Explore 2474 historical events from 1990–1999.
John Zachary Young, generally known as "JZ" or "JZY", was an English zoologist and neurophysiologist, described as "one of the most influential biologists of the 20th century".
John Zachary Young, English zoologist and neurophysiologist (born 1907)
Arunasalam Thangathurai was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.
A. Thangathurai, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (born 1936)
Chetan Anand was a Bollywood film producer, screenwriter and director from India, whose first film, Neecha Nagar, was awarded the Grand Prix Prize at the first ever Cannes Film Fes…
Chetan Anand, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
François Furet was a French historian and president of the Saint-Simon Foundation, best known for his books on the French Revolution. From 1985 to 1997, Furet was a professor of Fr…
François Furet, French historian and author (born 1927)
Miguel Ángel Blanco Garrido was a Spanish economist and municipal politician and a member of the People's Party, in Ermua, the Basque Country. He was kidnapped and murdered by the …
Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (born 1968)
Justinas Lagunavičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas.
Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (born 1924)
Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar Maharoof was a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.
M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician (born 1939)
Giovanni Maria "Gianni" Versace was an Italian fashion designer and businessman. He was the founder of Versace, an international luxury-fashion house that produces accessories, fra…
Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (born 1946)
Olaf Kopvillem was a prominent Estonian World War II refugee. Having settled in Canada, he engaged in the organisation of Estonian exile activities there, and is known for his nume…
Olaf Kopvillem, Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (born 1926)
Chūhei Nambu was a Japanese track and field athlete. As of 2024, he is the only person to have held world records in both the long jump and the triple jump.
Chūhei Nambu, Japanese jumper and journalist (born 1904)
William Joseph Brennan Jr. was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1956 to 1990. He was the eighth-longe…
William J. Brennan Jr., American colonel and jurist (born 1906)
Saw Maung was a Burmese military leader and statesman who served as Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC) and Prime Minister of Burma from 1988 until 1992…
Saw Maung, Burmese general and politician, seventh Prime Minister of Burma (born 1928)
William Ben Hogan was an American professional golfer who is considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He profoundly influenced golf swing theory, an…
Ben Hogan, American golfer (born 1912)
Rosalie Sylvia Crutchley was a British actress. Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, she was perhaps best known for her television performances, but had a long and successful car…
Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (born 1920)
Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj was a Thai professor and politician who served as Prime Minister of Thailand three times. A descendant of the Thai royal family, he was the great-grandso…
Seni Pramoj, Thai lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1905)
Joanne Rowling, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for writing Harry Potter, a seven-vol…
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Andrew Phillip Cunanan was an American spree killer who murdered five people over three months from April 27 to July 15, 1997. His victims include Italian fashion designer Gianni V…
American spree killer Andrew Cunanan murdered Jeffrey Trail, a former friend and a Gulf War veteran, who became the firs
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), officially the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction…
The Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons in
Deep Blue was a customized IBM RS/6000 SP supercomputer for chess-playing designed by computer scientist Feng-hsiung Hsu. It was the first computer to win a game, and the first to …
Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champio
An earthquake struck northern Iran's Khorasan Province in the vicinity of Qaen on May 10, 1997, at 07:57 UTC. The largest in the area since 1990, the earthquake registered 7.3 on t…
An earthquake registering 7
The First Congo War, also known as Africa's First World War, was a civil and international military conflict that lasted from 24 October 1996 to 16 May 1997, primarily taking place…
The First Congo War came to an end when Laurent-Désiré Kabila proclaimed himself president of Zaire, which was also rena
The Sierra Gorda is an ecological region centered on the northern third of the Mexican state of Querétaro and extending into the neighboring states of Guanajuato, Hidalgo and San L…
The Sierra Gorda Biosphere, which encompasses the most ecologically diverse region in Mexico, was established as a resul
In the afternoon hours of May 27, 1997, a large, slow-moving and intense F5 tornado caused extreme damage across portions of the Jarrell, Texas area. Known most frequently as the J…
A destructive F5-rated tornado tracked through a subdivision of homes northwest of Jarrell, Texas, killing 27 people
Pascal Lissouba was a Congolese politician who was the first democratically elected President of the Republic of the Congo and served from 31 August 1992 until 25 October 1997. He …
Anticipating a coup attempt, President Pascal Lissouba of the Republic of the Congo ordered the detention of his rival D