Explore 1748 historical events from 1990–1999.
André Moynet was a much decorated French wartime fighter pilot who moved on to become a test pilot and an entrepreneur-businessman. He was also a politician.
André Moynet, French race car driver, pilot, and politician (born 1921)
France Štiglic was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. His 1948 film On Our Own Land was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. His film The Ninth Circle (1960) was Yu…
France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (born 1919)
Irving Howe was an American author, literary and social critic, and a key figure in the democratic socialist movement in the U.S. He co-founded and served as longtime editor of Dis…
Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (born 1920)
Dorothy Ann Todd was an English film, television and stage actress who achieved international fame when she starred in The Seventh Veil (1945). From 1949 to 1957 she was married to…
Ann Todd, English actress and producer (born 1909)
Avram Davidson was an American writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche. He won a Hug…
Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (born 1923)
Penelope Gilliatt was an English novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film critic. As one of the main film critics for The New Yorker magazine in the 1960s and 1970s, Gi…
Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (born 1932)
Zeno Colò was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in La Consuma (Abetone), Tuscany, he was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (born1920)
William Randolph Hearst Jr. was an American businessman, newspaper publisher and member of the wealthy Hearst family.
William Randolph Hearst, Jr
Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, was a Sudanese literary writer, poet and diplomat. He is considered one of the most important Sudanese poets of the first generation after the country's indepe…
Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (born 1933)
Zeno Colò was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in La Consuma (Abetone), Tuscany, he was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (born 1920)
Marvin Earl Johnson was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. He was influential in the development of the Motown style of music, primarily for the song "Come to Me," whi…
Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1938)
Mieczysław Horszowski was a Polish and American pianist who had one of the longest careers in the history of the performing arts.
Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish-American pianist and composer (born 1892)
William David Conn was an American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis. He had a professional boxing record of 63 wins, 11 losses …
Billy Conn, American boxer (born 1917)
Le Sony'r Ra, better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, proli…
Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1914)
Spuds MacKenzie is a bull terrier dog character used for an extensive advertising campaign marketing Bud Light beer in the late 1980s. The Spuds MacKenzie mascot and campaign was t…
Honey Tree Evil Eye, or, Spuds MacKenzie, Bud Light Bull Terrier mascot (born 1983)
John Robert Mize, nicknamed "Big Jawn" and "the Big Cat", was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis…
Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1913)
Tahar Djaout was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group.
Tahar Djaout, Algerian journalist, writer and poet (born 1954)
Yeoh Ghim Seng was a Singaporean politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 1970 and 1988.
Yeoh Ghim Seng, Singaporean politician, acting President of Singapore (born 1918)
Bernard Evslin was an American author best known for his adaptations of Greek mythology.
Bernard Evslin, American writer (born 1922)
Harold Lloyd Jenkins, better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American singer and songwriter. Initially a part of the 1950s rockabilly scene, Twitty was best known as …
Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1933)
Margaret Alexis Smith was an American actress, pin-up girl and singer. She appeared in several major Hollywood films in the 1940s and had a notable career on Broadway in the 1970s,…
Alexis Smith, Canadian-born American actress (born 1921)
Leslie Dawson was an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and pianist. He was known for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona, musical routines, and jokes about his mother…
Les Dawson, English comedian, actor, writer and presenter (born 1931)
Raymond Sharkey Jr. was an American stage, film and television actor. His most notable film role was Vincent Vacarri in the 1980 film The Idolmaker, for which he won the Golden Glo…
Ray Sharkey, American actor (born 1952)
Gérard Côté, was a Canadian marathon runner and a four-time winner of the Boston Marathon.
Gérard Côté, Canadian runner (born 1913)