Explore 338 historical events from 2020–2029.
Mark Damon was an American film producer and actor. In 1960, he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for his performance in Roger Corman's House of Usher, and later …
Mark Damon, American film actor and producer (born 1933)
David William Sanborn was an American alto saxophonist. He worked in many musical genres; his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. He began playing…
David Sanborn, American saxophonist (born 1945)
Albert J. Smith was an American professional football scout and executive. He served as a part-time scout for several NFL and USFL teams before joining the Buffalo Bills in 1986, s…
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Alice Ann Munro was a Canadian short story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her work tends to move forward and backward in time, with integrated short …
Alice Munro, Canadian short story writer (born 1931)
Cyril Harrison Wecht was an American forensic pathologist. He was president of both the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American College of Legal Medicine, and headed…
Cyril Wecht, American forensic pathologist (born 1931)
Samuel Arthur Williams was an American playwright, screenwriter, and television producer.
Samm-Art Williams, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1946)
Donald David Perlin was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is best known for Marvel Comics' Werewolf by Night, Moon Knight, The Defenders, and Ghost Rider. In th…
Don Perlin, American comic book artist, writer, and editor (born 1929)
Netiporn Sanesangkhom, better known as Bung (บุ้ง), was a Thai political activist focused on monarchy reform. She initially participated in protests with the People's Democratic Re…
Netiporn Sanesangkhom, Thai political activist (born 1995)
Kamla Beniwal was an Indian independence activist and veteran politician who served as the deputy chief minister of Rajasthan. A leader of the Indian National Congress, she was the…
Kamla Beniwal, Indian politician (born 1927)
Clarence Emil "Bud" Anderson was an officer in the United States Air Force and a triple ace of World War II. During the war he was the highest scoring flying ace in his P-51 Mustan…
Bud Anderson, American World War II flying ace (born 1922)
Sidney Milton Going was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Dubbed Super Sid by his fans, he played 86 matches, including 29 tests, for the All Blacks between 1967 and 1977. He r…
Sid Going, New Zealand rugby union footballer (born 1943)
Bruce Allen Nordstrom was an American billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the retailer Nordstrom, a company founded by his grandfather John W. Nordstrom. He ran the compan…
Bruce Nordstrom, American businessman (born 1933)
Sir Anthony John Francis O'Reilly was an Irish businessman and international rugby union player. He was known for his try scoring in rugby, his involvement in the Independent News …
Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman (born 1936)
Alice Elizabeth Stewart was an American communications director who worked on five Republican presidential campaigns before joining CNN as a commentator.
Alice Stewart, American political commentator (born 1966)
Dabney Wharton Coleman was an American actor. He was recognized for his roles portraying egomaniacal and unlikeable characters in comedic performances. Throughout his career, he ap…
Dabney Coleman, American actor (born 1932)
William Edgar Gossage was an American motorsports executive and promoter. He was best known as the president of the Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) banked racetrack in Fo…
Eddie Gossage, American public speaker and businessman (born 1958)
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as foreign minister of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. He was the deputy fo…
Victims in the 2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash:
Ivan Frederick Boesky was a convicted criminal and an American stock trader who was infamous for his prominent role in an insider trading scandal in the mid-1980s. After getting ca…
Ivan Boesky, American stock trader (born 1937)
Christian Malanga Musumari was a Congolese-American-French politician, businessman, and military officer. He was leader of the United Congolese Party (UCP), a national political pa…
Christian Malanga, Congolese politician, businessman and military officer (born 1983)
Jan Andrzej Paweł Kaczmarek was a Polish composer. He wrote scores for more than 70 feature films and documentaries, including Finding Neverland (2004), for which he won an Oscar a…
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David Andrew Wilkie was a Scottish swimmer who was the Olympic 200m breaststroke champion in 1976, the first British swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Anita Lonsbrough in …
David Wilkie, Scottish swimmer (born 1954)
Caleb Carr was an American military historian and author. Carr was the second of three sons born to Lucien Carr and Francesca Von Hartz.
Caleb Carr, American military historian and author (born 1955)
Morgan Valentine Spurlock was an American documentary filmmaker, writer and television producer. He directed 23 films and was the producer of nearly 70 films throughout his career.…
Morgan Spurlock, American filmmaker (born 1970)
Douglas Lloyd Ingle was an American musician, best known as the founder, organist, primary composer and lead vocalist for the band Iron Butterfly. He wrote the band's hit song "In-…
Doug Ingle, American musician (born 1945)