Streamer Nam Blue

Events in 1990 and 18-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Nam Blue

• 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 Nam Blue (18-12) in history

• Day 18-12 year 1737: Renowned violinist and violinist Antonio Stradivari has passed away in Cremona, Italy.
• Day 18-12 year 1787: New Jersey became the third state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• Day 18-12 year 1865: Slavery was abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
• Day 18-12 year 1892: Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered at St. Petersburg's Maryinksy Theatre.
• Day 18-12 year 1944: The Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans.
• Day 18-12 year 1956: Japan was admitted to the United Nations.
• Day 18-12 year 1957: The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania became the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States.
• Day 18-12 year 1969: The British Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder.
• Day 18-12 year 2000: George W. Bush received 271 votes in the delayed Electoral College balloting.