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Can you name the signficant events of 1990?
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January 7th
This tourist attraction in Italy is closed to the public to make repairs over safety concerns
January 31st
This fast food chain opens its first store in the U.S.S.R. in Moscow
February 11th
This South African leader of the ANC is released from prison after 27 years
February 27th
This oil company is indicted on 5 criminal counts for the Valdez oil spill
March 21st
This country declares independence from South Africa after 75 years of rule
March 26th
This man hosted the Academy Awards ceremony for his first of 9 times
April 1st
Robert Mapplethorpe's nude photographs cause a stir over indecency in this Ohio city
April 24th
The space shuttle Discovery places this item into orbit with a flawed mirror
May 4th
This Dutch artist's Portrait of Doctor Gachet is sold for a record $82.5 million
May 16th
This puppeteer and creator of the Muppets dies at 53 of a strep infection
June 3rd
Indiana suffered 37 of this weather phenomenon in the same day, setting a record
June 7th
This movie studio opens a theme park near Disney in Orlando, Florida
July 7th
Pavarotti, Carreras, and Domingo perform for the first time as this group in Rome
July 8th
West Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 at this sporting event in Italy
August 2nd
Iraq invades this country triggering events leading to the Persian Gulf War
August 18th
This behavioral psychologist and inventor of the operant conditioning chamber dies of leukemia
September 5th
Pete Sampras ends this former Czech player's bid to play in a 9th straight US Open final
September 29th
The National Cathedral, the 2nd largest cathedral in the US, is finished in this city
October 3rd
The two halves of this country formally reunite after 42 years
October 15th
Mikhail Gorbachev wins this award for his work to reduce Cold War tension
November 27th
The final Swiss half canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden allows for this group to vote
November 28th
This Prime Minister resigns her post in the United Kingdom
December 16th
Military rule in this country is ceased following the election of Jean-Bertrand Aristide
December 25th
Tim Berners-Lee creates the first page on this Internet system
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