WORLD EVENTS AND THE YEAR 1990

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World Events of 1990

Margaret Thatcher resigns as British Prime Minister. She is replaced by John Major.

John Major
Yugoslav Communists end 45-year monopoly of power.
Communist Party relinquish sole power in the Soviet Union's government.
Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa.

Nelson Mandela
Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, setting off the first Persian Gulf War.
East and West Germany are reunited.
General Manuel Noriega surrenders in Panama.

Manuel Noriega
Trade Union organiser Lech Walesa becomes resident of Poland's, bringing to an end Communist monopoly over the country.
The first McDonald's in Moscow, Russia opens.

McDonald's in Moscow
An SR-71 sets a U.S. transcontinental speed record of 1 hour 8 minutes 17 seconds, on what is publicised as its last official flight.

SR-71 "Blackbird"
Namibia gains independence.
A stampede in a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mecca kills 1,426.
In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
Akihito is enthroned as the 125th emperor of Japan.
The first known World Wide Web page is written.

Worl Wide Web
Slobodan Milosevic becomes President of Serbia.

Slobodan Milosevic
The Gulf War begins.

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