1990 Calendar
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1990 Historical Event(s)
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.
April 16, 1990
– The “Doctor of Death”, Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
June 12, 1990
– Russia Day – the parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
June 30, 1990
– East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
August 8, 1990
– Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
August 10, 1990
– More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.
October 8, 1990
– 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.
Who Were Born On 1990?
January 7, 1990
– Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
January 24, 1990
– Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter
February 18, 1990
– Park Shin-hye, South Korean actress
April 7, 1990
– Trent Cotchin, Australian footballer
May 31, 1990
– Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player
June 24, 1990
– Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
July 6, 1990
– Ajoo, South Korean singer
July 31, 1990
– Olga Galchenko, Russian juggler
September 25, 1990
– Zac Fox, British actor
December 22, 1990
– Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer