Explore 5067 historical events from 1990–1999.
Alex Daniel Tuch is an American professional ice hockey player who is a forward and alternate captain for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected in…
Alex Tuch, American ice hockey player
Fabrice Olinga Essono, known as Olinga, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Fabrice Olinga, Cameroonian footballer
Konstantinos "Kostas" Tsimikas is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Roma, on loan from Premier League club Liverpool, and the Greece nationa…
Kostas Tsimikas, Greek footballer
Blake Brockington was an American trans man whose suicide attracted international attention. He had previously received attention as the first openly transgender high school homeco…
Blake Brockington, American trans man and activist (died 2015)
The Communications Decency Act of 1996 (CDA) was the United States Congress's first legislative attempt to regulate obscene and indecent material on the Internet. In the 1997 landm…
The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as well as researc…
NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
Solomon Solomou was a Greek Cypriot who was shot and killed by a Turkish officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in Cyprus's United…
Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a…
The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants—Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom H…
Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn,…
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 was an international charter flight from Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, to Svalbard Airport on Spitsbergen, in the Norwegian archipel…
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing…
Martijn Gerard Garritsen, known professionally as Martin Garrix and also as Ytram or GRX, is a Dutch DJ and record producer. Best known for his singles "Animals", "In the Name of L…
Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ
Imane Anys, better known as Pokimane, is a Moroccan and Canadian online streamer, YouTuber and influencer based in California. She is best known for gameplay and commentary livestr…
Pokimane, Moroccan-Canadian internet personality
Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde, known professionally as Birdy, is a British singer. She won the music competition Open Mic UK in 2008, at the age of 12.
Birdy, English singer-songwriter
Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the Iraq war. He previously served a…
Saddam Hussein's troops seize Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
Hurricane Fran caused extensive damage in the United States in early September 1996. The sixth named storm, fifth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 1996 Atlantic hurrican…
Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran…
Space Shuttle Atlantis is a retired Space Shuttle orbiter vehicle which belongs to NASA, the spaceflight and space exploration agency of the United States. Atlantis was manufacture…
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was a United States federal law passed by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996. I…
The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a multilateral treaty to ban nuclear weapons test explosions and any other nuclear explosions, for both civilian and military pu…
Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
Louisa Chirico is an American tennis player. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 58. On 6 March 2017, she peaked at No. 184 in the WTA doubles ran…
Louisa Chirico, American tennis player
Michael Carcone is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL). Undrafted, Carcone began his professional ca…
Michael Carcone, Canadian ice hockey player
Brian Kelly is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Brian Kelly, Australian rugby league player
Aeroperú Flight 603 was a scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, United States, to Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, …
Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, is the United States federal freedom of information law that requires the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased or unc…
The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
The Fox News Channel (FNC), often referred to as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York …
Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It comprises two main landmasses—the North Island and the South Island —and over 700 smaller islands. It is the …
New Zealand holds its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional representation system, which led…