Explore 1359 historical events from 2020–2029.
Robert W. Gore was an American engineer and scientist, inventor and businessman. Gore led his family's company, W. L. Gore & Associates, which was founded by his father Bill Gore, …
Robert W. Gore, American engineer and businessman, co-inventor of Gore-Tex (born 1937)
Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. She was n…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, United States Supreme Court justice (born 1933)
Neil Brannon was an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 3rd district from 2002 to 2010.
Neil Brannon, American politician (born 1940)
Juliette Gréco was a French singer and actress. Her best-known songs are "Paris Canaille", "La Javanaise" and "Déshabillez-moi" (1967). She often sang tracks with lyrics written by…
Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (born 1927)
Dean Mervyn Jones was an Australian cricket player, coach and commentator who played Tests and One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia. He had an excellent record in Test crick…
Dean Jones, Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (born 1961)
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was the Emir of Kuwait from 24 January 2006 until his death in 2020.
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir (born 1929)
Anne-Marie Hutchinson OBE QC (Hon) was an Irish lawyer known for her work in the UK concerning children's rights, particularly forced marriage and international child abduction.
Anne-Marie Hutchinson, British lawyer (born 1957)
Clark Tinsley Middleton was an American actor. He is best known for his supporting roles in Kill Bill: Vol. 2, Sin City, Fringe, Snowpiercer, and The Blacklist.
Clark Middleton, American actor (born 1957)
Kenzō Takada was a Japanese–French fashion designer living in France. He founded Kenzo, a worldwide clothing brand that also markets skincare and perfumes. Takada was the honorary…
Kenzō Takada, Japanese-French fashion designer (born 1939)
John Lester Nash Jr. was an American singer and songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one …
Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (born 1940)
Helen Maxine Reddy was an Australian-American singer, actress, television host, and activist. Born in Melbourne to a show business family, Reddy started her career as an entertaine…
Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer, actress, and activist (born 1941)
Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was an American musician and songwriter. He was the guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and one of the primary songwriters of the rock band Van Hale…
Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1955)
Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez was a Mexican physical chemist. He played a pivotal role in the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole, and was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel …
Mario Molina, Mexican chemist (born 1943)
Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford, nicknamed "the Chairman of the Board", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played his entire 16-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career …
Whitey Ford, American professional baseball pitcher (born 1928)
Conchata Galen Ferrell was an American actress. She played Berta the housekeeper on the sitcom Two and a Half Men from 2003 to 2015, and she received two nominations for the Primet…
Conchata Ferrell, American actress (born 1943)
René Felber was a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1987 to 1993. In 1992, he served as the president of Switzerland.
René Felber, 81st President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1933)
Francis Joseph Bough was an English television presenter. He was best known as the host of BBC sports and current affairs shows including Grandstand, Nationwide and Breakfast Time,…
Frank Bough, English television presenter (born 1933)
Jerry Jeff Walker was an American country and folk singer-songwriter. He was an icon in the progressive country and outlaw country music movement. He is best known for writing the …
Jerry Jeff Walker, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)
Roberta Wright McCain was an American socialite and oil heiress. She was the wife of Admiral John S. McCain Jr., with whom she had three children including U.S. Senator John S. McC…
Roberta McCain, American socialite and oil heiress (born 1912)
James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. He was the co-founder of the C…
James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author (born 1928)
Angelika Amon was an Austrian American molecular and cell biologist, and the Kathleen and Curtis Marble Professor in Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M…
Angelika Amon, Austrian-American molecular and cell biologist (born 1967)
On April 18 and 19, 2020, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman committed multiple shootings and set fires at 16 locations in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, killing 22 people, and inj…
A series of attacks in Nova Scotia, Canada, ended when the perpetrator was killed by police, leaving 22 victims dead
On 22 April 2020, a truck driver under the influence of drugs, Mohinder Singh, crashed his truck into a Porsche 911 and two police cars on the Eastern Freeway, in the suburb of Kew…
A truck struck and killed four Victoria Police officers on the Eastern Freeway, Australia, the force's deadliest single
ABS-CBN is a Philippine media and content company. It serves as the flagship media brand of ABS-CBN Corporation, a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation. Formerly the country's …
Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN was forced to go off-air by the National Telecommunications Commission after Congre