Modified TGV Sets Rail Speed Record at 515.3 km/h, May 18, 1990
Date: May 18, 1990
Date: May 18, 1990
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…
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 1990Asteroid Eureka Discovered June 20, 1990Gruinard…
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 1990IRA…
The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania. Date: May 20, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Apartheid Ends: De Klerk Unbans ANC, Promises Mandela Release February 2, 1990Nelson Mandela Released…
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first and only President of the Soviet Union. Date: March 15, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 15 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Transnistria Proclaims Soviet Republic, Gorbachev Rejects Decision September 2, 1990Saddam Hussein…