Inventor Simone Giertz

Events in 1990 and 1-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Simone Giertz

• 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 Simone Giertz (1-11) in history

• Day 1-11 year 1512: The frescoes by artist Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were first presented to the public.
• Day 1-11 year 1755: A devastating earthquake, fire, and tsunami leveled the city of Lisbon, Portugal, and claimed the lives of 70,000 people. It is considered the most tragic event in Europe in the 18th century.
• Day 1-11 year 1765: The Stamp Act, the first direct tax levied on the American colonies, went into effect.
• Day 1-11 year 1870: The U.S. Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations.
• Day 1-11 year 1936: Benito Mussolini described the new alliance between Nazi Germany and Italy as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome.
• Day 1-11 year 1952: The United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.
• Day 1-11 year 1993: The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, establishing the European Union.