Explore 3969 historical events from 1990–1999.
Mahmoud Saremi was an Iranian reporter, working for IRNA, as the news agency's head of office in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. He was killed by the Taliban when they occupied the Ir…
Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist (born 1968)
Nino Agostino Arturo Maria Ferrari, known as Nino Ferrer, was an Italian-born French singer-songwriter and author.
Nino Ferrer, Italian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)
Edward Leonard Ginzton was a Ukrainian-American engineer.
Edward Ginzton, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (born 1915)
Rafael Orlando Robles Natera was a Dominican shortstop in Major League Baseball. He was born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. He was signed by the San Francisco Giants …
Rafael Robles, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1947)
André Weil was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth c…
André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (born 1906)
Julien Green, often Julian Green, was an American writer who lived most of his life in France and wrote primarily in French, although he also wrote some works in English. Over a lo…
Julien Green, American author (born 1900)
Phil Leeds was an American character actor. He appeared in many movies and television series, including guest appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Maude, The Monkees, Friends, Ba…
Phil Leeds, American actor (born 1916)
Dorothy West was an American novelist, short-story writer, and magazine editor associated with the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural movement in the 1920s and 1930s that celebrated bl…
Dorothy West, American journalist and author (born 1907)
Władysław Stefan Komar was a Lithuanian-born Polish shot putter, actor and cabaretist. Competing in three Summer Olympics between 1964 and 1972, he won the gold medal at the Munich…
Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (born 1940)
Tadeusz Ślusarski was a Polish Olympic gold medalist in pole vault at the 1976 Summer Olympics, as well as a silver medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (born 1950)
Persis Khambatta was an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder best remembered for playing Lieutenant Ilia in the feature film Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (born 1948)
Vũ Văn Mẫu was a South Vietnamese diplomat and politician, who was the last Prime Minister of South Vietnam, serving under President Dương Văn Minh's leadership in 1975. He held th…
Vũ Văn Mẫu, 10th and final Prime Minister of South Vietnam (born 1914)
Everett Eugene Grunz, known professionally as E. G. Marshall, was an American actor. One of the first group of actors selected for the new Actors Studio, Marshall, by 1948, had per…
E. G. Marshall, American actor (born 1910)
Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 to 1987.
Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (born 1907)
Frederick Reines was an American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment. He may …
Frederick Reines, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
Essie Summers was a New Zealand writer whose romance novels sold more than 19 million copies in 105 countries. She was known as New Zealand's "Queen of Romance."
Essie Summers, New Zealand author (born 1912)
Józef Krupiński was a Polish poet. He spent the last days of his life in Orzesze, Poland. Prizewinner of the Edward Stachura Award and member of the Association of Polish Writers i…
Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (born 1930)
Emmett Cary Middlecoff was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour from 1947 to 1961. His 39 Tour wins place him tied for tenth all-time, and he won three major championshi…
Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (born 1921)
Osman Fahir Seden, usually credited as Osman F. Seden, was a Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer.
Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924)
John Blanchflower was a footballer from Northern Ireland. He graduated from Manchester United's youth system and played for the club on 117 occasions, winning one league title, bef…
Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (born 1933)
Allen Stuart Drury was an American novelist. During World War II, he was a reporter in the Senate, closely observing Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, among oth…
Allen Drury, American journalist and author (born 1918)
Ernst Rudolf Jaakson was an Estonian diplomat whose contribution was to maintain Estonia's legal continuity with his uninterrupted diplomatic service for 69 years.
Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (born 1905)
Elizabeth Colina Katayama was an Australian writer known by the pseudonym Elizabeth Kata, best known for Be Ready with Bells and Drums (1961), made into the award-winning film A Pa…
Elizabeth Kata, Australian author and screenwriter (born 1912)
Ferdinand Biondi, was a French Canadian radio broadcaster.
Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian radio host (born 1909)