Vine star Jerome Jarre

Events in 1990 and 12-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Jerome Jarre

• 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 Jerome Jarre (12-6) in history

• Day 12-6 year 1880: John Lee Richmond pitched baseball's first perfect game. A perfect game occurs when no batter reaches a base during a complete game of at least nine innings.
• Day 12-6 year 1898: Emilio Aguinaldo, head of the Philippine nationalists, proclaimed independence from Spain.
• Day 12-6 year 1939: The Baseball Hall of Fame opened to the public in Cooperstown, New York.
• Day 12-6 year 1942: Anne Frank received a diary for her birthday.
• Day 12-6 year 1963: Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was fatally shot in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi.
• Day 12-6 year 1997: Interleague play began in baseball, ending a 126-year tradition of separating the major leagues until the World Series.