Year (''' MCMXC ''') was a Common Year Starting On Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian Calendar ).
From January 27, it was the Year Of The Horse in the Chinese Zodiac .
It is often considered the final year of the Cold War era; although others consider 1991 to be the last year.
- January 3 - Manuel Noriega , the former leader of Panama , surrenders to American forces.
- January 4 - Over 300 people are killed in a train accident in Ghotki , Pakistan .
- January 7 - The Leaning Tower Of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns.
- January 9 - Uganda n Lt. Gen. Bazilio Olara-Okello , who led a coup against Dr. Apolo Milton Obote 's government, dies in Ormduruman Hospital in Khartoum , Sudan .
- January 10 - Bob Vinis
- January 10 - Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
- January 11 - In Lithuania , 300,000 demonstrate for independence.
- January 13 - Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia .
- January 15 - Thousands storm the Stasi headquarters in Berlin in an attempt to view their government records.
- January 18 - Washington, DC , Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for Drug possession in an FBI sting.
- January 22 - Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the Morris Worm .
- January 25 - Avianca Flight 52 crashes into Cove Neck, Long Island, after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials.
- January 25 - January 26 - The Burns' Day Storm kills 97 in northwestern Europe.
- January 27 - The city of Tiraspol in the Moldavian SSR briefly declares independence.
- January 28 - The San Francisco 49ers defend their NFL Championship , winning their 4th Super Bowl overall with a 55-10 thrashing of the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana .
- January 29 - The trial of Joseph Hazelwood , former skipper of the Exxon Valdez , begins in Anchorage, Alaska . He is accused of negligence that resulted in America's worst Oil Spill to date.
- January 31 - The first McDonald's in Moscow , USSR opens.
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