What Happened In May 1990 In History

Historical Events for May, 1990

• 1st » The former Philippine Episcopal Church (supervised by the Episcopal Church of the United States of America) is granted full autonomy and raised to the status of an Autocephalous Anglican Province and renamed the Episcopal Church of the Philippines.
• 4th » Latvia On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia named proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet Union known as Soviet occupation.
• 17th » The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
• 18th » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new Land speed record for rail vehicles e.g rail world speed record of TGV world speed record called 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).
• 20th » The first post-communism named Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
• 22nd » Yemen Arab Republic or North and South Yemen are unified to create the Republic of Yemen.
• 22nd » Microsoft releases the Windows 3.0 operating system.
• 25th » Back to the Future Part III was released.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1990

• 1st » Uriel Álvarez, Mexican footballer
• 1st » Caitlin Stasey, Australian actress and singer
• 1st » Diego Contento, German footballer
• 2nd » Paul George (basketball) e.g Paul George, American basketball player
• 2nd » Kay Panabaker, American actress
• 3rd » Miranda Chartrand, Canadian-English singer
• 3rd » Levi Johnston, American model and author
• 4th » Irina Falconi, American tennis player
• 4th » Andrea Torres, Filipino model and actress
• 5th » Song Jieun, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Secret (South Korean band) called Secret)
• 6th » Danielle Beaubrun, Saint Lucian swimmer
• 6th » Caitlin Yankowskas, American figure skater
• 7th » Yoon Bit-Garam, South Korean footballer
• 8th » Kemba Walker, American basketball player
• 10th » Josh Dugan, Australian rugby player
• 10th » Karmen Pedaru, Estonian model
• 10th » Lauren Potter, American actress
• 10th » Ivana Španović, Serbian long jumper
• 11th » Melanie Klaffner, Austrian tennis player
• 12th » Florent Amodio, Brazilian-French figure skater
• 12th » Jacory Harris, American football player
• 12th » Oliver Kragl, German footballer
• 12th » Tobias Strobl, German footballer
• 14th » Olga Ikonnikova, Estonian figure skater
• 14th » Emily Samuelson, American ice dancer
• 15th » Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 15th » Lee Jong-hyun, South Korean singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (CNBLUE)
• 16th » Amanda Carreras, Gibraltarian tennis player
• 16th » Charlotte Crosby, English television personality
• 16th » Thomas Sangster, English actor
• 16th » Darko Šarović, Serbian sprinter
• 16th » Omar Strong, American basketball player
• 17th » Fabian Giefer, German footballer
• 17th » Kree Harrison, American singer
• 17th » Katrina Hart, English runner
• 17th » Guido Pella, Argentinian tennis player
• 17th » Leven Rambin, American actress
• 18th » Heo Ga-yoon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (4minute and 2YOON)
• 18th » Luke Kleintank, American actor
• 18th » Yuya Osako, Japanese footballer
• 22nd » Mikk Reintam, Estonian footballer
• 22nd » Anne-Julia Hagen, German beauty pageant winner, Miss Germany
• 23rd » Kristína Kučová, Slovak tennis player
• 23rd » Oliver Venno, Estonian volleyball player
• 24th » Catalina Artusi, Argentinian actress
• 24th » Joey Logano, American race car driver
• 24th » Yuya Matsushita, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor
• 25th » Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player
• 27th » Yenew Alamirew, Ethiopian runner
• 27th » Nadine Beiler, Austrian singer
• 27th » Chris Colfer, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 28th » Kyle Walker, English footballer
• 29th » Ramil Guliyev, Azeri-Turkish sprinter
• 30th » Dean Collins (actor) known as Dean Collins, American actor
• 30th » Andrei Loktionov, Russian ice hockey player
• 31st » Erik Karlsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Famous Deaths for May 1990

• 1st » Sergio Franchi, Italian-American tenor and actor (b. 1926)
• 2nd » David Rappaport, English-American actor (b. 1951)
• 4th » Emily Remler, American guitarist (b. 1957)
• 6th » Charles Farrell, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 7th » Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 8th » Luigi Nono, Italian composer (b. 1924)
• 10th » Susan Oliver, American actress, director, and pilot (b. 1932)
• 10th » Walker Percy, American author (b. 1916)
• 11th » Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer (b. 1935)
• 12th » Chen Kenmin, Chinese-Japanese chef (b. 1912)
• 16th » Sammy Davis, Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (b. 1925)
• 16th » Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, screenwriter, and producer, created The Muppets (b. 1936)
• 18th » Jill Ireland, English-American actress (b. 1936)
• 22nd » Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1922)
• 24th » Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (b. 1910)
• 25th » Vic Tayback, American actor (b. 1930)
• 27th » Robert B. Meyner, American politician, 44th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1908)

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