What Happened in 1990
53 historical events, 60 notable births, and 14 notable deaths in 1990.
Major Events
January 1990
1990 — year
1990s — decade of the Gregorian calendar (1990–1999)
1990 FIFA World Cup — 14th FIFA World Cup, held in Italy
Black January — 1990 massacre in Baku
Siege of Sarajevo — the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare (1992–1996)
Eurovision Song Contest 1990 — 35th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
1990 Formula One World Championship — sports season
1990 Asian Games — 11th edition of the Asian Games
1990 African Cup of Nations — football tournament
1990 in film — overview of the events of 1990 in film
1990–91 UEFA Cup — 20th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup — 1990–1991 edition of the European Cup Winners' Cup
1990 FIBA World Championship — 1990 edition of the FIBA World Championship
1990 World Men's Handball Championship — 1990 edition of the World Men's Handball Championship
1990 World Women's Handball Championship — 1990 edition of the World Women's Handball Championship
1990 FIFA World Cup squads — Wikimedia list article
1990 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship — volleyball competition held in Brazil
1990 European Athletics Championships — 1990 edition of the European Athletics Championships
1990 European Super Cup — football tournament
World Chess Championship 1990 — world championship
Mongolian Revolution of 1990 — Mongolian protests for democracy and subsequent transition from communism to democracy
29th Chess Olympiad — FIDE chess tournament for national teams
Avianca Flight 052 — 1990 aviation accident in Cove Neck, New York, U.S.
1990 Intercontinental Cup — football match
September 1990
Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany — 1990 treaty making Germany fully independent
1990 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
1990 Portuguese Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
1990 Spanish Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
March 1990
62nd Academy Awards — Award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1989
1990 United States Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
1990 Asian Winter Games — Multi-sport event in Sapporo, Japan
1990 Brazilian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
July 1990
1990 FIFA World Cup Final — championship match of the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 German Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
1990 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
1990 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
December 1990
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families — UN convention adopted in 1990
1990 German federal election — 1990 elections to choose the members of Germany parliament
November 1990
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe — treaty
1990 Australian Grand Prix — 500th Formula 1 Championship Grand Prix
May 1990
1990 European Cup Final — association football match
Yemeni unification — 1990 merger of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen) and the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) into a single state, forming the Republic of Yemen
1990 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
1990 San Marino Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
Dinamo Zagreb–Red Star Belgrade riot — 1990 football riot at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, SR Croatia
June 1990
Dublin Convention — European Union (EU) convention regarding political asylum
1990 Canadian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
British Airways Flight 5390 — 1990 aircraft incident
1990 Mexican Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
August 1990
1990 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula One race
1990 Hungarian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
October 1990
1990 Japanese Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990
April 1990
1990 United States Census — determined the resident population of the United States on 1 April 1990