WHAT HAPPENED IN 1990.
Look what happened the 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)

Tim Berners-Lee opens the WWW - World Wide Web to new users. (23. August 1990)

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

West Germany and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3. (23. August 1990)

Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province. (28. August 1990)

An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people. (28. August 1990)

Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void. (2. September 1990)

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians. (5. September 1990)

1990 Batticaloa massacre, massacre of 184 minority Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Army in the eastern Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka. (9. September 1990)

The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, the largest church in Africa, is consecrated by Pope John Paul II. (10. September 1990)

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. (12. September 1990)

France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf. (15. September 1990)

The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge. (16. September 1990)

Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations. (18. September 1990)

South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia. (20. September 1990)

Periodic Great White Spot is observed on Saturn. (24. September 1990)

Construction of the Washington National Cathedral is completed. (29. September 1990)

The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time. (29. September 1990)

The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa. (30. September 1990)

Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128. (2. October 1990)