United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
Tag: 1990
18 March 1990
In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
23 December 1990
History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia’s overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
13 November 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.
22 June 1990
Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkpoint_Charlie’]
31 March 1990
Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poll_tax_riots’]
22 December 1990
Lech Wa??sa is elected President of Poland. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa’]
2 August 1990
Iraq invades Kuwait which triggers events that eventually leading to the Gulf War. On Aug. 2, 1990, Iraq invaded its neighbor Kuwait, triggering a series…
9 September 1990
Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in the Batticaloa District. The uneasy relationship between Tamils and Sinhala has persisted for centuries,…