Explore 1359 historical events from 2020–2029.
Bitcoin is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 when an unknown person published a white paper under the pseudonym …
Bitcoin becomes legal tender in El Salvador.
The National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is an internationally unrecognized government-in-exile of Myanmar formed by the Committee Representing Pyidaun…
The National Unity Government of Myanmar declares a people's defensive war against the military junta during the…
The 2021 Luxian earthquake was a damaging seismic event occurring in the early hours of September 16 at 04:33 China Standard Time. The surface-wave magnitude (Ms) 6.0 or moment mag…
A 6.0 Mw earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.
Inspiration4 was a 2021 human spaceflight operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman. The mission launched the Crew Dragon Resilience on September 16, 2021,…
Inspiration4, the first private orbital crewed spaceflight, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
The Cumbre Vieja is an active volcanic ridge on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, Spain. The spine of Cumbre Vieja trends in an approximate north–south direction, compr…
The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three…
Pauline Cecilia Tinsley was a British soprano, notable for her performances for the Welsh National Opera and the English National Opera (1963–1974).
Pauline Tinsley, British soprano (born 1928)
Oliver J. Gillie was a British journalist and scientist. He previously served as the medical correspondent for The Sunday Times, and later medical editor for The Independent.
Oliver Gillie, British journalist and scientist (born 1937)
Yolanda Tortolero Martínez was a Venezuelan physician and politician, alternate deputy of the National Assembly for the Carabobo state and the A New Era party.
Yolanda Tortolero, Venezuelan politician
Bruno Covas Lopes was a Brazilian lawyer, economist, and politician who was a member of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and served as the mayor of São Paulo from 2018 u…
Bruno Covas, Brazilian lawyer, politician (born 1980)
Paul Gladney, better known by the stage name Paul Mooney, was an American comedian, writer, and actor. He collaborated with Redd Foxx, Eddie Murphy and Dave Chappelle, wrote for co…
Paul Mooney, American comedian (born 1941)
Windows 11 is the current major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, released on October 5, 2021, as the successor to Windows 10 (2015). It is available as a free up…
Windows 11 is released to the general public.
On October 21, 2021, at the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Bonanza City, New Mexico, United States, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was fatally shot and director Joel Souza was injured on …
A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust, in which actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been…
Leslie Richard McKeown was a Scottish singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Bay City Rollers during their most successful period in the 1970s. The band's ori…
Les McKeown, Scottish pop singer (born 1955)
Henry Adrian Garrett Jr., nicknamed "Pat" and "Smokey", was an American professional baseball player and coach. A utility man in Major League Baseball, he appeared in 163 total gam…
Adrian Garrett, American professional baseball player (born 1943)
Anthony Edward Payne was an English composer, music critic and musicologist. He is best known for his acclaimed completion of Edward Elgar's third symphony, which gained wide accep…
Anthony Payne, English composer (born 1936)
Charles Sidney Grodin was an American actor, comedian, author, and television talk show host. Known for his deadpan delivery and often cast as a put-upon straight man, Grodin becam…
Charles Grodin, American actor and talk show host (born 1935)
Gary Bruce Wilson was an American writer and anti-pornography campaigner.
Gary Wilson, American anti-pornography activist (born 1956)
Lois Jane Ehlert was an American author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for Color Zoo in 1990. Some of her other …
Lois Ehlert, American author and illustrator (born 1934)
Gavin MacLeod was an American actor best known for his roles as news writer Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and ship's captain Merrill Stubing on ABC's The Love Boat.…
Gavin MacLeod, American actor, Christian activist, and author (born 1931)
Billy Joe Thomas was an American singer widely known for his country, contemporary Christian, and pop hits of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
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Ronald Hill MBE was a British runner and clothing entrepreneur. He was the second man to break 2:10 in the marathon; he set world records at four other distances, and laid claim to…
Ron Hill, English long-distance runner (born 1938)
Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into mor…
Eric Carle, American children's book designer, illustrator, and writer best known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar (born
John William Warner III was an American politician and lawyer who served as a United States senator from Virginia from 1979 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he previously…
John Warner, American attorney and politician (born 1927)
Poul Holmskov Schlüter was a Danish politician who served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993. He was the first member of the Conservative People's Party to become prime…
Poul Schlüter, former Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1929)