Explore 2474 historical events from 1990–1999.
Zellig Sabbettai Harris was an American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science widely considered to have been influential in his fields. Originally a Sem…
Zellig Harris, American linguist and academic (born 1909)
Giovanni Falcone was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to over…
Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (born 1939)
Rogério Lemgruber also known as Bagulhão, was a Brazilian bank robber, murderer, kidnapper, and drug trafficker. He founded the criminal organization Falange Vermelha, the predeces…
Rogério Lemgruber, Brazilian criminal, founder of Comando Vermelho (born 1952)
Philip Ives Dunne was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965. He spent the majority of his career at 20th Century Fox. …
Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908)
Robert Adolph Wilton Morley was an English actor who enjoyed a lengthy career in both Britain and the United States. He was frequently cast as a pompous English gentleman represent…
Robert Morley, English actor and screenwriter (born 1908)
Carl E. Stotz was the American founder of Little League Baseball.
Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (born 1910)
William Henry Getty France was an American businessman and racing driver. He was also known as Bill France Sr. or Big Bill. He is best known for founding and managing NASCAR, a san…
Bill France Sr
Hachidai Nakamura was a Japanese songwriter and jazz pianist.
Hachidai Nakamura, Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (born 1931)
Rafael José Orozco Maestre was a Colombian singer of vallenato music. He was one of the major representatives of Colombian popular folk music and was lead singer and co-founder, al…
Rafael Orozco Maestre, Colombian singer (born 1954)
Charles David Menville was an American animator and writer for television. His credits included Batman: The Animated Series, Land of the Lost, The Real Ghostbusters, The Smurfs, St…
Chuck Menville, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)
Brett Whiteley was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes.…
Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (born 1939)
Chief Kofoworola Abeni Pratt Hon. FRCN was a Nigerian nurse who was one of the first notable black nurses to work in Britain's National Health Service. She subsequently became vice…
Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, the first black Chief Nursing Officer of Nigeria (born 1910)
Peter Allen was an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer, known for his flamboyant stage persona, energetic performances, and lavish costumes. Allen's songs were …
Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
Mordecai Ardon was an Israeli painter.
Mordecai Ardon, Polish-Israeli painter and educator (born 1896)
Ben Alexander, also known by the nickname "Boods", was an Australian rugby league footballer who played as a halfback or hooker for the Penrith Panthers in the New South Wales Rugb…
Ben Alexander, Australian rugby league player (born 1971)
Arthur Dingwall Gorrie was an Australian hobbyist. He ran a small hobby shop in Woolloongabba and was involved with model aeronautical clubs including the Model Aeronautical Associ…
Arthur Gorrie, Australian hobby shop proprietor (born 1922)
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah was a Bangladeshi poet noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry. He is considered one of the leading Bengali poets of the 1970s. He received Munir…
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (born 1956)
Li Xiannian was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, president of China from 1983 to 1988 under paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and then chairman of the Chinese People…
Li Xiannian, Chinese captain and politician, President of China (born 1909)
Eric Thomas Andolsek was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League (NFL). He played college footba…
Eric Andolsek, American football player (born 1966)
Willie Jerome Brown III was an American professional football defensive tackle who played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire fi…
Jerome Brown, American football player (born 1965)
Guy Nève de Mevergnies, commonly known as Guy Nève, was a Belgian racing driver. He was the younger brother of fellow racer Patrick Nève, who he had competed with and against.
Guy Nève, Belgian racing driver (born 1955)
Mikhail Tal was a Soviet Latvian chess grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and is widely regarded as one of the most influential pla…
Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (born 1936)
Mohamed Boudiaf, also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian politician and statesman, and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN) that led the…
Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (born 1919)
Franco Cristaldi was an Italian film producer, credited with producing feature films from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Franco Cristaldi, Italian screenwriter and producer (born 1924)