Explore 1099 historical events from 2020–2029.
Kelly Kamalelehua Smith, known professionally as Kelly Preston, was an American actress. She appeared in more than 60 television and film productions, including Mischief (1985), Tw…
Kelly Preston, American actress and model (born 1962)
Wilhelmus Lourens Johannes Suurbier was a Dutch professional footballer. He played as a right back and was part of the Netherlands national team and AFC Ajax teams of the 1970s.
Wim Suurbier, Dutch football player (born 1945)
Grant Masaru Imahara was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host and actor. He was best known for his work on the television series MythBusters, on which he de…
Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host (born 1970)
Rosa was a Spanish-born Landes cow known for her participation in the French game show Intervilles. She became a popular part of the programme due to her intelligence and aggressiv…
Rosa, Spanish-born cow on French television (born 2001)
Antonio Nemesio Taylor Sánchez was a Cuban professional baseball second baseman who played 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia P…
Tony Taylor, Cuban baseball player (born 1935)
John Robert Lewis was an American civil rights activist and statesman who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 un…
John Lewis, American civil rights activist and politician (born 1940)
Zindziswa "Zindzi" Mandela, also known as Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane, was a South African diplomat and poet, and the daughter of anti-apartheid activists and politicians Nelson Mande…
Zindzi Mandela, South African politician, diplomat, and third daughter of Nelson Mandela (born 1960)
Ekaterina Dmitriyevna Alexandrovskaya was a Russian-Australian pair skater. With her skating partner, Harley Windsor, she was the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy champion, the 2017 CS Nebel…
Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Russian-Australian pair skater (born 2000)
Michael Jamal Brooks was an American talk show host, writer, left-wing political commentator, and comedian. While co-hosting The Majority Report with Sam Seder, he launched The Mic…
Michael Brooks, political commentator (born 1983)
Annie Ross was a British-born American singer and actress, best known as a member of the influential jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. She helped pioneer the vocalese styl…
Annie Ross, Scottish-American singer and actress (born 1930)
Andrew Mokete Mlangeni, also known as Percy Mokoena, Mokete Mokoena, and Rev. Mokete Mokoena, was a South African political activist and anti-apartheid campaigner who, along with N…
Andrew Mlangeni, South African political activist (born 1925)
Regis Francis Xavier Philbin was an American television presenter, comedian, actor, and singer. Once called "the hardest-working man in show business", he held the Guinness World R…
Regis Philbin, American actor and television host (born 1931)
Peter Allen Greenbaum, known professionally as Peter Green, was an English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist who was the founder and original leader of the band Fleetwood …
Peter Green, English blues rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and founder of Fleetwood Mac (born 1946)
Junrey Balawing was a Filipino record holder at the Guinness World Records for the world's shortest man alive measuring at 60.00 centimetres (23.62 in) tall. The declaration came d…
Junrey Balawing, Filipino record holder (born 1993)
Herman Cain was an American businessman and Tea Party movement activist in the Republican Party.
Herman Cain, American businessman and political activist (born 1945)
Sir Alan William Parker was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television…
Alan Parker, English filmmaker (born 1944)
Rickey Dixon was an American professional football safety who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he won the Ji…
Rickey Dixon, American professional football player (born 1966)
Louis Ray Henson was an American college basketball coach. He retired as the all-time leader in victories at the University of Illinois with 423 victories and New Mexico State with…
Lou Henson, American college basketball coach (born 1932)
Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland was a British, American and French actress. She appeared in 49 feature films throughout her career, with the major works of her cinematic career spann…
Olivia de Havilland, American actress (born 1916)
Lee Teng-hui was a Taiwanese politician, economist, and agronomist who served as the fourth president of the Republic of China and chairman of the Kuomintang from 1988 to 2000. He …
Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese politician, President (1988–2000), Vice President (1984–1988) and mayor of Taipei (1978–1981)…
Anthony Wilford Brimley was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western…
Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (born 1934)
Rodney Herm "Rod" Pardey was an American poker player. Pardey was the father of singer/songwriter and former tour manager of The Killers, Ryan Pardey, as well as professional poker…
Rodney H. Pardey, American poker player (born 1945)
Suzanne Perlman was a Hungarian-Dutch visual artist known for her expressionist portraits and landscape paintings. Her bold use of colour has its origins in her early paintings of …
Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (born 1922)
Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe was a Somali human rights activist and physician. She was the founder and chairperson of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF), a non-profit organization.
Hawa Abdi, Somali human rights activist and physician (born 1947)