Explore 3217 historical events from 1990–1999.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Donald Kent "Deke" Slayton was an American Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts. He went on to become NASA's first c…
Deke Slayton, American soldier, pilot and astronaut (born 1924)
John Bowden Connally Jr. was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969 and as the 61st United States secretary of the treasury from 1971 to …
John Connally, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (born 1917)
James Simon Wallis Hunt was a British racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed "the Shunt", Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Ch…
James Hunt, English racing driver and sportscaster (born 1947)
Arthur Lindsay Hassett was an Australian cricketer who played for Victoria and the Australian national team. The diminutive Hassett was an elegant middle-order batsman, described b…
Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricketer and soldier (born 1913)
Craig L. Rodwell was an American gay rights activist known for founding the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop on November 24, 1967 - the first bookstore devoted to gay and lesbian auth…
Craig Rodwell, American activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (born 1940)
Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon was First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974 as the wife of Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president. From 1953 to 1961, she had been the second…
Pat Nixon, American educator, 37th First Lady of the United States (born 1912)
Sir William Gerald Golding was a British novelist, playwright, and poet. Best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies (1954), Golding published another 12 volumes of fiction in…
William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
Roy Campanella, nicknamed "Campy", was an American professional baseball player, primarily as a catcher. The Philadelphia native played in the Negro leagues and Mexican League for …
Roy Campanella, American baseball player and coach (born 1921)
William Harrison Riker was an American political scientist known for applying game theory and mathematics to political science. He helped establish University of Rochester as a cen…
William H
Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez, better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Widely regarded as one of salsa's most important and influential vocalists, Lavoe played …
Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (born 1946)