✦ History

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Events

Apartheid 1948-05-26 - 1994-04-27
Guatemalan Civil War 1960-11-13 - 1996-12-29
The Troubles 1968-10-05 - 1998-04-10
First Nagorno-Karabakh War 1988-02-20 - 1994-05-12
Human Genome Project 1990-10-01 - 2003-04-14
Yugoslav Wars 1991-03-31 - 2001-11-12
Croatian War of Independence 1991-03-31 - 1995-11-12
Siege of Sarajevo 1992-04-05 - 1996-02-29
Bosnian War 1992-04-06 - 1995-11-21
North American Free Trade Agreement 1994-01-01 - 2020-07-01
Rwandan genocide 1994-04-07 - 1994-07-19
Marrakesh Agreement 1994-04-15
1994 South African general election 1994-04-26 - 1994-04-29
First Chechen War 1994-12-11 - 1996-08-31
Dot-com bubble 1995 - 2002-10-09
Oklahoma City bombing 1995-04-19
Operation Flash 1995-05-01 - 1995-05-04
Srebrenica massacre 1995-07-11 - 1995-07-22
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis 1995-07-21 - 1996-03-23
Operation Storm 1995-08-04 - 1995-08-07
Operation Deliberate Force 1995-08-30 - 1995-09-20
Dayton Agreement 1995-11-21
Cloning of Dolly the sheep 1996-07-05
Handover of Hong Kong 1997-07-01
1997 Asian financial crisis 1997-07-02 - 1998
Death of Diana, Princess of Wales 1997-08-31
Kyoto Protocol 1997-12-11
Kosovo War 1998-02-28 - 1999-06-11
Good Friday Agreement 1998-04-10
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998-07-17
Second Congo War 1998-08-02 - 2003-07-18
Launch of the International Space Station 1998-11-20
Introduction of the euro 1999-01-01
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia 1999-03-24 - 1999-06-10
Battle of Košare 1999-04-09 - 1999-06-10
Kargil War 1999-05-03 - 1999-07-26
Battle of Tololing 1999-05-22 - 1999-06-13
Battle of Tiger Hill 1999-07-03 - 1999-07-08
Second Chechen War 1999-08-26 - 2009-04-16
Second Intifada 2000-09-28 - 2005-02-08
Launch of Wikipedia 2001-01-15
September 11 attacks 2001-09-11
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 2001-10-07 - 2021-08-30
2002 Bali bombings 2002-10-12
2002–2004 SARS outbreak 2002-11 - 2004-05
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster 2003-02-01
War in Darfur 2003-02-26 - 2020-08-31
Iraq War 2003-03-20 - 2011-12-18
Battle of Basra (2003) 2003-03-21 - 2003-04-06
Battle of Umm Qasr 2003-03-21 - 2003-03-25
Battle of Nasiriyah 2003-03-23 - 2003-03-29
Battle of Karbala (2003) 2003-03-23 - 2003-04-06
Battle of Najaf (2003) 2003-03-24 - 2003-04-04
Operation Northern Delay 2003-03-26 - 2003-03-26
Battle of Baghdad (2003) 2003-04-03 - 2003-04-12
Launch of Facebook 2004-02-04
2004 Madrid train bombings 2004-03-11
First Battle of Fallujah 2004-04-04 - 2004-05-01
2004 enlargement of the European Union 2004-05-01
Battle of Najaf (2004) 2004-08-05 - 2004-08-27
Second Battle of Fallujah 2004-11-07 - 2004-12-23
Orange Revolution 2004-11-22 - 2005-01-23
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 2004-12-26
7 July 2005 London bombings 2005-07-07
Hurricane Katrina 2005-08-23 - 2005-08-31
Battle of Ramadi (2006) 2006-06-17 - 2006-11-15
Launch of the iPhone 2007-01-09
2008 financial crisis 2007-08-09 - 2009-06-30
Treaty of Lisbon 2007-12-13
2008 Sichuan earthquake 2008-05-12
Russo-Georgian War 2008-08-07 - 2008-08-16
2008 Summer Olympics 2008-08-08 - 2008-08-24
2008 United States presidential election 2008-11-04
2008 Mumbai attacks 2008-11-26 - 2008-11-29
2009 swine flu pandemic 2009-01 - 2010-08-10
Eurozone crisis 2009
Launch of Bitcoin 2009-01-03
2010 Haiti earthquake 2010-01-12
Deepwater Horizon oil spill 2010-04-20 - 2010-09-19
Arab Spring 2010-12-17 - 2012-12
2011 South Sudanese independence referendum 2011-01-09 - 2011-01-15
Libyan civil war (2011) 2011-02-15 - 2011-10-23
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 2011-03-11
Fukushima nuclear disaster 2011-03-11
Syrian civil war 2011-03-15 - 2024-12-08
Killing of Osama bin Laden 2011-05-02
Occupy Wall Street 2011-09-17 - 2011-11-15
Mali War 2012-01-16
Discovery of the Higgs boson 2012-07-04
Euromaidan 2013-11-21 - 2014-02-22
Western African Ebola epidemic 2013-12-26 - 2016-06-09
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation 2014-02-20 - 2014-03-26
Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-02-20
Fall of Mosul 2014-06-04 - 2014-06-10
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 2014-07-17
2014 Scottish independence referendum 2014-09-18
2015 European migrant crisis 2015
Charlie Hebdo shooting 2015-01-07
April 2015 Nepal earthquake 2015-04-25
Obergefell v. Hodges 2015-06-26
Paris Agreement 2015-12-12
Panama Papers 2016-04-03
Brexit 2016-06-23 - 2020-01-31
2016 United States presidential election 2016-11-08
Colombian peace agreement 2016-11-24
2017 Catalan independence referendum 2017-10-01
Me Too movement 2017-10-15
2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit 2018-06-12
Prespa agreement 2018-06-17
2019–2020 Hong Kong protests 2019-03-15 - 2020-06-30
Notre-Dame de Paris fire 2019-04-15
COVID-19 pandemic 2019-12-01 - 2023-05-05
George Floyd protests 2020-05-26

People

Kamal Ganzouri age 61
Prime Minister - Egypt
Hussein Arnous age 41
Prime Minister - Syria
Willy Claes age 55
Secretary General - NATO
Bouasone Bouphavanh age 39
Prime Minister - Laos
Pak Pong-ju age 54
Premier - North Korea
Imad Khamis age 32
Prime Minister - Syria
Wael al-Halqi age 29
Prime Minister - Syria
Wu Den-yih age 45
Premier - Republic of China
Vo Van Kiet age 71
Prime Minister - Vietnam
Albert Reynolds age 61
Taoiseach - Ireland
Lee Jong-wook age 48
Director-General - World Health Organization
Riyad Farid Hijab age 28
Prime Minister - Syria
David Malpass age 37
President - World Bank
James Wolfensohn age 60
President - World Bank
Lien Chan age 57
Premier - Republic of China
Atef Ebeid age 61
Prime Minister - Egypt
Muhammad Naji al-Otari age 50
Prime Minister - Syria
Frank Hsieh age 47
Premier - Republic of China
Kim Jae-ryong age 35
Premier - North Korea
Liu Chao-shiuan age 50
Premier - Republic of China
Lin Chuan age 42
Premier - Republic of China
Adel Safar age 40
Prime Minister - Syria
Hong Song-nam age 64
Premier - North Korea
Atef Sedki age 63
Prime Minister - Egypt
Sisavath Keobounphanh age 65
Prime Minister - Laos
Sean Chen age 44
Premier - Republic of China
Jiang Yi-huah age 33
Premier - Republic of China
Chang Chun-hsiung age 55
Premier - Republic of China
Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji age 40
Prime Minister - Syria
Simon Chang age 39
Premier - Republic of China
Mao Chi-kuo age 45
Premier - Republic of China
Yu Shyi-kun age 45
Premier - Republic of China
Hiroshi Nakajima age 65
Director-General - World Health Organization
Muhammad Mustafa Mero age 53
Prime Minister - Syria
Vincent Siew age 55
Premier - Republic of China
Tang Fei age 61
Premier - Republic of China
Mahmoud Zuabi age 59
Prime Minister - Syria
Lewis Thompson Preston age 67
President - World Bank
Atal Bihari Vajpayee age 69
Prime Minister - India
H. D. Deve Gowda age 60
Prime Minister - India
José Manuel Barroso age 37
President - European Commission
Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz age 43
Prime Minister - Poland
John Roberts age 38
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
William Rehnquist age 69
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Kim Jong-un age 11
Supreme Commander, Korean People's Army - North Korea
Joe Biden age 51
Vice President - United States
Al Gore age 45
Vice President - United States
Mike Pence age 34
Vice President - United States
Dick Cheney age 52
Vice President - United States
Nouri al-Maliki age 43
Vice President - Iraq
Adil Abdul-Mahdi age 52
Vice President - Iraq
Ayad Allawi age 49
Vice President - Iraq
Wang Qishan age 45
Vice President - People's Republic of China
Ibrahim al-Jaafari age 46
Vice President - Iraq
Li Yuanchao age 43
Vice President - People's Republic of China
Chen Chien-jen age 42
Vice President - Republic of China
Zeng Qinghong age 54
Vice President - People's Republic of China
Rong Yiren age 77
Vice President - People's Republic of China
Frank Underwood age 34
Vice President - United States
Claire Underwood age 29
Vice President - United States
Roj Shaweis age 46
Vice President - Iraq
Lee Yuan-tsu age 70
Vice President - Republic of China
Mark Milley age 35
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Martin Dempsey age 41
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Michael Mullen age 47
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
John Shalikashvili age 57
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Peter Pace age 48
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Richard Myers age 51
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Hugh Shelton age 52
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Hillary Clinton age 46
Secretary of State - United States
Rishi Sunak age 13
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Condoleezza Rice age 39
Secretary of State - United States
John Kerry age 50
Secretary of State - United States
Madeleine Albright age 56
Secretary of State - United States
Donald Rumsfeld age 61
Secretary of Defense - United States
Colin Powell age 56
Secretary of State - United States
Mike Pompeo age 30
Secretary of State - United States
Rex Tillerson age 41
Secretary of State - United States
Robert Gates age 50
Secretary of Defense - United States
Jim Mattis age 43
Secretary of Defense - United States
Jeff Sessions age 47
Attorney General - United States
Priti Patel age 21
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Warren Christopher age 68
Secretary of State - United States
Leon Panetta age 55
Secretary of Defense - United States
Philip Hammond age 38
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
George Osborne age 22
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Ash Carter age 39
Secretary of Defense - United States
Sajid Javid age 24
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Chuck Hagel age 47
Secretary of Defense - United States
John Ashcroft age 51
Attorney General - United States
Steven Mnuchin age 31
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Janet Reno age 55
Attorney General - United States
Amber Rudd age 30
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Jack Straw age 47
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Mark Esper age 29
Secretary of Defense - United States
Eric Holder age 42
Attorney General - United States
Henry Paulson age 47
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Larry Summers age 39
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Michael Howard age 52
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Timothy Geithner age 32
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
William Barr age 43
Attorney General - United States
William J. Burns age 37
Secretary of State - United States
Alberto Gonzales age 38
Attorney General - United States
William J. Perry age 66
Secretary of Defense - United States
William Cohen age 53
Secretary of Defense - United States
Loretta Lynch age 34
Attorney General - United States
Jacqui Smith age 31
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Lloyd Bentsen age 72
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Alistair Darling age 40
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Jack Lew age 38
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Kenneth Clarke age 53
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
David Blunkett age 46
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
John W. Snow age 54
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Eric Shinseki age 51
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Les Aspin age 55
Secretary of Defense - United States
Alan Johnson age 43
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
John J. Sullivan age 34
Secretary of State - United States
Robert Rubin age 55
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Michael Mukasey age 52
Attorney General - United States
Sally Yates age 33
Attorney General - United States
John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan age 46
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Raymond T. Odierno age 39
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Thomas A. Shannon Jr. age 36
Secretary of State - United States
Matthew Whitaker age 24
Attorney General - United States
Charles Clarke age 43
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Peter Schoomaker age 47
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
James C. McConville age 34
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Dana Boente age 39
Attorney General - United States
Gordon R. Sullivan age 56
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Dennis Reimer age 54
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Paul Clement age 27
Attorney General - United States
Adam Szubin age 22
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Neal S. Wolin age 32
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Mark Filip age 27
Attorney General - United States
Peter Keisler age 33
Attorney General - United States
Robert Mueller age 49
Director of the FBI - Department of Justice
James Comey age 33
Director of the FBI - Department of Justice
Christopher Wray age 27
Director of the FBI - Department of Justice
Louis Freeh age 44
Director of the FBI - Department of Justice
Nelson Mandela age 75
President - African National Congress
Keir Starmer age 31
Leader - Labour Party (UK)
Liz Truss age 18
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Thabo Mbeki age 51
President - African National Congress
Jacob Zuma age 51
President - African National Congress
Cyril Ramaphosa age 41
President - African National Congress
Ruth Bader Ginsburg age 60
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Antonin Scalia age 57
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Clarence Thomas age 45
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Stephen Breyer age 55
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Anthony Kennedy age 57
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
John Paul Stevens age 73
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
David Souter age 54
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Sandra Day O'Connor age 63
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
William Hague age 32
Leader - Conservative Party (UK)
Iain Duncan Smith age 39
Leader - Conservative Party (UK)
John Smith age 55
Leader - Labour Party (UK)
Margaret Beckett age 50
Leader - Labour Party (UK)
Harriet Harman age 43
Leader - Labour Party (UK)
Ed Miliband age 24
Leader - Labour Party (UK)
Jeremy Corbyn age 44
Leader - Labour Party (UK)
Wu Po-hsiung age 54
Chairman - Kuomintang
Eric Chu age 32
Chairman - Kuomintang
Hung Hsiu-chu age 45
Chairman - Kuomintang
Johnny Chiang age 21
Chairman - Kuomintang
Gerry Adams age 45
President - Sinn Féin
Mary Lou McDonald age 24
President - Sinn Féin
Kamala Harris age 29
Senate - United States
Daniel Inouye age 69
Senate - United States
John Lewis age 53
House of Representatives - United States
Pope Francis age 57
Pope - Vatican City
Volodymyr Zelenskyy age 15
President - Ukraine
John Paul II age 73
Pope - Vatican City
Benedict XVI age 66
Pope - Vatican City
Hugo Chávez age 39
President - Venezuela
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan age 39
President - Turkey
Lech Wałęsa age 50
President - Poland
Rafael Correa age 30
President - Ecuador
Alexander Lukashenko age 39
President - Belarus
Václav Havel age 57
President - Czech Republic
Bhumibol Adulyadej age 66
King - Thailand
Nicolás Maduro age 31
President - Venezuela
Robert Mugabe age 69
President - Zimbabwe
Ilham Aliyev age 32
President - Azerbaijan
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf age 55
President - Liberia
Juan Carlos I of Spain age 56
King - Spain
Evo Morales age 34
President - Bolivia
Joko Widodo age 32
President - Indonesia
Petro Poroshenko age 28
President - Ukraine
Mikheil Saakashvili age 26
President - Georgia
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner age 40
President - Argentina
Michelle Bachelet age 42
President - Chile
Suharto age 72
President - Indonesia
Felipe VI of Spain age 25
King - Spain
Viktor Yanukovych age 43
President - Ukraine
Sergio Mattarella age 52
President - Italy
Pervez Musharraf age 50
President - Pakistan
Abdullah Gül age 43
President - Turkey
Lech Kaczyński age 44
President - Poland
Giorgio Napolitano age 68
President - Italy
Nursultan Nazarbayev age 53
President - Kazakhstan