Date: July 21, 1990
In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca. Date: July 2, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Date: March 18, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Japan…
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-36. Date: February 28, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990US Begins TV Martí Anti-Castro Propaganda Broadcasts to Cuba March 27, 1990Namibia Gains Independence After 75 Years of…
United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal. Date: March 28, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Jim Gary’s Twentieth Century Dinosaurs Exhibition Opens at Smithsonian, April…
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 1990First American Soldiers Arrive in Saudi Arabia, Gulf War Begins – August 7, 1990Americans…
United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces. Date: January 3, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Pakistan Deadliest Train Crash Kills 307, Injures 700 – January…