December 1990 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1990.
The US president was George H. W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Sir John Major (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1990: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1990?

Events

01 Dec 1990 New York Knicks' Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte Hornets 113-96.
02 Dec 1990 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany
03 Dec 1990 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 crewmembers on Flight 1482.
04 Dec 1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City, New York.
05 Dec 1990 Blue Jays trade F McGriff and T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar and J Carter
06 Dec 1990 Saddam anounces release of all foreign hostages.
07 Dec 1990 Ted Turner and Jane Fonda announce their engagement
08 Dec 1990 Galileo Earth-1 Flyby.
09 Dec 1990 Houston scores most points against Cleveland, Oilers 58, Browns 14
10 Dec 1990 Space Shuttle STS 35 (Columbia 11) lands
11 Dec 1990 US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) returns from space
12 Dec 1990 US ambassador to Kuwait, Nathaniel Howell, leaves Kuwait.
13 Dec 1990 Peter Pan opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 45 performances
14 Dec 1990 Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later
15 Dec 1990 Rocker Rod Stewart marries supermodel Rachel Hunter.
16 Dec 1990 KUSW, Salt Lake City Utah, final shortwave radio transmissions
17 Dec 1990 KTBN, Salt Lake City Utah, begins shortwave radio transmissions
18 Dec 1990 NL releases short list of teams for 1993 NL expansion
20 Dec 1990 Pentagon warns Saddam Hussein that US air power is ready to attack on January 15.
22 Dec 1990 Israeli ferry capsizes killing 21 US servicemen.
23 Dec 1990 Lettice & Lovage closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 284 performances
24 Dec 1990 Ramsewak Shankar is ousted as President of Suriname by a military coup .
25 Dec 1990 Godfather III premieres
26 Dec 1990 Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship
28 Dec 1990 Two die in a New York City subway accident.
29 Dec 1990 Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton weds Shannon Kelley.
30 Dec 1990 Miser closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 93 performances
31 Dec 1990 United Somali Congress seizes Presidential Palace.
06 Dec 1990 A military jet of the Italian Air Force, abandoned by its pilot after an on-board fire, crashed into a high school near Bologna, Italy, killing 12 students and injuring 88 other people.