Explore 5067 historical events from 1990–1999.
William Moses Kunstler was an American attorney and civil rights activist, known for defending the Chicago Seven. Kunstler was an active member of the National Lawyers Guild, a boa…
William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (born 1919)
Fischer Sheffey Black, Jr. was an American economist, best known as one of the co-authors of the Black–Scholes option pricing model. He held academic positions at the University of…
Fischer Black, American economist and academic (born 1938)
Benyamin Sueb was an Indonesian comedian, actor and singer. He released 46 studio albums and starred in more than 50 films. He received two Citra Awards for Intan Berduri in 1973 a…
Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian comedian, actor, and singer (born 1939)
Salil Chowdhury was an Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet who predominantly composed for Bengali, Hindi and Malayalam films. He composed music for films i…
Salil Chowdhury, Indian music composer (born 1922)
Russell Johnson was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator and artist of Mister Oswald, a monthly comic strip that ran for more than six decades in the national trade jo…
Russell Johnson, American cartoonist (born 1893)
Anita Elizabeth Harding was an Irish-British neurologist, and Professor of Clinical Neurology at the Institute of Neurology of the University of London. She is known for the discov…
Anita Harding, English neurologist and academic (born 1952)
Peter Jeremy William Huggins, known professionally as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes from 1984 to 1994 in 41 episodes of …
Jeremy Brett, English actor (born 1933)
Yasutomo Nagai was a motorcycle road racer, born in Koshigaya, Japan.
Yasutomo Nagai, Japanese motorcycle racer (born 1965)
Maurice K. Goddard was the driving force behind the creation of 45 Pennsylvania state parks during his 24 years as a cabinet officer for six governors of the Commonwealth of Pennsy…
Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (born 1912)
Harry Lawton Calder was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1918, then a 17 year old schoolboy. Calder is the youngest person to receive this accolade, one of the game's top…
Harry Calder, South African cricketer (born 1901)
Nils Gunnar Nordahl was a Swedish professional footballer. A highly prolific, powerful, and physically strong striker, with an eye for goal, he is best known for his spell at AC Mi…
Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer and manager (born 1921)
Isadore Epstein was an astronomer. Epstein taught astronomy at Columbia University for 37 years. He completed his Ph.D. at Princeton University, following which he was appointed as…
Isadore Epstein, Estonian-American astronomer and academic (born 1919)
Lucien Victor was a road racing cyclist from Belgium. He won the gold medal in the men's team road race, alongside André Noyelle and Robert Grondelaers at the 1952 Summer Olympics.…
Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (born 1931)
Orville Clarence Redenbacher was an American food scientist and businessman most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name which is now owned by Conagra Brands…
Orville Redenbacher, American businessman, founded his own eponymous brand (born 1907)
Rudolph George Perpich Sr. was an American politician who served as the 34th and 36th governor of Minnesota from 1976 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. He was a member of the Democrat…
Rudy Perpich, American dentist and politician, 34th Governor of Minnesota (born 1928)
David Lloyd Bowen was a Welsh football player and manager, who captained his country to their first ever World Cup finals, in 1958.
Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1928)
Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany was an American dentist and civil rights pioneer. She was the subject, along with her elder sister, Sadie, of the oral history, Having Our Say: The …
Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (born 1891)
Kalju Pitksaar was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship.
Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (born 1931)
Madalyn Murray O'Hair was an American activist who supported atheism, separation of church and state, and feminism. In 1963, she founded American Atheists and served as its preside…
Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist and activist (born 1919)
Mylai Ponnuswamy Sivagnanam, popularly known as Ma.Po.Si., was an Indian politician, freedom fighter, and the founder of the political party Tamil Arasu Kazhagam. He wrote more tha…
Ma. Po. Si., Indian author and politician (born 1906)
Benoît Chamoux was a French Alpinist, who claimed to have summited 13 of the Eight-thousanders in the Himalayas.
Benoît Chamoux, French mountaineer (born 1961)
Ivan Joseph Hutchinson was an Australian film critic, television personality and music director.
Ivan Hutchinson, Australian film critic and author (born 1928)
Olga Taussky-Todd was an Austrian and American mathematician. She published more than 300 research papers on algebraic number theory, integral matrices, and matrices in algebra and…
Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian-Czech-American mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle (born 1906)
Christopher Keene was an American conductor.
Christopher Keene, American conductor and educator (born 1946)