Explore 2478 historical events from 1990–1999.
Howard William Cosell was an American sports journalist, broadcaster and author. Cosell became prominent and influential during his tenure with ABC Sports from 1953 until 1985.
Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (born 1918)
Riho Lahi was an Estonian writer, journalist and cartoonist, probably best known by his fictional character Kihva Värdi.
Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist (born 1904)
John Cornelius Stennis was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of Mississippi. He was a Democrat who served in the Senate for over 41 years, becoming…
John C
Lodewijk Karel "Loki" Bruckman was a Dutch magic realist painter. He lived and worked in the Netherlands, the United States, and Mexico. Museum de Oude Wolden in the village of Bel…
Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (born 1903)
Arthur Fleming Fazzin, more well known as Art Fleming, was an American actor and television host. He was the original host of the television game show Jeopardy!, hosting its first …
Art Fleming, American game show host (born 1925)
Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Kitty Foyle (1940),…
Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1911)
Lev Shankovsky, was a Ukrainian military historian and former Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) soldier, a leading member of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. He was a full …
Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian (born 1903)
Katherine Lester DeMille was an American actress who played 25 credited film roles from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s.
Katherine DeMille, Canadian-American actress (born 1911)
Willem Frederik Hermans was a Dutch author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, as well as book-length studies, essays, and literary criticism. His most famous works are The Ho…
Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1921)
Maung Maung Kha was Prime Minister of Burma between 1977 and 1988.
Maung Maung Kha, Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (born 1920)
Antonio Salemme was an Italian-born American sculptor and painter. His work included sculpted portraits of John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Albert Einstein, Paul Robeson, Eth…
Antonio Salemme, Italian-American painter (born 1892)
Sir Edward John Bunting was an Australian public servant and diplomat, whose senior career appointments included Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Secretary of…
John Bunting, Australian public servant and diplomat, (born 1918)
Sir Michael Murray Hordern was an English actor. He is best known for his Shakespearean roles, especially King Lear. He often appeared in film, rising from a bit part actor to lead…
Michael Hordern, English actor (born 1911)
Constance Wisniewski was a starting pitcher and outfielder who played from 1944 through 1952 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5' 8", 147 l…
Connie Wisniewski, American baseball player (born 1922)
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an …
Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and coach (born 1911)
Noel Brotherston was an international footballer for Northern Ireland.
Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (born 1956)
Ray McKinley was an American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader. He played drums and later led the Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra in Europe. He also led the new Gle…
Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (born 1910)
Teng Li-Chun, also known as Teresa Teng, was a Taiwanese singer, television personality, musician, and philanthropist. Widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant fig…
Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (born 1953)
Adolfo Alfredo Pedernera was an Argentine football player and coach. Nicknamed "El Maestro", he was widely considered to be one of the best world football players in the 1940s and …
Adolfo Pedernera, Argentine footballer and manager (born 1918)
Hao Wang was a Chinese-American logician, philosopher, mathematician, and commentator on Kurt Gödel.
Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (born 1921)
Christian Boehmer Anfinsen Jr. was an American biochemist. He shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Stanford Moore and William Howard Stein for work on ribonuclease, especi…
Christian B
Eric Richard Porter was an English actor of stage, film and television.
Eric Porter, English actor (born 1928)
Joseph Hector "Toe" Blake was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League (NHL). Blake played in the NHL from 1935 to 1948 with the Montreal Maroons and Mo…
Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1912)
Elisha Vanslyck Cook Jr. was an American character actor famed for his work in film noir. He played cheerful, brainy collegiates until he was cast against type as the bug-eyed baby…
Elisha Cook, Jr