1990 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1990?
- January 1, 1990 – David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City’s first black mayor.
- January 20, 1990 – On Black Saturday, the Red Army kills Azerbaijani civilians in Baku.
- January 24, 1990 – Japan launches Hiten, the country’s first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union’s Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
- January 27, 1990 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
- February 11, 1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
- February 13, 1990 – German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
- March 1, 1990 – Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
- March 18, 1990 – In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
- March 19, 1990 – The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.
- March 21, 1990 – Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
- March 31, 1990 – 200,000 protestors take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
- April 7, 1990 – Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).
- May 22, 1990 – North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
- May 23, 1990 – Jordan Mack was born.
- June 2, 1990 – The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12. Petersburg, Indiana, is the hardest-hit town in the outbreak, with 6 deaths.
- July 16, 1990 – The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
- September 10, 1990 – The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire – the largest church in Africa is consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
- November 26, 1990 – The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
- November 29, 1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes two resolutions to restore international peace and security if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
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