WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1990
Find out what all happened February to April 1990

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

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

The "Doctor of Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide. (16. April 1990)

Namibia becomes independent after 75 years of South African rule. (21. March 1990)

Germans in the German Democratic Republic voted in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship. (18. March 1990)

A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry M/S Scandinavian Star, killing 158 people. (7. April 1990)

Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power. (7. February 1990)

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

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

The Happy Land fire was an arson fire that kills 87 people trapped inside an illegal nightclub in the New York City borough of The Bronx. (25. 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)

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)

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)

President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal. (28. March 1990)

The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War. (29. March 1990)

In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup. (10. March 1990)

Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. (1. March 1990)

Ninety-two people are killed aboard Indian Airlines Flight 605 at Bangalore, India. (14. February 1990)