Royal Mail Postage Stamps Christmas 1990

1990 (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.

Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen,[1] the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South Africa, and the Baltic states declaring independence from the Soviet Union amidst Perestroika. Yugoslavia’s communist regime collapses amidst increasing internal tensions and multiparty elections held within its constituent republics result in separatist governments being elected in most of the republics marking the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia. Also in this year began the crisis that would lead to the Gulf War in 1991 following the Iraq invasion and the largely internationally unrecognized annexation of Kuwait. This annexation resulted in a crisis in the Persian Gulf involving the issue of the sovereignty of Kuwait and fears by Saudi Arabia over Iraqi aggression against their oil fields near Kuwait. This led to Operation Desert Shield being enacted with an international coalition of military forces being built up on the Kuwaiti-Saudi border with demands for Iraq to peacefully withdraw from Kuwait. Also in this year, Nelson Mandela was released from prison, and Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after more than 11 years.

1990 was an important year in the Internet’s early history. In the fall of 1990, Tim Berners-Lee created the first web server and the foundation for the World Wide Web. Test operations began around December 20 and it was released outside CERN the following year.[2] 1990 also saw the official decommissioning of the ARPANET, a forerunner of the Internet system and the introduction of the first content web search engine, Archie, on September 10.[3]

September 14, 1990 saw the first case of successful somatic gene therapy on a patient.[4]

Due to the early 1990s recession that began that year and uncertainty due to the collapse of the socialist governments in Eastern Europe, birth rates in many countries stopped rising or fell steeply in 1990. In most western countries the Echo Boom peaked in 1990; fertility rates declined thereafter.[5]

Encyclopædia Britannica, which ceased printing in 2012, saw its highest all time sales in 1990; 120,000 volumes were sold that year.[6] The number of librarians in the United States also peaked around 1990.[7]

Contents
1Events
2Births
3Deaths
4Nobel Prizes
5Fields Medal
6References
Events[edit]
January[edit]

January 7: The Pisa tower closed.
January 1
Poland becomes the first country in Eastern Europe to begin abolishing its state socialist economy. Poland also withdraws from the Warsaw Pact.
Glasgow begins its year as European Capital of Culture.
The first Internet companies catering to commercial users, PSINet and EUnet begin selling Internet access to commercial customers in the United States and Netherlands respectively.[8][9]
January 3 – United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega is deposed as leader of Panama and surrenders to the American forces.
January 4 – Two trains collide in Sangi, Pakistan, killing between 200 and 300 people and injuring an estimated 700 others.
January 7 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public because of safety concerns.[10]
January 11 – Singing Revolution: In the Lithuania SSR, 300,000 demonstrate for independence.
January 12–19 – Most of the remaining 50,000 Armenians are driven out of Baku in the Azerbaijan SSR during the Baku pogrom.[11]
January 13 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
January 15
The National Assembly of Bulgaria votes to end one party rule by the Bulgarian Communist Party.
Thousands storm the Stasi headquarters in East Berlin in an attempt to view their government records.
Martin Luther King Day Crash – Telephone service in Atlanta, St. Louis, and Detroit, including 9-1-1 service, goes down for nine hours, due to an AT&T software bug.
January 17 – Smith & Wesson introduces the .40 S&W cartridge.
January 20
Cold War: Black January – Soviet troops occupy Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, under the state of emergency decree issued by Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev, and kill over 130 protesters who were demonstrating for independence.[12] The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic declares its independence from the USSR.
Clashes break out between Indian troops and Muslim separatists in Kashmir.
The government of Haiti declares a state of emergency, under which it suspends civil liberties, imposes censorship, and arrests political opponents. The state of siege is lifted on January 29.
January 22
The League of Communists of Yugoslavia votes to give up its monopoly on power.
Robert Tappan Morris is convicted of releasing the Morris worm.
January 25
Avianca Flight 52 crashes into Cove Neck, Long Island, New York after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials, killing 73 people on board.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto gives birth to a girl, becoming the first modern head of government to bear a child while in office.
Pope John Paul II begins an eight-day tour of Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad.
January 25–26 – The Burns’ Day storm kills 97 in northwestern Europe.
January 27 – The city of Tiraspol in the Moldavian SSR briefly declares independence.
January 28 – Four months after their exit from power, the Polish United Workers’ Party votes to dissolve itself and reorganize itself as the Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland.[13]
January 29
The trial of Joseph Hazelwood, former skipper of the Exxon Valdez, begins in Anchorage, Alaska. He is accused of negligence that resulted in America’s second worst oil spill to date.
January 31
Globalization – The first McDonald’s in Moscow, Russia opens 8 months after construction began on May 3, 1989. 8 months later the first McDonald’s in Mainland China is opened in Shenzhen.[14]
President of the United States George H. W. Bush gives his first State of the Union address and proposes that the U.S. and the Soviet Union make deep cuts to their military forces in Europe.

January 29: Trial relating to Exxon Valdez.
February[edit]
February/March – 100,000 Kashmiri Pandits leave their homeland in Jammu and Kashmir’s Valley after being targeted by Islamist extremists.[15]
February – Smoking is banned on all cross-country flights in the United States.[16]
February 2 – Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
February 7
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union votes to end its monopoly of power, clearing the way for multiparty elections.
In the Tajik SSR, rioting breaks out against the settlement of Armenian refugees there.
February 10
President of South Africa F. W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela will be released the next day.
Las Cruces Bowling Alley massacre: 2 people walked into the 10 Pin Alley in Las Cruces, New Mexico, (known then as the Las Cruces Bowl) and shot seven people, four of whom were killed. The case is currently unsolved.
February 11 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison, near Cape Town, South Africa, after 27 years behind bars.
February 12 – Representatives of NATO and the Warsaw Pact meet in Ottawa for an "Open Skies" conference. The conference results in agreements about superpower troop levels in Europe and on German reunification.
February 13
German reunification: An agreement is reached for a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
Drexel Burnham Lambert files for bankruptcy protection, Chapter 11.
February 14 – The Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth is sent back from the Voyager 1 probe after completing its primary mission, from around 5.6 billion kilometers (3.5 billion mi) away.
February 15
The United Kingdom and Argentina restore diplomatic relations after 8 years. The UK had severed ties in response to Argentina’s invasion of the Falkland Islands, a British Dependent Territory, in 1982.
In Cartagena, Colombia, a summit is held between President of the United States George H. W. Bush, President of Bolivia Jaime Paz Zamora, President of Colombia Virgilio Barco Vargas, and President of Peru Alan García. The leaders pledge additional cooperation in fighting international drug trafficking.
February 25 – The Sandinistas are defeated in the Nicaraguan elections, with Violeta Chamorro elected as the new president of Nicaragua (the first elected woman president in the Americas), replacing Daniel Ortega.
February 26 – The USSR agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July, 1991.
February 27 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on 5 criminal counts.
February 28 – President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega announces a cease-fire with the U.S.-backed contras.
March[edit]
March 1
A fire at the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, kills 16 people.
Steve Jackson Games is raided by the U.S. Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The Royal New Zealand Navy discontinues its daily rum ration.
Luis Alberto Lacalle, a grandson of the late politician and diplomat Luis Alberto de Herrera, is sworn in as President of Uruguay.
March 3 – The International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition, a group of six explorers from six nations, completes the first dog sled crossing of Antarctica.
March 8 – The Nintendo World Championships were held within the Fair Park’s Automobile Building, kickstarting an almost year long gaming competition across 29 American cities.
March 9
Police seal off Brixton in South London after another night of protests against the poll tax.
Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland’s approval of the Meech Lake Accord.
March 10 – Prosper Avril is ousted in a coup in Haiti, eighteen months after seizing power.
March 11
Singing Revolution: The Lithuanian SSR declares independence from the Soviet Union with the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
March 11–13 – The March 1990 Central United States tornado outbreak produces 64 tornadoes across six US states, including four violent F4/F5 tornadoes. The outbreak leaves 2 dead, 89 injured, and causes over $500 million in damages.
March 12 – Cold War: Soviet soldiers begin leaving Hungary under terms of an agreement to withdraw all Soviet troops by June 1.
March 13 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union approves changes to the Constitution of the Soviet Union to create a strong U.S.-style presidency. Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to a five-year term as the first-ever President of the Soviet Union on March 15.
March 15
Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying. Daphne Parish, a British nurse, is sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment as an accomplice.
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.
Singing Revolution: The Soviet Union announces that Lithuania’s declaration of independence is invalid.
Fernando Collor de Mello takes office as President of Brazil, Brazil’s first democratically elected president since Jânio Quadros in 1961. The next day, he announces a currency freeze and freezes large bank accounts for 18 months.
March 18
Twelve paintings and a Shang dynasty vase, collectively worth $100 to $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts by two thieves posing as police officers. This is the largest art theft in US history, and the paintings (as of 2018) have not been recovered.
Cold War: East Germany holds its first free elections.
March 20 – Ferdinand Marcos’s widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
March 21 – After 75 years of South African rule since World War I, Namibia becomes independent.
March 24 – 1990 Australian federal election: Bob Hawke’s Labor Government is re-elected with a reduced majority, narrowly defeating the Liberal/National Coalition led by Andrew Peacock.[17]
March 25
In New York City, a fire due to arson at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87.
Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie announces his intention to retire at the end of the year.
In the Hungarian parliamentary election, Hungary’s first multiparty election since 1948, the Hungarian Democratic Forum wins the most seats.
March 26 – The 62nd Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, with Driving Miss Daisy winning Best Picture.
March 27 – The United States begins broadcasting Radio y Televisión Martí to Cuba.
March 28 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
March 30 – Singing Revolution: After its first free elections on March 18, the Estonian SSR declares the Soviet rule to have been illegal since 1940 and declares a transition period for full independence.
March 31 – "The Second Battle of Trafalgar": A massive anti-poll tax demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, turns into a riot; 471 people are injured, and 341 are arrested.
April[edit]

April 1990 in Moscow
April 1
The Community Charge (poll tax) takes effect in England and Wales amid widespread protests
Strangeways Prison riot: The longest prison riot in Britain’s history begins at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, and continues for 3 weeks and 3 days, until April 25.
The 1990 United States Census begins. There are 248,709,873 residents in the U.S.
April 6 – Robert Mapplethorpe’s "The Perfect Moment" show of nude and homoerotic photographs opens at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, in spite of accusations of indecency by Citizens for Community Values.
April 7
Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of 5 charges for his part in the scandal; the convictions are later reversed on appeal.
Scandinavian Star, a Bahamas-registered ferry, catches fire en route from Norway to Denmark, leaving 158 dead.
April 8
In Nepal, Birendra of Nepal lifts a ban on political parties following violent protests.
In the Greek legislative election, the conservative New Democracy wins the most seats in the Hellenic Parliament; its leader, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, becomes Prime Minister of Greece on April 11.
In the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Socialist Republic of Slovenia holds Yugoslavia’s first multiparty election since 1938. After the election, a center-right coalition led by Lojze Peterle forms Yugoslavia’s first non-Communist government since 1945.
April 9 – Comet Austin, the brightest comet visible from Earth since 1975, makes its closest approach to the sun.
April 12 – Lothar de Maizière becomes prime minister of East Germany, heading a conservative coalition that favors German reunification.
April 13 – Cold War: The Soviet Union apologizes for the Katyn massacre.
April 14 – Junk bond financier Michael Milken pleaded guilty to fraud-related charges. He agreed to pay US$500 million in restitution and was sentenced on November 21 to 10 years in jail.
April 20 – 17 year old Christopher Kerze goes missing in Eagan, Minnesota. He remains missing as of October 2019.
April 22
Lebanon hostage crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release American educator Robert Polhill, who had been held hostage since January 1987.
Earth Day 20 is celebrated by millions worldwide.
April 24
Cold War: West Germany and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1.
STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.[18]
President of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko lifts a 20-year ban on opposition parties.
April 25 – Violeta Chamorro is elected President of Nicaragua, the first woman elected in her own right as a head of state in the Americas.
April 28 – Liverpool F.C. win their 18th and as to date last English Football League Title when they beat Queens Park Rangers 2-1 at Anfield thanks to goals from Ian Rush and John Barnes. Their nearest challengers Aston Villa can only draw 3-3 at home to Norwich City.
April 30 – Lebanon hostage crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release American educator Frank H. Reed, who had been held hostage since September 1986.
May[edit]
May 1 – The former Episcopal Church in the Philippines (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the state of an Autocephalous Anglican province and renamed the Episcopal Church of the Philippines.
May 2 – In London, a man brandishing a knife robs a courier of bearer bonds worth £292 million (the second largest mugging to date).
May 2–4 – First talks between the government of South Africa and the African National Congress.
May 4 – Singing Revolution: The Latvian SSR declares independence from the Soviet Union.
May 6–13 – Pope John Paul II visits Mexico.
May 8
Singing Revolution: The Estonian SSR restores the formal name of the country, the Republic of Estonia, as well as other national emblems (the coat of arms, the flag and the anthem).
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier assumes office as President of Costa Rica.
May 9 – In South Korea, police battle anti-government protesters in Seoul and two other cities.
May 13
In the Philippines, gunmen kill two United States Air Force airmen near Clark Air Base on the eve of talks between the Philippines and the United States over the future of American military bases in the Philippines.
The Dinamo–Red Star riot took place at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, Croatia between the Bad Blue Boys (fans of Dinamo Zagreb) and the Delije (fans of Red Star Belgrade).
May 15
Singing Revolution: The pro-Soviet Intermovement attempts to take power in Tallinn, Estonia, but are forced down by local Estonians.
Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million.
May 17 – The World Health Organization removes homosexuality from its list of diseases.[19]
May 18 – German reunification: East Germany and West Germany sign a treaty to merge their economic and social systems, effective July 1.
May 19 – The US and the USSR agree to end production of chemical weapons and to destroy most of their stockpiles of chemical weapons.
May 20 – Cold War: The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
May 21 – In Kashmir, a Kashmiri Islamic leader is assassinated and Indian security forces open fire on mourners carrying his body, killing at least 47 people.
May 22
Cold War: The leaders of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen announce the unification of their countries as the Republic of Yemen.
May 27
In the Burmese general election, Burma’s first multiparty election in 30 years, the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi wins in a landslide, but the State Law and Order Restoration Council nullifies the election results.
In the Colombian presidential election, César Gaviria is elected President of Colombia; he takes office on August 7.
May 29
Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Ottawa for a 29-hour visit.
Boris Yeltsin is elected as the first ever elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) founded.
May 30 – George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev begin a four-day summit meeting in Washington, D.C.
June[edit]
June – Joanne Rowling gets the idea for Harry Potter while on a train from Manchester to London Euston railway station. She begins writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone which will be completed in 1995 and published in 1997.[20]
June 1
Cold War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and begin destroying their respective stocks.
Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army shoot and kill Major Michael Dillon-Lee and Private William Robert Davies of the British Army. Dillon-Lee is killed outside his home in Dortmund, Germany and Davies is killed at a railway station in Lichfield, England.
June 2 – The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 88 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12; 37 tornadoes occur in Indiana, eclipsing the previous record of 21 during the Super Outbreak of April 1974.
June 4 – Violence breaks out in the Kirghiz SSR between the majority Kyrgyz people and minority Uzbeks over the distribution of homestead land.
June 7
Metropolitan Alexy of Leningrad is elected Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus’.
Nickelodeon Studios opens
Universal Studios Orlando opens
June 8
The 1990 FIFA World Cup begins in Italy. This was the first broadcast of digital HDTV in history; Europe would not begin HDTV broadcasting en masse until 2004.[21]
Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Shamir ends 88 days with only an acting government by forming a coalition of right-wing and religious parties led by Shamir’s Likud party.
June 8–9 – In the Czechoslovakian parliamentary election, Czechoslovakia’s first free election since 1946, the Civic Forum wins the most seats but fails to secure a majority.
June 9 – Mega Borg oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, Texas.
June 10
Alberto Fujimori is elected President of Peru; he takes office on July 28.
First round of the Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election sees the Bulgarian Socialist Party win a majority. The second round of voting is held June 17.
June 11 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam massacre over 600 unarmed police officers in the Eastern Province.
June 12
Cold War: The Congress of People’s Deputies of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
In the Algerian local elections, Algeria’s first multiparty election since 1962, the Islamic Salvation Front wins control of more than half of municipalities and 32 of Algeria’s 48 provinces.
June 13 – Cold War – The destruction of the Berlin Wall by East Germany officially starts, 7 months after it was opened the previous November.[22]
June 13–15 – June 1990 Mineriad: Clashes break out in Bucharest between supporters and opponents of the ruling National Salvation Front.
June 15 – Dublin Regulation on treatment of applications for right of asylum under European Union law agreed (comes into force 1997).
June 17–30 – Nelson Mandela tours North America, visiting 3 Canadian and 8 U.S. cities.
June 19 – The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
June 21 – The 7.4 Mw  Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
June 22 – Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled.
June 23 – In Canada, the Meech Lake Accord of 1987 dies after the Manitoba and Newfoundland legislatures fail to approve it ahead of the deadline.
June 24 – Kathleen Young and Irene Templeton are ordained as priests in St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast, becoming the first female Anglican priests in the United Kingdom.
July[edit]

July 16: 1990 Luzon earthquake
July 1 – German reunification: East Germany and West Germany merge their economies, the West German Deutsche Mark becoming the official currency of the East also. The Inner German border (constructed 1945) also ceases to function.
July 2
1990 Hajj stampede: A stampede in a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mecca kills 1,426.
A U.S. District Court acquits Imelda Marcos on racketeering and fraud charges.
July 5 – In Kenya, riots erupt against the Kenya African National Union’s monopoly on power.
July 6
President of Bulgaria Petar Mladenov resigns over accusations that he ordered tanks to disperse anti-government protests in December 1989.
Somali President Siad Barre’s bodyguards massacre anti-government demonstrators during a soccer match; 65 people are killed, more than 300 seriously injured.
July 7–8 – In tennis, Martina Navratilova of the United States wins the 1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women’s Singles and Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins the 1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men’s Singles.
July 8 – 1990 FIFA World Cup Final (Association football): West Germany defeats Argentina 1–0 to win the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
July 9–11 – The 16th G7 summit is held in Houston, Texas.
July 11 – Terrorists blow up a passenger bus travelling from Kalbajar to Tartar in Azerbaijan. 14 people are killed, 35 wounded.[23]
July 12 – Foster v British Gas plc decided in the European Court of Justice, a leading case on the definition of the "state" under European law.
July 16 – 1990 Luzon earthquake: An earthquake measuring M 7.7 kills more than 1,600 in the Philippines.
July 22 – First round of the Mongolian legislative election, the first multiparty ever held in Mongolia; the Mongolian People’s Party wins by a wide margin after the second round of voting on July 29.
July 25
George Carey, Bishop of Bath and Wells, is named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.
The Serb Democratic Party (Croatia) declares the sovereignty of the Serbs in Croatia.
July 26 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination.
July 27
The parliament building and a government television house in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago are stormed by the Jamaat al Muslimeen in a coup d’état attempt which lasts five days. Approximately 26 to 30 people are killed and several are wounded (including the Prime Minister, A. N. R. Robinson, who is shot in the leg).
Cold War: Belarus declares its sovereignty, a key step toward independence from the Soviet Union.
July 28 – Alberto Fujimori becomes president of Peru.
July 30 – British politician and former Member of Parliament Ian Gow is assassinated by a Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb outside his home in England.
August[edit]

August 2: The Gulf War begins
August 1
The National Assembly of Bulgaria elects Zhelyu Zhelev as the first non-Communist President of Bulgaria in 40 years.
RELCOM is created in the Soviet Union by combining several computer networks. Later in August, the Soviet Union got its first connection to the Internet.[24]
August 2
Gulf War: Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
The first ban of smoking in bars in the US (and possibly the world) is passed in San Luis Obispo, California.[25]
August 6
Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to its invasion of Kuwait.
President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, accusing her of corruption and abuse of power.
The South African government and ANC begin talks on ending Apartheid in South Africa.
August 7
U.S. President Bush orders U.S. combat planes and troops to Saudi Arabia to prevent a possible attack by Iraq.
Prime Minister of India V. P. Singh announces plan to reserve 49% of civil service jobs for lower-caste Hindus. The plan triggers riots, leaving at least 70 dead by September.
August 8
Iraq announces its formal annexation of Kuwait.
The government of Peru announces an austerity plan that results in huge increases in the price of food and gasoline. The plan sets off days of rioting and a national strike on August 21.
August 10
Egypt, Syria, and 10 other Arab states vote to send military forces to Saudi Arabia to discourage an invasion from Iraq.
A passenger bus, traveling along the route "Tbilisi-Agdam", is blown up; 20 people died and 30 were injured. The organizers of the crime were Armenians A. Avanesian and M. Tatevosian who were brought to criminal trial.[23]
August 12
In South Africa, fighting breaks out between the Xhosa people and the Zulu people; more than 500 people are killed by the end of August.
"Sue", the best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found, is discovered near Faith, South Dakota by Sue Hendrickson.
August 19 – Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
August 21 – Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone send peacekeepers to intervene in the First Liberian Civil War.
August 22 – U.S. President Bush calls up U.S. military reservists for service in the Persian Gulf Crisis.
August 23 – East Germany and West Germany announce they will unite on October 3.[26]
August 24
The Armenian SSR declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Northern Ireland writer Brian Keenan is released from Lebanon after being held hostage for nearly 5 years.
August 26 – In Sofia, protesters set fire to the headquarters of the governing Bulgarian Socialist Party.
August 28 – The Plainfield Tornado (F5 on the Fujita scale) strikes the towns of Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 29 people (the strongest tornado to date to strike the Chicago metropolitan area).
September[edit]
September 1–10 – Pope John Paul II visits Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and Ivory Coast.
September 2 – Cold War: Transnistria declares its independence from the Moldavian SSR; however, the declaration is not recognized by any government.
September 4 – Geoffrey Palmer resigns as Prime Minister of New Zealand and is replaced by Mike Moore.
September 4–6 – Premier of North Korea Yon Hyong-muk meets with President of South Korea Roh Tae-woo, the highest level contact between leaders of the two Koreas since 1945.
September 5 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers massacre 158 civilians.
September 6 – In Myanmar, the State Law and Order Restoration Council orders the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi and five other political dissidents.
September 9
U.S. President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev meet in Helsinki to discuss the Persian Gulf crisis.
First Liberian Civil War: Liberian president Samuel Doe is captured by rebel leader Prince Johnson and killed in a filmed execution.
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers massacre 184 civilians in Batticaloa.
September 10 – The first Pizza Hut opens up in the Soviet Union.[27]
September 11
Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait.
First Pizza Hut opens in the People’s Republic of China, nearly 3 years after the first KFC opened there in 1987.[27]
September 12
Cold War: The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
A judge in Australia orders the arrest of media tycoon Christopher Skase, former owner of the Seven Network, after he fails to give evidence in a liquidator’s examination of failed shipbuilding company Lloyds Ships Holdings, an associate of Skase’s Qintex Australia Ltd.[28]
September 17 – In what is now regarded as a landmark event in regards to women in journalism, reporter Lisa Olson was sexually harassed by multiple New England Patriots players while trying to conduct a locker room interview.
September 18
The International Olympic Committee awards the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta.[29]
Provisional Irish Republican Army assassination attempt on the life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry at his home near Stafford, England. Hit by at least 9 bullets, the former Governor of Gibraltar survives, as does his wife, Lady Betty Terry, who is also shot (most likely by accident).
September 24 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union grants Gorbachev special powers for 18 months to secure the Soviet Union’s transition to a market economy.
September 27 – David Souter is confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice William Brennan.
September 29 – Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral is finished.
September 29–30 – The United Nations World Summit for Children draws more than 70 world leaders to United Nations Headquarters.
October[edit]

October 3: The former flag of West Germany becomes the flag of all Germany.
October – Tim Berners-Lee begins his work on the World Wide Web, 19 months after his seminal 1989 outline of what would become the Web concept.[30]
October 1 – The rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front invades Rwanda from Uganda, marking the start of the Rwandan Civil War.
October 3 – Cold War: East Germany and West Germany reunify into a single Germany.
October 4 – Moro conflict: Rebel forces seize two military posts on the island of Mindanao, Philippines before surrendering on October 6.
October 8
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
Globalization: The first McDonald’s restaurant is opened in Mainland China in Shenzhen, near Hong Kong.[14] Since 1979, Shenzhen has been a Special economic zone.
October 13 – Lebanese Civil War: Syrian military forces invade and occupy Mount Lebanon, ousting General Michel Aoun’s government. This effectively consolidates Syria’s 14 year occupation of Lebanese soil.
October 14 – Composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein dies of a heart attack at his home in New York City at the age of 72.
October 15
Cold War: Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and reform his nation.
South Africa ends segregation of libraries, trains, buses, toilets, swimming pools, and other public facilities.
October 17 – A peace agreement which formally ended 28 years of Sarawak Communist insurgency in Malaysia was signed by North Kalimantan Communist Party insurgents.
October 22 – Nizhny Novgorod restores its official name from Gorky, Volga Federal District, Russia.
October 24
In the Pakistani general election, Prime Minister Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party loses power to a center-right coalition government led by the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad party.
Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti revealed the existence of the Operation Gladio, a clandestine NATO "stay-behind" operation in Italy during the Cold War.
October 27
Cold War: The Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz SSR selects Askar Akayev as the republic’s first president.
The New Zealand general election is won by the New Zealand National Party, and its leader, Jim Bolger, becomes prime minister.
October 29 – In Norway, the government headed by Prime Minister of Norway Jan P. Syse collapses.
October 30 – The first transatlantic fiber optic cable TAT-8 fails, causing a slowdown of Internet traffic between the United States and Europe.[31]
November[edit]

November 22: Margaret Thatcher, the UK’s first female Prime Minister, resigns after 11 years.
November – The earliest known portable digital camera sold in the United States ships.[32]
November 1 – Mary Robinson defeats odds-on favorite Brian Lenihan to become the first female President of Ireland.
November 2 – British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
November 3 – Gro Harlem Brundtland assumes office as Prime Minister of Norway.
November 5 – Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
November 6 – Nawaz Sharif is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
November 7
Indian Prime Minister Singh resigns over losing a confidence vote in the Parliament of India, having lost the support of Hindus who want a Muslim mosque in Ayodhya torn down to build a Hindu temple.
The final military parade to mark the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution takes place in the USSR.
November 9
A new constitution comes into effect in the Kingdom of Nepal, establishing multiparty democracy and constitutional monarchy; this is the culmination of the 1990 People’s Movement.
The Parliament of Singapore enacts the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act.
November 10 – Chandra Shekhar becomes Prime Minister of India as head of a minority government.
November 12
Akihito is enthroned as the 125th emperor of Japan following the death of his father on January 7, 1989.
Tim Berners-Lee publishes a more formal proposal for the World Wide Web.[33]
November 13
The first known web page is written.[34]
In New Zealand, David Gray kills 13 people in what will become known as the Aramoana massacre.
November 14 – Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the border at the Oder–Neisse line.
November 15
STS-38: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on a classified U.S. military mission.
President Bush signed new Clean Air Act, focused on urban pollution and cancer-causing emissions from industrial sources.
November 17 – Soviet President Gorbachev proposes a radical restructuring of the Soviet government, including the creation of a Federal Council to be made up of the heads of the 15 Soviet republics.
November 19–21 – The leaders of Canada, the United States, and 32 European states meet in Paris to formally mark the end of the Cold War.
November 21
Charter of Paris for a New Europe signed.
Agreement for decriminalization of homosexual acts between consenting adults in Queensland, Australia.
November 22 – Margaret Thatcher announces she will not contest the second ballot of the leadership election for the Conservative Party.
November 25 – Lech Wałęsa and Stanisław Tymiński win the first round of the first Polish presidential election.
November 27 – Women’s suffrage is introduced in the last Swiss half-canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.
November 28
Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew resigns and is replaced by Goh Chok Tong.
The first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher, resigns after 11 years and is replaced by John Major.
November 29
Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes UN Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing military intervention in Iraq if that state does not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by Tuesday, January 15, 1991.
Prime Minister of Bulgaria Andrey Lukanov and his government of former communists resign under pressure from strikes and street protests.
December[edit]
December 1
Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the English Channel seabed, establishing the first land connection between Great Britain and the mainland of Europe for around 8,000 years.
President of Chad Hissène Habré is deposed by the Patriotic Salvation Movement and replaced as president by its leader Idriss Déby.
December 2 – The German federal election (the first election held since German reunification) is won by Helmut Kohl, who becomes Chancellor of Germany.
December 3
At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 (a McDonnell Douglas DC-9) collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 (a Boeing 727) on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crew members on Flight 1482.
Mary Robinson begins her term as President of Ireland, becoming the first female to hold this office.
December 6
Saddam Hussein releases a group of Western hostages he captured.
President Hussain Muhammad Ershad of Bangladesh is forced to resign following massive protests; he is replaced by Shahabuddin Ahmed, who becomes interim president.
December 7
In Brussels, trade talks fail because of a dispute between the U.S. and the European Union over farm export subsidies.
The National Assembly of Bulgaria elects Dimitar Iliev Popov as Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
December 9
Slobodan Milošević elected President of Serbia in first round, general elections won by his Socialist Party.
Lech Wałęsa wins the 2nd round of Poland’s first presidential election.
December 16 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide is elected president of Haiti, ending 3 decades of military rule.
December 20
Eduard Shevardnadze announces his resignation as Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs
Tim Berners-Lee completes the test for the first webpage at CERN.
December 22
The first constitution of the Republic of Croatia is adopted.
The Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia become independent, after the termination of their trusteeship.
The Polish government-in-exile is dissolved in London after being in exile since 1939.
December 23 – In the Slovenian independence referendum, 88.5% of the overall electorate (94.8% of votes), with the turnout of 93.3%, supported independence of the country.
December 24 – Ramsewak Shankar is ousted as President of Suriname by a military coup.
December 25 – Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is commissioned.
December 31 – Russian Garry Kasparov holds his title by winning the World Chess Championship match against his countryman Anatoly Karpov.
World population[edit]
World population
199019851995
World5,263,593,0004,830,979,000Green Arrow Up.svg 432,614,000+8.95 %5,674,380,000Green Arrow Up.svg 410,787,000+7.80 %
Africa622,443,000541,718,000Green Arrow Up.svg 80,629,000+14.88 %707,462,000Green Arrow Up.svg 85,019,000+13.66 %
Asia3,167,807,0002,887,552,000Green Arrow Up.svg 280,255,000+9.71 %3,430,052,000Green Arrow Up.svg 262,245,000+8.28 %
Europe721,582,000706,009,000Green Arrow Up.svg 15,573,000+2.21 %727,405,000Green Arrow Up.svg 5,823,000+0.81 %
Latin America441,525,000401,469,000Green Arrow Up.svg 40,056,000+9.98 %481,099,000Green Arrow Up.svg 39,574,000+8.96 %
North America283,549,000269,456,000Green Arrow Up.svg 14,093,000+5.23 %299,438,000Green Arrow Up.svg 15,889,000+5.60 %
Oceania26,687,00024,678,000Green Arrow Up.svg 2,009,000+8.14 %28,924,000Green Arrow Up.svg 2,237,000+8.38 %
Births[edit]
Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December
January[edit]

Liam Hemsworth

Grant Gustin

Logic

Christopher Massey

Jake Thomas
January 1 – Ali Maâloul, Tunisian footballer
January 2 – Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer
January 4
Toni Kroos, German footballer
Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer
January 5 – Yoseob, Korean pop singer
January 6
Sandro Cortese, German motorcycle racer
Abhinav Mukund, Indian cricketer
Natalie Palamides, American actress
Alex Teixeira, Brazilian footballer
January 7
Liam Aiken, American actor
Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
Camryn Grimes, American actress
Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
January 8
Robin Olsen, Swedish footballer
Xu Xin, Chinese table tennis player
January 9
Justin Blackmon, American football player
Oteng Oteng, Batswana boxer
Melissa Ricks, Filipino-American actress
Son Ji-hyun, South Korean actress and singer
January 10
Facundo Gambandé, Argentine actor and singer
Tao Li, Singaporean Olympic swimmer
January 12 – Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
January 13 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
January 14
Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
Áron Szilágyi, Hungarian fencer
January 15 – Luke Willson, American football player
January 17 – Tom Bosworth, British race walker
January 18
Nacho, Spanish footballer
Gift Ngoepe, South African-born baseball player
January 21
George Finn, Georgian actor
Kelly Rohrbach, American model and actress
Jacob Smith, American actor
January 22
Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
Logic, American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer
January 23 – Artsem Mikhalenka, Belarusian singer
January 24 – Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter
January 26
Christopher Massey, American actor
Kherington Payne, American dancer and actress
Peter Sagan, Slovakian road bicycle racer
January 27 – Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (d. 2018)
January 28 – Luce, French actress/singer
January 29 – MacKenzie Porter, Canadian actress and singer
January 30
Eiza González, Mexican actress and singer
Jake Thomas, American actor
Mitchell Starc, Australian cricketer
February[edit]

Dominic Sherwood

Brett Dier

The Weeknd

Park Shin-hye

Lindsey Morgan

Georgina Leonidas
February 1
Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter
Hersi Matmuja, Albanian singer
February 2 – Clara Alonso, Argentine actress, singer, and television hostess
February 3 – Sean Kingston, American singer
February 4
Zach King, American videos maker
Nairo Quintana, Colombian road bicycle racer
Haruka Tomatsu, Japanese voice actress
February 6
Jermaine Kearse, American football player
Dominic Sherwood, English actor and model
February 7
Anna Abreu, Finnish pop singer
Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
Jacksepticeye, Irish YouTuber
February 8
Yacine Brahimi, French-Algerian footballer
Christian Madsen, American actor
Ben Schnetzer, American actor
Klay Thompson, American basketball player
February 9
Fyodor Smolov, Russian footballer
Camille Winbush, American actress
February 10 – Sooyoung, Korean singer
February 11
Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
Q’orianka Kilcher, German-born American actress and activist
February 12 – Robert Griffin III, American football player
February 13
Gyaincain Norbu, 11th Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism according to some sources
Kevin Strootman, Dutch footballer
February 14
Brett Dier, Canadian actor
Jake Weary, American actor
February 15 – Masashi Ebinuma, Japanese judoka
February 16 – The Weeknd, Canadian musician
February 17 – Bea Rose Santiago, Filipino model
February 18
Bryan Oviedo, Costa Rican footballer
Park Shin-hye, South Korean actress
February 19
Ryad Boudebouz, French-Algerian footballer
Luke Pasqualino, English actor
Saad Al Sheebi, Qatari footballer
February 20
Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer
Anjli Mohindra, English actress
February 21
David Addy, Ghanaian footballer
Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player
February 25
Younès Belhanda, French-Moroccan footballer
Ehsan Hajsafi, Iranian footballer
February 27
Lindsey Morgan, American actress
Megan Young, Filipino-American actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant contestant
February 28
Georgina Leonidas, English actress
Anna Muzychuk, Ukrainian chess player
March[edit]

Princess Eugenie of York

Laura Harrier

Thomas Rhett

Cassie Scerbo

Lyra McKee
March 1 – James Lomas, British actor
March 2
Cadet, English rapper (d. 2019)
Lee Hong-gi, Korean singer
Tiger Shroff, Indian actor
March 3
Sebastian Gregory, Australian actor and musician
Celina Ree, Danish singer
March 4
Andrea Bowen, American actress
Draymond Green, American basketball player
March 5
Danny Drinkwater, English footballer
Marco Ureña, Costa Rican footballer
March 6 – Esti Ginzburg, Israeli model
March 7
Choi Jong-hoon, Korean singer
Abigail and Brittany Hensel, American conjoined twins
Daniel Samonas, Canadian actor
March 8
Rémy Cabella, French footballer
Kristinia DeBarge, American singer-songwriter
Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
March 9
Daley Blind, Dutch footballer
YG, American rapper and actor
March 13 – Sasha Clements, Canadian actress
March 14
Joe Allen, Welsh footballer
Thali García, Mexican actress
Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, Icelandic footballer
March 17 – Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter
March 18 – Luke Tarsitano, American actor
March 19 – Maddy Hill, English actress
March 20
Stacy Martin, French actress
Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer
March 21 – Mandy Capristo, German singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
March 23
Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish Formula One driver
Princess Eugenie of York, British princess
March 24
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-born New Zealand actress
Starlin Castro, American baseball player
March 26
Carly Chaikin, American actress
Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016)
Romain Saïss, French-Moroccan footballer
Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor
March 27
Kimbra, New Zealand singer and actress
Nicolas Nkoulou, Cameroonian footballer
March 28
Laura Harrier, American actress and model
Zoella, English youtuber and vlogger
March 29 – Timothy Chandler, German-American soccer player
March 30
Lee Gi-kwang, Korean singer
Thomas Rhett, American singer and songwriter
Cassie Scerbo, American actress
Corey Cott, American actor and singer
March 31
Bang Yong-guk, South Korean rapper
Lyra McKee, Northern Irish journalist (d. 2019)
Tommy Smith, English-New Zealand footballer
April[edit]

Kim Jong-hyun

Kristen Stewart

Emma Watson
April 2
Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
April 3
Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer
Lovre Kalinić, Croatian footballer
April 6 – Charlie McDermott, American television and film actor
April 7 – Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player
April 8
Freddie, Hungarian singer
Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (d. 2017)
April 9 – Kristen Stewart, American actress
April 10
Ben Amos, English footballer
Maren Morris, American country singer
Alex Pettyfer, English actor
April 12 – Hiroki Sakai, Japanese footballer
April 13 – Anastasija Sevastova, Latvian tennis player
April 15 – Emma Watson, English actress
April 16
Lily Loveless, British actress
Lorraine Nicholson, American actress
Arthur Zanetti, Brazilian artistic gymnast
April 17 – Astrit Ajdarević, Swedish professional football player
April 18
Anna van der Breggen, Dutch cyclist
Britt Robertson, American actress
Wojciech Szczęsny, Polish football player
April 19
Kim Chiu, Filipino actress
Héctor Herrera, Mexican footballer
Kim Himchan, South Korean singer
April 20 – Lu Han, South Korean singer
April 22 – Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper
April 23 – Dev Patel, British actor
April 24
Kim Tae-ri, South Korean actress
Carly Pearce, American country singer
April 25
Jan-Lennard Struff, German tennis player
Jean-Éric Vergne, French Formula 1 driver
April 26 – Jonathan dos Santos, Mexican footballer
May[edit]

Kay Panabaker

Etika

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Leven Rambin

Chris Colfer
May 1 – Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress
May 2
Paul George, American basketball player
Kay Panabaker, American actress
May 3
Miranda Chartrand, Canadian singer
Brooks Koepka, American professional golfer
May 4 – Andrea Torres, Filipino actress
May 5
Matteo Ciacci, Sammarinese politician
Hannah Davis, American model
May 8
Kemba Walker, American basketball player
Anastasia Zuyeva, Russian swimmer
May 10
Brandun DeShay, American rapper and record producer
Maxine Medina, Filipino actress and model
May 12
Florent Amodio, French figure skater
Etika, YouTube personality (d. 2019)[importance?]
May 14 – Sasha Spielberg, American musician[importance?]
May 15 – Lee Jong-hyun, Korean singer
May 16
Thomas Brodie-Sangster, British actor
Marc John Jefferies, American actor
May 17
Ross Butler, American actor
Leven Rambin, American actress
May 18
Gayoon, South Korean singer and actress
Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
May 24
Joey Logano, American race car driver
Yuya Matsushita, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor
May 26 – Umar Akmal, Pakistani cricketer
May 27
Chris Colfer, American actor
Leo Deluglio, Argentine actor and singer
May 28
Jonas Hector, German footballer
Kyle Walker, English footballer
May 30
Dean Collins, American actor
Josef Šural, Czech footballer (d. 2019)
Yoona, Korean singer
May 31 – Phillipa Soo, American actress and singer
June[edit]

Iggy Azalea

Lauren Socha

Matthias Mayer

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

John Newman

Ashly Burch
June 2
Kristiina Brask, Finnish pop singer
Brittany Curran, American actress and singer
Jack Lowden, Scottish actor
June 4 – Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc.
June 5 – Junior Hoilett, Canadian soccer player
June 6
Raisa Andriana, Indonesian singer
Ryan Higa, American comedian, YouTuber and actor
June 7 – Iggy Azalea, Australian recording artist
June 9
Matthias Mayer, Austrian Olympic alpine skier
Lauren Socha, English actress
June 10
Tristin Mays, American actress
Niamh Perry, Irish actress and singer
June 11 – Christophe Lemaitre, French sprinter
June 12
Jrue Holiday, American basketball player
KevJumba, American blogger, activist, and humanitarian
June 13 – Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor
June 15 – Denzel Whitaker, American actor
June 16
Austin Krajicek, American tennis player
John Newman, English singer
June 17
Alan Dzagoev, Russian footballer
Jordan Henderson, English international footballer
Laura Wright, English singer
June 18
Jeremy Irvine, English actor
Sandra Izbașa, Romanian gymnast and Olympic gold medalist
June 19
Ashly Burch, American actress, singer, and writer
Jason Dy, Filipino singer
June 20
Ding Ning, Chinese table tennis player
Jacob Wysocki, American actor and comedian
June 21
Ričardas Berankis, Lithuanian tennis player
Nicolás Maduro Guerra, Venezuelan politician
Knowledge Musona, Zimbabwean footballer
Håvard Nordtveit, Norwegian football player
June 22 – Kei Inoo, Japanese singer and actor
June 23
Lim Ji-yeon, South Korean actress
Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player
June 25 – Andi Eigenmann, Filipina actress and model
June 26 – Filip Novák, Czech football player
June 27 – Angelia Ong, Filipino–Chinese model
June 28
Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress
Malhar Thakar, Indian actor
June 29
Harish Kalyan, Indian actor
Subaru Kimura, German-Japanese voice actor
Sayuri Sugawara, Japanese singer
June 30
Jaka Blažič, Slovenian basketball player
Bryan Nickson Lomas, Malaysian diver
N, South Korean singer and actor
July[edit]

Margot Robbie

Connor Paolo

James Maslow

Wizkid

Daveigh Chase

Jay McGuiness

Indiana Evans
July 1 – Dan Mayo, Israeli drummer, composer. and educator
July 2
Grey Henson, American actor, dancer, and singer
Kayla Harrison, American judoka
Roman Lob, German recording artist
Margot Robbie, Australian actress
Danny Rose, English footballer
July 4 – David Kross, German actor
July 5
David Manoyan, Armenian football player
Arron Villaflor, Filipino actor and dancer
July 6
Jeremy Suarez, American actor
Jurijus Veklenko, Lithuanian singer-songwriter
July 7 – Amadeus Serafini, American actor
July 8 – Kevin Trapp, German footballer
July 9
Fábio, Brazilian footballer
Sosuke Ikematsu, Japanese actor
Rafael, Brazilian footballer
Sung Joon, South Korean actor and model
July 10
Portia Clark, Zambian pop singer, songwriter, and philanthropist
Elliot Knight, British actor
Sung Joon, South Korean actor and model
July 11
Feroze Khan, Pakistani actor and model
Connor Paolo, American actor
Patrick Peterson, American football player
Kelsey Sanders, American actress
Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player
July 13 – Jonathan Mensah, Ghanaian footballer
July 14 – Ian Nepomniachtchi, Russian chess grandmaster
July 15
Olly Alexander, English actor and singer
Alexander Calvert, Canadian actor
Tyler Honeycutt, American basketball player (d. 2018)
Damian Lillard, American basketball player
July 16
James Maslow, American actor and singer
Wizkid, Nigerian recording artist, songwriter, and performer
July 17 – Jonty Usborne, British radio engineer
July 18
Saúl Álvarez, Mexican boxer
Anders Konradsen, Norwegian footballer
July 19
Rosie Jones, English glamour model
Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actor
Darlington Nagbe, Liberian-American soccer player
July 20 – Dominic Roque, Filipino actor and model
July 21
Satyajeet Dubey, Indian actor
Franck Elemba, Congolese athlete
Fabrice N’Sakala, Congolese-democratic footballer
Erislandy Savón, Cuban boxer
July 23 – Kevin Reynolds, Canadian figure skater
July 24
Daveigh Chase, American actress
Jay McGuiness, British singer
July 25 – Mubarak Wakaso, Ghanaian footballer
July 27
Indiana Evans, Australian actress
Kriti Sanon, Indian actress
David Storl, German track and field athlete
July 28 – Soulja Boy, American rapper
July 29
Penny Bae Bridges, American actress
Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
Anna Selezneva, Russian model
Oleg Shatov, Russian footballer
Shin Se-kyung, Korean actor
Matt Prokop, American actor
July 30 – Chris Maxwell, Welsh footballer
July 31 – Ido Levy, Israeli footballer[importance?]
August[edit]

Bill Skarsgård

Lucas Till

Jennifer Lawrence

Bo Burnham

Nicole Gale Anderson
August 1
Jean Hugues Gregoire, Mauritian swimmer
Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player
Jack O’Connell, English actor
August 2 – Eddie Generazio, American author and musician
August 3
James Baxter, British actor
Jourdan Dunn, British model
August 7 – Tom Beugelsdijk, Dutch footballer
August 8
Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer
Abel Hernández, Uruguayan footballer
Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress
Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricketer
August 9
Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor
Emily Tennant, Canadian actress
August 10
Lucas Till, American actor
Tai Woffinden, English speedway rider
August 12
Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
Wissam Ben Yedder, French footballer
August 13
Shila Amzah, Malaysian singer-songwriter
DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player
August 15
Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
Nyusha, Russian singer
August 17 – Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
August 20
Omar El Kaddouri, Belgian-Moroccan footballer
Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer
Bradley Klahn, American tennis player
August 21 – Bo Burnham, American comedian
August 22 – Adam Thielen, American Football player
August 24
Elizabeth Debicki, Australian actress
Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor (d. 2019)
August 25
Aras Bulut İynemli, Turkish actor
Salif Sané, French-Senegalese footballer
August 27
Luuk de Jong, Dutch footballer
Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer (d. 2009)
Madison Welch, English glamour model
August 28
Katie Findlay, Canadian actress
Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer
August 29
Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
Nicole Gale Anderson, American actress
September[edit]

Merritt Patterson

Yuna Kim

Allison Scagliotti

Christian Serratos
September 2 – Merritt Patterson, Canadian actress
September 3
Abbas Ali, Pakistani footballer
Bianca Bin, Brazilian actress
September 4
Olha Kharlan, Ukrainian fencer
Danny Worsnop, British musician
September 5 – Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater
September 6
Matt McAndrew, American singer-songwriter
John Wall, American basketball player
September 8
Matt Barkley, American football player
Dianne Doan, Canadian actress
Ella Rae Peck, American actress
September 9
Melody Klaver, Dutch actress
Klaudia Tiitsmaa, Estonian actress
September 10
Eddy Martin, American actor
Chandler Massey, American actor
September 13
Jamie Anderson, American snowboarder
Luciano Narsingh, Dutch footballer
September 14
Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer
Alex and Sam Lowes, English twin brother motorcycle racers
September 15
Aaron Mooy, Australian footballer
Matt Shively, American actor
September 19
Mário Fernandes, Brazilian-Russian footballer
Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress
Kieran Trippier, English footballer
September 20
Erich Gonzales, Filipina actor and dancer
Phillip Phillips, American singer
John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
September 21
Laurent Alvarez, Swiss figure skater
Ivan Dorschner, Filipino actor and host
Allison Scagliotti, American actress
Christian Serratos, American actress
September 23
Marigona Dragusha, Kosovan model
Agustín Sierra, Argentine actor
Çağatay Ulusoy, Turkish actor and model
September 25
Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
Edie Campbell, English model
September 27
Lola Kirke, English-born American actress and singer
Dion Lewis, American football player
September 28 – Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
September 29 – Doug Brochu, American actor, comedian and voice actor
September 30 – Dominique Aegerter, Swiss Grand prix motorcycle racer
October[edit]

Ricky Rubio

Jonathan Lipnicki

Amarna Miller

Emiliano Sala

J.I.D
October 1
Hazal Kaya, Tukish actress
Anthony Lopes, French-Portuguese footballer
October 2 – Samantha Barks, Manx singer and actress
October 3
Johan Le Bon, French cyclist
Rhian Ramos, Filipino actress
October 5 – Myles Jeffrey, American actor
October 6 – Hotaru Yamaguchi, Japanese footballer
October 7
Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer
Ayla Kell, American actress
Thunder, South Korean pop singer
October 11 – Sebastian Rode, German footballer
October 12
Brock Coyle, American football player
Henri Lansbury, English footballer
October 13 – Bailey Noble, American actress
October 14 – Raquel Diaz, American singer, model, and professional wrestler
October 15 – Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean rapper, songwriter, and actress
October 16
Sam Bennett, Irish cyclist
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Icelandic singer
Tim Nedow, Canadian track and field athlete
October 18
Óscar Opazo, Chilean footballer
Carly Schroeder, American actress
October 19
Samantha Munro, American actress
Samuel Nascimento, Brazilian actor, singer, and dancer
Ciara Renée, American actress
October 20 – Galadriel Stineman, American actress
October 21 – Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
October 22
Ashley Fiolek, American motocross racer
Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor and producer
October 23 – Paradise Oskar, Finnish singer-songwriter
October 24
Kirby Bliss Blanton, American actress
İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer
October 25
Austin Peralta, American jazz musician and composer (d. 2012)
Ryan Preece, American Race Car Driver
October 27 – Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer
October 28 – Youssef Msakni, Tunisian footballer
October 29
Ender Inciarte, Venezuelan baseball player
Carlson Young, American actress
Amarna Miller, former Spanish porn actress
Eric Saade, Swedish pop singer
October 31
J.I.D, American rapper
Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (d. 2019)
November[edit]

Kendall Schmidt

Jean-Luc Bilodeau

Sarah Hyland

Rita Ora

Magnus Carlsen
November 2 – Kendall Schmidt, American actor and singer
November 4 – Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
November 6
Dorothea Barth Jörgensen, Swedish model
Kris, South Korean singer
André Schürrle, German footballer
November 7
Joy Burke, Taiwanese basketball player
Matt Corby, Australian singer
David de Gea, Spanish footballer
Marisa Siketa, Australian actress
November 8 – SZA, American R&B-singer
November 9
Hodgy Beats, American rapper and record producer
Christine Michael, American football player
November 10
Vanessa Ferrari, Italian gymnast
Aron Jóhannsson, American soccer player
Leo, South Korean singer-songwriter
November 11
Tom Dumoulin, Dutch road bicycle racer
Georginio Wijnaldum, Dutch footballer
November 13 – Kathleen Herles, American voice actress
November 14
Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer
Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
November 15 – Kanata Hongō, Japanese actor
November 16 – Arjo Atayde, Filipino actor
November 17 – Shanica Knowles, American actress and singer
November 20 – Zack Martin, American football player
November 22
Jang Dong-woo, South Korean singer and dancer
Seo Eunkwang, South Korean singer
November 23
Eddy Kim, Korean Singer [importance?]
Nick Williams, American football player
November 24 – Sarah Hyland, American actress
November 26
Rita Ora, English singer
Danny Welbeck, English footballer
November 27 – Josh James, British singer
November 28
Sena Acolatse, American professional ice hockey player
Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer
Holly Hale, Welsh model
November 29
Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer-songwriter
Lee Min-hyuk, South Korean singe
Sheldon Richardson, American football player
November 30 – Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess grandmaster
December[edit]

Chanel Iman

JoJo

David Archuleta
December 1 – Chanel Iman, American model
December 2
Jamille Matt, Jamaican footballer
Hikaru Yaotome, Japanese idol
December 3
Christian Benteke, Congolese-Belgian footballer
Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player
December 6 – Elizabeth Bruenig, American journalist
December 10
Giulia Boverio, Italian actress
Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle rider (d. 2010)
December 11
He Zi, Chinese diver
Adrienne Murphy, Irish model
December 12 – Seungri, South Korean singer
December 13
Corey Anderson, New Zealand cricketer
Anton Hysén, Swedish footballer
December 15 – Rachel Brosnahan, American actress
December 16 – Aziz Behich, Australian footballer
December 17
Folashade Abugan, Nigerian sprinter
John Rooney, English footballer
December 18 – Lara Scandar, Egyptian singer
December 20
Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer
JoJo, American singer and actress
Bugzy Malone, English grime rapper
December 22 – Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor
December 23 – Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress and singer
December 24 – Marcus Jordan, American college basketball player
December 26
Andy Biersack, American singer-songwriter
Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
December 27 – Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player
December 28
Marcos Alonso, Spanish footballer
David Archuleta, American singer
December 29 – Sofiane Hanni, French-Algerian footballer
December 30 – Joe Root, English cricketer
December 31
Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
Zhao Jing, Chinese swimmer
Deaths[edit]
Further information: Category:1990 deaths
Deaths
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December
January[edit]

Alberto Lleras Camargo

Pavel Cherenkov

Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni

Barbara Stanwyck

Ava Gardner
January 2
Evangelos Averoff, Greek politician (b. 1910)
Alan Hale Jr, American actor

JET

Posted by UK & Beyond on 2012-12-10 23:29:01

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