WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1990
Find out what all happened February to August 1990

Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. (12. April 1990)

Buster Douglas, a 40-1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title and cause one of the largest upsets in sports history. (11. February 1990)

Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War. (2. August 1990)

Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela. (2. February 1990)

Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal). (7. April 1990)

Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering. (20. March 1990)

Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system. (22. May 1990)

Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq. (11. April 1990)

Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position. (25. April 1990)

Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union. (23. August 1990)

Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. (6. August 1990)

Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War. (23. August 1990)

Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress. (2. March 1990)

The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway. (19. June 1990)

Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union. (11. March 1990)

Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia. (12. February 1990)

The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí, an anti-Castro propaganda network, to Cuba. (27. March 1990)

Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations. (23. April 1990)

Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970. (11. March 1990)

The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. (19. March 1990)