Explore 2474 historical events from 1990–1999.
Gilles Rocheleau was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. He co-founded the Bloc Québécois with Lucien Bouchard in 1990.
Gilles Rocheleau, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1935)
Horst Jankowski was a classically trained German pianist, most famous for his internationally successful easy listening music.
Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (born 1936)
Alexander Sebastian Campanis was an American executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He had a brief major league playing career, as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1…
Al Campanis, American baseball player and manager (born 1916)
Danielle Bunten Berry, was an American game designer and programmer, known for the 1983 game M.U.L.E., one of the first influential multiplayer video games, and 1984's The Seven Ci…
Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (born 1949)
Sidney Luckman was an American professional football quarterback who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1939 through 1950. During his 12 season…
Sid Luckman, American football player (born 1916)
Roy Rogers, nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, was an American actor, singer, television host, and rodeo performer.
Roy Rogers, American cowboy, actor, and singer (born 1911)
Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, also known as M. K. O. Abiola, was a Nigerian business magnate, publisher and politician. He was the honorary supreme military commander of …
Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (born 1937)
Elia Maria González-Álvarez y López-Chicheri, also known as Lilí de Álvarez, was a Spanish multi-sport competitor, an international tennis champion, an author, feminist and a journ…
Lilí Álvarez, Spanish tennis player, author, and feminist (born 1905)
Panagiotis Kondylis was a Greek philosopher, intellectual historian, translator and publications manager who principally wrote in German, in addition to translating most of his wor…
Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (born 1943)
James Corbitt Morris, known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk-style songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New …
Jimmy Driftwood, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (born 1907)
Arkady Ilyich Ostashev was a Soviet and Russian scientist, engineer - mechanic in the former Soviet space program, working on as a designer many of rocket propulsion and control sy…
Arkady Ostashev, Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925)
Serge Lemoyne was a Canadian artist from Quebec. He worked as a performance artist as well as creating paintings, assemblages and prints. Lemoyne explored themes such as the enviro…
Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (born 1941)
Richard James McDonald and Maurice James "Mac" McDonald, known as the McDonald brothers, were American entrepreneurs who founded the fast food company McDonald's.
Richard McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (born 1909)
Sarawanabavanandan Shanmuganathan was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant, politician and Member of Parliament.
S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan politician (born 1960)
John Henrik Clarke was an African-American historian, professor, prominent Afrocentrist, and pioneer of Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia s…
John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (born 1915)
Lillian Hoban was an American illustrator and children's writer best known for picture books created with her husband Russell Hoban. According to OCLC, she has published 326 works …
Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator (born 1925)
Elmer William Valo, born Imrich Valo, was a Slovak American professional baseball right fielder, coach, and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted left-handed and threw ri…
Elmer Valo, Polish-American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1921)
DeAlva Eyvonnie Sibley, better known by her ring name June Byers, was an American women's professional wrestler famous in the 1950s and early 1960s. She held the Women's World Cham…
June Byers, American wrestler (born 1922)
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest p…
Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (born 1923)
Robert George Young was an American film, television, and radio actor best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father character, in Father Knows Best and the physician…
Robert Young, American actor and singer (born 1907)
Friedrich Hermann "Fritz" Buchloh was a German football manager and footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. Buchloh was the last survivi…
Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and coach (born 1909)
Evangelos Papastratos was a Greek businessman born in the city of Agrinio in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece.
Evangelos Papastratos, Greek businessman, co-founded Papastratos (born 1910)
Gertrude Maud Barnes, known professionally as Binnie Barnes, was an English actress whose career in films spanned from 1923 to 1973. She was known as a leading lady in films such a…
Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (born 1903)
Zbigniew Herbert was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers. While he was first published i…
Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet and author (born 1924)