Explore 5067 historical events from 1990–1999.
STS-51 was a NASA Space Shuttle Discovery mission that launched the Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS) in September 1993. Discovery's 17th flight also featured the…
NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51.
Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli statesman and general who was the prime minister of Israel, having served from 1974 to 1977 and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995. He was…
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the…
Patrick James Cummins is an Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian men's cricket team in all three formats, captaining the team in both Test and One Day In…
Pat Cummins, Australian cricketer
Maurice José "Moe" Harkless is an American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Criollos de Caguas of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college baske…
Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player
Miguel Ángel Jean Sanó is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman and third baseman for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played…
Miguel Sanó, Dominican baseball player
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as President of Russia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU…
Russian president Boris Yeltsin triggers a constitutional crisis when he suspends parliament and scraps the…
From 20 to 23 September 1993, during the Sukhumi massacre, separatists in Sukhumi, Abkhazia blocked Georgian troops' overland supply routes as part of the war in Abkhazia. In respo…
A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-134 is shot down by a missile in the Black Sea near Sokhumi, Georgia.
The Big Bayou Canot rail accident was the derailment of the Amtrak Sunset Limited passenger train on the CSX Transportation Big Bayou Canot Bridge in Mobile County, Alabama near Mo…
A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history.…
From 20 to 23 September 1993, during the Sukhumi massacre, separatists in Sukhumi, Abkhazia blocked Georgian troops' overland supply routes as part of the war in Abkhazia. In respo…
A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
The monarchy of Cambodia is the constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The king of Cambodia is the head of state and head of the ruling Royal House of Norodom. In the …
The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
Jake Zyrus, formerly known professionally as Charice Pempengco and under the mononym Charice, is a Filipino singer and television personality.
Jake Zyrus, Filipino singer
Timo Phil Horn is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for 2. Bundesliga club VfL Bochum. He began his professional career with 1. FC Köln, where he spent ove…
Timo Horn, German footballer
Abigail Lynn Dahlkemper is an American professional soccer player who plays as a center back for Bay FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national …
Abby Dahlkemper, American footballer
Romelu Lukaku Bolingoli is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Napoli and the Belgium national team. Lukaku ranks second for the all-time Euro…
Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove is an American actress, singer, and producer. A teen idol of the 2000s and early 2010s, she was listed as the highest-paid child actor of 2012 by Guinness W…
Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
The 1993 Latur earthquake struck India at 3:56 am local time (UTC+05:30) on 30 September. The main area affected were the districts of Latur and Dharashiv, including the Ausa block…
The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748…
The Battle of Mogadishu, also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent. It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces …
An American attack against a warlord in Mogadishu fails; eighteen US soldiers and over 350 Somalis die.
The Battle of Mogadishu, also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident, was part of Operation Gothic Serpent. It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces …
Battle of Mogadishu occurs killing 18 U.S. Special Forces, two UN Peacekeepers and at least 600 Somalian militia men…
In September and October 1993, a constitutional crisis arose in the Russian Federation from a conflict between the then Russian president Boris Yeltsin and the country's parliament…
Tanks bombard the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Yeltsin rally outside.
Six magnitude 6.0 or larger earthquakes struck the Markham Valley region of Madang and Morobe provinces in Papua New Guinea of October 1993. The first and largest of the sequence m…
At least 60 people die in eastern Papua New Guinea when a series of earthquakes rock the Finisterre Range, triggering…
Kyle Richard Freeland is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at Evansville and was drafted…
Kyle Freeland, American baseball player
Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic is a French professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. Her best singles ranking is world No. 10. She is a nine-time Grand Slam champ…
Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
Jeremy Hawkins is a retired New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup. He plays at centre and wing and previ…
Jeremy Hawkins, New Zealand rugby league player
Tomáš Kalas is a Czech professional footballer who plays for Schalke 04 and the Czech Republic national team. He plays as a centre-back, but has also been played as a right-back.
Tomáš Kalas, Czech international footballer