Youtube star Charlie McDonnell

Events in 1990 and 1-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Charlie McDonnell

• 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 Charlie McDonnell (1-10) in history

• Day 1-10 year 1800: Spain ceded Louisiana to France in the secret Treaty of San Ildefonso.
• Day 1-10 year 1908: Henry Ford introduced the first mass-produced automobile on the market—the Model T car to the market. Each car cost $825.
• Day 1-10 year 1936: General Francisco Franco became head of the insurgent Spanish government.
• Day 1-10 year 1961: Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season, breaking Babe Ruth's record of 60 set in 1927.
• Day 1-10 year 1971: Walt Disney World opened in Orlando, Florida.