1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar .
Events
January January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.January 7 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns.January 9 - Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apolo Milton Obote's government dies in Ormduruman Hospital in Khartoum , Sudan .January 10 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.January 11 - Massive (200,000) demonstration in favor of Lithuanian independence.January 13 - Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond , Virginia .January 15 - Thousands storm the Stasi HQ in Berlin in an attempt to view their recordsJanuary 16 - Alternative rock band They Might Be Giants releases their third album, Flood .January 18 : January 22 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm .January 25 - Avianca Flight 52 crashed into Cove Neck, Long Island, after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK airport officials.January 25 - The Berlin Wall starts to come downJanuary 29 - The trial of the former skipper of the Exxon Valdez , Joseph Hazelwood, begins in Anchorage, Alaska . He is accused of negligence that resulted in America's worst oil spill .January 31 - The first McDonald's opens in Moscow , Russia .
February
March March 1 - A fire at the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo kills 16.March 1 - Steve Jackson Games is raided by the U.S. Secret Service , prompting the later formation of the EFF .March 1 - Royal New Zealand Navy discontinues the daily rum rationMarch 9 - Police seals off Brixton South London after another night of protests against the poll tax March 9 - Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States , becoming the first female and Hispanic to serve in that positionMarch 9 - Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord , effectively killing the AccordMarch 10 - 18 months after seizing power in a coup, Prosper Avril is ousted in Haiti March 11 - Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union March 11 - Patricio Aylwin is sworn-in as the first democratically-elected Chilean president since 1973 March 15 - Gulf War : Iraqis hang British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying. Daphne Parish , a British nurse, is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment as an accompliceMarch 15 - Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union March 15 - The Soviet Union announces that Lithuania 's declaration of independence is invalidMarch 18 - 12 paintings, collectively worth $100 million, are stolen by two thieves posing as police officers from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts . This is the largest art theft in US history and the paintings (as of 2003 ) have not been recoveredMarch 18 - East Germany holds first free elections since 1932 March 20 - Ferdinand Marcos 's widow, Imelda Marcos , goes on trial for bribery , embezzlement , and racketeering March 21 - After 75 years of South African rule Namibia becomes independentMarch 21 - A massive poll tax demonstration in Trafalgar Square , London turns into a riot. 417 people injured, 341 arrestedMarch 25 - In New York City , a fire at an illegal social club called "Happy Land " kills 87March 27 - Propaganda : The United States begins broadcasting TV Marti to Cuba March 27 - Namibia becomes a state independent of South Africa March 28 - President George H. W. Bush presents Jesse Owens with the Congressional Gold Medal .
April_July April 7 - Iran Contra Affair : John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal but the convictions were later reversed after an appealApril 7 - Bahamas -registered ferry, catches fire enroute from Norway to Denmark - 158 deadApril 12 - Christian Bernard , F.R.C., becomes Imperator of AMORC April 13 - Soviet Union apologizes for the Katyn Massacre April 24 - The Space Shuttle Discovery places the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit .It becomes operational May 20 April 24 - West and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1 May 15 - Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million.1990 Stanley Cup Finals start Edmonton Oilers vs. Boston Bruins May 19 - British agriculture Minister John Gummer feeds a hamburger to his 5_year_old daughter to counter rumours about the spread of Mad cow disease and its transmission to humansMay 20 - The first post- Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania May 22 - The leaders of the Republic of Yemen .May 22 - Windows 3.0 is released by Microsoft May 25 - 1990 Stanley Cup Finals end Edmonton Oilers def Boston Bruins 4 games to 1Tuesday, May 29, 1990 - Rhode Island celebrates its bicentennial statehood.June 1 - U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and start destroying each of their nation's stockpilesJune 12 - The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty (see Russia Day )June 22 - Underwater volcano Philippines July 2 - Stampede in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the Mecca - 1426 pilgrims deadJuly 8 - At 12:34:56 PM the time and date by US reckoning was 12:34:56 7/8/90.July 8 - West Germany defeats Argentina to win the Football World Cup 1990 July 15 - Tamil Tigers kill 168 Muslims in Colombo , Sri Lanka July 16 - In the Philippines , an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter Scale kills over 1600July 27 - The parliament building and a government tevelision house in Port-of-Spain , Trinidad and Tobago were stormed by the Jamaat al Muslimeen in a Coup d'état attempt which lasted five days. Approximately 26 to 30 people where killed and several wounded (including then Prime Minister , A.N.R. Robinson , who was shot in the leg).July 28 - Alberto Fujimori becomes president of Peru July 30 - IRA car bomb kills British MP Ian Gow
August-September
October October 3 - German re_unification, East Germany became part of Germany October 5 - After one hundred and fifty years, ten months and two days (Friday , January 3 , 1840 - Friday , October 5 , 1990), The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. Founded in 1840 as The Port Phillip Herald , it is merged with its morning tabloid sister paper The Sun News-Pictorial and the first issue of the new Herald Sun , described by owner Rupert Murdoch as "The world's first 24_hour newspaper", with morning and afternoon editions, is published on the 8th .October 8 - Israeli_Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem , Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount .October 15 - Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nationOctober 27 - New Zealand general election returns National with record number of seats - 67; Labour 29, NewLabour 1.
November November 1 - Mary Robinson defeats odds-on favourite Brian Lenihan to become the first woman President of Ireland .November 5 - Rabbi Meir Kahane , founder of the far-right Kach movement , is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.November 11 - Gulf War : The U.N. Security Council passes resolution 678, giving Iraq until Tuesday , January 15 , 1991 to withdrawal its forces from KuwaitNovember 12 - Crown Prince Akihito becomes the 125th Japanese monarch and takes the title Emperor Akihito of Japan November 12 - Tim Berners-Lee publishes a more formal proposal for the World Wide Web . [1] (http://www.w3.org/Proposal ) November 13 - The first known web page is written.November 14 - Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the border at the Oder-Neisse line.November 15 - Space Shuttle program : Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38.November 18 - Andrei Tjikatilo is arrested on suspicion of serial murder and rapeNovember 21 - The Japan November 22 - Margaret Thatcher resigns as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .November 23 - Punk rock band Bad Religion releases their seventh album, Against the Grain in the United States .November 25 - Lech Walesa and Stanislaw Tyminski win the 1st round of first presidential elections in Poland, see: December 9November 27 - The UK Conservative Party chooses John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom .November 29 - Gulf War : The United Nations Security Council passes UN Security Council Resolution 678 , authorizing military intervention in Iraq if that nation did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by Tuesday , January 15 , 1991 .
December December 1 - Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 meters beneath the English Channel seabed, establishing the first ground connection between the United Kingdom and the mainland of Europe since the last ice age December 1 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ opens their live concert Acoustic Christmas for the first time as the first annual with Dramarama , The Havilinas , Chris Isaak , The Posies, Social Distortion , Soho and Trash Can Sinatras .December 2 - A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932 December 3 - At Detroit Metropolitan Airport , a McDonnell Douglas DC_9 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with a Boeing 727 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers aboard flight 1482December 3 - Mary Robinson is elected the first female President of Ireland .December 6 - Saddam Hussein releases the Western hostagesDecember 9 - Slobodan Milosevic becomes President of Serbia December 9 - Lech Walesa wins the 2nd round of Poland 's first presidential election December 16 - Haiti , ending three decades of military rule.December 31 - Russian Garry Kasparov holds his title by winning the World Chess Championship match against his countryman Anatoly Karpov .
Alice Tepper Marlin, Bernard Lédéa Ouedraogo, Felicia Langer and ATCC (Asociación de Trabajadores Campesinos del Carare)
Births January 7 - Liam Aiken , child actor January 21 -Jacob William Smith, child actor January 30 - Jake Thomas , actor (Lizzie McGuire February 13 - Erdini Qoigyijabu , eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama , according to the Chinese governmentFebruary 28 - Anna Muzychuk , Ukrainian chess playeMarch 16 - James Bulger , toddler murdered in Merseyside , United Kingdom (d. 1993 )March 24 - Keisha Castle_Hughes , actressApril 15 - Emma Watson , actress (Harry Potter April 25 - Gedhun Choekyi Nyima , eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama , according to the Government of Tibet in Exile May 16 - Thomas Sangster , actorJuly 17 - Mattie Stepanek , young poet (d. 2004 )July 24 - Daveigh Chase , actressAugust 6 - JonBenét Ramsey October 19 - Janet Leon , pop singer (PLAY)October 22 - Jonathan Lipnicki , child actor November 30 - Norwegian chess playerDecember 20 - JoJo (born Joanna Noelle Levesque), pop singerDecember 24 - Joshua Bryant , went missing in 2001 (presumed dead)
Deaths March 13 - Karl Münchinger , German conductor (b. 1915 )April 17 - Ralph Abernathy , American civil rights leaderMay 16 - Jim Henson , American puppeteer, creator of Sesame Street , the Muppets , founder of the Jim Henson Company May 16 - Sammy Davis Jr. , actor, dancer, singerJuly 7 - Bill Cullen , game show hostAugust 27 - Stevie Ray Vaughan , Blues guitarist (b. 1954 )September 16 - Len Hutton , English cricketer (b. 1916 )September 26 - Italian novelist (b. Romania had a civil war in the aftermath of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 , the opposition was for Nicolae Ceausescu and the Communist regime, and those for the new regime .
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1990 World Series by Baseball Almanac (988 words)
At the plate, the "Dynamic Duo" of Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco combined for seventy-six home runs and Rickey Henderson led the American League with sixty-five stolen bases and finished as runner-up for the American League batting title with a.325 average and twenty-eight bombs. Adding to the team's aura of invincibility was the late-August acquisitions of Willie McGee (1990 National League batting champ) from the St. Louis Cardinals and Harold Baines from the Texas Rangers. Their opponents, the Cincinnati Reds were no strangers to postseason play either, but this Reds roster was not the familiar blueprint of the Big Red Machine that had ruled the National League during the 1970's .
1990 Census (278 words)
The population of the U.S . on April 1, 1990 was 248,709,873. Tables and maps for 100 percent and sample 1990 census data for all geographies to the block group level The 1990 Census Lookup data access tool is no longer available, due to resource limitations.
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