Explore 2478 historical events from 1990–1999.
Patrick Barry Sullivan was an American actor of film, television, theatre, and radio. In a career that spanned over 40 years, Sullivan appeared in over 100 movies from the 1930s to…
Barry Sullivan, American film actor (born 1912)
Jan Tinbergen was a Dutch economist who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied…
Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
Alagiah Thurairajah was a Sri Lankan academic and vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.
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Nicole Brown Simpson was a German and American woman best known for being the second wife of American professional football player, actor, and media personality O. J. Simpson. She …
Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of O
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known to adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or simply the Rebbe, was an Orthodox rabbi and the Rebbe of the Lubavitch H…
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi and author (born 1902)
Philip Villamin Vera Cruz was a Filipino American labor leader and farmworker. He helped found the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC), which later merged with the Nat…
Philip Vera Cruz, Filipino-American labor leader and farmworker (born 1904)
Nadia Gray was a Romanian film actress.
Nadia Gray, Romanian-French actress (born 1923)
Lionel Grigson was an English jazz pianist, cornettist, trumpeter, composer, writer and teacher, who in the 1980s started the jazz course at the Guildhall School of Music. As Simon…
Lionel Grigson, English pianist, composer, and educator (born 1942)
Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist, best known as a composer of film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest compose…
Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (born 1924)
Marcel André Mouloudji was a French singer, actor, and writer who was born in Paris and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He sang songs written by Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert.
Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (born 1922)
Manos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer and theorist of Greek music, widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek composers of all time. He was one of the main proponents of the "ént…
Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (born 1925)
Kristen Marie Pfaff was an American musician and songwriter known as a bassist for the alternative rock bands Hole and Janitor Joe. She died in June 1994 of a heroin overdose at th…
Kristen Pfaff, American bass player and songwriter (born 1967)
William Wilson Morgan was an American astronomer and astrophysicist. The principal theme in Morgan's work was stellar and galaxy classification. He is also known for helping prove …
William Wilson Morgan, American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1906)
Jean Vallerand, CQ was a composer, music critic, violinist, conductor, arts administrator, writer, and music educator from Quebec. As a composer he was active from 1935 to 1969. An…
Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1915)
Jahanara Imam was a Bangladeshi writer and political activist. She is known for her efforts to bring war criminals to trial for war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation War. She…
Jahanara Imam, Bangladeshi author and activist (born 1929)
Kurt Peter Eichhorn, was a German conductor.
Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor and educator (born 1908)
Merriam Modell was an American writer of short stories, suspense and pulp fiction, who wrote primarily under the pen name Evelyn Piper. Many had a common theme: the domestic confl…
Merriam Modell, American author (born 1908)
Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga was a Colombian professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He played for Atlético Nacional, BSC Young Boys, and the Colombia national team. Nic…
Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (born 1967)
Lewis Alan Hoad was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur. He was a member of the Australian team th…
Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player and coach (born 1934)
Joseph Anthony Marella was an American professional wrestling referee for the World Wrestling Federation and son of former wrestler and then WWF announcer Gorilla Monsoon from Will…
Joey Marella, American wrestling referee (born 1964)
Ahmet Haxhiu was a Kosovo Albanian political activist and one of the main gunrunners for Kosovo Liberation Army in the early 1990s. He was one of the leading figures of the Revolut…
Ahmet Haxhiu, Kosovan activist (born 1932)
Carlo Chiti was an Italian racing car and engine designer best known for his long association with Alfa Romeo's racing department. He also worked for Ferrari and was involved in th…
Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (born 1924)
Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte was a German paratroop officer during World War II who later served in the armed forces of West Germany, achieving the rank of General. Fol…
Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German general (born 1907)
Christian-Jaque was a French filmmaker. From 1954 to 1959, he was married to actress Martine Carol, who starred in several of his films, including Lucrèce Borgia (1953), Madame du …
Christian-Jaque, French director and screenwriter (born 1904)