Explore 5067 historical events from 1990–1999.
Edwin Mattison McMillan was an American physicist credited with being the first to produce a transuranium element, neptunium. For this, he shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry …
Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
Alex North was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?…
Alex North, American composer and conductor (born 1910)
Robert Creel Davis, known professionally as Brad Davis, was an American actor. For his debut film role as Billy Hayes in the 1978 film Midnight Express, he won the Golden Globe Awa…
Brad Davis, American actor (born 1949)
John Herbert Crawford, was an Australian tennis player during the 1930s. He was the World No. 1 amateur for 1933, during which year he won the Australian Open, the French Open, and…
Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (born 1908)
Ernst Herbeck was an Austrian poet. In 1940, at the age of 20, Herbeck was committed to the national mental hospital in Lower Austria (Niederösterreich). He lived in the institutio…
Ernst Herbeck, Austrian-German poet (born 1920)
Major General Albert Bruce Matthews was a senior Canadian Army officer and businessman. Although not a professional soldier, he nevertheless rose to be the General Officer Commandi…
Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (born 1909)
Robert Augustine Irving, DFC*, was a British conductor whose reputation was mainly as a ballet conductor.
Robert Irving, English soldier and conductor (born 1913)
Metin Oktay nicknamed the Crownless King by Galatasaray fans, was a Turkish footballer and one of the most successful goal scorers in Turkey.
Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1936)
Joseph Herman Pasternak was a Hungarian-American film producer in Hollywood. Pasternak spent the Hollywood "Golden Age" of musicals at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producing many successfu…
Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American production manager and producer (born 1901)
Julia Anne Bovasso was an American actress of stage, screen, and television.
Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (born 1930)
Russell Lynes was an American art historian, photographer, author and managing editor of Harper's Magazine.
Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1910)
John Hoyt was an American actor. He began his acting career on Broadway, later appearing in numerous films and television series.
John Hoyt, American actor (born 1904)
Warner Troyer was a Canadian broadcast journalist and writer.
Warner Troyer, Canadian journalist and author (born 1932)
Olga Alexandrovna Spessivtseva was a Russian ballerina whose stage career spanned from 1913 to 1939.
Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (born 1895)
René-Charles "Zino" Francescatti was a French virtuoso violinist, renowned for his lyrical playing style.
Zino Francescatti, French violinist and composer (born 1902)
Gordon Dennis Bashford was a British car design engineer. Bashford played a significant part in the design of most post-war Rover cars, including the Land Rover.
Gordon Bashford, English engineer (born 1916)
Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children's author, illustrator, animator, and cartoonist. He is known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen na…
Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (born 1904)
Niklaus Barbie was a German officer of the Schutzstaffel and Sicherheitsdienst who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having p…
Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (born 1913)
Viviane Romance was a French actress.
Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (born 1912)
William Vaughn, popularly known as Billy Vaughn was an American musician, singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records.
Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (born 1919)
Joseph Harold Anthony Hulme was an English footballer and cricketer.
Joe Hulme, English footballer and cricketer (born 1904)
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and painter. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century m…
Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (born 1926)
Grace Zaring Stone was an American novelist and short-story writer. She is perhaps best known for having three of her novels made into films: The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Winter …
Grace Zaring Stone, American novelist and short-story writer (born 1891)
Tomislav "Toma" Zdravković was a Serbian singer-songwriter and recording artist.
Toma Zdravković, Serbian singer-songwriter (born 1938)