Composer Cao Tung Anh

Events in 1990 and 11-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Cao Tung Anh

• 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 Cao Tung Anh (11-5) in history

• Day 11-5 year 1858: Minnesota became the 32nd state in the United States.
• Day 11-5 year 1894: The Pullman Strike began.
• Day 11-5 year 1949: Siam changed its name to Thailand.
• Day 11-5 year 1960: Israeli agents captured Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
• Day 11-5 year 1973: Charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the Pentagon Papers case were dismissed.
• Day 11-5 year 1981: Reggae performer Bob Marley died of cancer in Miami at the age of 36.
• Day 11-5 year 1997: IBM's supercomputer, Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov, the reigning world champion, in a six game chess match (2 for blue, 1 for Kasparov, and 3 ties).
• Day 11-5 year 1998: India set off atomic blasts.
• Day 11-5 year 2003: 91% of Lithuanian voters opted to join the European Union—the first former Soviet nation to do so.