Events in History
- Feb 11 Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa
- Apr 25 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by space shuttle Discovery
- Apr 29 Wrecking cranes began tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate
- May 20 Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs from space
- Jun 21 7.7 Manjil-Rudbar Earthquake with hundreds of aftershocks hits Iran; killing about 50,000
- Jul 2 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death after a panic in a tunnel in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
- Aug 7 US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia beginning Operation Desert Shield
- Aug 25 UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq
- Sep 20 Both East and West Germany ratify reunification
- Oct 3 Reunification of East and West Germany. West German flag is raised above the Brandenburg Gate on the stroke of midnight.
- Nov 12 The World Wide Web is first proposed by CERN computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau [1]
- Dec 9 Lech Wałęsa wins Poland's 1st direct presidential election in Poland
- Dec 22 Lech Wałęsa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president
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Historical Figures Born in 1990
- Jan 26 Peter Sagan, Slovakian professional cyclist (World Road Champion 2016), born in Žilina, Slovakia
- Feb 3 Cody Newton Gifford, American write, producer, son of Kathie Lee & Frank Gifford, born in NYC, New York
- Feb 4 Haruka Tomatsu, Japanese Seiyū, born in Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan
- Feb 11 Princess Ayah of Jordan, niece of King Abdullah II of Jordan, born in Amman, Jordan
- Feb 13 Olivia Federici, British synchronized swimmer, born in Plymouth, United Kingdom
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Historical Marriages
- Feb 2 Marina Ogilvy (daughter of Engl princess Alexandra) weds Paul Mowatt
- Jun 9 Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed
- Jul 17 PLO-leader Jasser Arrafat marries Soha Tawil in Tunis
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Tunku Abdul RahmanArticles and Photos
Margaret Thatcher Tax Triggers Riot
London was rocked by a major riot on this day in history as protests erupted against the poll tax introduced by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.March 31Taxman Delivers Cruel Blow to Miss Whiplash
If I agreed to your demand for cash payment it means that you would be living off immoral earnings, celebrated Madam tells the tax authority.May 15Mikhail Kalashnikov Meets Eugene Stoner
The inventor of the AK-47, Mikhail Kalashnikov (right), meets the inventor of the M-16, Eugene Stoner (left)May 16All-Female Crew Triumphs in Whitbread
After New Zealand’s Peter Blake crushed all opposition in the 1989-90 Whitbread round the world race an all-female crew came home on this day, stealing the showMay 28Operation Desert Shield
US troops in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert ShieldJuly 8
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