Explore 2474 historical events from 1990–1999.
Buddy Rogers, better known by the ring name "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, was an American professional wrestler who was one of the biggest professional wrestling stars in the beginnin…
Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (born 1921)
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incor…
Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian bandoneon player and composer (born 1921)
Marsha P. Johnson was an American LGBTQ activist, sex worker, and performer. Sometimes known as the "Saint of Christopher Street", she is considered an important figure in the LGBT…
Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (born 1945)
Kelvin Coe OBE was an Australian ballet dancer and the first male artist to be promoted from the corps de ballet in the Australian Ballet principal dancer. He died of AIDS-relate…
Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (born 1946)
Arnold Eric Sevareid was an American author and CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondents who were hired by CBS newsman Edward R. Mur…
Eric Sevareid, American journalist (born 1912)
Caroline Pafford Miller was an American novelist. She gathered the folktales, stories, and archaic dialects of the rural communities she visited in her home state of Georgia in the…
Caroline Pafford Miller, American journalist and author (born 1903)
Hammer DeRoburt was a Nauruan politician and independence leader. He led negotiations for independence from Australia and the end of the country's status as a United Nations trust …
Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruan educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (born 1922)
Chingiz Fuad oghlu Mustafayev was an independent Azerbaijani journalist, posthumously bestowed the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan. Mustafayev, with the medical degree and no …
Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani journalist and author (born 1960)
Paolo Emanuele Borsellino 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 tryin…
Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (born 1940)
Bruce Conde was a US Army officer, stamp collector, royal imposter, and a general for Royalist forces during the North Yemen Civil War.
Bruce Conde, American US army officer, stamp collector, and royalist mercenary general in the North Yemen civil war.
Junious "Buck" Buchanan was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League (AFL) and National Footba…
Buck Buchanan, American football player and coach (born 1940)
David Michael Wojnarowicz was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the East Village…
David Wojnarowicz, American painter, photographer, and activist (born 1954)
Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat, known professionally as Arletty, was a French actress, singer, and fashion model. As an actress she is particularly known for classics directed by Marce…
Arletty, French actress and singer (born 1898)
Samuel Berger, was a Canadian owner of the Canadian Football League's Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Alouettes and president of the CFL.
Sam Berger, Canadian lawyer and businessman (born 1900)
Alfred Drake was an American actor and singer.
Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (born 1914)
Mary Esther Wells was an American singer who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s.
Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
Maxwell Spencer Dupain AC OBE was an Australian modernist photographer.
Max Dupain, Australian photographer and educator (born 1911)
Tzeni Karezi also known as Jenny Karezi, was a Greek film and stage actress.
Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress and screenwriter
Sulev Nõmmik was an Estonian theatre and movie director, actor, humorist and comedian. He's mostly associated with the comical character of Kärna Ärni and the related fictional vil…
Sulev Nõmmik, Estonian actor and director (born 1931)
Michel Raymond "Bunny" Larocque was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blue…
Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (born 1952)
Brenda Marshall was an American film actress.
Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (born 1915)
Joseph Shuster was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1.
Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (born 1914)
The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution states that any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress may take effect only after the next…
The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, 202 years after it was first proposed
Rodney Glen King was an African American victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arr…
The acquittal of policemen who had beaten African-American motorist Rodney King sparked six days of civil unrest in Los