This year in History: Born in 1990 and fun news items.
This year in History
The year 1990
Events:
January 31 The first McDonald's opens in Moscow, Russia.
October 15 Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace PrizeNovember 12 Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.November 13 The first known World Wide Web page is written.December 22 Lech Walesa is sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected presidentFebruary 7 Collapse of the Soviet UnionMarch 28 President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.March 28 President Dwight D. Eisenhower diesApril 24 The Hubble Space Telescope is launched by the Space Shuttle Discovery.April 28 After 6,237 performances, the Broadway musical A Chorus Line closes.May 31 The first episode of Seinfeld airs on TVJune 8 Czechoslovakia's first free elections in 44 yearsJuly 17 The Minnesota Twins become the first team in Major League Baseball to turn two triple plays in a single gameJuly 30 The first Saturn automobile rolls off the assembly line.August 2 Iraq invades Kuwait starting the Gulf War.August 7 Fun Date: At 12:34:56 the time and date was 12:34:56 7/8/90 i.e. 1234567890.August 10 The Magellan space probe reaches the planet Venus.August 12 The most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex ever found is discovered in South Dakota.August 19 Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert.August 23 East and West Germany announce that they would uniteAugust 30 Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey, Jr. are the 1st father and son to play on same teamFamous
Birthdays:
February 2 Dan Gosling (English footballer)
April 9 Kristen Stewart (Actress from Twilight)April 15 Emma Watson (Actress from Harry Potter)May 27 Chris Colfer (Actor and Author)August 15 Jennifer Lawrence (Actress playing Katniss in The Hunger Games)August 23 Seth CurrySeptember 6 John Wall (Basketball player)October 22 Jonathan Lipnicki (Actor - Jerry McGuire)December 20 Jo-Jo (Singer)December 28 David Archuleta (Singer) Archive:
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