Football player Lewis Holtby

Events in 1990 and 18-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Lewis Holtby

• 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 Lewis Holtby (18-9) in history

• Day 18-9 year 1759: The French city of Quebec surrendered to the British after the September 13 battle on the Plains of Abraham. It was the final battle of the French and Indian Wars, and French General Montcalm and British General Wolfe died in battle.
• Day 18-9 year 1810: Chile declared independence, freed from Spanish rule.
• Day 18-9 year 1850: Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners.
• Day 18-9 year 1851: The first edition of The New York Daily Times, which later became The New York Times, was published.
• Day 18-9 year 1947: The National Security Act, which unified the Army, Navy, and Air Force, was passed.
• Day 18-9 year 1961: Secretary-General of the UN Dag Hammarskjold was killed in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia).
• Day 18-9 year 1970: 27-year-old rock star, Jimi Hendrix, died in London.
• Day 18-9 year 1999: Sammy Sosa became the first player in major league baseball history to hit 60 homers in two seasons.