Football player Daniel Leadbitter

Events in 1990 and 7-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Daniel Leadbitter

• 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 Daniel Leadbitter (7-10) in history

• Day 7-10 year 1765: The Stamp Act Congress was convened in New York to address the grievances of the North American people against England.
• Day 7-10 year 1849: Poet-writer Edgar Allan Poe died at age 40.
• Day 7-10 year 1949: The Republic of East Germany was formed.
• Day 7-10 year 1968: The Motion Picture Association of America adopted its film-rating system, ranging from "G" for general audiences to "X" for adults only.
• Day 7-10 year 1985: The Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked by Palestinian gunmen in the Mediterranean.
• Day 7-10 year 1998: Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed, and left tied to a fence. He died five days later.
• Day 7-10 year 2001: U.S. and British forces launched bombing campaign against Taliban government and al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan.
• Day 7-10 year 2003: California governor Gray Davis was recalled and former bodybuilder and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected in his place.