People in History
The people behind the moments: leaders, scientists, explorers and ordinary people whose choices changed what came next.
2002
2002 · Politics
Armed opponents of Saddam Hussein seize Iraq’s Berlin embassy
August 20, 20022001
2001 · Politics
Ahmad Shah Massoud is assassinated in Afghanistan
September 9, 20011998
1998 · Space
John Glenn Returns to Orbit Aboard Discovery
October 29, 19981997
1997 · Crime & Justice
Terry Nichols Is Convicted in the Oklahoma City Bombing Case
December 23, 19971996
1996 · Crime & Justice
JonBenét Ramsey Is Found Dead
December 26, 1996
1996 · Space
Shannon Lucid Returns From Mir
September 26, 19961993
1993 · Crime & Justice
Cardinal Posadas Ocampo is killed at Guadalajara airport
May 24, 19931992
1992 · Politics
Four Kurdish dissidents are killed at Berlin’s Mykonos restaurant
September 17, 19921992
1992 · Crime & Justice
The Sydney River robbery becomes a multiple murder case
May 7, 19921991
1991 · Politics
Mikhail Gorbachev Resigns as Soviet President
December 25, 19911991
1991 · Sport
Magic Johnson Announces He Has HIV and Retires From the Lakers
November 7, 19911991
1991 · Art & Literature