Romania Holds First Post-Communist Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, May 20, 1990

The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress. Date: April 4, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990F5 Tornado Strikes…

Latvia declares independence from the Soviet Union. Date: May 4, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Alitalia Flight 404 Crashes Near Zurich, 46 Killed, November 14, 1990Tampere Hall Inaugurated in Finland, Largest Nordic Congress…

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 1990Taiwan Repatriates Illegal Immigrants, 25 Die…

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power. Date: February 7, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Bangkok Airways Flight 125…

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…

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 1990Patricio Aylwin Sworn In as Chile’s First Democratic President, March 11,…