1990

Birth of Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player

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Magnus Carlsen

1990

Birth of Antoine N'Gossan

Antoine N'Gossan, Ivorian footballer

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Antoine N'Gossan

1991

Birth of Agnatius Paasi

Agnatius Paasi, Tongan rugby league player

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Agnatius Paasi

1994

Birth of Sofia Araújo

Sofia Araújo is a Portuguese former professional tennis player and currently a professional padel player.

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Sofia Araújo

1994

Birth of Marko Daňo

Marko Daňo, Austrian-Slovak ice hockey player

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Marko Daňo

1995

Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States. The coalition's efforts were in two phases: Operation Desert Shield, which marked the military buildup from August 1990 to January 1991; and Operation Desert Storm, from the bombing campaign against Iraq on 17 January until the American-led liberation of Kuwait on 28 February.

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Gulf War

1995

Birth of Lancey Foux

Lance O. Omal, known professionally as Lancey Foux, is a British rapper and singer from Stratford, London. The Guardian credited Omal as "fundamental" to the development of the UK underground rap scene.

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Lancey Foux

1998

Birth of Grant Williams (basketball)

Grant Dean Williams is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Williams played college basketball for the Tennessee Volunteers. He was drafted 22nd overall in the 2019 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics and reached the NBA Finals with the team in 2022. He has also played for the Dallas Mavericks.

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Grant Williams (basketball)

1999

ExxonMobil

Exxon Mobil Corporation is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston. Founded as the largest direct successor of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, the company was formed in 1999, with the merger of Exxon and Mobil. It is vertically integrated across the entire oil and gas industry, as well as within its chemicals division, which produces plastic, synthetic rubber, and other chemical products. As the largest U.S.-based oil and gas company, ExxonMobil is the eighth-largest company by revenue in the U.S. and 13th-largest in the world. It is also the largest investor-owned oil company in the world. Approximately 55.56% of the company's shares are held by institutions, the largest of which, as of 2019, were The Vanguard Group (8.15%), BlackRock (6.61%), and State Street Corporation (4.83%).

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ExxonMobil

1999

Seattle

Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is the 18th-most populous city in the United States with a population of 784,777 in 2025, while the Seattle metropolitan area at over 4.15 million residents is the 15th-most populous metropolitan area in the nation. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. Seattle's growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities.

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Seattle

1999

British Aerospace

British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer that was formed in 1977. Its head office was at Warwick House in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in Farnborough, Hampshire. It purchased Marconi Electronic Systems, the defence electronics and naval shipbuilding subsidiary of the General Electric Company, in 1999 to form BAE Systems.

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British Aerospace

2000

STS-97

STS-97 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 1 December 2000, and was the 15th flight of Endeavour and the 101st Space Shuttle mission. The crew installed the first set of solar arrays to the ISS, prepared a docking port for arrival of the Destiny Laboratory Module, and delivered supplies for the station's crew. It was the last human spaceflight of the 20th century.

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STS-97

2000

Birth of Jane Paknia

Jane Rosalyn Paknia is an American synthesizer player and composer from New York City. An accomplished trumpeter in her teenage years, her music in adulthood primarily focuses on dance-pop and electronic jazz. Her debut EP, Orchid Underneath, was released in 2024, and her second, Millions of Years of Longing, was released in 2025.

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Jane Paknia

2004

McDonnell Douglas MD-80

The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second generation of the DC-9 family, originally designated as the DC-9-80 and later stylized as the DC-9 Super 80 . With a stretched, enlarged wing and powered by higher bypass Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 engines, the aircraft program was launched in October 1977. The MD-80 made its first flight on October 18, 1979, and was certified on August 25, 1980. The first airliner was delivered to launch customer Swissair on September 13, 1980, which introduced it into service on October 10, 1980.

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McDonnell Douglas MD-80

2005

John Sentamu

John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu, Baron Sentamu, is a retired Anglican bishop and life peer. He was Archbishop of York and Primate of England from 2005 to 2020. In retirement he was subject to investigation over his handling of child sexual abuse allegations and was asked to step back from ministry because of his mishandling of safeguarding cases.

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John Sentamu