What Happened In February 1990 In History

Historical Events for February, 1990

• 1st » Humanitas publishing house is founded in Bucharest, shortly after the Romanian Revolution of 1989 known as Romanian Revolution, by the philosopher Gabriel Liiceanu.
• 2nd » Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk Speech at the Opening of the Parliament of South Africa, 1990 or announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
• 7th » Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
• 11th » Nelson Mandela is released from Drakenstein Correctional Centre or Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
• 12th » Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
• 13th » German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
• 14th » Ninety-two people are killed aboard Indian Airlines Flight 605 at Bangalore, India.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1990

• 1st » Dan Gosling, English footballer
• 1st » Laura Marling, English singer-songwriter (Noah and the Whale)
• 3rd » Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 3rd » Sterling Moore, American football player
• 4th » Haruka Tomatsu, Japanese voice actress and singer (Sphere (Japanese band) called Sphere)
• 5th » Dmitry Andreikin, Russian chess player
• 5th » Lars Krogh Gerson, Luxembourgian-Norwegian footballer
• 5th » Kim Ji-soo (singer), South Korean singer-songwriter and musician
• 5th » Marvin Knoll, German footballer
• 5th » Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian cricketer
• 5th » Jordan Rhodes, Scottish footballer
• 6th » Adam Henrique, Canadian ice hockey player
• 7th » Anna Abreu, Finnish-Portuguese singer
• 7th » Neil Etheridge, English-Filipino footballer
• 7th » Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
• 8th » Tran Thi Thuy Dung, Vietnamese model, Miss Vietnam known as Miss Vietnam 2008
• 8th » Bethany Hamilton, American surfer
• 9th » Tyson Houseman, Canadian actor
• 9th » Camille Winbush, American actress and singer
• 11th » Princess Ayah bint Al Faisal of Jordan
• 11th » Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
• 11th » Go Ara, South Korean actress
• 12th » Robert Griffin III, American football player
• 12th » Moussa Koné, Ivorian footballer
• 13th » Olivia Allison, English swimmer
• 13th » Gyaincain Norbu, Chinese 11th Panchen Lama
• 13th » Marco Romizi, Italian footballer
• 13th » Mamadou Sakho, French footballer
• 13th » Kevin Strootman, Dutch footballer
• 14th » Sefa Yılmaz, German footballer
• 15th » Dejan Lazarević, Slovenian footballer
• 15th » Charles Pic, French race car driver
• 15th » Erwin Sak, Polish footballer
• 15th » Stephanie Vogt, Liechtensteiner tennis player
• 16th » The Weeknd, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
• 17th » Marianne St-Gelais, Canadian speed skater
• 18th » Didi Gregorius, Dutch baseball player
• 18th » Cody Hodgson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 18th » Park Shin-hye, South Korean actress and singer
• 18th » Kang So-ra, South Korean actress
• 19th » Luke Pasqualino, English actor
• 21st » David Addy, Ghanaian footballer
• 21st » Thabiso Baholo, Lesotho swimmer
• 21st » Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player
• 22nd » Luca Profeta, Italian footballer
• 22nd » Scott Winkler (ice hockey) known as Scott Winkler, Norwegian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Kevin Cheung (swimmer) e.g Kevin Cheung, Mauritian swimmer
• 24th » Stefan Müller (footballer born 1990) known as Stefan Müller, German footballer
• 25th » Alejandra Andreu, Spanish model, Miss International 2008
• 25th » Jefferson Alves Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• 25th » Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (d. 2013)
• 26th » Kateřina Cachová, Czech heptathlete
• 27th » Megan Young, Filipina beauty queen, Miss World
• 28th » Naomi Broady, English tennis player

Famous Deaths for February 1990

• 2nd » Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (b. 1905)
• 2nd » Joe Erskine (Welsh boxer) or Joe Erskine, Welsh boxer (b. 1934)
• 4th » Whipper Billy Watson, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1915)
• 6th » Jimmy Van Heusen, American composer (b. 1913)
• 7th » Alan Perlis, American computer scientist (b. 1922)
• 7th » Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (b. 1905)
• 8th » Del Shannon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
• 10th » Bill Sherwood, American director and screenwriter (b. 1952)
• 14th » Tony Holiday, German singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
• 15th » Michel Drach, French director and producer (b. 1930)
• 16th » Keith Haring, American painter (b. 1958)
• 17th » Jean-Marc Boivin, French mountaineer (b. 1951)
• 17th » Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901)
• 17th » Erik Rhodes (actor) named Erik Rhodes, American actor and singer (b. 1906)
• 17th » Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Ukrainian politician (b. 1917)
• 18th » Richard de Zoysa, Sri Lankan journalist (b. 1958)
• 22nd » Evald Seepere, Estonian boxer (b. 1911)
• 23rd » José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)
• 24th » Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
• 24th » Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (b. 1917)
• 24th » Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
• 24th » Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
• 26th » Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters, The Platters, and The Flairs) (b. 1938)
• 27th » Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Ukrainian-American scholar and theologian (b. 1903)
• 27th » Josephine Johnson, American author (b. 1910)

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