2024
Terry A
Terry Alan Anderson was an American journalist and combat veteran. He reported for the Associated Press. In 1985, he was taken hostage by Shia Hezbollah militants of the Islamic Ji…
Terry A
The 2020s
Explore 1099 historical events from 2020–2029.
2024
Helen Vendler, American Literary Critic (born 1933)
Helen Vendler was an American academic, writer and literary critic. She was a professor of English language and history at Boston University, Cornell, Harvard, and other universiti…
Helen Vendler, American Literary Critic (born 1933)
2024
A stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh, India, leaves at least 121 people dead and 150 others injured.
On 2 July 2024, a crowd crush occurred at the conclusion of a satsang organised by a self-styled godman in the village of Mughal Garhi in Hathras district of the Indian state of Ut…
A stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh, India, leaves at least 121 people dead and 150 others injured.
2024
The Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, wins a landslide majority in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, ending…
The Labour Party, commonly Labour, is a political party in the United Kingdom. It sits on the centre-left of the left–right political spectrum, and has been described as an allianc…
The Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, wins a landslide majority in the 2024 United Kingdom general election, ending…
2024
Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown…
Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024, and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. Starmer …
Keir Starmer is appointed Prime Minister by Charles III, becoming the first Labour prime minister since Gordon Brown…
2024
Former president of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an…
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government an…
Former president of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an…
2024
U.S. President Joe Biden announces he will no longer seek a second term and withdraws from the 2024 election,…
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American former politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Dela…
U.S. President Joe Biden announces he will no longer seek a second term and withdraws from the 2024 election,…
2024
Bob Cole, Canadian sports announcer (born 1933)
Robert Cecil Cole was a Canadian sports television announcer who worked for CBC and Sportsnet and a competitive curler. He was known primarily for his work on National Hockey Leagu…
Bob Cole, Canadian sports announcer (born 1933)
2024
Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player (born 1972)
Terence Christopher Hill was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played as a centre in the 1990s and 2000s. He played in the NRL for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, …
Terry Hill, Australian rugby league player (born 1972)
2024
Donald Payne Jr
Donald Milford Payne Jr. was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district from 2012 until his death in 2024. A member o…
Donald Payne Jr
2024
Mike Pinder, British musician (born 1941)
Michael Thomas Pinder was an English rock musician. He was a founding member and the original keyboard player of the rock group the Moody Blues. He left the group following the rec…
Mike Pinder, British musician (born 1941)
2024
A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashes during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal…
Saurya Airlines Pvt. Ltd is an airline based in Kathmandu, Nepal. As of August 2017, the airline served five destinations across three provinces of Nepal from its hub at Tribhuvan …
A Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crashes during takeoff from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal…
2024
Three children are stabbed to death and 10 other people injured at a dance studio in Southport, England. This…
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…
2024
A series of landslides occurs in Kerala, India, causing over 420 fatalities.
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.
2024
Following the non-cooperation movement against the government of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina…
The non-cooperation movement, also known as the one-point movement, was a disinvestment movement and a mass uprising against the Awami League-led government of Bangladesh, initiate…
Following the non-cooperation movement against the government of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina…
2024
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.
Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and statesman. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.…
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus takes oath as Chief Adviser to form an interim government in Bangladesh.
2024
Marla Adams, American television actress (born 1938)
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)
2024
Laurent Cantet, French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (born 1961)
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)
2024
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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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2024
Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
Voepass Flight 2283 was a scheduled domestic Brazilian passenger flight from Cascavel to Guarulhos. On August 9, 2024, the ATR 72 serving the flight crashed in Vinhedo, São Paulo S…
Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes near Vinhedo, São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
2024
Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians.
The Israel Defense Forces, alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym Tzahal (צה״ל), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service bra…
Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians.
2024
Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest…
The Chicago "L" is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois. Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority…
Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest…
2024
At least 129 inmates are killed and 59 more injured in an attempted prison break at Makala Prison in Kinshasa,…
On 2 September 2024, an attempted jailbreak at Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulted in the deaths of at least 129 people and more than 59 o…
At least 129 inmates are killed and 59 more injured in an attempted prison break at Makala Prison in Kinshasa,…
2024
Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center…
Polaris Dawn was a private crewed spaceflight operated by SpaceX on behalf of Shift4 CEO Jared Isaacman, the first of three planned missions in the Polaris program. Launched Septem…
Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center…