Explore 2474 historical events from 1990–1999.
The Khobar Towers bombing was an attack on part of a housing complex in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, near the national oil company headquarters of Dhahran and nearby King Abdu…
The Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia kills 19 U
Shawn Corey Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, businessman, and record executive. In 2023, Billboard and Vibe ranked him as the greatest rapper of all ti…
American rapper Jay-Z releases his debut album, Reasonable Doubt
Sir John Major is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He previously held various Cabinet…
British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.
Dolly was a female Finn-Dorset sheep and the first mammal that was cloned from an adult somatic cell. She was cloned by associates of the Roslin Institute in Scotland, using the pr…
Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then b…
A McDonnell Douglas MD-88 operating as Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 experiences a turbine engine failure during takeoff…
Noah Bryant Munck is an American actor, musician and YouTuber. He is best known for his roles as Gibby in the Nickelodeon series iCarly and "Naked" Rob Smith in the ABC comedy seri…
Noah Munck, American actor
Christopher Eubanks is an American former professional tennis player. He had a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 29, achieved on 31 July 2023 and a best doubles ranking of No.…
Christopher Eubanks, American tennis player
Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz is an Egyptian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking of No. 31 in singles, making her the highest ranked Egyptian singles play…
Mayar Sherif, Egyptian tennis player
Daniel Hernandez, known professionally as 6ix9ine, Tekashi69, or Tekashi 6ix9ine, is an American rapper. His music has been marked by an aggressive style of rapping, while his cont…
6ix9ine, American rapper
TWA Flight 800 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States, to Fiumicino Airport in Rome, It…
TWA Flight 800: Off the coast of Long Island, New York, a Paris-bound TWA Boeing 747 explodes, killing all 230 on board.
The Battle of Mullaitivu, also known as the First Battle of Mullaitivu and codenamed Operation Unceasing Waves-1, was a battle between the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam…
Battle of Mullaitivu: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam capture the Sri Lanka Army's base, killing over 1,200…
The 1996 Burundian coup d'état was a military coup d'état that took place in Burundi on 25 July 1996. In the midst of the Burundi Civil War, former president Pierre Buyoya deposed …
In a military coup in Burundi, Pierre Buyoya deposes Sylvestre Ntibantunganya.
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County. With a population of …
In Atlanta, United States, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Prehistory, sometimes referred to as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins c. 3.3 million years ago and the be…
The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the…
Noah Gregory Centineo is an American actor. He began his career performing on television, first in roles on Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, most notably on Austin & Ally (2011–2012…
Noah Centineo, American actor
Adin Hill is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hill was selected by the Arizona Coyote…
Adin Hill, Canadian ice hockey player
Tyus Robert Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue …
Tyus Jones, American basketball player
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was the United States Congress's first legislative attempt to regulate obscene and indecent material on the Internet. In the 1997 landm…
The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
Ashleigh Jacinta Barty is an Australian former professional tennis player and cricketer. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA…
Ashleigh Barty, Australian tennis player
Cherprang Areekul is a former member of the Thai idol girl group BNK48, an international sister group of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is one of the first-generation memb…
Cherprang Areekul, Thai singer
Lee Sang-hyeok, better known as Faker, is a South Korean professional League of Legends player. Debuting in 2013, he has played as the mid-laner for T1 for his entire career. He ha…
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, South Korean League of Legends pro gamer
Nicolas Aubé-Kubel is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is a right winger for the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Minnesota Wi…
Nicolas Aubé-Kubel, Canadian ice hockey player
Kateřina Siniaková is a Czech professional tennis player. She is the world No. 1 in women's doubles, and has a career-best best singles ranking of world No. 27 by the WTA, achieved…
Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player
Alex Daniel Tuch is an American professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in…
Alex Tuch, American ice hockey player