David Dinkins Sworn in as New York City’s First Black Mayor January 1, 1990

Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel. Date: November 5, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 5 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Tim Berners-Lee Publishes World…

Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970. Date: March 11, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Jim Gary’s Twentieth Century Dinosaurs Exhibition Opens at Smithsonian, April…

British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities. Date: June 10, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day…

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…

Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970. Date: March 11, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Modified TGV Sets Rail Speed Record 515.3 km/h May 18,…

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-41, and deploys the Ulysses space probe to study the Sun's polar regions. Date: October 6, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 6 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Boris Yeltsin Elected President of Russian…