1990

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From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist Carl Sagan states: "That's here. That's home. That's us." ; West Germany and East Germany reunify; Police stand on-guard during the Poll tax riots in the United Kingdom; Iraq under Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait, beginning the Gulf War; The 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake kills between 35,000 - 50,000 people in Iran; The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.

This article is about the year 1990. For other uses, see 1990 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years:	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

1990 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1990 MCMXC
Ab urbe condita	2743
Armenian calendar	1439 ԹՎ ՌՆԼԹ
Assyrian calendar	6740
Baháʼí calendar	146–147
Balinese saka calendar	1911–1912
Bengali calendar	1397
Berber calendar	2940
British Regnal year	38 Eliz. 2 – 39 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2534
Burmese calendar	1352
Byzantine calendar	7498–7499
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake) 4686 or 4626     — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 4687 or 4627
Coptic calendar	1706–1707
Discordian calendar	3156
Ethiopian calendar	1982–1983
Hebrew calendar	5750–5751
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2046–2047
- Shaka Samvat	1911–1912
- Kali Yuga	5090–5091
Holocene calendar	11990
Igbo calendar	990–991
Iranian calendar	1368–1369
Islamic calendar	1410–1411
Japanese calendar	Heisei 2 (平成２年)
Javanese calendar	1922–1923
Juche calendar	79
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4323
Minguo calendar	ROC 79 民國79年
Nanakshahi calendar	522
Thai solar calendar	2533
Tibetan calendar	阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 2116 or 1735 or 963     — to — 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 2117 or 1736 or 964
Unix time	631152000 – 662687999

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.

Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South Africa, and the Baltic states declaring independence from the Soviet Union amidst Perestroika. Yugoslavia's communist regime collapses amidst increasing internal tensions and multiparty elections held within its constituent republics result in separatist governments being elected in most of the republics marking the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia. Also in this year began the crisis that would lead to the Gulf War in 1991 following the Iraq invasion and the largely internationally unrecognized annexation of Kuwait. This annexation resulted in a crisis in the Persian Gulf involving the issue of the sovereignty of Kuwait and fears by Saudi Arabia over Iraqi aggression against their oil fields near Kuwait. This led to Operation Desert Shield being enacted with an international coalition of military forces being built up on the Kuwaiti-Saudi border with demands for Iraq to peacefully withdraw from Kuwait. Also in this year, Nelson Mandela was released from prison, and Margaret Thatcher resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after more than 11 years.

1990 was an important year in the Internet's early history. In the fall of 1990, Tim Berners-Lee created the first web server and the foundation for the World Wide Web. Test operations began around December 20 and it was released outside CERN the following year. 1990 also saw the official decommissioning of the ARPANET, a forerunner of the Internet system and the introduction of the first content web search engine, Archie, on September 10.

September 14, 1990, saw the first case of successful somatic gene therapy on a patient.

Due to the early 1990s recession that began that year and uncertainty due to the collapse of the socialist governments in Eastern Europe, birth rates in many countries stopped rising or fell steeply in 1990. In most western countries the Echo Boom peaked in 1990; fertility rates declined thereafter.

Events

January

• January 1
  • Poland becomes the first country in Eastern Europe to begin abolishing its state socialist economy. Poland also withdraws from the Warsaw Pact.
  • Glasgow begins its year as European Capital of Culture.
  • The first Internet companies catering to commercial users, PSINet and EUnet begin selling Internet access to commercial customers in the United States and Netherlands respectively.
  • Television debut of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean in a Thames Television special on ITV in United Kingdom.
• January 3 – United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega is deposed as leader of Panama and surrenders to the American forces.
• January 11 – Singing Revolution: In the Lithuania SSR, 300,000 demonstrate for independence.
• January 12–19 – Most of the remaining 50,000 Armenians are driven out of Baku in the Azerbaijan SSR during the Baku pogrom.
• January 13 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
• January 15
  • The National Assembly of Bulgaria votes to end one party rule by the Bulgarian Communist Party.
  • Thousands storm the Stasi headquarters in East Berlin in an attempt to view their government records.
  • Martin Luther King Day Crash – Telephone service in Atlanta, St. Louis, and Detroit, including 9-1-1 service, goes down for nine hours, due to an AT&T software bug.
• January 20
  • Cold War: Black January – Soviet troops occupy Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, under the state of emergency decree issued by General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, and kill over 130 protesters who were demonstrating for independence. The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic declares its independence from the USSR.
  • Clashes break out between Indian troops and Muslim separatists in Kashmir.
  • The government of Haiti declares a state of emergency, under which it suspends civil liberties, imposes censorship, and arrests political opponents. The state of siege is lifted on January 29.
• January 22 – Robert Tappan Morris is convicted of releasing the Morris worm.
• January 25
  • Avianca Flight 52 crashes into Cove Neck, Long Island, New York after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials, killing 73 people on board.
  • Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto gives birth to a girl, becoming the first modern head of government to bear a child while in office.
  • Pope John Paul II begins an eight-day tour of Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad.
• January 25–26 – The Burns' Day storm kills 97 in northwestern Europe.
• January 27 – The city of Tiraspol in the Moldavian SSR briefly declares independence.
• January 28 – Four months after their exit from power, the Polish United Workers' Party votes to dissolve and reorganize as the Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland.
• January 29
  • The trial of Joseph Hazelwood, former skipper of the Exxon Valdez, begins in Anchorage, Alaska. He is accused of negligence that resulted in America's second worst oil spill to date.
• January 31
  • Globalization – The first McDonald's in Moscow, Russian SFSR opens 8 months after construction began on May 3, 1989. 8 months later the first McDonald's in Mainland China is opened in Shenzhen.
  • President of the United States George H. W. Bush gives his first State of the Union address and proposes that the U.S. and the Soviet Union make deep cuts to their military forces in Europe.

February

• February/March – 100,000 Kashmiri Pandits leave their homeland in Jammu and Kashmir's Valley after being targeted by Islamist extremists.
• February – Smoking is banned on all cross-country flights in the United States.
• February 2 – Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
• February 7
  • The Communist Party of the Soviet Union votes to end its monopoly of power, clearing the way for multiparty elections.
  • In the Tajik SSR, rioting breaks out against the settlement of Armenian refugees there.
• February 9 – ADtranz low floor tram world's first completely low-floor tram introduced in Bremen.
• February 10
  • President of South Africa F. W. de Klerk announces that Nelson Mandela will be released the next day.
  • Las Cruces Bowling Alley massacre: 2 people walked into the 10 Pin Alley in Las Cruces, New Mexico, (known then as the Las Cruces Bowl) and shot seven people, four of whom were killed. The case is currently unsolved.
• February 11 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison, near Cape Town, South Africa, after 27 years behind bars.
• February 12 – Representatives of NATO and the Warsaw Pact meet in Ottawa for an "Open Skies" conference. The conference results in agreements about superpower troop levels in Europe and on German reunification.
• February 13
  • German reunification: An agreement is reached for a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
  • Drexel Burnham Lambert files for bankruptcy protection, Chapter 11.
• February 14 – The Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth is sent back from the Voyager 1 probe after completing its primary mission, from around 5.6 billion kilometers (3.5 billion mi) away.
• February 15
  • The United Kingdom and Argentina restore diplomatic relations after 8 years. The UK had severed ties in response to Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands, a British Dependent Territory, in 1982.
  • In Cartagena, Colombia, a summit is held between President of the United States George H. W. Bush, President of Bolivia Jaime Paz Zamora, President of Colombia Virgilio Barco Vargas, and President of Peru Alan García. The leaders pledge additional cooperation in fighting international drug trafficking.
• February 25 – The Sandinistas are defeated in the Nicaraguan elections, with Violeta Chamorro elected as the new president of Nicaragua (the first elected woman president in the Americas), replacing Daniel Ortega.
• February 26 – The USSR agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July, 1991.
• February 27 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on 5 criminal counts.
• February 28 – President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega announces a cease-fire with the U.S.-backed contras.

March

• March 1
  • A fire at the Sheraton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, kills 16 people.
  • Steve Jackson Games is raided by the U.S. Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  • The Royal New Zealand Navy discontinues its daily rum ration.
  • Luis Alberto Lacalle, a grandson of the late politician and diplomat Luis Alberto de Herrera, is sworn in as President of Uruguay.
• March 3 – The International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition, a group of six explorers from six nations, completes the first dog sled crossing of Antarctica.
• March 8 – The Nintendo World Championships were held within the Fair Park's Automobile Building, kickstarting an almost year long gaming competition across 29 American cities.
• March 9
  • Police seal off Brixton in South London after another night of protests against the poll tax.
  • Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord.
• March 10 – Prosper Avril is ousted in a coup in Haiti, eighteen months after seizing power.
• March 11 – Singing Revolution: The Lithuanian SSR declares independence from the Soviet Union with the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
• March 11–13 – The March 1990 Central United States tornado outbreak produces 64 tornadoes across six US states, including four violent F4/F5 tornadoes. The outbreak leaves 2 dead, 89 injured, and causes over $500 million in damages.
• March 12 – Cold War: Soviet soldiers begin leaving Hungary under terms of an agreement to withdraw all Soviet troops by June 1.
• March 13 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union approves changes to the Constitution of the Soviet Union to create a strong U.S.-style presidency. Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to a five-year term as the first-ever President of the Soviet Union on March 15.
• March 15
  • Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying. Daphne Parish, a British nurse, is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment as an accomplice.
  • Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.
  • Singing Revolution: The Soviet Union announces that Lithuania's declaration of independence is invalid.
  • Fernando Collor de Mello takes office as President of Brazil, Brazil's first democratically elected president since Jânio Quadros in 1961. The next day, he announces a currency freeze and freezes large bank accounts for 18 months.
• March 18
  • Twelve paintings and a Shang dynasty vase, collectively worth $100 to $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts by two thieves posing as police officers. This is the largest art theft in US history, and the paintings (as of 2018) have not been recovered.
  • Cold War: East Germany holds its first free elections.
• March 20 – Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
• March 21 – After 75 years of South African rule since World War I, Namibia becomes independent.
• March 24 – 1990 Australian federal election: Bob Hawke's Labor Government is re-elected with a reduced majority, narrowly defeating the Liberal/National Coalition led by Andrew Peacock.
• March 25
  • In New York City, a fire due to arson at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87.
  • Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie announces his intention to retire at the end of the year.
  • In the Hungarian parliamentary election, Hungary's first multiparty election since 1948, the Hungarian Democratic Forum wins the most seats.
• March 26 – The 62nd Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California, with Driving Miss Daisy winning Best Picture.
• March 27 – The United States begins broadcasting Radio y Televisión Martí to Cuba.
• March 28 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
• March 30 – Singing Revolution: After its first free elections on March 18, the Estonian SSR declares the Soviet rule to have been illegal since 1940 and declares a transition period for full independence.
• March 31 – "The Second Battle of Trafalgar": A massive anti-poll tax demonstration in Trafalgar Square, London, turns into a riot; 471 people are injured, and 341 are arrested.

April

• April 1
  • The Community Charge (poll tax) takes effect in England and Wales amid widespread protests
  • Strangeways Prison riot: The longest prison riot in Britain's history begins at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, and continues for 3 weeks and 3 days, until April 25.
  • The 1990 United States Census begins. There are 248,709,873 residents in the U.S.
• April 6 – Robert Mapplethorpe's "The Perfect Moment" show of nude and homoerotic photographs opens at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, in spite of accusations of indecency by Citizens for Community Values.
• April 7
  • Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of 5 charges for his part in the scandal; the convictions are later reversed on appeal.
  • Scandinavian Star, a Bahamas-registered ferry, catches fire en route from Norway to Denmark, leaving 158 dead.
• April 8
  • In Nepal, Birendra of Nepal lifts a ban on political parties following violent protests.
  • In the Greek legislative election, the conservative New Democracy wins the most seats in the Hellenic Parliament; its leader, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, becomes Prime Minister of Greece on April 11.
  • In the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Socialist Republic of Slovenia holds Yugoslavia's first multiparty election since 1938. After the election, a center-right coalition led by Lojze Peterle forms Yugoslavia's first non-Communist government since 1945.
• April 9 – Comet Austin, the brightest comet visible from Earth since 1975, makes its closest approach to the sun.
• April 12 – Lothar de Maizière becomes prime minister of East Germany, heading a conservative coalition that favors German reunification.
• April 13 – Cold War: The Soviet Union apologizes for the Katyn massacre.
• April 14 – Junk bond financier Michael Milken pleaded guilty to fraud-related charges. He agreed to pay US$500 million in restitution and was sentenced on November 21 to 10 years in jail.
• April 20 – 17-year-old Christopher Kerze goes missing in Eagan, Minnesota. He remains missing as of February 2021.
• April 21 – Japanese Yoshio Tani, M.Sc. murders gold merchant Turkka Elovirta and businessman Juhani Komulainen in Siuntio, Finland, having convinced them to buy a nonexistent 500 kilogram stash of Nazi gold.
• April 22
  • Lebanon hostage crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release American educator Robert Polhill, who had been held hostage since January 1987.
  • Earth Day 20 is celebrated by millions worldwide.
• April 24
  • Cold War: West Germany and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1.
  • STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.
  • President of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko lifts a 20-year ban on opposition parties.
• April 25 – Violeta Chamorro is sworn in as President of Nicaragua, the first woman elected (February 25) in her own right as a head of state in the Americas.
• April 26: A 7.0 earthquake shakes the Chinese province of Qinghai leaving 126 dead.
• April 30 – Lebanon hostage crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release American educator Frank H. Reed, who had been held hostage since September 1986.

May

• May 1 – The former Episcopal Church in the Philippines (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the state of an Autocephalous Anglican province and renamed the Episcopal Church of the Philippines.
• May 2 – In London, a man brandishing a knife robs a courier of bearer bonds worth £292 million (the second largest mugging to date).
• May 2–4 – First talks between the government of South Africa and the African National Congress.
• May 4 – Singing Revolution: The Latvian SSR declares independence from the Soviet Union.
• May 8
  • Singing Revolution: The Estonian SSR restores the formal name of the country, the Republic of Estonia, as well as other national emblems (the coat of arms, the flag and the anthem).
  • Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier assumes office as President of Costa Rica.
• May 9 – In South Korea, police battle anti-government protesters in Seoul and two other cities.
• May 12 – Jeanne Calment surpasses Augusta Holtz to become the oldest verified person ever.
• May 13
  • In the Philippines, gunmen kill two United States Air Force airmen near Clark Air Base on the eve of talks between the Philippines and the United States over the future of American military bases in the Philippines.
  • The Dinamo–Red Star riot took place at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, Croatia between the Bad Blue Boys (fans of Dinamo Zagreb) and the Delije (fans of Red Star Belgrade).
• May 15
  • Singing Revolution: The pro-Soviet Intermovement attempts to take power in Tallinn, Estonia, but are forced down by local Estonians.
  • Portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million.
• May 17 – The World Health Organization removes homosexuality from its list of diseases.
• May 18 – German reunification: East Germany and West Germany sign a treaty to merge their economic and social systems, effective July 1.
• May 19 – The US and the USSR agree to end production of chemical weapons and to destroy most of their stockpiles of chemical weapons.
• May 20 – Cold War: The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
• May 21 – In Kashmir, a Kashmiri Islamic leader is assassinated and Indian security forces open fire on mourners carrying his body, killing at least 47 people.
• May 22
  • Cold War: The leaders of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen announce the unification of their countries as the Republic of Yemen.
• May 27
  • In the Burmese general election, Burma's first multiparty election in 30 years, the National League for Democracy led by Aung San Suu Kyi wins in a landslide, but the State Law and Order Restoration Council nullifies the election results.
  • In the Colombian presidential election, César Gaviria is elected President of Colombia; he takes office on August 7.
• May 29
  • Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Ottawa for a 29-hour visit.
  • Boris Yeltsin is elected as the first ever elected president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) founded.
• May 30 – George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev begin a four-day summit meeting in Washington, D.C.

June

• June – Joanne Rowling gets the idea for Harry Potter while on a train from Manchester to London Euston railway station. She begins writing Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone which will be completed in 1995 and published in 1997.
• June 1
  • Cold War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty to end chemical weapon production and begin destroying their respective stocks.
  • Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army shoot and kill Major Michael Dillon-Lee and Private William Robert Davies of the British Army. Dillon-Lee is killed outside his home in Dortmund, Germany and Davies is killed at a railway station in Lichfield, England.
• June 2 – The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 88 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12; 37 tornadoes occur in Indiana, eclipsing the previous record of 21 during the Super Outbreak of April 1974.
• June 4 – Violence breaks out in the Kirghiz SSR between the majority Kyrgyz people and minority Uzbeks over the distribution of homestead land.
• June 7
  • Metropolitan Alexy of Leningrad is elected Russian Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'.
• June 8
  • The 1990 FIFA World Cup begins in Italy. This was the first broadcast of digital HDTV in history; Europe would not begin HDTV broadcasting en masse until 2004.
  • Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Shamir ends 88 days with only an acting government by forming a coalition of right-wing and religious parties led by Shamir's Likud party.
• June 8–9 – In the Czechoslovakian parliamentary election, Czechoslovakia's first free election since 1946, the Civic Forum wins the most seats but fails to secure a majority.
• June 9 – Mega Borg oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, Texas.
• June 10
  • Alberto Fujimori is elected President of Peru; he takes office on July 28.
  • First round of the Bulgarian Constitutional Assembly election sees the Bulgarian Socialist Party win a majority. The second round of voting is held June 17.
• June 11 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam massacre over 600 unarmed police officers in the Eastern Province.
• June 12
  • Cold War: The Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
  • In the Algerian local elections, Algeria's first multiparty election since 1962, the Islamic Salvation Front wins control of more than half of municipalities and 32 of Algeria's 48 provinces.
• June 13 – Cold War – The destruction of the Berlin Wall by East Germany officially starts, 7 months after it was opened the previous November.
• June 13–15 – June 1990 Mineriad: Clashes break out in Bucharest between supporters and opponents of the ruling National Salvation Front.
• June 14 – 1990 Panay earthquake: An earthquake measuring M_s7.1 struck Panay Island in the Philippines, killing 8 and injuring 41.
• June 15 – Dublin Regulation on treatment of applications for right of asylum under European Union law agreed (comes into force 1997).
• June 17–30 – Nelson Mandela tours North America, visiting 3 Canadian and 8 U.S. cities.
• June 19 – The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic holds its inaugural conference in Moscow.
• June 21 – The 7.4 M_w  Manjil–Rudbar earthquake affects northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 35,000–50,000, and injuring 60,000–105,000.
• June 22 – Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled.
• June 23 – In Canada, the Meech Lake Accord of 1987 dies after the Manitoba and Newfoundland legislatures fail to approve it ahead of the deadline.
• June 24 – Kathleen Margaret Brown and Irene Templeton are ordained as priests in St Anne's Cathedral in Belfast, becoming the first female Anglican priests in the United Kingdom.

July

• July 1 – German reunification: East Germany and West Germany merge their economies, the West German Deutsche Mark becoming the official currency of the East also. The Inner German border (constructed 1945) also ceases to function.
• July 2
  • 1990 Hajj stampede: A stampede in a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mecca kills 1,426.
  • A U.S. District Court acquits Imelda Marcos on racketeering and fraud charges.
• July 5 – In Kenya, riots erupt against the Kenya African National Union's monopoly on power.
• July 6
  • President of Bulgaria Petar Mladenov resigns over accusations that he ordered tanks to disperse anti-government protests in December 1989.
  • Somali President Siad Barre's bodyguards massacre anti-government demonstrators during a soccer match; 65 people are killed, more than 300 seriously injured.
• July 7–8 – In tennis, Martina Navratilova of the United States wins the 1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles and Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins the 1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles.
• July 8 – 1990 FIFA World Cup Final (Association football): West Germany defeats Argentina 1–0 to win the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
• July 9–11 – The 16th G7 summit is held in Houston, Texas.
• July 11 – Terrorists blow up a passenger bus travelling from Kalbajar to Tartar in Azerbaijan. 14 people are killed, 35 wounded.
• July 12 – Foster v British Gas plc decided in the European Court of Justice, a leading case on the definition of the "state" under European law.
• July 13 – The Lenin Peak disaster occurs when an earthquake triggers an avalanche in the Pamir Mountains with the loss of 43 lives.
• July 16 – 1990 Luzon earthquake: An earthquake measuring M_w7.7 kills more than 2,400 in the Philippines.
• July 22 – First round of the Mongolian legislative election, the first multiparty ever held in Mongolia; the Mongolian People's Party wins by a wide margin after the second round of voting on July 29.
• July 25
  • George Carey, Bishop of Bath and Wells, is named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.
  • The Serb Democratic Party (Croatia) declares the sovereignty of the Serbs in Croatia.
  • Roseanne Barr infamously sings "The Star-Spangled Banner" extremely poorly, causing controversy.
• July 26 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination.
• July 27
  • The parliament building and a government television house in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago are stormed by the Jamaat al Muslimeen in a coup d'état attempt which lasts five days. Approximately 26 to 30 people are killed and several are wounded (including the prime minister, A. N. R. Robinson, who is shot in the leg).
  • Cold War: Belarus declares its sovereignty, a key step toward independence from the Soviet Union.
• July 28 – Alberto Fujimori becomes president of Peru.
• July 30 – British politician and former Member of Parliament Ian Gow is assassinated by a Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb outside his home in England.

August

• August 1
  • The National Assembly of Bulgaria elects Zhelyu Zhelev as the first non-Communist President of Bulgaria in 40 years.
  • RELCOM is created in the Soviet Union by combining several computer networks. Later in August, the Soviet Union got its first connection to the Internet.
• August 2
  • Gulf War: Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
  • The first ban of smoking in bars in the US (and possibly the world) is passed in San Luis Obispo, California.
• August 6
  • Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to its invasion of Kuwait.
  • President of Pakistan Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, accusing her of corruption and abuse of power.
  • The South African government and ANC begin talks on ending Apartheid in South Africa.
• August 7
  • U.S. President Bush orders U.S. combat planes and troops to Saudi Arabia to prevent a possible attack by Iraq.
  • Prime Minister of India V. P. Singh announces plan to reserve 49% of civil service jobs for lower-caste Hindus. The plan triggers riots, leaving at least 70 dead by September.
• August 8
  • Iraq announces its formal annexation of Kuwait.
  • The government of Peru announces an austerity plan that results in huge increases in the price of food and gasoline. The plan sets off days of rioting and a national strike on August 21.
• August 10
  • Egypt, Syria, and 10 other Arab states vote to send military forces to Saudi Arabia to discourage an invasion from Iraq.
  • A passenger bus, traveling along the route "Tbilisi-Agdam", is blown up; 20 people died and 30 were injured. The organizers of the crime were Armenians A. Avanesian and M. Tatevosian who were brought to criminal trial.
• August 12
  • In South Africa, fighting breaks out between the Xhosa people and the Zulu people; more than 500 people are killed by the end of August.
  • "Sue", the best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found, is discovered near Faith, South Dakota by Sue Hendrickson.
• August 19 – Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
• August 21 – Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone send peacekeepers to intervene in the First Liberian Civil War.
• August 22 – U.S. President Bush calls up U.S. military reservists for service in the Persian Gulf Crisis.
• August 23 – East Germany and West Germany announce they will unite on October 3.
• August 24
  • The Armenian SSR declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • Northern Ireland writer Brian Keenan is released from Lebanon after being held hostage for nearly 5 years.
  • Indonesian commercial television network SCTV was established as the nation's third television station after RCTI, and also debuted as local television channel in Surabaya. During its earlier days, SCTV was the rival for RCTI, the first commercial television network. SCTV began broadcasting nationwide from Jakarta by January 29, 1991.
• August 26 – In Sofia, protesters set fire to the headquarters of the governing Bulgarian Socialist Party.
• August 28 – The Plainfield Tornado (F5 on the Fujita scale) strikes the towns of Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 29 people (the strongest tornado to date to strike the Chicago metropolitan area).

September

• September 1–10 – Pope John Paul II visits Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and Ivory Coast.
• September 2 – Cold War: Transnistria declares its independence from the Moldavian SSR; however, the declaration is not recognized by any government.
• September 4 – Geoffrey Palmer resigns as Prime Minister of New Zealand and is replaced by Mike Moore.
• September 4–6 – Premier of North Korea Yon Hyong-muk meets with President of South Korea Roh Tae-woo, the highest level contact between leaders of the two Koreas since 1945.
• September 5 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers massacre 158 civilians.
• September 6 – In Myanmar, the State Law and Order Restoration Council orders the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi and five other political dissidents.
• September 9
  • U.S. President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev meet in Helsinki to discuss the Persian Gulf crisis.
  • First Liberian Civil War: Liberian president Samuel Doe is captured by rebel leader Prince Johnson and killed in a filmed execution.
  • Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers massacre 184 civilians in Batticaloa.
• September 10 – The first Pizza Hut opens up in the Soviet Union.
• September 11
  • Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait.
  • First Pizza Hut opens in the People's Republic of China, nearly 3 years after the first KFC opened there in 1987.
• September 12
  • Cold War: The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
  • A judge in Australia orders the arrest of media tycoon Christopher Skase, former owner of the Seven Network, after he fails to give evidence in a liquidator's examination of failed shipbuilding company Lloyds Ships Holdings, an associate of Skase's Qintex Australia Ltd.
• September 17 – In what is now regarded as a landmark event in regards to women in journalism, reporter Lisa Olson was sexually harassed by multiple New England Patriots players while trying to conduct a locker room interview.
• September 18
  • The International Olympic Committee awards the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta.
  • Provisional Irish Republican Army assassination attempt on the life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry at his home near Stafford, England. Hit by at least 9 bullets, the former Governor of Gibraltar survives, as does his wife, Lady Betty Terry, who is also shot (most likely by accident).
• September 24 – The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union grants Gorbachev special powers for 18 months to secure the Soviet Union's transition to a market economy.
• September 27 – David Souter is confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice William Brennan.
• September 29
  • Washington, D.C.'s National Cathedral is finished.
  • The Tampere Hall, the largest concert and congress center in the Nordic countries, was inaugurated in Tampere, Finland.
• September 29–30 – The United Nations World Summit for Children draws more than 70 world leaders to United Nations Headquarters.

October

• October – Tim Berners-Lee begins his work on the World Wide Web, 19 months after his seminal 1989 outline of what would become the Web concept.
• October 1 – The rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front invades Rwanda from Uganda, marking the start of the Rwandan Civil War.
• October 2 – According to The Civil Aviation of China, two commercial planes collide on the runway at the Baiyun Airport of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. The total death toll is 128; 53 people were wounded, 97 were rescued.
• October 3 – Cold War: East Germany and West Germany reunify into a single Germany.
• October 4 – Moro conflict: Rebel forces seize two military posts on the island of Mindanao, Philippines before surrendering on October 6.
• October 8
  • Israeli–Palestinian conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
  • Globalization: The first McDonald's restaurant is opened in Mainland China in Shenzhen, near Hong Kong. Since 1979, Shenzhen has been a Special economic zone.
• October 13 – Lebanese Civil War: Syrian military forces invade and occupy Mount Lebanon, ousting General Michel Aoun's government. This effectively consolidates Syria's 14 year occupation of Lebanese soil.
• October 14 – Composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein dies of a heart attack at his home in New York City at the age of 72.
• October 15
  • Cold War: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and reform his nation.
  • South Africa ends segregation of libraries, trains, buses, toilets, swimming pools, and other public facilities.
• October 17
  • North Kalimantan Communist Party insurgents sign a peace agreement which formally ends 28 years of Sarawak Communist insurgency in Malaysia.
  • A major financial service of Russia, VTB Bank is founded in Russia SSR, former part of Soviet Union, as predecessor name was Vneshtorg Bank.
• October 21 – The remains of the former Estonian head of state, Konstantin Päts, found in the Tver region in Russia, are brought to Tallinn and buried at state expense in the Metsakalmistu cemetery.
• October 22 – Nizhny Novgorod restores its official name from Gorky, Volga Federal District, Russia.
• October 24
  • In the Pakistani general election, Prime Minister Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party loses power to a center-right coalition government led by the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad party.
  • Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti reveals the existence of Operation Gladio, a clandestine NATO "stay-behind" operation in Italy during the Cold War.
• October 27
  • Cold War: The Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz SSR selects Askar Akayev as the republic's first president.
  • The New Zealand National Party wins the New Zealand general election, and its leader, Jim Bolger, becomes prime minister.
• October 29 – In Norway, the government headed by Prime Minister of Norway Jan P. Syse collapses.
• October 30 – The first transatlantic fiber optic cable TAT-8 fails, causing a slowdown of Internet traffic between the United States and Europe.

November

• November – The earliest known portable digital camera sold in the United States ships.
• November 7 – Mary Robinson defeats odds-on favorite Brian Lenihan to become the first female President of Ireland.
• November 2 – British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
• November 3 – Gro Harlem Brundtland assumes office as Prime Minister of Norway.
• November 5 – Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
• November 6 – Nawaz Sharif is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
• November 7
  • Indian Prime Minister Singh resigns over losing a confidence vote in the Parliament of India, having lost the support of Hindus who want a Muslim mosque in Ayodhya torn down to build a Hindu temple.
  • The final military parade to mark the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution takes place in the USSR.
• November 9
  • A new constitution comes into effect in the Kingdom of Nepal, establishing multiparty democracy and constitutional monarchy; this is the culmination of the 1990 People's Movement.
  • The Parliament of Singapore enacts the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act.
• November 10 – Chandra Shekhar becomes Prime Minister of India as head of a minority government.
• November 12
  • Akihito is enthroned as the 125th emperor of Japan following the death of his father on January 7, 1989.
  • Tim Berners-Lee publishes a more formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
• November 13
  • The first known web page is written.
  • In New Zealand, David Gray kills 13 people in what will become known as the Aramoana massacre.
• November 14 – Germany and Poland sign a treaty confirming the border at the Oder–Neisse line.
• November 15
  • STS-38: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on a classified U.S. military mission.
  • President Bush signed new Clean Air Act, focused on urban pollution and cancer-causing emissions from industrial sources.
• November 17 – Soviet President Gorbachev proposes a radical restructuring of the Soviet government, including the creation of a Federal Council to be made up of the heads of the 15 Soviet republics.
• November 19–21 – The leaders of Canada, the United States, and 32 European states meet in Paris to formally mark the end of the Cold War.
• November 20 – Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, is arrested in Novocherkassk.
• November 21
  • Charter of Paris for a New Europe signed.
  • Agreement for decriminalization of homosexual acts between consenting adults in Queensland, Australia.
  • The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was released in Japan.
• November 22 – Margaret Thatcher announces she will not contest the second ballot of the leadership election for the Conservative Party.
• November 25 – Lech Wałęsa and Stanisław Tymiński win the first round of the first Polish presidential election.
• November 27 – Women's suffrage is introduced in the last Swiss half-canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden.
• November 28
  • Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew resigns and is replaced by Goh Chok Tong.
  • The first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher, resigns after 11 years and is replaced by John Major.
• November 29
  • Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes UN Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing military intervention in Iraq if that state does not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by Tuesday, January 15, 1991.
  • Prime Minister of Bulgaria Andrey Lukanov and his government of former communists resign under pressure from strikes and street protests.

December

• December 1
  • Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the English Channel seabed, establishing the first land connection between Great Britain and the mainland of Europe for around 8,000 years.
  • President of Chad Hissène Habré is deposed by the Patriotic Salvation Movement and replaced as president by its leader Idriss Déby.
• December 2 – The German federal election (the first election held since German reunification) is won by Helmut Kohl, who becomes Chancellor of Germany.
• December 3
  • 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision: 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 crew members.
  • Mary Robinson begins her term as President of Ireland, becoming the first female to hold this office.
• December 6
  • Saddam Hussein releases a group of Western hostages he captured.
  • President Hussain Muhammad Ershad of Bangladesh is forced to resign following massive protests; he is replaced by Shahabuddin Ahmed, who becomes interim president.
• December 7
  • In Brussels, trade talks fail because of a dispute between the U.S. and the European Union over farm export subsidies.
  • The National Assembly of Bulgaria elects Dimitar Iliev Popov as Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
• December 9
  • Slobodan Milošević elected President of Serbia in first round, general elections won by his Socialist Party.
  • Lech Wałęsa wins the 2nd round of Poland's first presidential election.
• December 11 – Fall of communism in Albania: Ramiz Alia, leader of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, following massive demonstrations by students and workers, announces that a free national election will be held next spring of 1991 with political parties other than the Party of Labour permitted; an opposition Democratic Party is formed the following day.
• December 11 A multi-vehicle traffic collision known as the 1990 Interstate 75 fog disaster occurs; 12 deaths and 42 were caused by this event
• December 16 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide is elected president of Haiti, ending 3 decades of military rule.
• December 20
  • Eduard Shevardnadze announces his resignation as Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Tim Berners-Lee completes the test for the first webpage at CERN.
• December 22
  • The first constitution of the Republic of Croatia is adopted.
  • The Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia become independent, following the termination of their trusteeship.
  • The Polish government-in-exile is dissolved in London after being in exile since 1939.
• December 23 – In the Slovenian independence referendum, 88.5% of the overall electorate (94.8% of votes), with the turnout of 93.3%, support independence of the country.
• December 24 – Ramsewak Shankar is ousted as President of Suriname by a military coup.
• December 25 – Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is commissioned.
• December 31 – Russian Garry Kasparov holds his title by winning the World Chess Championship match against his countryman Anatoly Karpov.

World population

World population
	1990	1985			1995
World	5,263,593,000	4,830,979,000	432,614,000	+8.95 %	5,674,380,000	410,787,000	+7.80 %
Africa	622,443,000	541,718,000	80,629,000	+14.88 %	707,462,000	85,019,000	+13.66 %
Asia	3,167,807,000	2,887,552,000	280,255,000	+9.71 %	3,430,052,000	262,245,000	+8.28 %
Europe	721,582,000	706,009,000	15,573,000	+2.21 %	727,405,000	5,823,000	+0.81 %
Latin America	441,525,000	401,469,000	40,056,000	+9.98 %	481,099,000	39,574,000	+8.96 %
North America	283,549,000	269,456,000	14,093,000	+5.23 %	299,438,000	15,889,000	+5.60 %
Oceania	26,687,000	24,678,000	2,009,000	+8.14 %	28,924,000	2,237,000	+8.38 %

Births

January

Toni Kroos

Sergey Karjakin

Liam Hemsworth

Grant Gustin

Sergio Pérez

Peter Sagan

Eiza Gonzalez

• January 2 – Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer
• January 4 – Toni Kroos, German footballer
• January 5
  • Leroy Fer, Dutch footballer
  • Yoseob, Korean pop singer
• January 6
  • Ilaria Bianchi, Italian swimmer
  • Sandro Cortese, German motorcycle racer
  • Abhinav Mukund, Indian cricketer
  • Alex Teixeira, Brazilian footballer
• January 7 – Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper
• January 8
  • Robin Olsen, Swedish footballer
  • Xu Xin, Chinese table tennis player
• January 9
  • Todor Skrimov, Bulgarian male volleyball player
  • Son Ji-hyun, South Korean actress and singer
• January 10
  • Renan Buiatti, Brazilian volleyball player
  • Aishwarya Rajesh, Indian actress
• January 11 – Ryan Griffin, American footballer
• January 12 – Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
• January 13 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
• January 14
  • Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
  • Áron Szilágyi, Hungarian fencer
• January 15
  • Chris Warren, American actor
  • Luke Willson, American football player
• January 16 – Simon Porte Jacquemus, French fashion designer
• January 18
  • Nacho, Spanish footballer
  • Gift Ngoepe, South African-born baseball player
  • Bryan Oviedo, Costa Rican footballer
  • Hannes Van Dahl, Swedish drummer, member of Sabaton
• January 21
  • George Finn, Georgian actor
  • Kelly Rohrbach, American model and actress
  • Jacob Smith, American actor
• January 22
  • Alizé Cornet, French tennis player
  • Logic, American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer
  • Artem Volvich, Russian volleyball player
• January 24
  • Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Ermin Bičakčić, Bosnian footballer
• January 25
  • Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, Pakistani politician
  • Tom Boon, Belgian field hockey player
  • Natalie Hall, Canadian actress
• January 26
  • Kherington Payne, American dancer and actress
  • Christopher Massey, American actor, comedian and rapper
  • Peter Sagan, Slovakian road bicycle racer
  • Sergio Pérez, Mexican racing driver
• January 27 – Nicholas Bett, Kenyan track and field athlete (d. 2018)
• January 28 – Luce, French actress/singer
• January 29 – MacKenzie Porter, Canadian actress and singer
• January 30
  • Eddy Alvarez, American baseball player and speed skater
  • Eiza González, Mexican actress and singer
  • Mitchell Starc, Australian cricketer
  • Jake Thomas, American actor, voice actor and photographer

February

Sean Kingston

Dalilah Muhammad

Steven Stamkos

Klay Thompson

Brett Dier

The Weeknd

Park Shin-hye

Flavio Aquilone

Younès Belhanda

Lindsey Morgan

• February 1
  • Feyisa Lilesa, Ethiopian long distance and marathon runner
  • Laura Marling, British singer-songwriter
  • Hersi Matmuja, Albanian singer
• February 2 – Clara Alonso, Argentine actress, singer, and television hostess
• February 3
  • Birendra Lakra, Indian field hockey player
  • Sean Kingston, American singer
• February 4
  • Zach King, American videos maker
  • Nairo Quintana, Colombian road bicycle racer
  • Katerina Stefanidi, Greek pole vaulter
  • Haruka Tomatsu, Japanese voice actress
• February 5
  • Charlbi Dean Kriek, South African actress and model (d. 2022)
  • Karolina Naja, Polish canoeist
• February 6 – Jermaine Kearse, American football player
• February 7
  • Anna Abreu, Finnish pop singer
  • jacksepticeye, Irish YouTuber
  • Dalilah Muhammad, American hurdler
  • Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
• February 8
  • Yacine Brahimi, French-Algerian footballer
  • Klay Thompson, American basketball player
• February 9
  • Nicole Faria, Indian actress, model and the winner of the Miss Earth 2010 pageant
  • Fyodor Smolov, Russian footballer
• February 10 – Sooyoung, Korean singer
• February 11
  • Megan Anderson, Australian mixed martial artist
  • Javier Aquino, Mexican footballer
  • Q'orianka Kilcher, German-born American actress and activist
• February 12
  • Michelle Bartsch-Hackley, American volleyball player
  • Robert Griffin III, American football player
• February 13
  • Gyaincain Norbu, 11th Panchen Lama of Tibetan Buddhism according to some sources
  • Kevin Strootman, Dutch footballer
  • elrubiusOMG, Spanish YouTuber
• February 14
  • Chris Babb, American basketball player
  • Brett Dier, Canadian actor
• February 15 – Masashi Ebinuma, Japanese judoka
• February 16
  • Liu Xiaotong, Chinese volleyball player
  • The Weeknd, Canadian musician
• February 17 – Bea Rose Santiago, Filipino model
• February 18
  • Choi Soo-young, South Korean singer, actress, and songwriter
  • Bryan Oviedo, Costa Rican footballer
  • Park Shin-hye, South Korean actress
• February 19
  • Ryad Boudebouz, French-Algerian footballer
  • Saad Al Sheebi, Qatari footballer
• February 20 – Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer
• February 21 – Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player
• February 25
  • Younès Belhanda, French-Moroccan footballer
  • Ehsan Hajsafi, Iranian footballer
  • Huang Xuechen, Chinese synchronised swimmer
• February 27
  • Anna Fedorova, Ukrainian pianist and soloist
  • Lindsey Morgan, American actress
  • Megan Young, Filipino-American actress, model, television host, and beauty contest title holder
• February 28
  • Georgina Leonidas, British actress
  • Anna Muzychuk, Ukrainian chess player

March

Petra Kvitová

Princess Eugenie of York

Laura Harrier

Thomas Rhett

Corey Cott

Cassie Scerbo

• March 1
  • Qandeel Baloch, Pakistani actress and model (d. 2016)
  • Zhang Nan, Chinese badminton player
• March 2
  • Lee Hong-gi, Korean singer
  • Tiger Shroff, Indian actor
• March 4
  • Andrea Bowen, American actress
  • Draymond Green, American basketball player
• March 5 – Marco Ureña, Costa Rican footballer
• March 6
  • Derek Drouin, Canadian athlete
  • Esti Ginzburg, Israeli model
  • Patricia Yurena Rodríguez, Spanish model, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder
• March 7
  • Choi Jong-hoon, Korean singer
  • Daniel Samonas, Canadian actor
• March 8
  • Rémy Cabella, French footballer
  • Kristinia DeBarge, American singer-songwriter
  • Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer
  • Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player
• March 9
  • Daley Blind, Dutch footballer
  • YG, American rapper and actor
• March 10 – Inna Deriglazova, Russian foil fencer
• March 11 – Reiley McClendon, American actor
• March 12 – Vanessa Pose, Venezuelan actress
• March 13
  • Emory Cohen, American actor
  • Sasha Clements, Canadian actress
• March 14
  • Joe Allen, Welsh footballer
  • Thali García, Mexican actress
  • Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, Icelandic footballer
• March 15 – Lauren Barfield, American volleyball player
• March 17
  • Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter
  • Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
  • Aderbar Santos, Brazilian footballer
• March 18 – Michael J. Knowles, American conservative political commentator
• March 20
  • Jung Kyung-eun, South Korean badminton player
  • Stacy Martin, French actress
  • Marcos Rojo, Argentine footballer
• March 21
  • Andrew Albicy, French basketball player
  • Mandy Capristo, German singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
  • Nicolás Uriarte, Argentinian volleyball player
• March 22 – Sophie Caldwell, American cross-country skier
• March 23
  • Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish Formula One driver
  • Princess Eugenie of York, British princess
• March 24
  • Aljur Abrenica, Filipino actor, dancer, model and singer
  • Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-born New Zealand actress
  • Starlin Castro, Dominican baseball player
• March 25 – Kiowa Gordon, American actor
• March 26
  • Carly Chaikin, American actress
  • Choi Woo-shik, South Korean actor
  • Patrick Ekeng, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2016)
  • Sarah Menezes, Brazilian judoka
  • Romain Saïss, French-Moroccan footballer
  • Xiumin, South Korean singer and actor
• March 27
  • Kimbra, New Zealand singer and actress
  • Nicolas Nkoulou, Cameroonian footballer
  • Ben Hunt, Australian rugby league player
• March 28
  • Zoella, English YouTuber and vlogger
  • Ekaterina Bobrova, Russian ice dancer
  • Laura Harrier, American actress and model
• March 29 – Timothy Chandler, German-American soccer player
• March 30
  • Lee Gi-kwang, Korean singer
  • Thomas Rhett, American singer and songwriter
  • Matt Simpson, American goalball player
  • Corey Cott, American actor and singer
  • Cassie Scerbo, American actress, singer and dancer
• March 31
  • Bang Yong-guk, South Korean rapper
  • Lyra McKee, Northern Irish journalist (d. 2019)
  • Tommy Smith, English-New Zealand footballer

April

Kristen Stewart

Emma Watson

Machine Gun Kelly

Dev Patel

• April 1 – Justin Hamilton, Croatian-American Basketball player
• April 2
  • Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
  • Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer
• April 3
  • Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer
  • Madison Brengle, American tennis player
  • Lovre Kalinić, Croatian footballer
• April 5
  • Kim Jung-hyun, South Korean actor
  • Haruma Miura, Japanese actor and singer (d. 2020)
  • Iryna Pamialova, Belarusian sprint canoeist
• April 6 – Charlie McDermott, American actor
• April 7
  • Nickel Ashmeade, Jamaican sprinter
  • Sorana Cîrstea, Romanian tennis player
• April 8
  • Freddie, Hungarian singer
  • Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (d. 2017)
• April 9 – Kristen Stewart, American actress and director
• April 10
  • Christoph Harting, German discus thrower
  • Magnus Kirt, Estonian javelin thrower
  • Maren Morris, American country singer
  • Alex Pettyfer, English actor
• April 11 – Thulani Serero, South African soccer player
• April 12 – Hiroki Sakai, Japanese footballer
• April 13 – Anastasija Sevastova, Latvian tennis player
• April 15
  • Julien Lyneel, French volleyball player
  • Emma Watson, English actress, model, and activist
• April 16
  • Lily Loveless, British actress
  • Tony McQuay, American sprinter
  • Lorraine Nicholson, American actress and director
  • Arthur Zanetti, Brazilian artistic gymnast
• April 18
  • Anna van der Breggen, Dutch cyclist
  • Britt Robertson, American actress
  • Wojciech Szczęsny, Polish football player
• April 19
  • Kim Chiu, Filipino actress
  • Héctor Herrera, Mexican footballer
  • Ayaka Takahashi, Japanese badminton player
• April 20 – Lu Han, South Korean singer
• April 22
  • Machine Gun Kelly, American rapper and singer
  • Eve Muirhead, British curler
• April 23
  • Mathias Jørgensen, Danish footballer
  • Dev Patel, British actor
• April 24 – Kim Tae-ri, South Korean actress
• April 25 – Jean-Éric Vergne, French Formula 1 driver
• April 26 – Jonathan dos Santos, Mexican footballer
• April 27
  • Austin Dillon, American racing driver
  • Lou de Laâge, French television actress
• April 28 – Chelsea Stewart, American soccer player
• April 29 – Chris Johnson, American basketball player

May

Kay Panabaker

Brooks Koepka

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Leven Rambin

Chris Colfer

• May 1 – Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress
• May 2
  • Paul George, American basketball player
  • Kay Panabaker, American actress
• May 3
  • Brooks Koepka, American professional golfer
• May 4 – Andrea Torres, Filipino actress
• May 5
  • Matteo Ciacci, Sammarinese politician; former Captain Regent of San Marino
  • Hannah Davis, American model
• May 7 – Sideris Tasiadis, German slalom canoeist
• May 8
  • Anastasia Fesikova, Russian swimmer
  • Kemba Walker, American basketball player
• May 10
  • Maxine Medina, Filipino actress and model
  • Lauren Potter, American actress
  • Ivana Vuleta, Serbian long jumper
• May 12
  • Florent Amodio, French figure skater
  • Etika, YouTube personality (d. 2019)
• May 14 – Sasha Spielberg, American musician
• May 15
  • Jordan Eberle, Canadian Ice Hockey player
  • Lee Jong-hyun, Korean singer
• May 16
  • Deniz Akdeniz, Australian actor
  • Thomas Brodie-Sangster, British actor
  • Marc John Jefferies, American actor
• May 17
  • Will Clyburn, American basketball player
  • Ross Butler, American actor
  • Leven Rambin, American actress
• May 18
  • Heo Ga-yoon, South Korean singer and actress
  • Luke Kleintank, American actor
  • Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
• May 20 – Josh O'Connor, English actor
• May 21 – Choi In-jeong, South Korean fencer
• May 24
  • Joey Logano, American race car driver
  • Yuya Matsushita, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor
• May 26 – Umar Akmal, Pakistani cricketer
• May 27 – Chris Colfer, American actor
• May 28
  • Rohan Dennis, Australian racing cyclist
  • Jonas Hector, German footballer
  • Kyle Walker, English footballer
• May 29 – Ramil Guliyev, Azerbaijani born-Turkish sprinter
• May 30
  • Dean Collins, American actor
  • Josef Šural, Czech footballer (d. 2019)
  • Yoona, Korean singer and actress
• May 31
  • Erik Karlsson, Swedish Ice Hockey player
  • Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Canadian politician
  • Phillipa Soo, American actress and singer

June

Iggy Azalea

Lauren Socha

Matthias Mayer

Aaron Taylor-Johnson

John Newman

Ashly Burch

• June 2 – Jack Lowden, Scottish actor
• June 4 – Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc.
• June 5
  • Ona Carbonell, Spanish synchronized swimmer
  • Junior Hoilett, Canadian soccer player
• June 6
  • Raisa Andriana, Indonesian singer
  • Ryan Higa, American comedian, YouTuber and actor
• June 7
  • Iggy Azalea, Australian recording artist
  • Allison Schmitt, American swimmer
• June 9
  • Matthias Mayer, Austrian Olympic alpine skier
  • Lauren Socha, English actress
• June 11 – Christophe Lemaitre, French sprinter
• June 12 – Jrue Holiday, American basketball player
• June 13 – Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor
• June 16
  • John Newman, English singer
  • Sanna Solberg-Isaksen, Norwegian handball player
  • Silje Solberg-Østhassel, Norwegian handball player
• June 17
  • Alan Dzagoev, Russian footballer
  • Jordan Henderson, English international footballer
• June 18
  • Jeremy Irvine, English actor
  • Sandra Izbașa, Romanian gymnast and Olympic gold medalist
  • Christian Taylor, American triple jumper
• June 20 – Ding Ning, Chinese table tennis player
• June 21
  • Knowledge Musona, Zimbabwean footballer
  • Miriam Neureuther, German biathlete and Cross-country skier
  • Håvard Nordtveit, Norwegian football player
  • Sandra Perković, Croatian discus thrower
• June 22 – Kei Inoo, Japanese singer and actor
• June 23
  • Lim Ji-yeon, South Korean actress
  • Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player
• June 25 – Andi Eigenmann, Filipina actress and model
• June 26 – Filip Novák, Czech football player
• June 27 – Angelia Ong, Filipino–Chinese model
• June 28 – Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress
• June 29 – Subaru Kimura, German-Japanese voice actor
• June 30
  • Jaka Blažič, Slovenian basketball player
  • N, South Korean singer and actor

July

Margot Robbie

Melissa Barrera

David Kross

Connor Paolo

James Maslow

Wizkid

Daveigh Chase

Jay McGuiness

Indiana Evans

• July 2
  • Kayla Harrison, American judoka
  • Roman Lob, German recording artist
  • Margot Robbie, Australian actress
  • Danny Rose, English footballer
• July 4
  • Melissa Barrera, Mexican actress and singer
  • David Kross, German actor
  • Mikaela Mayer, American boxer
• July 6
  • Jeremy Suarez, American actor
  • Jurijus Veklenko, Lithuanian singer-songwriter
• July 8 – Kevin Trapp, German footballer
• July 9
  • Fábio, Brazilian footballer
  • Sosuke Ikematsu, Japanese actor
  • Rafael, Brazilian footballer
  • Sung Joon, South Korean actor and model
• July 10
  • Mike LiPetri, American politician
  • Portia Clark, Zambian pop singer, songwriter, and philanthropist
  • Elliot Knight, British actor
  • Sung Joon, South Korean actor and model
• July 11
  • Dan Colman, American professional poker player
  • Connor Paolo, American actor
  • Patrick Peterson, American football player
  • Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player
• July 12 – Rachel Brosnahan, American actress
• July 13 – Jonathan Mensah, Ghanaian footballer
• July 14
  • Federica Brignone, Italian alpine skier
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi, Russian chess grandmaster
• July 15
  • Alexander Calvert, Canadian actor
  • Tyler Honeycutt, American basketball player (d. 2018)
  • Damian Lillard, American basketball player
• July 16
  • Daryl Homer, American fencer
  • James Maslow, American actor and singer
  • Lidewij Welten, Dutch field hockey player
  • Wizkid, Nigerian singer-songwriter
  • Johann Zarco, French Grand Prix motorcycle racer
• July 17 – Vanessa Low, German-born Australian Paralympic athlete
• July 18 – Saúl Álvarez, Mexican boxer
• July 19
  • Steven Anthony Lawrence, American actor
  • Darlington Nagbe, Liberian-American soccer player
• July 21
  • Fabrice N'Sakala, Congolese-democratic footballer
  • Erislandy Savón, Cuban boxer
• July 23 – Kevin Reynolds, Canadian figure skater
• July 24 – Daveigh Chase, American actress
• July 25 – Mubarak Wakaso, Ghanaian footballer
• July 27
  • Victoria Aveyard, American writer
  • Indiana Evans, Australian actress
  • Kriti Sanon, Indian actress
  • David Storl, German track and field athlete
• July 28 – Soulja Boy, American rapper
• July 29
  • Elli AvrRam, Swedish born-Greek actress
  • Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
  • Matt Prokop, American actor
  • Anna Selezneva, Russian model
  • Oleg Shatov, Russian footballer
  • Shin Se-kyung, Korean actor

August

Bill Skarsgård

Lucas Till

Jennifer Lawrence

Bo Burnham

Lorenzo Brown

Nicole Gale Anderson

• August 1
  • Neah Evans, Scottish racing cyclist
  • Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player
  • Jack O'Connell, English actor
• August 2 – Skylar Diggins-Smith, American basketball player
• August 5 – Álex Rodríguez, Panamanian footballer
• August 6 – Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson, Icelandic footballer
• August 7
  • Helen Flanagan, English actress
  • Tate Forcier, American football quarterback
• August 8
  • Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer
  • Abel Hernández, Uruguayan footballer
  • Oti Mabuse, South African dancer
  • Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress
  • Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricketer
• August 9
  • Adelaide Kane, Australian actress
  • Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor
  • Emily Tennant, Canadian actress
• August 10
  • Will Brittain, American actor
  • Lucas Till, American actor
  • Tai Woffinden, British speedway rider
• August 12
  • Enzo Pineda, Filipino actor
  • Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
  • Wissam Ben Yedder, French footballer
• August 13
  • Shila Amzah, Malaysian singer-songwriter
  • DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player
• August 14 – Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italian beach volleyball player
• August 15
  • Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
  • Nyusha, Russian singer
• August 16
  • Christina Hammer, Kazakhstani-born German boxer
  • Marta Menegatti, Italian beach volleyball player
• August 17 – Rachel Hurd-Wood, British actress
• August 20
  • Omar El Kaddouri, Belgian-Moroccan footballer
  • Öykü Karayel, Turkish actress
  • Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Dutch swimmer
• August 21
  • Theyazin bin Haitham, Crown Prince of Oman
  • Bo Burnham, American comedian
• August 22 – Adam Thielen, American football player
• August 23 – Mike Yastrzemski, American baseball player
• August 24
  • Elizabeth Debicki, Australian actress
  • Aloysius Pang, Singaporean actor (d. 2019)
• August 25
  • Aras Bulut İynemli, Turkish actor
  • Salif Sané, French-Senegalese footballer
• August 26 – Lorenzo Brown, American basketball player
• August 27
  • Tori Bowie, American athlete
  • Luuk de Jong, Dutch footballer
  • Adam Metzger, American musician, member of AJR
  • Taylor Mitchell, Canadian singer (d. 2009)
• August 28
  • Katie Findlay, Canadian actress
  • Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer
• August 29
  • Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
  • Nicole Gale Anderson, American actress

September

Merritt Patterson

Yuna Kim

Matt Shively

Allison Scagliotti

Christian Serratos

• September 2
  • Merritt Patterson, Canadian actress
  • Marcus Ericsson, Swedish racing driver
• September 4
  • Olha Kharlan, Ukrainian fencer
  • Danny Worsnop, British musician
• September 5 – Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater
• September 7 – Valentin Porte, French handball player
• September 6 – John Wall, American basketball player
• September 8
  • Matt Barkley, American football player
  • Matthew Dellavedova, Australian basketball player
  • Dianne Doan, Canadian actress
• September 13
  • Jamie Anderson, American snowboarder
  • Luciano Narsingh, Dutch footballer
• September 14 – Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer
• September 15
  • Aaron Mooy, Australian footballer
  • Matt Shively, American actor
• September 18
  • Lewis Holtby, German footballer
  • Michael Smith, English professional darts player
• September 19
  • Mário Fernandes, Brazilian-Russian footballer
  • Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress
  • Hollie Pearne-Webb, English field hockey player
  • Kieran Trippier, English footballer
• September 20
  • Erich Gonzales, Filipina actor and dancer
  • Phillip Phillips, American singer
  • John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
• September 21
  • Ivan Dorschner, Filipino actor and host
  • Allison Scagliotti, American actress, musician, and director
  • Christian Serratos, American actress
• September 23
  • Marigona Dragusha, Kosovan model
  • Agustín Sierra, Argentine actor
  • Çağatay Ulusoy, Turkish actor and model
• September 25
  • Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
  • Edie Campbell, English model
• September 26 – Michael Matthews, Australian professional cyclist
• September 27
  • Dion Lewis, American football player
  • Mitski, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
• September 28 – Kirsten Prout, Canadian actress
• September 29
  • Doug Brochu, American actor, comedian and voice actor
  • Natasha Gregson Wagner, American actress
• September 30
  • Shane Strickland, American professional wrestler
  • Dominique Aegerter, Swiss Grand prix motorcycle racer

October

Shaul Guerrero

Ricky Rubio

Jonathan Lipnicki

Amarna Miller

Emiliano Sala

• October 1
  • Hazal Kaya, Tukish actress
  • Anthony Lopes, French-Portuguese footballer
• October 2 – Samantha Barks, Manx singer and actress
• October 3
  • Michele Morrone, Italian actor, model and singer
  • Johan Le Bon, French cyclist
  • Rhian Ramos, Filipino actress
• October 4
  • Saki, Japanese guitarist and songwriter
  • Sergey Shubenkov, Russian hurdler
• October 6
  • Jordan Hamilton, American basketball player
  • Hotaru Yamaguchi, Japanese footballer
• October 7
  • Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer
  • Ayla Kell, American actress
  • Thunder, South Korean pop singer
• October 10 – Jakub Vadlejch, Czech javelin thrower
• October 11 – Sebastian Rode, German footballer
• October 12
  • Brock Coyle, American football player
  • Melody, Spanish singer
• October 13
  • Pooja Hegde, Indian actress
  • Bailey Noble, American actress
  • Milica Todorović, Serbian actress and singer
• October 15 – Jeon Ji-yoon, South Korean rapper, songwriter, and actress
• October 16
  • Sam Bennett, Irish cyclist
  • Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Icelandic singer
• October 18
  • Óscar Opazo, Chilean footballer
  • Carly Schroeder, American actress
• October 19
  • Samuel Nascimento, Brazilian actor, singer, and dancer
  • Ciara Renée, American actress
• October 20 – Galadriel Stineman, American actress
• October 21 – Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
• October 22 – Jonathan Lipnicki, American actor and producer
• October 23
  • Paradise Oskar, Finnish singer-songwriter
  • Stan Walker, New Zeland singer and actor
• October 24
  • Kirby Bliss Blanton, American actress
  • İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer
• October 27 – Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer
• October 28 – Youssef Msakni, Tunisian footballer
• October 29
  • Ender Inciarte, Venezuelan baseball player
  • Amarna Miller, Spanish porn actress
  • Eric Saade, Swedish pop singer
  • Carlson Young, American actress
• October 30 – Jorge López, Chilean actor
• October 31
  • JID, American rapper
  • Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (d. 2019)

November

Kendall Schmidt

Ellyse Perry

Jean-Luc Bilodeau

David de Gea

Sarah Hyland

Rita Ora

Magnus Carlsen

• November 2
  • Kévin Tillie, French volleyball player
  • Kendall Schmidt, American actor, singer, and guitarist
• November 3 – Ellyse Perry, Australian cricketer
• November 4 – Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Canadian actor
• November 6
  • Kris, Chinese Rapper and former member of EXO
  • André Schürrle, German footballer
• November 7 – David de Gea, Spanish footballer
• November 8
  • SZA, American R&B singer
  • Kira Walkenhorst, German beach volleyball player
• November 9 – Romain Bardet, French professional racing cyclist
• November 10
  • Mireia Belmonte, Spanish swimmer
  • Vanessa Ferrari, Italian gymnast
  • Aron Jóhannsson, American soccer player
  • Leo, South Korean singer-songwriter
• November 11
  • Tom Dumoulin, Dutch road bicycle racer
  • Rupinder Pal Singh, Indian field hockey player
  • Georginio Wijnaldum, Dutch footballer
• November 12 – Florent Manaudou, French swimmer
• November 13
  • Kathleen Herles, American voice actress
  • Artem Laguta, Russian motorcycle speedway rider
• November 14
  • Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer
  • Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
• November 15 – Kanata Hongō, Japanese actor
• November 17 – Shanica Knowles, American actress and singer
• November 18 – Kira Walkenhorst, German beach volleyball player
• November 20 – Zack Martin, American football player
• November 22
  • Kartik Aaryan, Indian actor
  • Jang Dong-woo, South Korean singer and dancer
  • Seo Eunkwang, South Korean singer
• November 23
  • Eddy Kim, Korean singer
  • Nick Williams, American football player
• November 24 – Sarah Hyland, American actress
• November 26
  • Rita Ora, English singer
  • Danny Welbeck, English footballer
• November 27
  • Blackbear, American hip hop musician, singer, composer, and record producer
  • Josh James, British singer
• November 28 – Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer
• November 29
  • Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer-songwriter
  • Lee Min-hyuk, South Korean singer
  • Sheldon Richardson, American football player
• November 30 – Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess grand master

December

Chanel Iman

JoJo

Anna Maria Perez de Tagle

David Archuleta

• December 1 – Chanel Iman, American model
• December 3 – Christian Benteke, Congolese born-Belgian footballer
• December 6 – Elizabeth Bruenig, American journalist
• December 7 – David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
• December 10 – Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle rider (d. 2010)
• December 11 – He Zi, Chinese diver
• December 12 – Seungri, South Korean singer
• December 13 – Corey Anderson, New Zealand cricketer
• December 14 – Ali Zein, Egyptian handball player
• December 16 – Aziz Behich, Australian footballer
• December 17
  • Karen Ibasco, Filipino physicist and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth 2017.
  • Graham Rogers, American actor
• December 18 – Victor Hedman, Swedish Ice Hockey player
• December 19 – Tatiana Suarez, American mixed martial artist
• December 20 – JoJo, American singer and actress
• December 22 – Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor
• December 23 – Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress and singer
• December 26
  • Jon Bellion, American singer
  • Andy Biersack, American singer-songwriter
  • Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer
  • Aaron Ramsey, Welsh footballer
• December 27 – Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player
• December 28
  • Marcos Alonso, Spanish footballer
  • David Archuleta, American singer and pianist
• December 29 – Sofiane Hanni, French-Algerian footballer
• December 30
  • Fénix, Mexican wrestler
  • Joe Root, English cricketer
  • Bruno Henrique, Brazilian footballer
• December 31
  • Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
  • Zhao Jing, Chinese swimmer

Deaths

Further information: Category:1990 deaths

January

Main article: Deaths in January 1990

Pavel Cherenkov

Barbara Stanwyck

Mariano Rumor

Ava Gardner

• January 2 – Alan Hale Jr, American actor (b. 1921)
• January 4
  • Alberto Lleras Camargo, Colombian politician, 20th President of Colombia (b. 1906)
  • Harold Eugene Edgerton, American electrical engineer (b. 1903)
• January 5 – Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)
• January 6
  • Ian Charleson, British actor (b. 1949)
  • Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• January 7 – Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player (b. 1908)
• January 8
  • Jaime Gil de Biedma, Spanish poet (b. 1929)
  • Terry-Thomas, English actor and comedian (b. 1911)
• January 9
  • Northern Calloway, American actor (b. 1948)
  • Bazilio Olara-Okello, Ugandan military officer and statesman (b. 1929)
• January 10 – Lyle R. Wheeler, American art director (b. 1905)
• January 14 – Mani Madhava Chakyar, Indian performing artist (b. 1899)
• January 15
  • Gordon Jackson, British actor (b. 1923)
  • William O'Neal, American FBI informant (b. 1949)
• January 17 – Charles Hernu, French politician (b. 1923)
• January 18 – Melanie Appleby, British musician (b. 1966)
• January 19
  • Arthur Goldberg, American Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1908)
  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian mystic (b. 1931)
  • Herbert Wehner, German Social Democratic politician (b. 1906)
• January 20
  • Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, 30th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1887)
  • Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)
• January 22
  • Mariano Rumor, Italian politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1915)
  • Roman Vishniac, Russian-American photographer (b. 1897)
• January 23 – Allen Collins, American musician (b. 1952)
• January 24
  • Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
  • Araken Patusca, Brazilian footballer (b. 1905)
• January 25
  • Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet (b. 1898)
  • Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
• January 26 – Lewis Mumford, American historian of science (b. 1895)

February

Main article: Deaths in February 1990

José Napoleón Duarte

Sandro Pertini

• February 2
  • Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist (b. 1905)
  • Mel Lewis, American jazz musician (b. 1929)
• February 7 – Jimmy Van Heusen, American composer (b. 1913)
• February 8 – Del Shannon, American musician and singer (b. 1934)
• February 14
  • José Luis Panizo, Spanish footballer (b. 1922)
  • Jean Wallace, American actress (b. 1923)
• February 15
  • Henry Brandon, German-American actor (b. 1912)
  • Ulf Johansson, Swedish actor (b. 1922)
• February 16 – Keith Haring, American pop artist (b. 1958)
• February 17 – Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906)
• February 19
  • Otto E. Neugebauer, Austrian-born American mathematician and historian of science (b. 1899)
  • Michael Powell, British director (b. 1905)
• February 23
  • José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran politician, 39th President of El Salvador (b. 1925)
  • James M. Gavin, American general (b. 1907)
• February 24
  • Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (b. 1919)
  • Sandro Pertini, Italian Socialist politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
  • Johnnie Ray, American singer (b. 1927)
• February 27 – Les Ames, British cricketer (b. 1905)
• February 28 – Greville Wynne, British spy and courier (b. 1919)

March

Main article: Deaths in March 1990

Lev Yashin

• March 5 – Gary Merrill, American actor (b. 1915)
• March 6 – H. George Decancq, American engineer
• March 12 – Philippe Soupault, French poet (b. 1897)
• March 13
  • Bruno Bettelheim, American child psychologist (b. 1903)
  • Karl Münchinger, German conductor (b. 1915)
  • Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, British politician (b. 1906)
• March 15 – Tom Harmon, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1919)
• March 17
  • Capucine, French actress and fashion model (b. 1928)
  • Ric Grech, British musician (b. 1946)
• March 19 – Andrew Wood, American musician (b. 1966)
• March 20 – Lev Yashin, Russian footballer (b. 1929)
• March 22 – Gerald Bull, Canadian scientist (b. 1928)

April

Main article: Deaths in April 1990

Greta Garbo

Ralph Abernathy

• April 2 – Aldo Fabrizi, Italian actor (b. 1905)
• April 3 – Sarah Vaughan, American jazz vocalist (b. 1924)
• April 6
  • James MacNabb, British Olympic rower (b. 1901)
  • Alfred Sohn-Rethel, German economist and philosopher (b. 1899)
• April 7 – Ronald Evans, American astronaut (b. 1933)
• April 8 – Ryan White, American AIDS activist (b. 1971)
• April 10 – Fortune Gordien, American Olympic athlete (b. 1922)
• April 13 – Luis Trenker, South Tyrolean film producer, director, writer, actor, and architect (b. 1892)
• April 14
  • Ahmed Balafrej, Moroccan politician, Foreign Minister and 2nd Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1908)
  • Sabicas, Spanish guitarist (b. 1912)
• April 15 – Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (b. 1905)
• April 17 – Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights activist (b. 1926)
• April 18
  • Gory Guerrero, American wrestler (b. 1921)
  • Frédéric Rossif, French film and television director (b. 1922)
  • Robert D. Webb, American film director (b. 1903)
• April 19 – Marco Aurelio Robles, Panamanian politician, 20th President of Panama (b. 1905)
• April 20 – Horst Sindermann, East German politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (b. 1915)
• April 21 – Erté, French Art Deco artist (b. 1892)
• April 22 – Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928)
• April 23 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
• April 25 – Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1923)

May

Main article: Deaths in May 1990

Sammy Davis Jr.

Jim Henson

• May 3 – Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow (b. 1910)
• May 5 – Walter Bruch, German electrical engineer (b. 1908)
• May 6 – Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1900)
• May 7 – Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (b. 1929)
• May 8
  • Luigi Nono, Italian composer (b. 1924)
  • Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1923)
• May 10
  • Susan Oliver, American actress (b. 1932)
  • Walker Percy, American writer (b. 1916)
• May 12 – Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet politician (b. 1906)
• May 16
  • Sammy Davis Jr., American actor, dancer, and singer (b. 1925)
  • Jim Henson, Muppets creator, American puppeteer, and filmmaker (b. 1936)
• May 18 – Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)
• May 22 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1919)
• May 25 – Vic Tayback, American actor (b. 1930)
• May 29 – Hussein bin Onn, Malay politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922)
• May 31 – Willy Spühler, Swiss politician (b. 1902)

June

Main article: Deaths in June 1990

Sir Rex Harrison

• June 1 – Ivan Serov, head of the KGB (b. 1905)
• June 1 – Maharaj Charan Singh, Fourth Satguru of Radha Soami Satsang Beas (b. 1916)
• June 2 – Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)
• June 3 – Robert Noyce, American businessman and inventor (b. 1927)
• June 4
  • Stiv Bators, American singer (b. 1949)
  • Jack Gilford, American actor (b. 1908)
• June 5 – Vasili Kuznetsov, Soviet politician, provisional head of the State (b. 1901)
• June 7 – Alfredo Poveda, Ecuadorean military officer and statesman, interim President of Ecuador (b. 1926)
• June 8 – José Figueres Ferrer, Costa Rican politician, 32nd President of Costa Rica (b. 1906)
• June 11 – Vaso Čubrilović, Yugoslav politician (b. 1897)
• June 12 – Terence O'Neill, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1914)
• June 13 – Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistani stateswoman, First Lady of Pakistan (b. 1905)
• June 20 – Ina Balin, American actress (b. 1937)
• June 22 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• June 24 – Germán Suárez Flamerich, 50th President of Venezuela (b. 1907)
• June 29 – Irving Wallace, American writer (b. 1916)

July

Main article: Deaths in July 1990

Bruno Kreisky

• July 1 – Jurriaan Schrofer, Dutch sculptor, designer, and educator (b. 1926)
• July 4 – Phil Boggs, American Olympic diver (b. 1949)
• July 7 – Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (b. 1958)
• July 8 – Howard Duff, American actor (b. 1913)
• July 15 – Margaret Lockwood, English actress (b. 1916)
• July 18
  • Yves Chaland, French cartoonist (b. 1957)
  • Yun Posun, South Korean politician, 2nd President of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) (b. 1897)
• July 19 – Eddie Quillan, American actor (b. 1907)
• July 20 – Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian film director (b. 1924)
• July 22 – Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (b. 1932)
• July 23 – Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese television engineer (b. 1899)
• July 26 – Brent Mydland, American keyboardist for The Grateful Dead (b. 1952)
• July 27 – Bobby Day, American rock and roll and R&B musician (b. 1930)
• July 29 – Bruno Kreisky, Austrian Social Democratic politician, 17th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
• July 31 – Fernando Sancho, Spanish actor (b. 1916)

August

Main article: Deaths in August 1990

Pearl Bailey

• August 1 – Norbert Elias, German Jewish sociologist (b. 1897)
• August 6 – Jacques Soustelle, French politician and anthropologist (b. 1912)
• August 9 – Joe Mercer, English footballer (b. 1914)
• August 12 – Dorothy Mackaill, British-born American actress (b. 1903)
• August 15 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer, actor, and poet (b. 1962)
• August 17 – Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (b. 1918)
• August 18 – B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (b. 1904)
• August 22
  • Luigi Dadaglio, Italian cardinal (b. 1914)
  • Boris Shcherbina, Soviet politician, crisis management supervisor of the Chernobyl disaster (b. 1919)
• August 23 – David Rose, British-born American songwriter, composer, and arranger (b. 1910)
• August 24 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian author (b. 1941)
• August 26 – Mário Pinto de Andrade, Angolan politician and poet (b. 1928)
• August 27
  • Luigi Beccali, Italian Olympic athlete (b. 1907)
  • Raymond St. Jacques, American actor (b. 1930)
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan, American guitarist (b. 1954)

September

Main article: Deaths in September 1990

Ahti Karjalainen

Samuel Doe

• September 1 – Geir Hallgrímsson, Icelandic politician, 16th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1925)
• September 2 – John Bowlby, British psychologist and psychiatrist (b. 1907)
• September 4 – Irene Dunne, American actress (b. 1898)
• September 6
  • Tom Fogerty, American musician (b. 1941)
  • Len Hutton, English cricketer (b. 1916)
• September 7
  • Ahti Karjalainen, 28th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1923)
  • A. J. P. Taylor, English historian (b. 1906)
• September 9
  • Nicola Abbagnano, Italian philosopher (b. 1901)
  • Samuel Doe, Liberian military officer and statesman, 21st President of Liberia (b. 1951)
• September 19 – Hermes Pan, American choreographer (b. 1910)
• September 21 – Xu Xiangqian, Communist military leader in the People's Republic of China, former Defense minister (b. 1901)
• September 26 – Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist (b. 1907)
• September 30 – Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)

October

Main article: Deaths in October 1990

Lê Đức Thọ

Leonard Bernstein

• October 1 – Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general (b. 1906)
• October 3 – André Grabar, historian of Romanesque art and the art of the Eastern Roman Empire (b. 1896)
• October 4 – Jill Bennett, British actress (b. 1931)
• October 5 – Peter Taylor, English footballer and manager (b. 1928)
• October 7 – Rashid bin Said Al-Maktoum, vice-president and 2nd Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates and Emir (Ruler) of Dubai (b. 1912)
• October 8 – Juan José Arévalo, Guatemalan politician, 24th President of Guatemala (b. 1904)
• October 13 – Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911)
• October 14 – Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1918)
• October 15 – Delphine Seyrig, French actress (b. 1932)
• October 16 – Art Blakey, American jazz musician (b. 1919)
• October 20 – Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905)
• October 21 – Dany Chamoun, Lebanese politician (b. 1934)
• October 22 – Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918)
• October 26
  • Lawrence Andreasen, United States Olympic diver, killed in dive from Vincent Thomas Bridge (b. 1945)
  • William S. Paley, American media executive (b. 1901)
• October 27
  • Xavier Cugat, American band leader (b. 1900)
  • Jacques Demy, French film director (b. 1931)
  • Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
• October 29 – William French Smith, 74th United States Attorney General (b. 1917)

November

Main article: Deaths in November 1990

Roald Dahl

• November 3 – Mary Martin, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
• November 4 – David Stirling, British army officer, founder of the SAS (b. 1915)
• November 5 – Meir Kahane, American rabbi and political figure (b. 1932)
• November 7 – Lawrence Durrell, British writer (b. 1912)
• November 11
  • Rusty Goodman, American Southern Gospel singer (b. 1933)
  • Sadi Irmak, Turkish politician, 17th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1904)
  • Yiannis Ritsos, Greek poet (b. 1909)
• November 12 – Eve Arden, American actress (b. 1908)
• November 13 – Don Chaffey, British film director (b. 1917)
• November 14 – Paula Nenette Pepin, French musician (b. 1908)
• November 17 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• November 19 – Georgy Flyorov, Soviet nuclear physicist (b. 1913)
• November 23
  • Roald Dahl, British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot (b. 1916)
  • Nguyễn Văn Tâm, South Vietnamese politician, 4th Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam) (b. 1893)
• November 24 – Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (b. 1896)
• November 26 – Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher (b. 1895)
• November 27 – David White, American actor (b. 1916)

December

Main article: Deaths in December 1990

Tunku Abdul Rahman

Joan Bennett

• December 1
  • Sergio Corbucci, Italian film director (b. 1927)
  • Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian diplomat and politician (b. 1900)
• December 2
  • Aaron Copland, American composer (b. 1900)
  • Robert Cummings, American actor (b. 1910)
• December 4 – Naoto Tajima, Japanese Olympic athlete (b. 1912)
• December 6 – Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903)
• December 7
  • Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban writer (b. 1943)
  • Joan Bennett, American actress (b. 1910)
• December 8
  • Tadeusz Kantor, Polish painter, assemblage designer and theatre director (b. 1915)
  • Boris Kochno, Russian poet, dancer, and librettist (b. 1906)
  • Martin Ritt, American film director (b. 1914)
• December 9 – Mike Mazurki, American actor and wrestler (b. 1909)
• December 10 – Armand Hammer, American business tycoon (b. 1898)
• December 11 – Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1908)
• December 13 – Alice Marble, American tennis champion (b. 1913)
• December 14 – Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (b. 1921)
• December 18 – Anne Revere, American actress (b. 1903)
• December 23 – Wendell Scott, American race car driver (b. 1921)
• December 24 – Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian author (b. 1912)
• December 31 – Vasily Lazarev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1928)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics – Jerome Isaac Friedman, Henry Way Kendall, and Richard Edward Taylor
• Chemistry – Elias James Corey
• Physiology or Medicine – Joseph Murray, E. Donnall Thomas
• Literature – Octavio Paz
• Peace – Mikhail Gorbachev
• Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Harry Markowitz, Merton Miller, William F. Sharpe

Fields Medal

• Vladimir Drinfeld, Vaughan Jones, Shigefumi Mori, Edward Witten