Date: September 29, 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 1990Mary Robinson Elected…
A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people. 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 1990200,000 Protesters Rally in London Against Poll Tax, March 31, 1990Xiamen Airlines…
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 1990Transnistria…
Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward. Date: August 8, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990Liechtenstein Joins the United Nations September…
An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people. Date: August 28, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 28 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1990East Germans Hold First Democratic Elections in GDR, March 18, 1990Namibia…
Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there. Date: April 12, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅…