Historical Events In 1990

Aug 29 C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13

Aug 04 European community proposes a boycott of Iraq

Aug 03 Radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion

Aug 01 Ashton Tate ships new database software, dBase IV

Aug 16 Iraq orders 4000 Britons and 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq

Aug 20 George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner

Aug 27 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq

Aug 01 IBM gets out of typewriter business

Aug 26 2 slain college students found in Gainesville Florida

Aug 28 Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province

Aug 17 Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment

Aug 22 Pres Bush calls up military reserves

Aug 06 President George Bush orders Operation Desert Shield

Aug 02 Iraq Invades Kuwait - leading to Operation Desert Storm

Aug 22 Scores of angry smokers block street near Moscow's Red Square for hours to protest summer-long cigarette shortage.

Aug 17 "The Exorcist 3" premiers

Aug 12 12th annual Macy's Tap-o-mania

Aug 01 Iraq invades & occupies Kuwait

Aug 02 Iraq invades & occupies Kuwait

Aug 29 Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq

Aug 07 Saudi Arabia allows US troops on their soil to stop an Iraqi invasion

Aug 27 WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude

Aug 10 US's Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus

Aug 21 Gang of convicts from Siberian labour camp overpower guards aboard Aeroflot passenger flight, hijack plane to Pakistan and seek political asylum

Aug 02 Iraq invades Kuwait

Aug 08 Iraq annexes Kuwait

Aug 24 Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City

Aug 17 Pearl Bailey broadway actress/singer, dies at 72 from a heart attack

Aug 20 Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields)

Aug 25 UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq

Aug 12 Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve the Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories

Aug 09 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia

Oct 09 Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile

Oct 11 Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel

Oct 10 US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space

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