![]() July Washington National Cathedral, completed on September 29 Germany is reunited on October 3 Margaret Thatcher leaves office on November 28 Bush goes back on his 'no new taxes' campaign promise. June 21 – A 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Manjil, Iran, killing thousands of people.June 12 – The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.May 26 – Gin Blossoms sign a contract with A&M Records.May 22 – The Yemeni Arab Republic and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen unite to form the Republic of Yemen.May 8 – In Los Angeles, California, Tom Waits wins a $2.5 million lawsuit against Frito-Lay for unlawfully using a sound alike of Waits in its Doritos television commercials.May 4 – Latvia declares independence from the Soviet Union.April 30 – The long-lost pilot movie to I Love Lucy airs on CBS as a special.April 25 – Violeta Chamorro is elected President of Nicaragua.April 25 – Jimi Hendrix's Fender Stratocaster that he used to perform his famous version of the " Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, is auctioned off in London for $295,000.John dedicates "Candle in the Wind" to AIDS patient Ryan White during his performance. April 7 – Neil Young, Elton John, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Guns N' Roses and Jackson Browne perform at Farm Aid IV in Indiana.April 6 – Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee suffers a mild concussion after falling off of scaffolding above his elevated drum kit during a performance in New Haven, CT.March 25 – Mötley Crüe's Tommy Lee is arrested for allegedly exposing his backside during a performance in Augusta, Georgia.March 21 – Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule.March 18 – 12 paintings worth $100 million are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the biggest art theft in US history.March 18 – East Germany holds its first free elections.March 15 – The Soviet Union declares Lithuania's independence declaration as invalid.March 15 – Mikhail Gorbachev is elected executive President of the Soviet Union.March 11 – Patricio Aylwin takes office as President of Chile, ending the rule of Augusto Pinochet.March 11 – Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union.March Patricio Aylwin becomes President of Chile on March 11 February 27 – In Time Magazine, Milli Vanilli "singer" Rob Pilatus states that their group is, "more talented than any Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney.February 26 – The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections.February 17 – Aerosmith appears in the Saturday Night Live sketch Wayne's World, where they perform the Wayne's World theme song.February 16 – Ike Turner is sentenced to 4 years in prison for possession of cocaine.February 14 – 50,000 fans watch The Rolling Stones play the first of 10 concerts at Tokyo's Korakuen Dome, the beginning of the Stones' first ever tour of Japan.February 11 – Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is freed from Victor Verster prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.February 11 – James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown.February 8 – Songwriter Del Shannon dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.January 31 – Moscow's first McDonald's restaurant opens.January 25 – The Burns' Night storm kills 97 people in Northwestern Europe.January 22 – The end of communism in Yugoslavia.January 21 – MTV's Unplugged premieres on cable television with musical guest, Squeeze.January 20 – Soviet forces kill civilians in Baku, Azerbaijan.January 15 – Thousands of people storm the Stasi headquarters in Berlin, to view government records.January 7 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed due to safety concerns.The characters Joe and Ruth Martin sit down with Erica Kane, her mother Mona, and Phoebe Wallingford as they go through scrapbook pictures which segue into memorable clips from the show's past twenty years. ![]() January 2 – All My Children airs its 20th anniversary special. ![]() 19th century – 20th century – 21st centuryġ960s 1970s 1980s – 1990s – 2000s 2010s 2020sġ990 ( MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1990th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 990th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1990s decade.Įvents January The Leaning Tower of Pisa, closed on January 7
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