Explore 734 historical events from 2020–2029.
On 29 July 2024, a mass stabbing targeting young girls occurred at the Hart Space, a dance studio in the Meols Cop area of Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom. Seventeen-year-old…
Three children are stabbed to death and 10 other people injured at a dance studio in Southport, England. This…
A series of landslides occurred in Punjirimattom, Mundakkai, Chooralmala, and Vellarimala villages in Meppadi panchayat, Vythiri taluk in Wayanad district, Kerala, India in the ear…
A series of landslides occurs in Kerala, India, causing over 420 fatalities.
Forrest Richard "Dickey" Betts was an American rock guitarist and vocalist, best known as a longtime member of the Allman Brothers Band. A co-founder of the band when it formed in …
Dickey Betts, American guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer (born 1943)
Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr. was an American professional football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the NC State Wolfpack, earning fir…
Roman Gabriel, Filipino-American NFL American footballer
Marla Vene Adams was an American actress. She was best known for playing the roles of Belle Clemens on the CBS soap opera The Secret Storm and Dina Abbott Mergeron on the CBS soap …
Marla Adams, American television actress (born 1938)
Laurent Cantet was a French director, cinematographer and screenwriter. His film Entre les murs won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008.
Laurent Cantet, French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (born 1961)
Christopher John Sansom was a British writer of historical crime novels, best known for his Matthew Shardlake series. He also wrote the spy novel Winter in Madrid and the alternati…
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Brian McCardie was a Scottish actor and writer, known for his role as John Thomas "Tommy" Hunter in the BBC police procedural series Line of Duty.
Brian McCardie, Scottish actor and writer (born 1965)
Frank Ernest Field, Baron Field of Birkenhead, was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead for 40 years, from 1979 to 2019, serving as a Labour …
Frank Field, British politician (born 1942)
Paul Benjamin Auster was an American writer, novelist, memoirist, poet, and filmmaker. His notable works include The New York Trilogy (1987), Moon Palace (1989), The Music of Chanc…
Paul Auster, American writer and film director (born 1947)
Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra was a Dutch competitive figure skater. She was the 1964 Olympic champion in ladies' singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champio…
Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater (born 1942)
Darius Aaron Morris was an American professional basketball player. Morris was selected as the 41st pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and played the point guard …
Darius Morris, American basketball player (born 1991)
Peter Arthur Oosterhuis was an English professional golfer and broadcaster. He played on the European circuit from 1969 to 1974, winning 10 tournaments and taking the Harry Vardon …
Peter Oosterhuis, English golfer and broadcaster (born 1948)
Richard Glenn Rutan was an American military aviator and officer, as well as a record-breaking test pilot who in 1986 piloted the Voyager aircraft on the first non-stop, non-refuel…
Dick Rutan, American military aviator and officer (born 1938)
Ronnie Kavanagh, known by his stage name Ron Kavana, was an Irish singer, songwriter, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, and band leader. Born in the County Cork town of Fermoy, …
Ron Kavana, Irish singer, songwriter, guitarist and band leader (born 1950)
Bernard Hill was an English actor. He was known for his versatile performances in both television and film, and his career spanned over fifty years.
Bernard Hill, English actor (born 1944)
César Luis Menotti, known as El Flaco ("Slim"), was an Argentine football player and manager who won the 1978 FIFA World Cup as the head coach of the Argentina national team.
César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer and manager (born 1938)
Bernard Pivot was a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. He was chairman of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2020.
Bernard Pivot, French journalist, interviewer and host (born 1935)
Brian Thomas Wenzel was an Australian actor, comedian, director and singer. He was in the entertainment business for 60 years, including circus, stage, television and film.
Brian Wenzel, Australian actor (born 1929)
Frank Philip Stella was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. He lived and worked in New York…
Frank Stella, American painter (born 1936)
Jean Luann Epper was an American stuntwoman and actress. She performed stunts in over 100 feature films and television series and is perhaps best known as Lynda Carter's stunt doub…
Jeannie Epper, American stuntwoman and actress (born 1941)
Steven Frank Albini was an American musician and audio engineer. He founded and fronted the influential post-hardcore and noise rock bands Big Black (1981–1987), Rapeman (1987–1989…
Steve Albini, American musician, record producer, audio engineer, and music journalist (born 1962)
Christopher Black Cannon was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, for the Republican Party, representing the third district …
Chris Cannon, American politician (born 1950)
James Earl Johnson was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1961 to 1976. He was nam…
Jimmy Johnson, American football player (born 1938)