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Morton L
Morton Lloyd Janklow was an American literary agent, the primary partner in Janklow & Nesbit Associates, a New York–based literary agency. His clients included Barbara Taylor Bradf…
Morton L
The 2020s
Explore 1359 historical events from 2020–2029.
2022
Andy Fletcher, English musician (born 1961)
Andrew John Fletcher, also known as Fletch, was an English musician and founding member of the electronic band Depeche Mode. In 2020, he and the band were inducted into the Rock an…
Andy Fletcher, English musician (born 1961)
2022
Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Svante Pääbo is a Swedish geneticist and Nobel Laureate who specialises in the field of evolutionary genetics. As one of the founders of paleogenetics, he has worked extensively on…
Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
2022
Ten people are killed and eight are injured in an explosion at petrol station in Creeslough, Ireland.
The Creeslough explosion occurred on 7 October 2022 at an apartment above Applegreen petrol station in Creeslough, a village in north County Donegal, Ireland. It killed ten people …
Ten people are killed and eight are injured in an explosion at petrol station in Creeslough, Ireland.
2022
Ales Bialiatski, along with two organisations, Memorial & Center for Civil Liberties, are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Ales Viktaravich Bialiatski is a Belarusian human rights defender, pro-democracy activist, and writer. He is chair of the Viasna Human Rights Centre. He was held as a prisoner of c…
Ales Bialiatski, along with two organisations, Memorial & Center for Civil Liberties, are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
2022
Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic…
Ben Shalom Bernanke is an American economist who served as the 14th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014. After leaving the Federal Reserve, he was appointed a disting…
Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig are jointly awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic…
2022
2022 Bratislava shooting, killing 3 (including the perpetrator) and injuring one. The shooting occurred outside of a…
The 2022 Bratislava shooting was an attack that occurred on 12 October 2022 outside Tepláreň, a gay bar in Bratislava, Slovakia. A 19-year-old perpetrator shot and killed two peopl…
2022 Bratislava shooting, killing 3 (including the perpetrator) and injuring one. The shooting occurred outside of a…
2022
Alan White, English drummer (born 1949)
Alan White was an English drummer, best known for his almost 50-year tenure in the progressive rock band Yes. He joined Yes in 1972 as a replacement for original drummer Bill Brufo…
Alan White, English drummer (born 1949)
2022
Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ronald Cornett Hawkins was an American rock and roll singer, long based in Canada, whose career spanned 66 years. His career began in Arkansas, United States, where he was born and…
Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist
2022
Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political…
Mary Elizabeth Truss is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from September to October 2022. On her fiftieth day i…
Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political…
2022
Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third…
Xi Jinping is a Chinese politician who is the paramount leader of China. He has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Party Centr…
Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third…
2022
Myanmar Air Force airstrikes a concert in Hpakant Township, Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior…
The Myanmar Air Force, officially the Defence Services (Air) (Burmese: တပ်မတော် (လေ), romanised: Tatmadaw (Lay), pronounced [taʔmədɔ̀ (le)]), is the aerial branch of the Myanmar De…
Myanmar Air Force airstrikes a concert in Hpakant Township, Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior…
2022
At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea.
On 29 October 2022, at approximately 22:20, a crowd surge occurred during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon neighborhood of Seoul, South Korea, resulting in 159 deaths and 196 i…
At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea.
2022
At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.
On 29 October 2022, 121 people were killed and over 300 were injured by a double car bombing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud accused Sunni jihadist…
At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.
2022
Sidhu Moosewala, Indian singer, rapper, actor and politician
Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known professionally as Sidhu Moose Wala, was an Indian singer and rapper. He worked predominantly in Punjabi-language music and cinema. Moose Wala is consid…
Sidhu Moosewala, Indian singer, rapper, actor and politician
2022
Krishnakumar Kunnath, Indian singer (born 1968)
Krishnakumar Kunnath , popularly known as KK, was an Indian playback singer. KK is regarded as one of the most prolific playback singers in India. Noted for his versatility in a va…
Krishnakumar Kunnath, Indian singer (born 1968)
2022
Jim Parks, English cricketer (born 1931)
James Michael Parks was an English cricketer. He played in forty-six Tests for England, between 1954 and 1968. In those Tests, Parks scored 1,962 runs with a personal best of 108 n…
Jim Parks, English cricketer (born 1931)
2022
Harrison Birtwistle, British composer (born 1934)
Sir Harrison Birtwistle was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects. Among his many compositions, his be…
Harrison Birtwistle, British composer (born 1934)
2022
Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1951)
Guy Damien Lafleur, nicknamed "the Flower" and "Le Démon Blond", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He was the first player in National Hockey League (NHL) history to s…
Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1951)
2022
Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1946)
Naomi Judd was an American country music singer and actress. In 1980, she and her daughter Wynonna formed the duo known as The Judds, who became a successful country music act, win…
Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1946)
2022
George Pérez, American comic book artist and writer (born 1954)
George Pérez was an American comic book artist and writer, who worked primarily as a penciller. He came to prominence in the 1970s penciling Fantastic Four and The Avengers for Mar…
George Pérez, American comic book artist and writer (born 1954)
2022
Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician (born 1934)
Leonid Makarovych Kravchuk was a Ukrainian politician who served as the first president of Ukraine from 5 December 1991 to 19 July 1994. Kravchuk's presidency was marked by Ukraine…
Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician (born 1934)
2022
George Lamming, Barbadian novelist (born 1927)
George William Lamming OCC was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and poet. He first won critical acclaim for In the Castle of My Skin, his 1953 debut novel. He also held academic pos…
George Lamming, Barbadian novelist (born 1927)
2022
Paula Rego, Portuguese-British visual artist (born 1935)
Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego was a British-Portuguese visual artist, widely considered the pre-eminent woman artist of the late 20th and early 21st century, known particularly f…
Paula Rego, Portuguese-British visual artist (born 1935)