January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
Day of death December 31, 1990
The temperature on December 31, 1990 was between 1.2 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
May 13 » The Dinamo–Red Star riot took place at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, Croatia between the Bad Blue Boys (fans of Dinamo Zagreb) and the Delije (fans of Red Star Belgrade).
June 13 » First day of the June 1990 Mineriad in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections.
June 22 » Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
September 16 » 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.
October 8 » Second Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
December 8 » Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth.
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