Explore 1359 historical events from 2020–2029.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east,…
Six people are killed when Israel carries out an airstrike on Doha in a failed attempt to decapitate the Hamas…
On September 9th 2025, at about 11:30 p.m. CEST, 19 to 23 unarmed military drones entered Poland's airspace after allegedly being launched from Russia. The incursion triggered a Qu…
Several Russian drones incur on Polish airspace and are subsequently shot down, marking the first time a NATO member…
Rebekah Del Rio was an American singer-songwriter and actress from Chula Vista, California.
Rebekah Del Rio, American singer-songwriter (born 1967)
John Clark was a Scottish football player and coach. He was employed by Celtic for fifty years over eight decades, as a player from 1958 to 1971, then having spells as a coach, ass…
John Clark, Scottish Footballer and Lisbon Lion (born 1941)
Robert Cabot Sherman Jr. was an American singer and actor who was a teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He had a series of successful singles, notably the million-seller "…
Bobby Sherman, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1943)
Conservatism in the United States consists of right-leaning and right-wing ideological traditions that have collectively rivaled the liberal and progressive U.S. political traditio…
American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated while onstage at Utah Valley University in Orem,…
Progress MS-32, Russian production No. 462, identified by NASA as Progress 93, was a Progress cargo spacecraft launched by Roscosmos to resupply the International Space Station (IS…
Progress MS-32 is launched to resupply the International Space Station. It is the 300th spacecraft launched to the ISS.
On 2 October 2025, during the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, a man drove a black Kia Picanto into pedestrians before stabbing worshippers at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation, a s…
2 people are killed and at least 4 others injured in an attack on a synagogue in Manchester, UK, during Yom Kippur.
The 2025 Alberta teachers' strike was a public education teachers' strike and labour dispute that took place across Alberta, Canada, and affected the province's education system, r…
The 2025 Alberta teachers' strike begins, leaving approximately 51,000 teachers off-work, impacting about 730,000…
On 12 October 2025, CAPSAT, an elite unit of the Madagascar Armed Forces, overthrew the government of President Andry Rajoelina, the culmination of a protest movement which began i…
A coup d'état successfully overthrows Malagasy president Andry Rajoelina.
The French Crown Jewels and Regalia comprise the crowns, orb, sceptres, diadems and jewels that were symbols of royal or imperial power between 752 and 1870. These were worn by man…
Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris..
Billy Don Moyers was an American journalist and political commentator who served as the eleventh White House Press Secretary from 1965 to 1967 during the Lyndon B. Johnson administ…
Bill Moyers, American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary (born 1934)
Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin was an Argentine and American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. Initially prominent as a jazz composer, he was best known for his large body …
Lalo Schifrin, Argentinian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1932)
Hurricane Melissa was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that made a catastrophic landfall in Jamaica in late October 2025. By maximum sustained winds, it is tied with Hurrican…
Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near Black River, Jamaica, killing over 30 people, as well as tying the 1935 Labor…
Bianca Castro-Arabejo, known professionally as Jiggly Caliente, was a Filipino-American transgender drag performer and entertainer. She rose to prominence competing on the fourth s…
Jiggly Caliente, Filipino-American drag performer, singer and actress (born 1980)
George Homer Ryan was an American politician who served as the 39th Governor of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Secretary of S…
George Ryan, American politician, 39th Governor of Illinois (born 1934)
Simon Francis Mann was a British officer in the Special Air Service (SAS), and later a mercenary. He trained to be an officer at Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Scots Guard…
Simon Mann, British military officer and mercenary (born 1952)
Christopher Samuel Bond was an American attorney and politician from Missouri. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. senator from 1987 to 2011, following two non-co…
Kit Bond, American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Missouri (born 1939)
Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp was a New Zealand politician, community health leader and hip hop dance director. She won the Tāmaki Makaurau electorate in the 2023 New Zealand general …
Takutai Tarsh Kemp, New Zealand politician (born 1975)
Aminu Alhassan Dantata was a Nigerian businessman and philanthropist who was one of the promoters of Kano State Foundation, an endowment fund that supported educational initiatives…
Aminu Dantata, Nigerian businessman and philanthropist (born 1931)
Darrell Wayne Lukas was an American horse trainer and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. He won 20 Breeders' Cup races, 15 Triple Crown races, received five Eclipse Awards for hi…
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Kenneth Colley was a British film and television actor whose career spanned over 60 years. He came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars films The …
Kenneth Colley, English actor (born 1937)
José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano was a Uruguayan politician, revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the T…
José Mujica, Uruguayan politician, 40th President of Uruguay (born 1935)
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)