✦ History

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Events

Angolan Civil War 1975-11-11 - 2002-04-04
Internal conflict in Peru 1980-05-17 - 2000
Sri Lankan Civil War 1983-07-23 - 2009-05-18
Human Genome Project 1990-10-01 - 2003-04-14
Yugoslav Wars 1991-03-31 - 2001-11-12
Algerian Civil War 1991-12-26 - 2002-02-08
North American Free Trade Agreement 1994-01-01 - 2020-07-01
Dot-com bubble 1995 - 2002-10-09
Second Congo War 1998-08-02 - 2003-07-18
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 on terror 2001-09-11
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 2001-10-07 - 2021-08-30
First Ivorian Civil War 2002-09-19 - 2007-03-04
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 Umm Qasr 2003-03-21 - 2003-03-25
Battle of Basra (2003) 2003-03-21 - 2003-04-06
Battle of Karbala (2003) 2003-03-23 - 2003-04-06
Battle of Nasiriyah 2003-03-23 - 2003-03-29
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
Beslan school siege 2004-09-01 - 2004-09-03
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
Tulip Revolution 2005-03-22 - 2005-04-11
Andijan massacre 2005-05-13
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
Cyclone Nargis 2008-05-02
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
Eurozone crisis 2009
2009 swine flu pandemic 2009-01 - 2010-08-10
Launch of Bitcoin 2009-01-03
2009 Iranian presidential election protests 2009-06-13 - 2010-02-11
Boko Haram insurgency 2009-07-26
2010 Haiti earthquake 2010-01-12
Deepwater Horizon oil spill 2010-04-20 - 2010-09-19
Tunisian revolution 2010-12-17 - 2011-01-14
Arab Spring 2010-12-17 - 2012-12
2011 South Sudanese independence referendum 2011-01-09 - 2011-01-15
Egyptian revolution of 2011 2011-01-25 - 2011-02-11
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
War in Iraq (2013–2017) 2013-12-30 - 2017-12-09
Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-02-20
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation 2014-02-20 - 2014-03-26
Fall of Mosul 2014-06-04 - 2014-06-10
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 2014-07-17
Yemeni civil war 2014-09-16
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
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 2015-07-14
November 2015 Paris attacks 2015-11-13
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
Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal 2018-03-17
2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit 2018-06-12
Prespa agreement 2018-06-17
Christchurch mosque shootings 2019-03-15
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
2020 Beirut explosion 2020-08-04
2020–2021 Belarusian protests 2020-08-09 - 2021-03-25
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War 2020-09-27 - 2020-11-10
2020 United States presidential election 2020-11-03
First COVID-19 vaccines approved 2020-12-02
January 6 United States Capitol attack 2021-01-06
2021 Myanmar coup d'état 2021-02-01
Fall of Kabul (2021) 2021-08-15
Launch of the James Webb Space Telescope 2021-12-25
2022 Kazakh unrest 2022-01-02 - 2022-01-11
Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022-02-24
Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II 2022-09-08 - 2022-09-19
Mahsa Amini protests 2022-09-16 - 2023-09
Release of ChatGPT 2022-11-30
2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes 2023-02-06
Sudanese civil war (2023–present) 2023-04-15
Wagner Group rebellion 2023-06-23 - 2023-06-24
2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh 2023-09-19 - 2023-09-20
Gaza war 2023-10-07
October 7 attacks 2023-10-07
2024 United States presidential election 2024-11-05
Fall of the Assad regime 2024-11-27 - 2024-12-08
2025 papal conclave 2025-05-07 - 2025-05-08

People

Manuel Marrero Cruz age 36
Prime Minister - Cuba
Thongsing Thammavong age 55
Prime Minister - Laos
Kim Yong-il age 55
Premier - North Korea
Lê Minh Hưng age 29
Prime Minister - Vietnam
Phan Văn Khải age 66
Prime Minister - Vietnam
Hesham Qandil age 37
Prime Minister - Egypt
Ibrahim Mahlab age 50
Prime Minister - Egypt
Sonexay Siphandone age 33
Prime Minister - Laos
Choe Yong-rim age 69
Premier - North Korea
Ajay Banga age 40
President - World Bank
Hazem Al Beblawi age 63
Prime Minister - Egypt
Kamal Ganzouri age 67
Prime Minister - Egypt
Hussein Arnous age 47
Prime Minister - Syria
Bouasone Bouphavanh age 45
Prime Minister - Laos
Pak Pong-ju age 60
Premier - North Korea
Kim Tok-hun age 39
Premier - North Korea
Imad Khamis age 38
Prime Minister - Syria
Wael al-Halqi age 35
Prime Minister - Syria
Wu Den-yih age 51
Premier - Republic of China
Lee Jong-wook age 54
Director-General - World Health Organization
Phankham Viphavanh age 49
Prime Minister - Laos
Riyad Farid Hijab age 34
Prime Minister - Syria
David Malpass age 43
President - World Bank
Chen Chien-jen age 48
Premier - Republic of China
James Wolfensohn age 66
President - World Bank
Atef Ebeid age 67
Prime Minister - Egypt
Cho Jung-tai age 40
Premier - Republic of China
Muhammad Naji al-Otari age 56
Prime Minister - Syria
Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali age 30
Prime Minister - Syria
Frank Hsieh age 53
Premier - Republic of China
Kim Jae-ryong age 41
Premier - North Korea
Liu Chao-shiuan age 56
Premier - Republic of China
Lin Chuan age 48
Premier - Republic of China
Adel Safar age 46
Prime Minister - Syria
Hong Song-nam age 70
Premier - North Korea
Sisavath Keobounphanh age 71
Prime Minister - Laos
Sean Chen age 50
Premier - Republic of China
Jiang Yi-huah age 39
Premier - Republic of China
Chang Chun-hsiung age 61
Premier - Republic of China
Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji age 46
Prime Minister - Syria
Simon Chang age 45
Premier - Republic of China
Mao Chi-kuo age 51
Premier - Republic of China
Yu Shyi-kun age 51
Premier - Republic of China
Muhammad Mustafa Mero age 59
Prime Minister - Syria
Vincent Siew age 61
Premier - Republic of China
Tang Fei age 67
Premier - Republic of China
Mahmoud Zuabi age 65
Prime Minister - Syria
John Roberts age 44
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
William Rehnquist age 75
Chief Justice - US Judiciary
Kamala Harris age 35
Vice President - United States
Al Gore age 51
Vice President - United States
Mike Pence age 40
Vice President - United States
Dick Cheney age 58
Vice President - United States
JD Vance age 15
Vice President - United States
Nouri al-Maliki age 49
Vice President - Iraq
Adil Abdul-Mahdi age 58
Vice President - Iraq
Ayad Allawi age 55
Vice President - Iraq
Wang Qishan age 51
Vice President - People's Republic of China
Ibrahim al-Jaafari age 52
Vice President - Iraq
Han Zheng age 45
Vice President - People's Republic of China
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri age 57
Vice President - Iraq
Li Yuanchao age 49
Vice President - People's Republic of China
Lien Chan age 63
Vice President - Republic of China
Hsiao Bi-khim age 28
Vice President - Republic of China
Zeng Qinghong age 60
Vice President - People's Republic of China
Roj Shaweis age 52
Vice President - Iraq
Wesley Clark age 55
Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO
Dan Caine age 31
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Mark Milley age 41
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Martin Dempsey age 47
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Michael Mullen age 53
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Charles Q. Brown Jr. age 37
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Peter Pace age 54
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
James L. Jones age 56
Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO
James G. Stavridis age 44
Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO
Philip M. Breedlove age 44
Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO
Richard Myers age 57
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Curtis Scaparrotti age 43
Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO
Christopher G. Cavoli age 36
Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO
Hugh Shelton age 58
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Bantz J. Craddock age 50
Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO
Joseph Ralston age 56
Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO
Tod D. Wolters age 39
Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO
Alexus Grynkewich age 28
Supreme Allied Commander Europe - NATO
Christopher W. Grady age 37
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - United States
Hillary Clinton age 52
Secretary of State - United States
Condoleezza Rice age 45
Secretary of State - United States
John Kerry age 56
Secretary of State - United States
Madeleine Albright age 62
Secretary of State - United States
Donald Rumsfeld age 67
Secretary of Defense - United States
Colin Powell age 62
Secretary of State - United States
Marco Rubio age 28
Secretary of State - United States
Antony Blinken age 37
Secretary of State - United States
Mike Pompeo age 36
Secretary of State - United States
Janet Yellen age 53
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Rex Tillerson age 47
Secretary of State - United States
Lloyd Austin age 46
Secretary of Defense - United States
Pete Hegseth age 19
Secretary of Defense - United States
Robert Gates age 56
Secretary of Defense - United States
Jim Mattis age 49
Secretary of Defense - United States
Jeff Sessions age 53
Attorney General - United States
Priti Patel age 27
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Leon Panetta age 61
Secretary of Defense - United States
Philip Hammond age 44
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Jeremy Hunt age 33
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
George Osborne age 28
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Ash Carter age 45
Secretary of Defense - United States
Sajid Javid age 30
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Chuck Hagel age 53
Secretary of Defense - United States
John Ashcroft age 57
Attorney General - United States
Steven Mnuchin age 37
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Janet Reno age 61
Attorney General - United States
Pam Bondi age 34
Attorney General - United States
Amber Rudd age 36
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Suella Braverman age 19
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
James Cleverly age 30
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Merrick Garland age 47
Attorney General - United States
Jack Straw age 53
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Mark Esper age 35
Secretary of Defense - United States
Eric Holder age 48
Attorney General - United States
Henry Paulson age 53
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Larry Summers age 45
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Scott Bessent age 37
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Timothy Geithner age 38
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Kwasi Kwarteng age 24
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
William Barr age 49
Attorney General - United States
William J. Burns age 43
Secretary of State - United States
Alberto Gonzales age 44
Attorney General - United States
Yvette Cooper age 30
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Rachel Reeves age 20
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Shabana Mahmood age 19
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
William Cohen age 59
Secretary of Defense - United States
Loretta Lynch age 40
Attorney General - United States
Jacqui Smith age 37
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Nadhim Zahawi age 32
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Alistair Darling age 46
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Grant Shapps age 31
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Jack Lew age 44
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
David Blunkett age 52
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
John W. Snow age 60
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
John Healey age 39
Chancellor of the Exchequer - United Kingdom
Eric Shinseki age 57
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Alan Johnson age 49
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
John J. Sullivan age 40
Secretary of State - United States
Michael Mukasey age 58
Attorney General - United States
George W. Casey Jr. age 51
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Christopher C. Miller age 34
Secretary of Defense - United States
Sally Yates age 39
Attorney General - United States
John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan age 52
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Raymond T. Odierno age 45
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Todd Blanche age 25
Attorney General - United States
Thomas A. Shannon Jr. age 42
Secretary of State - United States
Matthew Whitaker age 30
Attorney General - United States
Charles Clarke age 49
Home Secretary - United Kingdom
Peter Schoomaker age 53
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
James C. McConville age 40
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
Jeffrey A. Rosen age 41
Attorney General - United States
Dana Boente age 45
Attorney General - United States
Randy George age 35
Chief of Staff of the Army - United States
David Norquist age 33
Secretary of Defense - United States
Daniel Bennett Smith age 43
Secretary of State - United States
Paul Clement age 33
Attorney General - United States
Adam Szubin age 28
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Neal S. Wolin age 38
Secretary of the Treasury - United States
Mark Filip age 33
Attorney General - United States
Peter Keisler age 39
Attorney General - United States
John Demers age 28
Attorney General - United States
Robert Mueller age 55
Director of the FBI - Department of Justice
James Comey age 39
Director of the FBI - Department of Justice
Kash Patel age 19
Director of the FBI - Department of Justice
Christopher Wray age 33
Director of the FBI - Department of Justice
Louis Freeh age 50
Director of the FBI - Department of Justice
Thabo Mbeki age 57
President - African National Congress
Jacob Zuma age 57
President - African National Congress
Cyril Ramaphosa age 47
President - African National Congress
Ruth Bader Ginsburg age 66
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Jeremy Corbyn age 50
Leader of the Opposition - United Kingdom
Ed Miliband age 30
Leader - Labour Party (UK)
Sandra Day O'Connor age 69
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Antonin Scalia age 63
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Kemi Badenoch age 20
Leader - Conservative Party (UK)
Gerry Adams age 51
President - Sinn Féin
Clarence Thomas age 51
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Michael Gove age 32
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
William Hague age 38
Leader - Conservative Party (UK)
Stephen Breyer age 61
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Anthony Kennedy age 63
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Peter Mandelson age 46
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Michael Howard age 58
Leader - Conservative Party (UK)
Mary Lou McDonald age 30
President - Sinn Féin
John Paul Stevens age 79
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Harriet Harman age 49
Leader - Labour Party (UK)
David Souter age 60
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court - US Judiciary
Iain Duncan Smith age 45
Leader - Conservative Party (UK)
Liam Fox age 38
President of the Board of Trade - United Kingdom
Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford age 39
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Steve Barclay age 27
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
Eric Chu age 38
Chairman - Kuomintang
Patrick McLoughlin age 42
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom
David Lidington age 43
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - United Kingdom