Guitarist Jose Mostajo

Events in 1990 and 27-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Jose Mostajo

• 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 Jose Mostajo (27-6) in history

• Day 27-6 year 1844: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob in Carthage, Ill.
• Day 27-6 year 1898: Joshua Slocum became the first person to successfully circumnavigate the earth alone when he landed his sloop Spray in Newport, R.I., a 46,000-mile trip.
• Day 27-6 year 1922: The Newbery Medal for children’s literature was first awarded.
• Day 27-6 year 1950: President Harry S. Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean War.
• Day 27-6 year 1954: The world's first atomic power station opened at Obninsk, near Moscow.
• Day 27-6 year 1969: Police and gays clashed at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, fostering the gay rights movement.
• Day 27-6 year 1985: The legendary Route 66, running from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., was decertified, the victim of the Interstate Highway System.
• Day 27-6 year 2003: The national do-not-call registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolled almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.