Singer Thien Dung

Events in 1990 and 10-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Thien Dung

• 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 Thien Dung (10-5) in history

• Day 10-5 year 1775: Farmer Ethan Allen and his "Green Mountain Boys" organization captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
• Day 10-5 year 1863: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being accidentally shot by his own troops.
• Day 10-5 year 1869: The United States’ first transcontinental railroad was completed with a ceremony in Promontory Summit, Utah.
• Day 10-5 year 1924: J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI.
• Day 10-5 year 1940: Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister.
• Day 10-5 year 1994: Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.