Explore 3217 historical events from 1990–1999.
DeAlva Eyvonnie Sibley, better known by her ring name June Byers, was an American women's professional wrestler famous in the 1950s and early 1960s. She held the Women's World Cham…
June Byers, American wrestler (born 1922)
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. was an American astronaut. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he became the fifth and oldest p…
Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (born 1923)
Robert George Young was an American film, television, and radio actor best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father character, in Father Knows Best and the physician…
Robert Young, American actor and singer (born 1907)
Friedrich Hermann "Fritz" Buchloh was a German football manager and footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. Buchloh was the last survivi…
Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and coach (born 1909)
Evangelos Papastratos was a Greek businessman born in the city of Agrinio in Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece.
Evangelos Papastratos, Greek businessman, co-founded Papastratos (born 1910)
Gertrude Maud Barnes, known professionally as Binnie Barnes, was an English actress whose career in films spanned from 1923 to 1973. She was known as a leading lady in films such a…
Binnie Barnes, English-American actress (born 1903)
Zbigniew Herbert was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers. While he was first published i…
Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet and author (born 1924)
Leonard John McLean was an English unlicensed boxer, bouncer, bodyguard, businessman and actor. He was known as "The Guv'nor", "the King of the Cobbles" and "the hardest man in Bri…
Lenny McLean, English boxer, actor, and author (born 1949)
Consalvo Sanesi was best known as the Alfa Romeo works' test driver in the period following World War II, but he also competed in races with the Alfa Romeo Tipo 158/159 cars in the…
Consalvo Sanesi, Italian racing driver (born 1911)
Jerome Robbins was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television.
Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (born 1918)
Robert Emil Schmidt, nicknamed Buffalo Bob, was an American radio and television personality and presenter; he was well known as the host of the children's show Howdy Doody.
Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (born 1917)
Éva Márta Szőke Ivanovics, known professionally as Eva Bartok, was a Hungarian-British actress. She began acting in films in 1950, and her last credited appearance was in 1966. She…
Eva Bartok, Hungarian-British actress (born 1927)
Shari Lewis was a Peabody-winning American ventriloquist, puppeteer, children's entertainer, television show host, dancer, comedian, singer, actress, author, and symphony conductor…
Shari Lewis, American television host and puppeteer (born 1933)
Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a Soviet and Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist…
Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and journalist (born 1934)
Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin was a Soviet Russian cosmonaut and engineer who made a single flight into space.
Yury Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)
Otto Kretschmer was a German naval officer and submariner in World War II and the Cold War.
Otto Kretschmer, German naval officer and submariner (born 1912)
Todor Hristov Zhivkov was a Bulgarian communist politician who served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (PRB) from 1956 until 1989 as General Secretary of…
Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian commander and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (born 1911)
Mahmoud Saremi was an Iranian reporter, working for IRNA, as the news agency's head of office in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. He was killed by the Taliban when they occupied the Ir…
Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist (born 1968)
Nino Agostino Arturo Maria Ferrari, known as Nino Ferrer, was an Italian-born French singer-songwriter and author.
Nino Ferrer, Italian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934)
Edward Leonard Ginzton was a Ukrainian-American engineer.
Edward Ginzton, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (born 1915)
Rafael Orlando Robles Natera was a Dominican shortstop in Major League Baseball. He was born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. He was signed by the San Francisco Giants …
Rafael Robles, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1947)
André Weil was a French mathematician, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth c…
André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (born 1906)
Julien Green, often Julian Green, was an American writer who lived most of his life in France and wrote primarily in French, although he also wrote some works in English. Over a lo…
Julien Green, American author (born 1900)
Phil Leeds was an American character actor. He appeared in many movies and television series, including guest appearances on The Dick Van Dyke Show, Maude, The Monkees, Friends, Ba…
Phil Leeds, American actor (born 1916)