Pop - Singer Nelson G. Santos Rivera

Events in 1990 and 20-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Nelson G. Santos Rivera

• 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 Nelson G. Santos Rivera (20-8) in history

• Day 20-8 year 1964: As part of his Great Society policies, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act which, among other things, established the Head Start program.
• Day 20-8 year 1968: The Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia.
• Day 20-8 year 1977: The space probe Voyager 2 was launched. It continues to explore to this day, and is now more than 7 billion miles from Earth.
• Day 20-8 year 1980: Italian Reinhold Messner made the first successful solo ascent of Mount Everest and without oxygen.
• Day 20-8 year 1998: U.S. cruise missiles hit suspected terrorist bases in Afghanistan and the Sudan.
• Day 20-8 year 2000: Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship becoming the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in one year.