What Happened In August 1990 In History

Historical Events for August, 1990

• 2nd » Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
• 8th » Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
• 10th » The Magellan (spacecraft) known as Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
• 10th » More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.
• 12th » Sue (dinosaur) or Sue, the largest and most complete 'Tyrannosaurus Rex' skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
• 23rd » Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western world called Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
• 23rd » Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
• 23rd » West Germany and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
• 28th » Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest Provinces of Iraq known as province.
• 28th » 1990 Plainfield tornado An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield, Illinois Plainfield and Joliet, Illinois Joliet, killing 29 people.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1990

• 1st » Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player
• 1st » Jean Hugues Gregoire, Mauritian swimmer
• 1st » Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player
• 2nd » Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player
• 2nd » Skylar Diggins, American basketball player
• 3rd » Jourdan Dunn, English model
• 3rd » Shunya Shiraishi, Japanese actor
• 4th » Siim Tenno, Estonian footballer
• 7th » Helen Flanagan, English actress
• 8th » Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer
• 8th » Parker Kligerman, American race car driver
• 9th » Adelaide Kane, Australian actress
• 9th » Brice Roger, French skier
• 9th » Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor
• 10th » Lucas Till, American actor and producer
• 11th » Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
• 12th » Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
• 12th » Enzo Pineda, Filipino actor and dancer
• 12th » Marvin Zeegelaar, Dutch footballer
• 12th » Martin Zurawsky, German footballer
• 13th » Shila Amzah, Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress
• 13th » Benjamin Stambouli, French footballer
• 13th » Sae Miyazawa, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and Diva (Japanese band) known as Diva)
• 13th » DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player
• 14th » Jaydee Bixby, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 15th » Nyusha, Russian singer-songwriter and producer
• 15th » Aglaja Brix, German actress
• 15th » Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
• 15th » Toomas Raadik, Estonian basketball player
• 15th » Danny Verbeek, Dutch footballer
• 16th » Kōki Uchiyama, Japanese actor
• 17th » Colin Bates, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 17th » Lauren Diewold, Canadian actress
• 17th » Rachel Hurd-Wood, English actress
• 19th » Kristel Viigipuu, Estonian biathlete
• 20th » Jasmyn Banks, English actress
• 20th » Macauley Chrisantus, Nigerian footballer
• 20th » Venelin Filipov, Bulgarian footballer
• 20th » Leigh Griffiths, Scottish footballer
• 20th » Fabien Jarsalé, French footballer
• 20th » Bradley Klahn, American tennis player
• 20th » Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer
• 20th » Conlin McCabe, Canadian rower
• 21st » Bo Burnham, American comedian, singer-songwriter, and actor
• 21st » Big Chocolate (musician) named Big Chocolate, American singer-songwriter, and producer (Burning the Masses)
• 21st » Omar El Kaddouri, Belgian-Moroccan footballer
• 21st » Fabian Heimpel, German rugby player
• 22nd » Syque Caesar, Bangladeshi gymnast
• 22nd » Randall Cobb (American football) named Randall Cobb, American football player
• 23rd » Wesley Singerman, American voice actor
• 24th » Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer (Teen Angels)
• 24th » Anna-Liisa Põld, Estonian-American swimmer
• 24th » Jeffrey Vinokur, American chemist and dancer
• 27th » Luuk de Jong, Dutch footballer
• 28th » Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer
• 28th » Jane Randall, American model
• 29th » Nicole Gale Anderson, American actress
• 29th » Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
• 29th » Julia Vlassov, American figure skater
• 31st » Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player

Famous Deaths for August 1990

• 1st » Norbert Elias, German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1897)
• 1st » Graham Young, English serial killer (b. 1947)
• 2nd » Norman Maclean, American scholar and author (b. 1902)
• 2nd » Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Betty Amann, German-American actress (b. 1905)
• 6th » Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912)
• 9th » Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
• 12th » B. Kliban, American cartoonist (b. 1935)
• 12th » Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 15th » Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer-songwriter (Kino (band) called Kino) (b. 1962)
• 17th » Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• 18th » Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann named Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (b. 1938)
• 18th » B. F. Skinner, American psychologist, invented the Skinner box (b. 1904)
• 23rd » David Rose, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 24th » Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (b. 1941)
• 24th » Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudanese-Egyptian poet and academic (b. 1931)
• 25th » Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)
• 26th » Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer (b. 1913)
• 27th » Avdy Andresson, Estonian diplomat (b. 1899)
• 27th » Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Double Trouble (band) or Double Trouble) (b. 1954)
• 28th » Willy Vandersteen, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1913)
• 29th » Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901)
• 31st » Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player (b. 1922)

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