Namibia Gains Independence After 75 Years of South African Rule, March 21, 1990

Cold War: George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production. Date: June 1, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Avianca Flight 052 Crashes in Cove Neck, New…

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 1990Luzon…

Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency. Date: January 19, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches on STS-36, February 28, 1990New Democracy…

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 1990Widerøe Flight 839 Crash…

Avianca Flight 052 crashes in Cove Neck, New York, killing 73. Date: January 25, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990200,000 Protesters Rally in London Against Poll Tax, March 31, 1990North and South Yemen…

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…