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1990 Calendar

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•  January 27, 1990 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Horse in Chinese astrology.
•  March 2, 1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
•  March 20, 1990 – Ferdinand Marcos’s widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
•  March 29, 1990 – The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
•  July 13, 1990 – An earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan results in the greatest number of fatalities in a mountaineering accident in High Asian mountains when an avalanche kills 43 climbers in Camp I on Pik Lenina (Lenin Peak).
•  August 2, 1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
•  August 23, 1990 – Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
•  November 12, 1990 – Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
•  November 23, 1990 – The first all woman expedition to the South Pole (3 Americans, 1 Japanese and 12 Russians), sets off from Antarctica on the 1st leg of a 70 day, 1287 kilometre ski trek.
•  December 22, 1990 – Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.

•  January 26, 1990 – Sergio Pérez, Mexican racing driver
•  February 18, 1990 – Cody Hodgson, Canadian hockey player
•  May 1, 1990 – Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress
•  July 4, 1990 – Naoki Yamada, Japanese footballer
•  July 11, 1990 – Connor Paolo, American actor
•  July 28, 1990 – Shana Swash, English actress
•  October 16, 1990 – Yohanna, Icelandic singer
•  October 22, 1990 – Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor
•  November 24, 1990 – Sarah Hyland, American actress
•  December 7, 1990 – Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player