Explore 2474 historical events from 1990–1999.
Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.
Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (born 1910)
Franklin Delano Alexander "Junior" Braithwaite was a reggae musician from Kingston, Jamaica and the youngest member of the vocal group, The Wailing Wailers.
Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (born 1949)
Melvin Howard Tormé, nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" an…
Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter (born 1925)
Jackson DeForest Kelley was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer. He was known for his roles in film and television Westerns and achieved international fame as Dr. Leo…
DeForest Kelley, American actor and screenwriter (born 1920)
Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani was an Iranian archaeologist and numismatist, who was co-founder of the Bank Sepeh Coin Museum and was the Head of the Coins, Seals and Tablets Department…
Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani, Iranian numismatist (born 1910)
James Farl Powers was an American novelist and short story writer who often drew his inspiration from developments in the Catholic Church, and was known for his studies of Catholic…
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Bernie Faloney was a professional football player in the Canadian Football League and an outstanding American college football player for the Maryland Terrapins. Born in Carnegie, …
Bernie Faloney, American-Canadian football player and sportscaster (born 1932)
Omer Côté was a Canadian politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
Omer Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1906)
Screaming Lord Sutch was an English musician and perennial parliamentary candidate.
Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer and activist (born 1940)
George Basil Hume was an English Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1976 until his death in 1999. A member of the Benedictines, he was made a cardinal in…
Basil Hume, English cardinal (born 1923)
Clifton Paul "Kip" Fadiman was an American intellectual, author, editor, and radio and television personality. He began his work in radio, and switched to television later in his c…
Clifton Fadiman, American game show host, author, and critic (born 1902)
Ukyou Kamimura , better known by his stage name Kami, was a Japanese musician best known as visual kei rock band Malice Mizer’s drummer. He died on June 21, 1999, in his sleep of a…
Kami, Japanese drummer (born 1973)
Frederick Christ Trump was an American real estate developer and businessman. He was the father of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, along with four o…
Fred Trump, American real estate developer and businessman (born 1905)
Georgios Papadopoulos was a Greek military officer and dictator who led a coup d'etat in Greece in 1967 and became the country's prime minister from 1967 to 1973. He was the presid…
Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919)
Sir Vere Cornwall Bird was an Antiguan politician who was the first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. His son, Lester Bryant Bird, succeeded him as prime minister. In 1994, he…
Vere Bird, first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1910)
Karekin I served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1994 and 1999. Previously, he served as the Catholicos of Cilicia from 1983 to 1994 as Karekin II.
Karekin I, Syrian-Armenian patriarch (born 1950)
Allan Carr was an American producer and manager of stage and screen. He was nominated for numerous awards, winning a Tony Award and two People's Choice Awards, and was named Produc…
Allan Carr, American screenwriter and producer (born 1937)
Edward Dmytryk was a Canadian-born American film director and editor. He was known for his 1940s noir films and received an Oscar nomination for Best Director for Crossfire (1947).…
Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer (born 1908)
Forrest Edward Mars Sr. was an American billionaire businessman and the driving force of the candy company Mars Inc. until 1973.
Forrest Mars Sr., American businessman, creator of M&M's and the Mars chocolate bar (born 1904)
Sylvia Sidney was an American stage, screen, and film actress whose career spanned over 70 years. She rose to prominence in dozens of leading roles in the 1930s. She was nominated …
Sylvia Sidney, American actress (born 1910)
Sola Sierra Henríquez was a Chilean human rights activist. She was director of Relatives of the Detained-Disappeared organization, and campaigned to find out the truth about the pe…
Sola Sierra, Chilean human rights activist (born 1935)
Pelageya Yakovlevna Polubarinova-Kochina was a Soviet and Russian applied mathematician, known for her work on fluid mechanics and hydrodynamics, particularly, the application of F…
Pelageya Polubarinova-Kochina, Russian mathematician (born 1899)
Leo Garel was an American artist. He illustrated cartoons for such notable magazines as The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post and Playboy.
Leo Garel, American illustrator and educator (born 1917)
Mario Francis Puzo was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he l…
Mario Puzo, American author and screenwriter (born 1920)