) and Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London to Elizabeth II (2008–15).
David Brewer, English politician, Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London (born 1940)
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri, better known by his ring name the Iron Sheik, was an Iranian-American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and actor. To date he is the only Iranian …
The Iron Sheik, Iranian-American wrestler and actor (born 1942)
Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson was an American media mogul, televangelist, political commentator, presidential candidate, and charismatic minister. Robertson advocated a conservativ…
Pat Robertson, American televangelist (born 1930)
Luna 25, also known as the Luna-Glob lander, was a failed Russian lunar lander mission operated by Roscosmos. It was the first lunar mission undertaken by Russia since the Soviet-e…
Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
The Wagner Group, officially known as PMC Wagner, is a Russian state-funded private military company (PMC) that was controlled until 2023 by Yevgeny Prigozhin, a former close ally …
A business jet carrying key leadership members of the Russian private military company Wagner Group crashes, killing…
Radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan began being discharged into the Pacific Ocean on 11 March 2011, following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear di…
Japan officially begins discharging treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the…
On August 26, 2018, a mass shooting occurred during a Madden NFL 19 qualifying tournament at the GLHF Game Bar in the Jacksonville Landing marketplace in Jacksonville, Florida, Uni…
Exactly 5 years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida,…
On August 26, 2018, a mass shooting occurred during a Madden NFL 19 qualifying tournament at the GLHF Game Bar in the Jacksonville Landing marketplace in Jacksonville, Florida, Uni…
Exactly five years after the 2018 Jacksonville Landing shooting, there is another shooting in Jacksonville, Florida,…
Alain Touraine was a French sociologist. He was research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux. T…
Alain Touraine, French sociologist (born 1925)
Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. A mathematics prodigy, he abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursu…
Ted Kaczynski, American mathematician and domestic terrorist (born 1942)
Francesco Nuti was an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Francesco Nuti, Italian actor and director, (born 1955)
John Victor Romita was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating characters including Mary Jane Watson, the…
John Romita Sr
Aditya-L1 is a coronagraphy spacecraft for studying the solar atmosphere, designed and developed by ISRO and various other Indian Space Research Institutes. It is orbiting at about…
India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1…
On 8 September 2023 at 23:11 DST, an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.9 and maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent) struck Morocco's Al Haouz Province. The earthquake's e…
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Morocco, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging historic sites in Marrakesh.
The 2023 Rugby World Cup was the tenth men's Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national rugby union teams. It took place in France from 8 September to 28 Octo…
The 2023 Rugby World Cup, the tenth men's Rugby World Cup is held in France. The opening ceremony, directed and…
Derna is a port city in eastern Libya. With a population of around 90,000, Derna was once the seat of one of the wealthiest provinces among the Barbary States. The city is now the …
The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing…
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental landlocked country at the boundary of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus r…
Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; this leads to…
Richard Treat Williams Jr. was an American actor, whose career on stage and in film and television spanned five decades. He received many accolades for his work, including nominati…
Treat Williams, American actor (born 1951)
Cormac McCarthy was an American author who wrote twelve novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western, post-apocalyptic, and Southern Gothic ge…
Cormac McCarthy, American author (born 1933)
Gino Mäder was a Swiss road and track cyclist. He last rode for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious. Mäder died as a result of an accident during the 2023 Tour de Suisse.
Gino Mäder, Swiss cyclist (born 1997)
Shahzada Dawood was a Pakistani businessman and philanthropist.
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Ronald Allen Hamilton, also known as "Patch the Pirate", was an American Christian musician, composer, preacher, and radio personality. He was president and owner of Majesty Music,…
Ron Hamilton, American musician (born 1950)
Leonard Gordon Goodman was an English professional ballroom dancer, dance teacher, and dance competition adjudicator. He appeared as head judge on the British television programme …
Len Goodman, English ballroom dancer and television personality (born 1944)