At A Glance

12 November 1990 at a glance

Day of the week
12 November 1990 was a Monday.
Irish Chart Song in 1990
The Irish chart song for 1990 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 12 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 12 November 1990 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 12 November 1990 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 12 November

  • 1982 USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.
  • 1990 Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
  • 1990 Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
  • 1995 Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence is reached.
  • 1995 Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-74 to deliver the Mir Docking Module to the Russian space station Mir.

Famous people born on 12 November

  • Anne Hathaway, American actress (born 1982)
  • Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor, producer and singer (born 1980)
  • Russell Westbrook, American basketball player (born 1988)
  • Neil Young, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1945)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1990 in Ireland

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

  • 1 January – The Northern Ireland Fair Employment Act became law.
  • 26 April – The Labour Party selected Mary Robinson as its candidate for the November presidential election.
  • 4 May – The second People In Need Telethon took place.

Life in Ireland in 1990

Taoiseach

Charles Haughey

Petrol (per litre)

£1.40/gal

Loaf of Bread

£0.59

Average House

£31,000

Weekly Wage

£82

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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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