Date: July 22, 1990
Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner. Date: February 11, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Mikhail Gorbachev Elected First Soviet…
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) More events from 1990Sue,…
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 1990Apartheid Ends: de Klerk Unbans ANC, Promises Mandela Release February 2,…
The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. Date: August 10, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Czechoslovak Parliament Fails to Agree on Country Name, Hyphen War March 29, 1990Steve Jackson Games Raided by Secret Service,…
German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany. Date: July 1, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Channel Tunnel Sections Meet Beneath…
John Poindexter is convicted for his role in the Iran–Contra affair. In 1991 the convictions are reversed on appeal. Date: April 7, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990East Germans Hold First Democratic Elections…