Explore 1359 historical events from 2020–2029.
Milan Kundera was a Czech and French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he wa…
Milan Kundera, Czech-French writer (born 1929)
Oommen Chandy was an Indian lawyer and statesman who served as the tenth chief minister of Kerala, serving from 2004 to 2006 and 2011 to 2016. He served also as the leader of the o…
Oommen Chandy, Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala (born 1943)
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)
Tangaraju Suppiah was a Singaporean convicted drug trafficker who was charged in February 2014 with abetting the trafficking of about 1 kg (2.2 lb) of cannabis. Prior to his arrest…
Tangaraju Suppiah, Singaporean drug trafficker (born 1977)
James Nathaniel Brown was an American professional football player, civil rights activist, and actor. He played as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football Leag…
Jim Brown, American football player, civil rights activist, and actor (born 1936)
Sulochana Latkar, better known by her screen name Sulochana, was an Indian actress of Marathi and Hindi cinema, who acted in 50 films in Marathi and around 250 films in Hindi. She …
Sulochana Latkar, Indian actress (born 1928)
Astrud Gilberto was a Brazilian and American bossa nova and samba singer. She was the first wife of Brazilian bossa nova guitarist João Gilberto, whose surname she continued to use…
Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer (born 1940)
George Maxwell Alagiah was a British newsreader, journalist and television presenter for the BBC. From 2007 until 2022, he was the presenter of the BBC News at Six and the main pre…
George Alagiah, BBC News journalist and broadcaster (born 1955)
Paul Reubens was an American actor and comedian, widely known for creating and portraying the character Pee-wee Herman.
Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (born 1952)
Conor Angus Cloud Hickey was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Fezco O'Neill in the HBO drama series Euphoria (2019–2026), and had roles in the films North Holly…
Angus Cloud, American actor (born 1998)
Silvio Berlusconi was an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in three governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was…
Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (born 1936)
Glenda May Jackson was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career she received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, three Emmy Award…
Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician (born 1936)
Kevin David Mitnick was an American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker. In 1995, he was arrested for various computer and communications-related crimes, and…
Kevin Mitnick, American hacker (born 1963)
Anthony Dominick Benedetto, known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Lifetim…
Tony Bennett, American singer (born 1926)
Trevor John Francis was an English footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain'…
Trevor Francis, Britain's first "£1 million football player" (born 1954)
Mark Margolis was an American actor best known for his portrayal of the character Hector Salamanca in Breaking Bad (2009–2011) and Better Call Saul (2016–2022). His performance in …
Mark Margolis, American actor (born 1939)
Bram Moolenaar was a Dutch software engineer and activist who was the creator, maintainer, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim, a vi-derivative text editor. He advocated for IC…
Bram Moolenaar, Dutch software engineer (born 1961)
Dalia Fadila was an Israeli educator. She developed a new curriculum, textbooks, and schools in Israel and Jordan, which are designed to teach English to Arab schoolchildren. She w…
Dalia Fadila, Israeli educator (born 1971/1972)
William David Friedkin was an American director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documen…
William Friedkin, American film director (born 1935)
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, also known as Shuhada' Sadaqat, was an Irish singer, songwriter, and activist. During her musical career, which encompassed several hit records an…
Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer and musician (born 1966)
Nitin Chandrakant Desai was an Indian art director, production designer, and film and television producer. He was most known for his work in Marathi and Hindi Films, World Cultural…
Nitin Chandrakant Desai, Indian art director, production designer, and film and television producer (born 1965)
Sixto Diaz Rodríguez, mononymously known as Rodríguez, was an American musician from Detroit, Michigan.
Rodriguez, American singer and songwriter (born 1942)
Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson was a Canadian musician, composer, and producer. Robertson was the onetime lead guitarist for Bob Dylan's backing band. He was also the guitarist and…
Robbie Robertson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (born 1943)