Explore 5067 historical events from 1990–1999.
Stanley Lawrence Elkin was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. His extravagant, satirical fiction revolves around American consumerism, popular culture, and mal…
Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1930)
Hsuan Hua, also known as An Tzu, Tu Lun and Master Hua by his Western disciples, was a Chinese monk of Chan Buddhism and a contributing figure in bringing Chinese Buddhism to the U…
Hsuan Hua, Chinese monk and educator (born 1918)
Juan Carlos Onganía Carballo was President of Argentina from 29 June 1966 to 8 June 1970. He rose to power as dictator after toppling the president Arturo Illia in a coup d'état se…
Juan Carlos Onganía, Argentine general and politician, 35th President of Argentina (born 1914)
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was an Italian classical pianist. He is considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. According to The New York Times, he was perh…
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (born 1920)
Pierre Russell was an American basketball player.
Pierre Russell, American basketball player (born 1949)
Elze Janovna Paemurru, pseudonymously known as Els Aarne, was an Estonian composer, pianist and pedagogue, primarily during the Soviet Union. She taught at Tallinn Conservatory, he…
Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (born 1917)
William Rory Gallagher was an Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as "Ireland's first rock star", he is known for his virtuosic style of guitar playing and live perfor…
Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1948)
Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels focusing on mythology and various religions, best known for The Chron…
Roger Zelazny, American author and poet (born 1937)
John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist and inventor credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer. Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital compute…
John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and inventor, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (born 1903)
Group Captain Peter Wooldridge Townsend was a British Royal Air Force officer, flying ace, courtier, and author. He served with distinction during the Second World War and, in 1944…
Peter Townsend, Burmese-English captain and pilot (born 1914)
Emil Cioran was a Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, s…
Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and educator (born 1911)
Leonid Petrovich Derbenyov was a Russian poet and lyricist widely regarded as one of the stalwarts of the 20th century Soviet and Russian pop music.
Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (born 1931)
Alfred Earl "Al" Hansen was an American artist. He was a member of Fluxus, a movement that originated on an artists' collective around George Maciunas.
Al Hansen, American sculptor and author (born 1927)
Roger Olin Grimsby was an American journalist, television news anchor and actor. Grimsby, who for eighteen years was seen on ABC's flagship station WABC in New York City, is known …
Roger Grimsby, American journalist (born 1928)
Jonas Edward Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City Col…
Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (born 1914)
Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tarasov is considered "the father of Russian ice hockey" and established the Soviet Union national team as …
Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1918)
Andrew Jackson Transue was an American politician and attorney from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1939.
Andrew J
Warren Earl Burger was an American attorney who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986.
Warren E
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton was an Irish experimental physicist. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Cockcroft "for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomi…
Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
Petri Ilari Walli was the founder, vocalist, guitar-player, songwriter and producer of the Finnish psychedelic rock-band Kingston Wall.
Petri Walli, Finnish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1969)
Julia Jean "Lana" Turner was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly…
Lana Turner, American actress (born 1921)
Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the space mission Soyuz 3 in 1968. From 1972 to 1987, he headed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Georgy Beregovoy, Ukrainian general and astronaut (born 1921)
Gale Gordon was an American character actor who was Lucille Ball's longtime television foil, particularly as cantankerously combustible, tightfisted bank executive Theodore J. Moon…
Gale Gordon, American actor and voice artist (born 1906)
Robert Weston Smith, known as Wolfman Jack, was an American disc jockey active for over three decades. He was famous for his gravelly voice, and credited it with his success, sayin…
Wolfman Jack, American radio host (born 1938)