Explore 3217 historical events from 1990–1999.
Rajendra Kumar was an Indian actor who starred in Bollywood films. Starting his career in 1949, he worked in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades. Kumar is con…
Rajendra Kumar, Indian actor (born 1921)
Konstantinos Kollias was a Greek politician and jurist, who became the Attorney General of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court and who later was proclaimed Prime Minister by the f…
Konstantinos Kollias, Greek general and politician, 168th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1901)
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., also referred to as JFK Jr., was an American businessman, attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist. He was the son of the 35th U.S. president John …
John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer and publisher (born 1960)
Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy was an American fashion publicist. Raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, she graduated from Boston University and joined Calvin Klein, where she rose fr…
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist and wife of John F. Kennedy Jr. (born 1966)
Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada from 1963 to 1966.
Alan Macnaughton, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (born 1903)
Sandra Gould was an American actress, known for her role as Gladys Kravitz on the sitcom Bewitched. Gould was the second actress to portray the role, debuting at the start of the t…
Sandra Gould, American actress (born 1916)
Hassan II was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. Before his accession, he served as Crown Prince of Morocco from 1957 to 1961 and held key positions including comma…
Hassan II of Morocco (born 1929)
Walter Jackson Bate was an American literary critic and biographer. He is known for Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography-winning biographies of Samuel Johnson (1978) and J…
Walter Jackson Bate, American author and critic (born 1918)
Phaedon Gizikis was a Greek army general who was the last President of Greece under the junta from 1973 to 1974.
Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (born 1917)
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and mountaineer.
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (born 1912)
Harry "Sweets" Edison was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. His most important contribution was as a Hollywood studio musician, whose muted trum…
Harry Edison, American trumpet player (born 1915)
Trygve Magnus Haavelmo, born in Skedsmo, Norway, was an economist whose research interests centered on econometrics. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 19…
Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
William Weaks Morris was an American writer and editor born in Jackson, Mississippi and raised in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Morris had a lyrical prose style which he lent to reflect…
Willie Morris, American writer (born 1934)
Byron Edgar Farwell was an American military historian, biographer, and politician. He was the mayor of Hillsboro, Virginia, for three terms. He also worked for Chrysler, and was t…
Byron Farwell, American historian and author (born 1921)
Victor John Mature was an American stage, film, and television actor who was a leading man in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. His best known film roles include One Million B.…
Victor Mature, American actor (born 1913)
Rodney William Ansell was an Australian cattle grazier and a buffalo hunter. Described to be from "the bush", Ansell became famous in 1977 after he was stranded in extremely remote…
Rod Ansell, Australian hunter (born 1953)
Helen Frances Rollason was a British sports journalist and television presenter, who in 1990 became the first female presenter of the BBC's sports programme Grandstand. She was als…
Helen Rollason, English sports journalist and sportscaster (born 1956)
Fouad Pasha Serageddin was an Egyptian liberal politician and leader of Egypt's old Wafd Party and new Wafd party. He was the grandfather of the Egyptian writer Samia Serageldin.
Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian journalist and politician (born 1910)
Jennifer Mary Paterson was a British celebrity cook, author, actress and television personality who appeared on the television programme Two Fat Ladies (1996–1999) with Clarissa Di…
Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television presenter (born 1928)
Baldev Upadhyaya was a Hindi and Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic. He wrote numerous books, collections of essays and a historical outline of Sanskrit lite…
Baldev Upadhyaya, Indian historian, scholar, and critic (born 1899)
Jean Drapeau was a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Montreal for 2 non-consecutive terms from 1954 to 1957 and from 1960 to 1986. Major accomplishments of the Drapeau Ad…
Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (born 1916)
Ignatz Bubis, German Jewish leader, was the influential chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany from 1992 to 1999. In this capacity he led a public campaign against Germ…
Ignatz Bubis, German Jewish religious leader (born 1927)
Jaime Hernando Garzón Forero was a Colombian comedian, journalist, politician, and peace activist. He was popular on Colombian television during the 1990s for his unique political …
Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and lawyer (born 1960)
Harold Peter Henry "Pee Wee" Reese was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from…
Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1918)