At A Glance

18 March 1990 at a glance

Day of the week
18 March 1990 was a Sunday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “Nothing Compares 2 U” by Sinéad O'Connor.
Top Film of 1990
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1990 was Ghost.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 1990
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1990 was the Holden Commodore.
Star sign
The star sign for 18 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 March 1990 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 March 1990 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 18 March

  • 1970 Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
  • 1974 Güzel İstanbul, a nude sculpture by Gürdal Duyar in Istanbul, is torn down in the middle of the night.
  • 1990 Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
  • 1990 In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
  • 1994 Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign the Washington Agreement, ending war between the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia and the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and establishing the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Famous people born on 18 March

  • Queen Latifah, American rapper, producer, and actress (born 1970)
  • Lily Collins, English-American actress (born 1989)
  • Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1975)
  • Adam Levine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and television personality (born 1979)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1990 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1990 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 22 January – A gas leak causes the evacuation of a Melbourne building.
  • 2 February – Cyclone Nancy hits the town of Maryborough in Queensland.
  • 24 March – A federal election is held. The government of Prime Minister Bob Hawke is re-elected for a fourth term with its lowest primary vote ever – 39.4% and the loss of 8 seats.

Life in Australia in 1990

Prime Minister

Bob Hawke

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.60

Loaf of Bread

$1.20

Average House

$120,000

Weekly Wage

$540.00

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Famous Faces Born in the 1990s

Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.

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