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.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1960s  1970s  1980s 1990s 2000s  2010s  2020s
Years: 1987 1988 198919901991 1992 1993

Events

January

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, closed on January 7

February

March

April

May

June

July

Washington National Cathedral, completed on September 29
Germany is reunited on October 3
Margaret Thatcher leaves office on November 28

August

September

October

November

December

Other Events

  • Chris Farley and Adam Sandler join Saturday Night Live.
  • The poorly received Cop Rock preimieres on television, TV's first (and last) musical police drama.
  • Legislation is signed into United States law requiring close captioning decoders in all large color TVs manufactured after July 1, 1993.

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

January

Naruhiko Higashikuni
Lewis Mumford

February

March

April

May

June

Ilya Frank

July

Manuel Puig

August

September

Ahti Karjalainen
Alberto Moravia

October

November

Yiannis Ritsos

December

Vasili Lazarev

Nobel Prizes

Mikhail Gorbachev (pictured with Ronald Reagan) won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize.

New books

Movies released

Hit songs

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