TV actor Alex Roe

Events in 1990 and 18-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Alex Roe

• 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 Alex Roe (18-6) in history

• Day 18-6 year 1812: The war between the United States and Great Britain in 1812 began.
• Day 18-6 year 1815: Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by British, German, and Dutch forces.
• Day 18-6 year 1873: Suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.
• Day 18-6 year 1928: Aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She completed the flight from Newfoundland to Wales in about 21 hours.
• Day 18-6 year 1948: The United Nations Commission on Human Rights adopted its International Declaration of Human Rights. The General Assembly would give it final approval on Dec. 10, 1948.
• Day 18-6 year 1983: Sally Ride became the first American woman in space.