Greg LeMond wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. Greg LeMond is widely regarded as one of the greatest…
Tag: 1990
15 October 1990
Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. Mikhail…
2 August 1990
Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War. Economic Problems: Iraq was facing severe economic problems after the Iran-Iraq War, which left the country…
3 October 1990
The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day German…
10 August 1990
The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. The Magellan spacecraft, also known as the Venus Radar Mapper, was a robotic space probe sent by NASA to…
22 June 1990
Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin. Checkpoint Charlie was a famous Cold War-era border crossing point between East Berlin (controlled by the Soviet Union) and…
13 February 1990
German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.