Singer Vuong Anh Tu

Events in 1990 and 16-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Vuong Anh Tu

• 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 Vuong Anh Tu (16-9) in history

• Day 16-9 year 1630: The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.
• Day 16-9 year 1810: Mexico began its revolt against Spanish rule.
• Day 16-9 year 1908: General Motors was founded by William C. Durant.
• Day 16-9 year 1919: The American Legion was incorporated by an act of Congress.
• Day 16-9 year 1940: The United States first adopted peacetime conscription when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act into law.
• Day 16-9 year 1974: President Ford announced conditional amnesty for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders.
• Day 16-9 year 1975: Papua New Guinea became independent.
• Day 16-9 year 1982: Lebanese Christians massacred hundreds of Palestinian refugees in Beirut.
• Day 16-9 year 1987: The Montreal Protocol was signed by 25 nations, limiting production of substances that harm the ozone layer. To date, 197 nations have ratified the protocol.