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 22, 1990 – Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm.
- January 25, 1990 – The Burns’ Day storm hits northwestern Europe.
- January 27, 1990 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
- 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 2, 1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
- March 11, 1990 – Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
- March 15, 1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
- 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 27, 1990 – The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime.
- May 20, 1990 – The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
- 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.
- 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 7, 1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
- November 21, 1990 – The Charter of Paris for a New Europe refocuses the efforts of the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europeon post-Cold War issues.
- December 1, 1990 – Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.
- December 22, 1990 – Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
- December 25, 1990 – The first successful trial run of the system which would become the World Wide Web.
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