At A Glance

31 March 1990 at a glance

Day of the week
31 March 1990 was a Saturday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “The Power” by Snap!.
Top Film of 1990
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1990 was Ghost.
Star sign
The star sign for 31 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 31 March 1990 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 31 March 1990 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 31 March

  • 1990 Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
  • 1991 Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
  • 1991 The Warsaw Pact formally disbands.
  • 1992 The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.
  • 1992 The Treaty of Federation is signed in Moscow.

Famous people born on 31 March

  • Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor (born 1971)
  • Christopher Walken, American actor (born 1943)
  • Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter (born 1955)
  • Rhea Perlman, American actress (born 1948)

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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