Historical events from year 1990. Learn about 806 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1990 or search by date or keyword.
April 1, 1990 - The 1990 census is conducted, counting 248,718,301, for an increase of 9.8% over the 1980 census. This is the smallest increase in the population rate since 1940. The geographic center of the United States population is now ten miles southeast of Steelville, Missouri.
The 1990s (often referred and shortened to as " the '90s " or " the Nineties ") was the decade that began on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. It was the final decade of the 20th century. Known as the "post-Cold War decade", the 1990s were culturally imagined as the period from the Revolutions of 1989 until the September 11 attacks in 2001. [1] The dissolution of the Soviet Union ...