Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 Hijacking and Crash Kills 132, October 2, 1990

Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward. Date: August 8, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Time Warner Formed by Time Inc….

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. Date: June 20, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990German Reunification Treaty Signed…

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. Date: January 24, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events…

Lenin Peak disaster: a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan triggers an avalanche on Lenin Peak, killing 43 climbers in the deadliest mountaineering disaster in history. Date: July 13, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 13 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Romania…

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…

First Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock. Date: October 8, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 8 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990East Germany Holds First Democratic Elections, March 18,…