1990s — in der Geschichte
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Höhepunkte
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1990
First day of the June 1990 Mineriad in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections.
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1990
Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
Dissolution of the Soviet Union · Central Committee · Soviet Communist Party
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1990
Time Warner wird durch den Zusammenschluss von Time Inc. und Warner Communications gegründet.
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1990
Die Vereinigten Staaten beginnen mit dem Senden von TV Martí, einem anti-Castro Propaganda-Netzwerk, nach Kuba.
TV Martí · Fidel Castro · Cuba
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1990
Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
Xiamen Airlines · Guangzhou · 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions
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1990
Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
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1990
The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 66 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12.
June 1990 Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak · Illinois · Indiana
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1990
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom · Margaret Thatcher · Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1990
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1990
History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
History of Slovenia · Slovenian independence referendum, 1990 · Slovenia
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1990
Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
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1990
STS-31: Das Hubble-Weltraumteleskop wird von der Raumfähre Discovery gestartet.
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1990
The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
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1990
British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
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1990
Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested; he eventually confesses to 56 killings.
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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.
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1990
In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
Haiti · Prosper Avril · Coup
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1990
Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
Jim Gary · Smithsonian Institution · National Museum of Natural History
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1990
Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
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1990
The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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1990
Rabbi Meir Kahane, Gründer der rechtsextremen Kach-Bewegung, wird nach einer Rede in einem Hotel in New York City erschossen.
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1990
After German reunification, the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Germany and Poland.
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1990
Der Delta-II-Rakete macht seinen Jungfernflug.
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1990
In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
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1990
The Red Army crackdown on civil protests in Baku, Azerbaijan during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Red Army · Baku · Azerbaijan
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1990
Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
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1990
United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
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1990
Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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1990
Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
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1990
In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
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1990
Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
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1990
Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
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1990
Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
Transnistria · Soviet Union · Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
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1990
Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
Apartheid · F. W. de Klerk · Speech at the Opening of the Parliament of South Africa, 1990
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1990
The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire.
Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș · Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire
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1990
The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.
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1990
Golfkrieg: Der UN-Sicherheitsrat ordnet ein globales Handelsembargo gegen den Irak an als Reaktion auf den Irakischen Überfall auf Kuwait.
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1990
Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
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1990
Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed.
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1990
German reunification: The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist and its territory becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany. East German citizens became part of the European Community, which later became the European Union. Now celebrated as German Unity Day.
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1990
Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
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1990
Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
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1990
The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
Verkhovna Rada · Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine · Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
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1990
Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond’s second consecutive Tour de France victory.
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1990
The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
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1990
The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
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1990
Der Leiter der Sowjetunion, Michail Gorbatschow, wird mit dem Friedensnobelpreis für seine Bemühungen, die Spannungen des Kalten Krieges zu verringern und sein Land zu öffnen, ausgezeichnet.
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1990
Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
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1990
German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
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1990
Keith Haring, American painter and activist (b. 1958)
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1990
"Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
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1990
Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
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1990
Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.
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1990
Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Marion Barry · Psychoactive drug · Federal Bureau of Investigation
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1990
Rob Moroso, American race car driver (b. 1968)
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1990
End of the Lebanese Civil War. Syrian forces launch an attack on the free areas of Lebanon removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
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1990
Der italienische Premierminister Giulio Andreotti enthüllt dem italienischen Parlament die Existenz von Gladio, der italienischen "Befehlshaber-gebliebenen" geheimen paramilitärischen NATO-Armee, die in falsch-hergeleiteten Terroranschlägen verwickelt war, bei denen Kommunisten und Anarchisten als Teil der Strategie der Spannung von den späten 1960er Jahren bis Anfang der 1980er Jahre beschuldigt wurden.
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1990
Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
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1990
Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
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1990
The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
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1990
South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
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1990
Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1930)
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1990
Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.
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1990
Alan Hale Jr., American film and television actor (b. 1921)
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1990
Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
Nelson Mandela · Drakenstein Correctional Centre · Cape Town
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1990
Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.
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1990
Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
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1990
Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
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1990
Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (b. 1910)
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1990
A seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan, during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.
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1990
Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
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1990
Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
Latvia · On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia · Soviet Union
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1990
Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (b. 1910)
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1990
The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Congress of People's Deputies of Russia · Boris Yeltsin · Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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1990
Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
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1990
Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
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1990
The 7.4 Mw Manjil-Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000-50,000, and injuring 60,000-105,000.
1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake · Iran · Mercalli intensity scale
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1990
Robert Blackburn, Irish educator (b. 1927)
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1990
The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union. Until 1996 the day is celebrated as the Independence Day of Belarus; after a referendum held that year the celebration of independence is moved to June 3.
Supreme Soviet · Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic · Belarus
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1990
Israelisch-palästinensischer Konflikt: In Jerusalem töten israelische Polizisten 17 Palästinenser und verletzen über 100 nahe der Moschee des Felsendoms auf dem Tempelberg.
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1990
Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
Marshall Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · United Nations Trusteeship Council
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1990
Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
German Democratic Republic · East German general election, 1990
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1990
Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1928)
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1990
Das tschechoslowakische Parlament kann sich nicht auf einen Namen für das Land nach dem Fall des Kommunismus einigen, was den sogenannten Bindestrichkrieg auslöst.
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1990
The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.
Jamaat al Muslimeen · Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt · Trinidad and Tobago
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1990
Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
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1990
Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (b. 1898)