STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope Launch from Discovery, April 24, 1990

Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union. 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 1990Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic Declares Sovereignty from Soviet Union, October 25, 1990STS-31 Hubble Space Telescope Launch from Discovery,…

An Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 over Gadsden, Alabama, killing both of the Cessna's occupants. Date: April 9, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Lenin Peak Disaster: Earthquake…

South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia. Date: September 20, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Mikhail Gorbachev Elected First Soviet Union President March 15, 1990Baku Anti-Armenian Pogrom Begins, January 12, 1990F5 Tornado Strikes…

Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine. Date: April 24, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Liechtenstein Joins the United Nations September 18, 1990Lower Ohio…

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…