Explore 1099 historical events from 2020–2029.
Dominion Voting Systems Corporation was a North American company that produced and sold electronic voting hardware and software, including voting machines and tabulating machines, …
Dominion Voting Systems agreed to a $787 million settlement with Fox News over defamation claims related to the 2020 U
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, doing business as SpaceX, is a private American aerospace and artificial intelligence company headquartered at the Starbase development …
SpaceX's Starship launched for the first time before exploding four minutes into flight
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is head…
The World Health Organization declared the end of COVID-19 as a global health emergency
Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla were crowned at Westminster Abbey in London
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…
A tourist boat capsized, killing at least 22 people in Tanur, India
The 2023 Pakistan protests occurred after the Punjab Police attempted to arrest the former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, nearly one year after his removal from office. Th…
Pakistani protests: Riots broke out following the arrest of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan
Titan, previously named Cyclops 2, was a submersible created and operated by the American underwater tourism company OceanGate. It was the first privately owned submersible with a …
The Titan submersible imploded during a dive to the RMS Titanic wreck, killing all five people aboard
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is the Irish public service broadcaster. It produces and broadcasts programmes on television, radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926, a…
Irish broadcaster RTÉ announced that between 2017 and 2022 it had paid €345,000 more than had been previously disclosed
The Islamic State – Khorasan Province is a regional branch of the Salafi jihadist group Islamic State (IS) active in Central and South Asia, primarily Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajiki…
In Pakistan, IS–KP kill over 60 people in a suicide bombing at a political rally in Khar.
Fernando Alcibiades Villavicencio Valencia was an Ecuadorian journalist, trade unionist, and politician who ran for president of Ecuador in the 2023 Ecuadorian general election. He…
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated in Quito, eleven days before the general…
Shinzo Abe was a Japanese statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 t…
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is shot and killed with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the…
On 14 August 2022, at 13:23 local time, a large explosion took place in the Surmalu shopping centre in the Armenian capital of Yerevan. It caused widespread destruction and fire, l…
An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens.
On 2 September 2022, a suicide bombing occurred at a mosque in Herat, northwestern Afghanistan.
Eighteen people are killed and 23 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.
The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russ…
Russo-Ukrainian War: United States President Joe Biden signs the 2022 Lend-Lease Act into law, a rebooted World War II-e
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms, died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. Elizabeth's reign of 70 years an…
The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.
Radu Lupu was a Romanian pianist. He was widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of his time.
Radu Lupu, Romanian pianist (born 1945)
Kane Tanaka was a Japanese supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 119 years, 107 days, was the world's oldest verified living person, following the death of Chiyo Miy…
Kane Tanaka, Japanese supercentenarian (born 1903)
Gavin Millar was a Scottish film director, critic and television presenter.
Gavin Millar, Scottish film director (born 1938)
Orrin Grant Hatch was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. Hatch's 42-year Senate tenure made him the longest-serv…
Orrin Hatch, American politician, President pro tempore of the United States Senate (born 1934)
The Tatmadaw, also known as the Sit-Tat, is the armed forces of Myanmar. It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the My…
The Burmese military executes at least 37 villagers during the Mon Taing Pin massacre in Sagaing, Myanmar
Shireen Abu Akleh was a prominent Palestinian-American journalist who worked as a reporter for 25 years for Al Jazeera, before she was killed by Israeli forces while wearing a blue…
Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is killed while covering a raid in Jenin
Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lif…
Queen Elizabeth II misses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years
On May 14, 2022, a mass shooting occurred in Buffalo, New York, United States, at a Tops Friendly Markets supermarket in the East Side neighborhood. Ten people, all of whom were bl…
Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York
The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russ…
Russo-Ukrainian war: Russia claims full control of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege