Asteroid Eureka Discovered June 20, 1990

Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner. Date: February 11, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Taiwan Repatriates Illegal Immigrants, 25…

In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph). Date: May 18, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990First American Soldiers Arrive in Saudi Arabia, Gulf War…

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. Date: June 13, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 13 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)…

In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca. Date: July 2, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-36. Date: February 28, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990East Germany Holds First Democratic Elections, March 18, 1990Nelson Mandela Released from Prison After 27 Years, February 11,…

Widerøe Flight 839 crashes after takeoff from Værøy Airport in Norway, killing five people. Date: April 12, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Buster Douglas Upsets Mike Tyson to Win Heavyweight Title, February 11,…