Explore 1099 historical events from 2020–2029.
The August Complex fire was a massive wildfire complex that burned in the Coast Range of Northern California, in Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Tehama, Trinity, and Shasta Counties. The c…
The August Complex fire in California burns more than one million acres of land.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American former politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Dela…
Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech virtually for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination at the 2020 Democratic…
Greg Zanis was an American carpenter known for building and delivering personalized crosses to shooting victims across the United States.
Greg Zanis, American carpenter and activist (born 1950)
Millicent Dolly May Small CD was a Jamaican singer who is best known for her international hit "My Boy Lollipop" (1964). The song reached number two in both the UK and US charts an…
Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (born 1947)
Gerald Isaac Stiller was an American comedian and actor. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over …
Jerry Stiller, American comedian, actor (born 1927)
Erin Michael O'Toole is a Canadian lawyer, former military officer and politician who was the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the leader of the Official Opposition f…
Erin O'Toole is elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
The 2020 Women's FA Community Shield was the ninth Women's FA Community Shield, and the first after the competition's revival following an eleven-season abeyance. As with its male …
2020 Women's FA Community Shield.
Pope Benedict XVI was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2005 until his resignation in 2013. Following his resignation, he chose to be known as "pop…
Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died…
The Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement, officially Abraham Accords: Declaration of Peace, Cooperation, and Constructive Diplomatic and Friendly Relations, is an agreement to no…
Signing of the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel…
Arif Wazir was a Pakistani politician, activist, and a leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM). He was a member of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PMAP) and its president f…
Arif Wazir, Pakistani politician, leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (born 1982)
Richard Wayne Penniman, better known by his stage name Little Richard, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for …
Little Richard, American singer, songwriter, and pianist (born 1932)
Bessie Regina Norris, better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the…
Betty Wright, American soul singer (born 1953)
Aimee Stephens was an American funeral director known for her fight for civil rights for transgender people. She worked as a funeral director in Detroit and was fired for being tra…
Aimee Stephens, American funeral director and U
Frederic Charles Willard was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with Christopher Guest in his mockumentary films This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Waiting for G…
Fred Willard, American actor, comedian, and writer (born 1933)
Judge Kenneth "Lucky" Peterson was an American musician who played contemporary blues, fusing soul, R&B, gospel and rock and roll. He was a vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist. Mus…
Lucky Peterson, American blues singer, keyboardist and guitarist (born 1964)
Kenneth Charles Osmond was an American actor and police officer. Beginning a career as a child actor at the age of four, Osmond played the role of Eddie Haskell on the late 1950s t…
Ken Osmond, American actor and police officer (born 1943)
Alan Gilbert Merten was the fifth president of George Mason University.
Alan Merten, fifth President of George Mason University (born 1941)
Denise Cronenberg was a Canadian costume designer.
Denise Cronenberg, Canadian costume designer (born 1938)
Hana Kimura was a Japanese professional wrestler. She worked for Japanese promotions such as World Wonder Ring Stardom and Wrestle-1, in addition to making appearances for foreig…
Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1997)
George Perry Floyd Jr. was an African American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd h…
George Floyd, African American man murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (born 1973)
Laurence David Kramer was an American playwright, author, film producer, public health advocate, and gay rights activist. He began his career rewriting scripts while working for Co…
Larry Kramer, American playwright, public health advocate and LGBT rights activist (born 1935)
Maikanti Kachalla Baru was a Nigerian engineer, crude oil marketer and the 18th Group Managing Director of the Nigeria's state oil firm, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NN…
Maikanti Baru, Nigerian engineer, former chief of state oil firm
Nicolas Michael Angelis was an English actor. He was best known for his television roles as Chrissie Todd in Boys from the Blackstuff, Martin Niarchos in G.B.H. and as the longest-…
Michael Angelis, British actor (born 1944)
Claudell Washington was an American baseball outfielder who played seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Chicago Whi…
Claudell Washington, American baseball player (born 1954)