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Events in 1990 and 26-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Debasree Banerjee

• General Manuel Noriega surrenders in Panama (Jan. 3).
• Yugoslav Communists end 45-year monopoly of power (Jan. 22).
• Communist Party relinquish sole power in Soviet government (Feb. 7). Background: Dissolution of the USSR
• South Africa frees Nelson Mandela, imprisoned 27½ years (Feb. 11).
• US-Soviet summit reaches accord on armaments (June 1).
• Western Alliance ends Cold War and proposes joint action with Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (July 6).
• Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, setting off the Persian Gulf War (Aug. 2 et seq.). Background: The Persian Gulf War
• East and West Germany reunited (Aug. 31 et seq.).
• Margaret Thatcher resigns as British Prime Minister (Nov. 22); John Major succeeds her (Nov. 28).
• Lech Walesa wins Poland's runoff Presidential election (Dec. 9).

Birthday Debasree Banerjee (26-9) in history

• Day 26-9 year 1789: Thomas Jefferson was appointed America's first Secretary of State.
• Day 26-9 year 1820: Explorer Daniel Boone died in Missouri.
• Day 26-9 year 1914: The Federal Trade Commission was established.
• Day 26-9 year 1950: United Nations troops recaptured Seoul, the capital of South Korea, from the North Koreans.
• Day 26-9 year 1960: Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took part in the first televised presidential debate.
• Day 26-9 year 1986: William H. Rehnquist was sworn as the 16th chief justice of the Supreme Court.