Explore 3217 historical events from 1990–1999.
Omar Abu Risha was a Syrian poet and diplomat. He served as the Syrian ambassador to the United States from 1961 to 1964 and was a renowned poet who lyricized Fī Sabīli al-Majd , S…
Omar Abu Risha, Syrian poet and diplomat, 4th Syrian Ambassador to the United States (born 1910)
Robert Blackburn was an Irish educationalist. He was an early pioneer of the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) and was instrumental in establishing the first United Wo…
Robert Blackburn, Irish educator (born 1927)
Miguel Muñoz Mozún was a Spanish football player and manager. A midfielder, he spent the majority of his career at Real Madrid before going on to coach the club, where he is widely…
Miguel Muñoz, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1922)
Karl Augustus Menninger was an American psychiatrist, author, and activist. He was a member of the Menninger family of psychiatrists who founded the Menninger Foundation and the Me…
Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (born 1896)
Yun Po-sun was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the second president of South Korea from 1960 to 1962. He was the only president of the short-lived Second Repub…
Yun Posun, South Korean politician, 2nd President of South Korea (born 1897)
Edward Quillan was an American film actor and singer whose career began as a child on the vaudeville stages and silent film and continued through the age of television in the 1980s…
Eddie Quillan, American actor (born 1907)
Herbert Turner Jenkins was an American law enforcement official and the longest-serving police chief of Atlanta.
Herbert Turner Jenkins, American police officer (born 1907)
Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne, commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author and LGBTQ activist. Among his best-known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth, Boquitas pintada…
Manuel Puig, Argentinian author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1932)
Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov was a Soviet footballer who played as a forward for Torpedo Moscow and the Soviet national team during the 1950s and 1960s. A powerful and skilful att…
Eduard Streltsov, Soviet footballer (born 1937)
Kenjiro Takayanagi was a Japanese engineer and a pioneer in the development of television and video tape recorders. Although he failed to gain much recognition in the West, he bui…
Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese engineer (born 1899)
Robert James Byrd, known by the stage name Bobby Day, was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, and songwriter. He is best known for his hit record "Rockin' Ro…
Bobby Day, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1928)
René Toribio was a French politician and was a member of the French Senate representing Guadeloupe from 1959 to 1968.
René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (born 1912)
Jill Esmond was an English actress of stage and screen.
Jill Esmond, English actress (born 1908)
Bruno Kreisky was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as foreign minister from 1959 to 1966 and as chancellor from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72, he was the oldest chancell…
Bruno Kreisky, Austrian academic and politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (born 1911)
Ian Reginald Edward Gow was a British politician and solicitor. As a member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Eastbourne from 1974, until his as…
Ian Gow, British Member of Parliament who was assassinated by the IRA (born 1937)
Joseph Albert Florimond Leduc was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League from 1925 to 1935. with the New York Rangers, Ottawa Senato…
Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1902)
Norbert Elias was a German sociologist who later became a British citizen. He is especially famous for his theory of civilizing/decivilizing processes.
Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (born 1897)
Norman Fitzroy Maclean was an American professor at the University of Chicago who, following his retirement, became a major figure in American literature. Maclean is known for his …
Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (born 1902)
Edwin Richfield was an English actor.
Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (born 1921)
Ettore Maserati was an Italian automotive engineer, one of five brothers who founded the Maserati firm in Bologna 1914. He was born in Voghera.
Ettore Maserati, Italian engineer and businessman (born 1894)
Jacques Soustelle was an important and early figure of the Free French Forces, a politician who served in the French National Assembly and at one time served as Governor General of…
Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (born 1912)
Joseph Mercer was an English footballer and manager. He played as a defender for Everton and Arsenal and managed Aston Villa and Manchester City, and served as caretaker manager of…
Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (born 1914)
Dorothy Mackaill was a British-American actress, most active during the silent-film era and into the pre-Code era of the early 1930s.
Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (born 1903)
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi was a Soviet singer-songwriter and actor who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and influential bands in the history of Russian music.
Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (born 1962)