At A Glance

30 November 1990 at a glance

Day of the week
30 November 1990 was a Friday.
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 30 November is Sagittarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 November 1990 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 November 1990 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 30 November

  • 1995 Official end of Operation Desert Storm.
  • 1995 U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland and speaks in favor of the "Northern Ireland peace process" to a huge rally at Belfast City Hall; he calls IRA fighters "yesterday's men".
  • 1999 Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
  • 1999 In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
  • 1999 British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.

Famous people born on 30 November

  • Kaley Cuoco, American actress (born 1985)
  • Winston Churchill, English colonel, journalist, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (1874–1965)
  • Ridley Scott, English director, producer, and production designer (born 1937)
  • Ben Stiller, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1965)

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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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