The Daily Rewind1990–1999

September 5.

A decade of moments, all landing on this one date. 70 things that happened on September 5 across the 1990s — from 1990 to 1999.

Highlights

Yuna Kim
1990News & World

Yuna Kim

Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater

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Lance Stephenson
1990Sports

Lance Stephenson

Lance Stephenson, American basketball player

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X-Men
1994Movies & TV

X-Men

"The Phoenix Saga - Part I Sacrifice" (Season 3, Episode 3) aired on 1994-09-05.

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News & World32 entries

The world was watching. Here's what dominated the headlines:

Sri Lankan civil war
1990News

Sri Lankan civil war

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.

Yuna Kim
1990News

Yuna Kim

Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater

Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon
1990News

Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon

Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon, English academic and diplomat (born 1907)

Jerry Iger
1990News

Jerry Iger

Jerry Iger, American cartoonist and publisher, co-founded Eisner & Iger (born 1903)

1990News
Ivan Mihailov

Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian politician (born 1896)

1991News
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989

The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.

1991News
Skandar Keynes

Skandar Keynes, English actor and political adviser

1991News
Sharad Joshi

Sharad Joshi, Indian author and poet (born 1931)

1992News
Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber, American author and poet (born 1910)

1994News
Gregorio Paltrinieri

Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer

1994News
Shimshon Amitsur

Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (born 1921)

1994News
John Newman (Australian politician)

John Newman, Australian politician (born 1946)

1995News
Lucas Wallmark

Lucas Wallmark, Swedish ice hockey player

1995News
Benyamin Sueb

Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian comedian, actor, and singer (born 1939)

1995News
Salil Chowdhury

Salil Chowdhury, Indian music composer (born 1922)

1996News
Hurricane Fran

Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.

1996News
Sigrid (singer)

Sigrid, Norwegian singer

1996News
Basil Salvadore D'Souza

Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (born 1926)

1997News
Kyōko Saitō

Kyōko Saitō, Japanese idol

1997News
Leon Edel

Leon Edel, American author and critic (born 1907)

1997News
Eddie Little Sky

Eddie Little Sky, American actor (born 1926)

1997News
Georg Solti

Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor and director (born 1912)

1997News
Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)

1998News
Caroline Dolehide

Caroline Dolehide, American tennis player

1998News
Ferdinand Biondi

Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian radio host (born 1909)

1998News
Willem Drees Jr.

Willem Drees, Jr., Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Transport (born 1922)

1998News
Verner Panton

Verner Panton, Danish interior designer (born 1926)

1998News
Leo Penn

Leo Penn, American actor and director (born 1921)

1999News
Filip Chytil

Filip Chytil, Czech ice hockey player

1999News
Alan Clark

Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement (born 1928)

1999News
Allen Funt

Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)

1999News
Bryce Mackasey

Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (born 1921)

Music1 entries

The decade's soundtrack was electric. These artists were making waves:

1993Music
Claude Renoir

Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (born 1914)

Sports9 entries

On the field and off it, athletes were making history:

Lance Stephenson
1990Sports

Lance Stephenson

Lance Stephenson, American basketball player

Franco Zuculini
1990Sports

Franco Zuculini

Franco Zuculini, Argentine footballer

Pablo Reyes
1993Sports

Pablo Reyes

Pablo Reyes, Dominican baseball player

T. J. Warren
1993Sports

T. J. Warren

T. J. Warren, American basketball player

1996Sports
Jarren Duran

Jarren Duran, American baseball player

1996Sports
Richairo Živković

Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer

1997Sports
Steven Kwan

Steven Kwan, American baseball player

1998Sports
Mac Jones

Mac Jones, American football player

1998Sports
Davion Mitchell

Davion Mitchell, American basketball player

Movies & TV28 entries

Must-see TV was a real thing — and this is what filled the airwaves:

X-Men
1994Movies

X-Men

"The Phoenix Saga - Part I Sacrifice" (Season 3, Episode 3) aired on 1994-09-05.

Sweet Valley High
1994Movies

Sweet Valley High

"Dangerous Love" (Season 1, Episode 1) aired on 1994-09-05.

2 Stupid Dogs
1994Movies

2 Stupid Dogs

"Jerk" (Season 2, Episode 1) aired on 1994-09-05.

The Brothers Grunt
1994Movies

The Brothers Grunt

"Where Angels Fear to Grunt" (Season 1, Episode 4) aired on 1994-09-05.

1994Movies
Mike & Maty

"Michael Bolton, Garth Brooks" (Season 1994, Episode 104) aired on 1994-09-05.

1994Movies
Aladdin

"Air Feathered Friends" (Season 2, Episode 1) aired on 1994-09-05.

1994Movies
Monday Night Football

"Los Angeles Raiders at San Francisco 49ers" (Season 1994, Episode 1) aired on 1994-09-05.

1994Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Fran Drescher, Alan Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson" (Season 1994, Episode 142) aired on 1994-09-05.

1995Movies
Later with Greg Kinnear

"Clive Barker" (Season 1995, Episode 99) aired on 1995-09-05.

1995Movies
Deadly Games

"Killshot" (Season 1, Episode 1) aired on 1995-09-05.

1995Movies
Mike & Maty

"Larisa Oleynik" (Season 1995, Episode 151) aired on 1995-09-05.

1995Movies
Gargoyles

"Metamorphosis" (Season 2, Episode 2) aired on 1995-09-05.

1995Movies
Aeon Flux

"The Demiurge" (Season 3, Episode 5) aired on 1995-09-05.

1995Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Janeane Garofalo, Tom Snyder, Faith Hill" (Season 1995, Episode 143) aired on 1995-09-05.

1995Movies
Highlander: The Animated Series

"The Price of Freedom" (Season 2, Episode 3) aired on 1995-09-05.

1996Movies
The Mask

"Flight as a Feather" (Season 2, Episode 3) aired on 1996-09-05.

1996Movies
Caryl & Marilyn: Real Friends

"Episode 64" (Season 1, Episode 64) aired on 1996-09-05.

1996Movies
Inside the NFL

"Episode 1" (Season 20, Episode 1) aired on 1996-09-05.

1996Movies
New York Undercover

"A Time of Faith: Part 2" (Season 3, Episode 2) aired on 1996-09-05.

1996Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Adam Sandler, David Cone, LeAnn Rimes" (Season 1996, Episode 140) aired on 1996-09-05.

1997Movies
101 Dalmatians: The Series

"Our Own Digs / Goose Pimples" (Season 2, Episode 5) aired on 1997-09-05.

1997Movies
The View

"September 5, 1997" (Season 1, Episode 21) aired on 1997-09-05.

1997Movies
Sunset Beach

"Episode 164" (Season 1, Episode 164) aired on 1997-09-05.

1997Movies
Port Charles

"Episode 71" (Season 1, Episode 71) aired on 1997-09-05.

1997Movies
The Late Show with David Letterman

"Kevin Kline, Jamie Foxx, Sugar Ray" (Season 1997, Episode 144) aired on 1997-09-05.

1998Movies
Premium Blend

"Episode 2001" (Season 2, Episode 8) aired on 1998-09-05.

1998Movies
Real Sex

"Real Sex 21" (Season 1, Episode 21) aired on 1998-09-05.

1998Movies
Saturday Night Live

"The Best of Dan Aykroyd" (Season 24, Episode ?) aired on 1998-09-05.

By Year

1990
7 events
NewsSports
1991
3 events
News
1992
1 event
News
1993
3 events
MusicSports
1994
11 events
NewsMovies
1995
10 events
NewsMovies
1996
10 events
NewsSportsMovies
1997
11 events
NewsSportsMovies
1998
10 events
NewsSportsMovies
1999
4 events
News
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