At A Glance

19 June 1990 at a glance

Day of the week
19 June 1990 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Sacrifice / Healing Hands” by Elton John.
Top Film of 1990
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1990 was Ghost.
Star sign
The star sign for 19 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 19 June 1990 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 19 June 1990 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 19 June

  • 1985 Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
  • 1988 Pope John Paul II canonizes 117 Vietnamese Martyrs.
  • 1990 The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
  • 1990 The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
  • 1991 The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.

Famous people born on 19 June

  • Macklemore, American rapper (born 1983)
  • Zoe Saldaña, American actress (born 1978)
  • James VI and I (1566–1625)
  • Robin Tunney, American actress (born 1972)

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

Margaret Thatcher

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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