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| 1990 |
| | | The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from a space shuttle and goes into orbit 370 miles (600 km) above the earth | |
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| 1990 |
| | | Danish choreographer Peter Martins becomes director of the New York City Ballet | |
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| 1990 |
| | | The aged president, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, wins the Ivory Coast's first democratic elections | |
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| 1990 |
| | | Aung San Suu Kyi's party wins an overwhelming victory in Burma's general election but the military refuse to hand over power | |
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| 1990 |
| | | Aung San Ssu Kyi remains under house arrest, and is not released till 1995 | |
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| 1990 |
| | | A Catholic priest, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is elected president of Haiti and begins a programme of reform | |
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| 1990 |
| | | Namibia becomes independent with Sam Nujoma as president | |
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| 1990 |
| | | The Conservative government's poll tax is greeted with violent riots in London and a campaign of non-payment | |
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| 1990 |
| | | Alberto Fujimori and his newly formed Cambio 90 party win a surprise election victory in Peru | |
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| 1990 |
| | | Gérard Depardieu plays the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac, based on the play by Edmond Rostand | |
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