Explore 1536 historical events from 1990–1999.
Space Shuttle Discovery is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. The spaceplane was one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operationa…
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-91, the final mission of the Shuttle-Mir program
Daniel Olmo Carvajal is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team.
Dani Olmo, Spanish footballer
Jesse Puljujärvi is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a winger for Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL).
Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player
Adrià Giner Pedrosa is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for La Liga club Elche, on loan from Sevilla.
Adrià Pedrosa, Spanish footballer
Luca Zinedine Zidane is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Segunda División club Granada. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.
Luca Zidane, Algerian footballer
On 3 June 1998, part of an ICE 1 train on the Hanover–Hamburg railway near Eschede in Lower Saxony, Germany, derailed and crashed into an overpass that crossed the railroad, which …
After suffering a mechanical failure, a high speed train derails at Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people
Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike in British English, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. A strike usually ta…
A strike begins at the General Motors parts factory in Flint, Michigan, that quickly spreads to five other assembly plan
Compaq Computer Corporation was an American information technology company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services. Compaq p…
Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition
Propair Flight 420 (PRO420) was a domestic charter flight from Montreal, Quebec to Peterborough, Ontario. The flight was carried out by Propair, a charter airline based in Rouyn-No…
Propair Flight 420 crashes near Montréal–Mirabel International Airport in Quebec, Canada, killing 11
Isatou "Satou" Sabally is a German-American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Phantom of Unr…
Satou Sabally, German-American basketball player
Lucrezia Stefanini is an Italian tennis player. Stefanini has career-high WTA rankings of 99 in singles and 393 in doubles. She has won ten singles titles and two doubles titles on…
Lucrezia Stefanini, Italian tennis player
Polina Edmunds Bast is a retired American figure skater. She is the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2014 CS U.S. Classic champion, and a two-time U.S. national silver medalist. …
Polina Edmunds, American figure skater
Nam Nguyen is a Canadian retired competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 World Junior champion, 2019 Skate Canada silver medallist, and two-time Canadian national champion. He ha…
Nam Nguyen, Canadian figure skater
Viktória Hrunčáková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 43 in singles and No. 27 in doubles in the world by the WTA. Hrunčáková has won five …
Viktória Kužmová, Slovak tennis player
Mohamed Fakaba Bamba is an Ivorian-American professional basketball player who last played for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketb…
Mo Bamba, American-Ivorian basketball player
Jamie Laura Chadwick is a British racing driver who competes for IDEC Sport in the European Le Mans Series, and previously raced for Andretti Global in Indy NXT. She won the inaugu…
Jamie Chadwick, English race car driver
Samile Bermannelli is a Brazilian fashion model.
Samile Bermannelli, Brazilian fashion model
Sérgio Santos Sette Câmara Filho is a Brazilian racing driver who currently competes in the 2025 European Le Mans Series with Nielsen Racing. He previously competed in Formula E, h…
Sérgio Sette Câmara, Brazilian racing driver
Salwa Eid Naser is a Nigerian-born Bahraini sprinter who specialises in the 400 meter race. She was the 2019 World champion, with the fifth-fastest time in history of 48.14 seconds…
Salwa Eid Naser, Bahraini track and field sprinter
Lucas Daniel de la Torre is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer side Charlotte FC and the United States national team.
Luca de la Torre, American soccer player
Josep Martínez Riera is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Inter Milan. He made one appearance for the Spain national team in 2021.
Josep Martínez, Spanish footballer
Kim Da-hyun, known mononymously as Dahyun, is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actress. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Twice, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2015.
Kim Dahyun, South Korean rapper and singer
Markelle N'Gai Fultz is an American professional basketball player for the Raptors 905 of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies before being sel…
Markelle Fultz, American basketball player
Austin Tyler Reaves is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wich…
Austin Reaves, American basketball player