What was going on in 1990.....

1)  Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time, Inc. and Warner Communications, Inc.

2)  Nelson Mandela released from prison in South Africa.

3)  Namibia becomes independent from South Africa.

4)  West Germany wins soccer World Cup.

5)  Iraq invades Kuwait.

6)  Hubble space telescope launched.

7)  Microsoft introduces Windows 3.0.

8)  Anti Poll Tax protests in London, turn into a riot.

9)  British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher resigns.

10) Tim Berners-Lee invents "The Worldwide Web".

11) Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after it emerges that they did not sing at all on their album.