Explore 1536 historical events from 1990–1999.
John Derek was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He appeared in such films as Knock on Any Door, All the King's Men, Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950), and The Ten Comm…
John Derek, American actor, director, and photographer (born 1926)
José Enrique Moyal was an Australian mathematician and mathematical physicist who contributed to aeronautical engineering, electrical engineering and statistics, among other fields…
José Enrique Moyal, Israeli physicist and engineer (born 1910)
Telford Taylor was an American lawyer and professor. Taylor was known for his role as lead counsel in the prosecution of war criminals after World War II, his opposition to McCarth…
Telford Taylor, American general and lawyer (born 1908)
Minocher Rustom "Minoo" Masani was an Indian politician, a leading figure of the erstwhile Swatantra Party. He was a three-time Member of Parliament, representing Gujarat's Rajkot …
Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1905)
Philip Edward Hartman was a Canadian and American comedian, actor, screenwriter and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, and his family moved to the United Sta…
Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1948)
Barry Morris Goldwater was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the R…
Barry Goldwater, American general, activist, and politician (born 1909)
Charles Edward "Poncho" Van Acker Sr was a Belgian-American racing driver. He first attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in 1946, but was too slow. In 1947, he made the ra…
Charles Van Acker, Belgian-American race car driver (born 1912)
Josephine Hutchinson was an American actress. She acted in dozens of theater plays and dozens of films, including The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), Son of Frankenstein (1939), Som…
Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (born 1903)
Jeanette Nolan was an American actress. Nominated for four Emmy Awards, she had roles in the television series The Virginian (1962–1971) and Dirty Sally (1974) and in films such as…
Jeanette Nolan, American actress (born 1911)
Samuel William Yorty was an American politician, attorney, and radio host from Los Angeles, California. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the …
Sam Yorty, American soldier and politician, 37th mayor of Los Angeles (born 1909)
Sani Abacha was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria as military head of state from 1993, following a palace coup d'état, until his death in 1998.
Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (born 1943)
Maria Reiche Grosse-Neumann was a German-born Peruvian mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator. She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she first s…
Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (born 1903)
Lois Mailou Jones was an artist and educator. Her work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum o…
Lois Mailou Jones, American painter and academic (born 1905)
James Tolbert Hearn was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for 13 seasons (1947–1959). The right-hander was listed as 6 feet 3 inch…
Jim Hearn, American baseball player (born 1921)
Ralph Hammond Innes was a British novelist who wrote over 30 novels, as well as works for children and travel books.
Hammond Innes, English author (born 1913)
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low…
Catherine Cookson, English author (born 1906)
Felice Leonardo Buscaglia, also known as "Dr. Love", was an American author, motivational speaker, and a professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of South…
Leo Buscaglia, American author and educator (born 1924)
Theresa Merritt Hines, known professionally as Theresa Merritt, was an American actress. She is known for her role in That's My Mama (1974–1975) and for her film roles in The Wiz (…
Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (born 1922)
Alfred Horace "Gerry" Gerrard RBS was an English modernist sculptor. He was head of the sculpture department at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1925 and professor of sculpture th…
Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (born 1899)
Birger Johannes Ruud was a Norwegian ski jumper and alpine skier.
Birger Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper (born 1911)
Reginald Smyth was a British cartoonist who created the popular, long-running Andy Capp comic strip.
Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (born 1917)
Frederick G. Wacker Jr. was an engineer and former president of two large Chicago companies. He was also a prominent Chicago socialite, a jazz musician, and a racing driver. He par…
Fred Wacker, American race car driver and engineer (born 1918)
William Felix Knight, was an American tenor, actor, and vocal teacher, best known for his role as Tom-Tom in the 1934 Laurel and Hardy holiday musical film Babes in Toyland.
Felix Knight, American actor and tenor (born 1908)
Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman, inventor, and investor. A pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, Jobs co-founded Apple Inc. with his earl…
Steve Jobs unveiled the iMac G3' personal computer