Explore 2478 historical events from 1990–1999.
Veronica Guerin Turley was an Irish investigative journalist focusing on organised crime in Ireland, who was murdered in a contract killing believed to have been ordered by a South…
Veronica Guerin, Irish journalist (born 1958)
Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu was a Turkish poet, linguist and writer.
Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist and academic (born 1932)
Lakis Petropoulos was a Greek football player who played as midfielder for Panathinaikos and a later manager.
Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer and manager (born 1932)
William Thomas Cahill was a liberal American politician, lawyer, and academic who served as the 46th governor of New Jersey from 1970 to 1974. A Republican, Cahill previously serve…
William T. Cahill, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of New Jersey (born 1904)
Margaux Louise Hemingway was an American fashion model and actress. The granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway, she gained independent fame as a supermodel in the 1970s, appearin…
Margaux Hemingway, American model and actress (born 1954)
Albert Romolo Broccoli, nicknamed "Cubby", was an American film producer who made more than 40 motion pictures throughout his career. Most of the films were made in the United King…
Albert R
Stojan Steve Tesich was a Serbian-American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the film Breaking Away.
Steve Tesich, Serbian-American author and screenwriter (born 1942)
Irene Prador was a German-born actress and writer.
Irene Prador, Austrian-born actress and writer (born 1911)
Melvin Mouron Belli was an American lawyer and writer known as "The King of Torts" and by insurance companies as "Melvin Bellicose". He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zs…
Melvin Belli, American lawyer (born 1907)
Eno Raud was an Estonian children's writer. His works are considered classics in Estonia as well as in the other former Soviet countries. Raud was included in International Board o…
Eno Raud, Estonian author (born 1928)
John William Chancellor was an American journalist who spent most of his career with NBC News. He is considered a pioneer in television news. Chancellor served as anchor of the NBC…
John Chancellor, American journalist (born 1927)
Pandro Samuel Berman, also known as Pan Berman, was an American film producer.
Pandro S. Berman, American director, producer, and production manager (born 1905)
Adolf von Thadden was a German far-right politician who led the National Democratic Party.
Adolf von Thadden, German lieutenant and politician (born 1921)
Michel Breistroff was a French professional ice hockey defenceman.
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Bryan James "Chas" Chandler was an English musician, record producer, manager and the original bassist in the Animals, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…
Chas Chandler, English bass player and producer (born 1938)
Robert James Collins was an English musician best known as the original keyboardist of The Charlatans.
Rob Collins, English keyboard player (born 1956)
Jean Muir was an American stage and film actress. She was the first performer to be blacklisted after her name appeared in the anti-Communist pamphlet Red Channels, published in 19…
Jean Muir, American actress (born 1911)
Alphonso (Alfie) Theodore Roberts was a Vincentian political activist and cricketer.
Alphonso Theodore Roberts, Vincentian cricketer and activist (born 1937)
Max Winter was a Minneapolis businessman and sport executive who helped found the Minnesota Vikings.
Max Winter, American businessman and sports executive (born 1903)
Roger Tory Peterson was an American naturalist, conservationist, citizen scientist ornithologist, artist and illustrator, educator, and a founder of the 20th-century environmental …
Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and academic (born 1908)
Rurik (Ric) Nordman was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada.
Ric Nordman, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1919)
Marcel-Paul "Marco" Schützenberger was a French mathematician and Doctor of Medicine. He worked in the fields of formal language, combinatorics, and information theory. In addition…
Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and theorist (born 1920)
Jason Matthew Thirsk was an American musician who was the bass player of the California punk rock band Pennywise from 1988 through his death in 1996. He grew up in Hermosa Beach, C…
Jason Thirsk, American singer and bass player (born 1967)
Claudette Colbert, also known as Lily Claudette Chauchoin ; was a French-American stage and film actress. She began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and pro…
Claudette Colbert, French-American actress (born 1903)