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)
After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper. Date: October 5, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 5 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day. Date: October 3, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 3 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 132. Date: October 2, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 2 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, is inaugurated in Tampere, Finland. Date: September 29, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time. Date: September 29, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C. Date: September 29, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations. Date: September 18, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge. Date: September 16, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)