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1990 In France
Events from the year 1990 in France. Incumbents * President of France, President: François Mitterrand * Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister: Michel Rocard Events *15 May – Launch of the Renault Clio supermini, which will eventually replace the Renault 5. *13 July – Loi Gayssot enacted, prohibiting Holocaust denial. *14 July – Jean-Michel Jarre performs Paris La Défense – Une Ville En Concert before a world record audience of 2.5 million people. *27 July – Citroën ends production of its 2CV after 42 years. *December – ''Espace Euro Disney'', an information hub on the under construction Disneyland Paris, Euro Disney resort near Paris, is opened to the public. *1 December – Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the English Channel seabed. Arts and literature Sport *30 June – 1990 Tour de France, Tour de France begins. *8 July – 1990 French Grand Prix, French Grand Prix won by Alain Prost. *22 July – Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South Africa, and the Baltic states declaring independence from the Soviet Union during Perestroika. Yugoslavia's communist regime collapses amidst increasing internal tensions and multiparty elections held within its constituent republics result in separatist governments being elected in most of the republics marking the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia. Also in this year began the crisis that would lead to the Gulf War in 1991 following the Iraq invasion and the largely internationally unrecognized annexation of Kuwait. This led to Operation Desert Shield being enacted with an international coalition of military forces being built up on the Kuwaiti-Saudi border with demands for Iraq to peacefully withdraw from Kuwait. Also in this year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
