Explore 2478 historical events from 1990–1999.
Alexander Borisovich Godunov was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor. A member of the Bolshoi Ballet, he became the troupe's Premier danseur. In 1979, he defected to th…
Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer and actor (born 1949)
William Francis Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, 7th Marquess of Heusden, was a prominent ufologist. He was an Irish peer, as well as a nobleman in the Dutch nobilit…
Brinsley Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and historian (born 1911)
Elizabeth Victoria Montgomery was an American actress whose career spanned five decades in film, stage and television. She portrayed the good witch Samantha Stephens on the popular…
Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (born 1933)
Leslie Gordon Cowie was an Australian rugby league footballer, a fine lock for the champion South Sydney Rabbitohs teams of the 1950s and an Australia national representative. In 1…
Les Cowie, Australian rugby league player (born 1925)
Leslie Aspin Jr. was an American Democratic Party politician and economist who served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district from 1971 to 1993 and as…
Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1938)
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, was a British politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976. He was Le…
Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1916)
Élie Marcel Bayol was a French racing driver who raced in Formula One for the O.S.C.A. and Gordini teams. Bayol also raced sports cars, mostly driving DB-Panhards for the Deutsch B…
Élie Bayol, French racing driver (born 1914)
Krešimir "Krešo" Ćosić was a Croatian professional basketball player and coach. He was a collegiate All-American at Brigham Young University. He was the first basketball player in …
Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player and coach, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer 1996 (born 1948)
Dany Robin was a French actress of the 1950s and the 1960s. Nicknamed ‘la petite fiancée de la France’ in the post-war years, she became one of the leading female stars of the 1950…
Dany Robin, French actress (born 1927)
Isadore "Friz" Freleng, credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoo…
Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (born 1906)
Edward Joseph Drake was an English football player and manager. As a player, he first played for Southampton but made his name playing for Arsenal in the 1930s, winning two league …
Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (born 1912)
Frank Raymond Wilton "Lofty" England was an engineer and motor company manager from Britain. He rose to fame as the manager of the Jaguar Cars sports car racing team in the 1950s, …
Lofty England, English-Austrian engineer (born 1911)
Robert William Thomas Stokes was an English footballer, best known for scoring the winning goal in the 83rd minute of the FA Cup Final for Southampton against Manchester United in …
Bobby Stokes, English footballer (born 1951)
Stanley Lawrence Elkin was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. His extravagant, satirical fiction revolves around American consumerism, popular culture, and mal…
Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1930)
Hsuan Hua, also known as An Tzu, Tu Lun and Master Hua by his Western disciples, was a Chinese monk of Chan Buddhism and a contributing figure in bringing Chinese Buddhism to the U…
Hsuan Hua, Chinese monk and educator (born 1918)
Juan Carlos Onganía Carballo was President of Argentina from 29 June 1966 to 8 June 1970. He rose to power as dictator after toppling the president Arturo Illia in a coup d'état se…
Juan Carlos Onganía, Argentine general and politician, 35th President of Argentina (born 1914)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was an Italian classical pianist. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. According to The New York Times, he was perh…
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (born 1920)
Pierre Russell was an American basketball player.
Pierre Russell, American basketball player (born 1949)
Elze Janovna Paemurru, pseudonymously known as Els Aarne, was an Estonian composer, pianist and pedagogue, primarily during the Soviet Union. She taught at Tallinn Conservatory, he…
Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (born 1917)
William Rory Gallagher was an Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as "Ireland's first rock star", he is known for his virtuosic style of guitar playing and live perfor…
Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1948)
Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels focusing on mythology and various religions, best known for The Chron…
Roger Zelazny, American author and poet (born 1937)
John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist and inventor credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer. Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital compute…
John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (born 1903)
Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend was a British Royal Air Force officer, flying ace, courtier, and author. He served with distinction during the Second World War and, in 1944…
Peter Townsend, Burmese-English captain and pilot (born 1914)
Emil Cioran was a Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, s…
Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and educator (born 1911)