Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering. Date: March 20, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 20 π Events on this day in 1990 π On This Day (Today)
The ethnic clashes of TΓ’rgu MureΘ begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire. Date: March 19, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 19 π Events on this day in 1990 π On This Day (Today)
In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500Β million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Date: March 18, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 18 π Events on this day in 1990 π On This Day (Today)
Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship. Date: March 18, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 18 π Events on this day in 1990 π On This Day (Today)
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first and only President of the Soviet Union. Date: March 15, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 15 π Events on this day in 1990 π On This Day (Today)
Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970. Date: March 11, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 11 π Events on this day in 1990 π On This Day (Today)
Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union. Date: March 11, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 11 π Events on this day in 1990 π On This Day (Today)
In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted eighteen months after seizing power in a coup d'Γ©tat in September 1988. Date: March 10, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 10 π Events on this day in 1990 π On This Day (Today)
Lennox Sebe, President for life of the South African Bantustan of Ciskei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by Brigadier Oupa Gqozo. Date: March 4, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 4 π Events on this day in 1990 π On This Day (Today)
American basketball player Hank Gathers dies after collapsing during the semifinals of a West Coast Conference tournament game. Date: March 4, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 4 π Events on this day in 1990 π On This Day (Today)