Explore 1198 historical events from 1990–1999.
Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan was an Austrian SS Helferin and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps. She was the first Nazi war criminal to be extradited fr…
Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian-German SS officer (born 1919)
Richard Erwin Rood, better known by his ring name "Ravishing" Rick Rude, was an American professional wrestler who performed for various promotions, including the World Wrestling F…
Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (born 1958)
Rachel Joy Scott was an American student who was the first victim of the Columbine High School massacre, in which twelve other students and a teacher were killed by Eric Harris and…
Rachel Scott, American victim of Columbine High School massacre (born 1981)
Alexander "Skip" Spence was a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year, he released his on…
Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
Cassie René Bernall was an American student who was killed in the Columbine High School massacre, where 12 more students and a teacher were killed by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold,…
Cassie Bernall, American victim of Columbine High School massacre (born 1981)
Charles Edward "Buddy" Rogers was an American film actor and musician. During the peak of his popularity in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was publicized as "America's Boyfrien…
Buddy Rogers, American actor (born 1904)
Munir Ahmad Khan, NI, HI, FPAS, was a Pakistani nuclear engineer who is credited, among others, with being the "father of the atomic bomb program" of Pakistan for his leading role …
Munir Ahmad Khan, Pakistani nuclear engineer (born 1926)
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), serving from 1972 to 198…
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author (born 1914)
Roger Troutman, also known simply as Roger, was an American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the founder of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the funk mov…
Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1951)
Adrian Kelvin Borland was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer, best known as the frontman of post-punk band The Sound.
Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1957)
Jill Wendy Dando was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. …
Jill Dando, English journalist and television personality (born 1961)
Dale Cairns Thomson was a professor and departmental director at the Université de Montréal, professor and Vice-Principal of McGill University and a professor of international rela…
Dale C
Cyril Washbrook was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and England. He had a long career, split by World War II, and ending when he was aged 44. Washbrook, who is most…
Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer (born 1914)
Rory Calhoun was an American film and television actor. He starred in numerous Westerns in the 1950s and 1960s and appeared in supporting roles in films such as How to Marry a Mill…
Rory Calhoun, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album Honey in the Horn (1…
Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1922)
Rolf William Landauer was a German-American physicist who made important contributions in diverse areas of the thermodynamics of information processing, condensed matter physics, a…
Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and engineer (born 1927)
Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey was an English football player and manager. As a player, he represented the England national team and captained the side, but he is best known for his time…
Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (born 1920)
Arthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist who, along with Charles Townes, developed the theoretical basis for laser science. His central insight was the use of two mirrors …
Arthur Leonard Schawlow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1921)
Douglas Scott Harkness was a Canadian politician.
Douglas Harkness, Canadian politician (born 1903)
Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor, known for his upper-middle class, masculine image and his heavy-drinking, "hellraiser" lifestyle. His screen career spanned over 40 years, …
Oliver Reed, English actor (born 1938)
Joseph Wilbur Adcock was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1950 to 1966, most prominently as a member…
Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (born 1927)
Steven Joseph Chiasson was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman with the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings, Calgary Flames, Hartford Whalers and Carolina Hurricanes.
Steve Chiasson, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1967)
Thomas Godfrey Evans was an English cricketer who played for Kent and England. Described by Wisden as 'arguably the best wicket-keeper the game has ever seen', Evans collected 219 …
Godfrey Evans, English cricketer (born 1920)
Vasilis Diamantopoulos was a Greek actor. He was one of the founders of the Modern Theater and was the first actor to appear live on Greek television in the single act play Him and…
Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1920)