Explore 5067 historical events from 1990–1999.
Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, was an English biochemist, crystallographer, and science administrator. Kendrew shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Max Perutz, for their work a…
John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
Luigi "Gigi" Villoresi was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956.
Luigi Villoresi, Italian racing driver (born 1907)
Diana, Princess of Wales, was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles III and mother of Princes William and Harry. Her activism and glamour made her…
Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1961)
Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em "Dodi" Fayed was an Egyptian film producer and the eldest child of the businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed. He was romantically involved with Diana, Prin…
Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (born 1955)
Zoltán Czibor was a Hungarian footballer who played for several Hungarian clubs, including Ferencváros and Budapest Honvéd, and the Hungary national team before joining CF Barcelon…
Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (born 1929)
Sir Rudolf Bing, KBE was an Austrian-born British opera impresario who worked in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, including as General Manager of the Metropolitan…
Rudolf Bing, Austrian-American manager (born 1902)
Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, philosopher, and Holocaust survivor, who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a…
Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (born 1905)
Dharamvir Bharati was a Hindi poet, author, playwright and a social thinker from India. He was the chief editor of the Hindi weekly magazine Dharmayug, from 1960 till 1987.
Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1926)
Aldo Rossi was an Italian architect and designer who achieved international recognition in four distinct areas: architectural theory, drawing and design and also product design. He…
Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (born 1931)
Joseph Leon Edel was an American/Canadian literary critic and biographer. He was the elder brother of North American philosopher Abraham Edel.
Leon Edel, American author and critic (born 1907)
Eddie Little Sky, also known as Edward Little, was an American actor. A citizen of the Oglala Lakota tribe Eddie had parts in 36 feature films and over 60 television shows, mainly …
Eddie Little Sky, American actor (born 1926)
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa or Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and a Catholic…
Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
Sir Georg Solti was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt, and London, and as a long-serving mu…
Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor and director (born 1912)
Percy Howard Newby CBE was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize, his novel Something to Answer For having received the in…
P. H. Newby, English author and broadcaster (born 1918)
Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga, often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who wa…
Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (born 1930)
Derek Wyn Taylor was a British journalist, writer, publicist and record producer. He is best known for his role as press officer to the Beatles, with whom he worked in 1964 and the…
Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (born 1932)
Don Richard Ashburn, also known by the nicknames "Putt-Putt", "the Tilden Flash", and "Whitey", was an American professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He p…
Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1927)
General Sir John Winthrop Hackett, was an Australian-born British soldier, painter, university administrator, author and in later life, a commentator.
John Hackett, Australian-English general and author (born 1910)
Oliver Burgess Meredith was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television.
Burgess Meredith, American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
Joseph Wilfred Camille "The Eel" Henry was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger/centre who played for the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, and St. Louis Blues in th…
Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1933)
Hannah Adelle Weiner was an American poet who is often grouped with the Language poets because of the prominent place she assumed in the poetics of that group.
Hannah Weiner, American poet (born 1928)
Judith Josephine Grossman, who took the pen-name Judith Merril around 1945, was an American and then Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist, and one of the …
Judith Merril, American-Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist (born 1923)
Georges Guétary, born Yorgos Lambros was a French singer, dancer, cabaret performer and film actor, best known for his role in the 1951 musical An American in Paris.
Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French actor, singer, and dancer (born 1915)
Georgios Mitsibonas was a Greek football player during the 1980s and 1990s.
Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (born 1962)