At A Glance

13 December 1990 at a glance

Day of the week
13 December 1990 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice.
Top Film of 1990
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1990 was Ghost.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 December is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 December 1990 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 December 1990 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 13 December

  • 1974 Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • 1981 General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.
  • 1988 PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
  • 2002 European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members on May 1, 2004.
  • 2003 Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.

Famous people born on 13 December

  • Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter (born 1989)
  • Dick Van Dyke, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1925)
  • Steve Buscemi, American actor and director (born 1957)
  • Jamie Foxx, American actor, singer, songwriter, producer, and comedian (born 1967)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1990 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1990 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 1 January – Television debut of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean in a Thames Television special.
  • 4 January – Premiere of the BBC One television comedy One Foot in the Grave, which stars Richard Wilson and Annette Crosbie.
  • 1 August – British Airways Flight 149 is seized by the Iraqi Army at Kuwait International Airport following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Life in 1990

Prime Minister

John Major

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£1.10

Loaf of Bread

55p

Average House

£59,785

Weekly Wage

£271.00

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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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