Year 1990

1 June 1990

U.S.-Soviet summit reaches accord on armaments

11 February 1990

South Africa frees Nelson Mandela, imprisoned 271/2 years

17 December 1990

Haiti elects leftist priest as president in first democratic election

17 November 1990

Gorbachev assumes emergency powers

2 August 1990 et seq.

Iraqi troops invade Kuwait and seize petroleum reserves, setting off Persian Gulf War

20 July 1990

US Appeals Court overturns Oliver North's Iran-Contra conviction

21 November 1990

Leaders of 34 nations in Europe and North America proclaim a united Europe

22 January 1990

Yugoslav Communists end 45-year monopoly of power

22 November 1990

Margaret Thatcher resigns as British prime minister

25 April 1990

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro inaugurated as Nicaraguan president. Hubble Space Telescope launched

28 November 1990

John Major succeeds her

3 January 1990

World Wide Web debuts, popularizes Internet

3 January 1990

Gen. Manuel Noriega surrenders in Panama

3 October 1990

East and West Germany reunited

6 July 1990

Western Alliance ends cold war and proposes joint action with Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

7 February 1990

Soviet Communists relinquish sole power

8 November 1990

Republicans set back in midterm elections

9 December 1990

Lech Walesa wins Poland's runoff presidential election

1990

Filippines, Luzon - 1.621 deads - magnitudo 7,7

20 June 1990

Iran, occidentale circa 40.000 deads nella provincia di Gilan

1990

Nobel Prizes Physics: Jerome Isaac Friedman, Henry Way Kendall, Richard Edward Taylor

1990

Nobel Prizes Peace: Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

1990

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: Joseph E. Murray, E. Donnall Thomas

1990

Nobel Prizes Literature: Octavio Paz

1990

Nobel Prizes Economy: Harry M. Markowitz, Merton M. Miller, William F. Sharpe

1990

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Elias James Corey, per lo sviluppo della teoria e della metodologia della sintesi organica

1990

Academy Award Best Picture: Dances with Wolves

1990

Academy Award Best Director: Kevin Costner, Dances with Wolves

1990

Academy Award Best Actor: Jeremy Irons, Reversal of Fortune

1990

Academy Award Best Actress: Kathy Bates, Misery

1990

Academy Award Best Supporting Actor: Joe Pesci, Goodfellas

1990

Academy Award Best Supporting Actress: Whoopi Goldberg, Ghost

1990

Academy Award Best Original Screenplay:

1990

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Stefan Edberg d. Boris Becker (6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4)

1990

Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds (NL) 4-0 Oakland Athletics (AL)

1990

Football XXIV Super Bowl: San Francisco 49ers (NFC) d. Denver Broncos (AFC) 55-10

1990

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Martina Navratilova d.Zina Garrison (6-4, 6-1)

1990

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: AC Milan (Italy)

1990

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons d. Portland Trail Blazers (4-1)

1990

UEFA_Champions_League, Soccer World Cup: West Germany d. Argentina (1-0) in Italy

1990

1990 Playboy cover

1990 July 11

Caroline Wozniacki, Tennis player (born at Odense, Denmark) Cancer

1990 April 03

Dorothea Wierer, Painter (born at Bruneck, Italy) Aries

1990 April 15

Emma Watson, actress(Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson) (born at Paris,France) Aries

1990 August 15

Jennifer Lawrence, actress (born at Louisville, Kentucky, USA) Leo

1990 July 02

Margot Robbie, actress (born at Dalby, Queensland, Australia) Cancer

1990 October 07

Cranberries , PPP Libra

1990 October 02

Jonathan Lipnicki , actor (born at Westlake Village) Libra

1990 August 12

Mario Balotelli , soccer player (born at Palermo,Italy) Leo

1990 April 10

Valerio Scanu , songwriter (born at Maddalena) Aries

1990 January 25

Ava Gardner, actress (dead at Westminster, United Kingdom) (born 1922 December 24) Capricorn

1990 April 15

Greta Garbo, actress (dead at New York,USA) (born 1905 September 18) Virgo

1990 September 26

Alberto Moravia , writer (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1907 November 28) Sagittarius

1990 December 13

Alice Marble , tennis star (dead at California)

1990 December 26

Franco Piga , magistrato, politician (dead at Cortina d'Ampezzo) (born 1927 March 18) Pisces

1990 May 28

Giorgio Manganelli , writer (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1922 November 15) Scorpio

1990 September 04

Irene Marie Dunne , actress,singer (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1898 December 20) Sagittarius

1990 May 16

Jim Henson , creatore del Muppets(James Maury Henson) (born 1936 September 24) Libra

1990 February 16

Keith Haring , Artista neo-pop statunitense (born 1958 May 04) Taurus

1990 October 14

Leonard Bernstein , Compositore e direttore d'orchestra statunitense (born 1918 August 25) Virgo

1990 February 24

Malcolm Forbes , CEO (Forbes Publishing)

1990 February 15

Michel Drach , movie director (dead at Paris,France) (born 1930 October 18) Libra

1990 November 23

Roald Dahl , writer (dead at Great Missenden) (born 1916 September 13) Virgo

1990 May 16

Sammy Davis jr. , actor (dead at Beverly Hills, California, USA) (born 1925 December 08) Sagittarius

1990 September 06

Tom Fogerty , rocker

1990 October 27

Ugo Tognazzi , actor (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1922 March 23) Aries