Explore 5067 historical events from 1990–1999.
John Mary Lynch was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1966 to 1973 and 1977 to 1979. He was Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1966 to 1979, Leader of the Opposi…
Jack Lynch, Irish footballer, lawyer, and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1917)
Lars Bo was a Danish artist and writer. He is known for his graphic works with surrealistically inspired fantastic motifs. He was nicknamed "Wizard".
Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (born 1924)
Ahmet Taner Kışlalı was a Turkish professor, politician, and commentator. He served in the Parliament of Turkey in 1977 and was minister of culture in 1978 and 1979. He was killed …
Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, lawyer, and politician (born 1939)
Eric Elliott Reece, AC was Premier of Tasmania on two occasions: from 26 August 1958 to 26 May 1969, and from 3 May 1972 to 31 March 1975. His 13 years as premier remains the secon…
Eric Reece, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Tasmania (born 1909)
Berthe Qvistgaard was a Danish stage and film actress, and winner of the prestigious Tagea Brandt Rejselegat award in 1965.
Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (born 1910)
Leonard Eugene Boyle was an Irish and Canadian scholar in medieval studies and palaeography.
Leonard Boyle, Irish and Canadian palaeographer and medievalist (born 1923)
William Payne Stewart was an American professional golfer who won 11 PGA Tour events, including three major championships, the last of which came just a few months before his death…
Payne Stewart, American golfer (born 1957)
Eknath Easwaran was an Indian-born spiritual teacher, author, and translator and interpreter of Indian religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads.
Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American author and educator (born 1910)
Robert Laurence Mills was an American physicist, specializing in quantum field theory, the theory of alloys, and many-body theory.
Robert Mills, American physicist and academic (born 1927)
Charlotte Perriand was a French architect and furniture designer. Her work aimed to create functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps in creating a better soci…
Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (born 1903)
Antonios Katinaris was a Greek musician.
Antonios Katinaris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1931)
Hoyt Wayne Axton was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an ea…
Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1938)
Michel Régnier, best known by his pseudonym Greg, was a Belgian cartoonist best known for Achille Talon, and later became editor of Tintin magazine.
Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1931)
Maigonis Valdmanis was a Soviet and Latvian basketball player and coach. He was born in Riga.
Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (born 1933)
Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold were American high school seniors and a mass murderer duo who perpetrated the massacre at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, in Col…
Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carried out a massacre at Columbine High School, killing 13 people before committ
CIH, also known as the Chernobyl virus, is a computer virus that targets computers running the Windows 9x family of operating systems. There are several variants, with different tr…
The CIH virus activated widely, damaging hundreds of thousands of computers and causing hundreds of millions of dollars
Taber is a town in southern Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the Municipal District of Taber. It is approximately 51 km (32 mi) east of the City of Lethbridge at the intersect…
A 14-year-old former student in Taber, Alberta, opened fire at his high school, killing one student and wounding another
Mireya Elisa Moscoso Rodríguez is a Panamanian politician who served as the President of Panama from 1999 to 2004. She is the country's first and to date only female president.
Mireya Moscoso (pictured) became the first woman to be elected President of Panama
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, also known as Adams Field, is a joint civil-military airport on the east side of Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It is operated by …
On landing at Little Rock National Airport in the U
Kenneth M. Levine is an American video game developer. He is the creative director and co-founder of Ghost Story Games. He led the creation of the BioShock series and is also known…
Ken Levine's System Shock 2 was released to mediocre sales, but later received critical acclaim and influenced…
The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Ladakh, then part of the Indian-administere…
The Kargil War initiates when Indian forces detected the infiltration of Pakistani forces in Indian-administered Kargil,
Doppler on Wheels (DOW) is a fleet of quickly deployable truck-mounted weather radars managed by FARM, an American research company affiliated with the University of Alabama in Hun…
A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 143
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999. It was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), w…
Kosovo War: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
Owen James Hart was a Canadian professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (W…
Professional wrestler Owen Hart died immediately before a World Wrestling Federation match after dropping 70 feet (21 m)