* Brett Austin ( 1959 – 1990 ), New Zealand swimmer

A political history of the civil war in Angola, 1964 – 1990.

* 1903 – Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer ( d. 1990 )

* 1915 – Tadeusz Kantor, Polish painter, set designer and theater director ( d. 1990 )

* 1926 – Sergio Franchi, Italian singer and actor ( d. 1990 )

* 1990 – Charlie McDermott, American actor

* 1990 – Natalya Milnichenko, Russian guitarist and singer ( Ranetki Girls )

* 1990 – Kyle Swann, American actor

* 1990 – Jim Gary's " Twentieth Century Dinosaurs " exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D. C.

* 1990 – Francesca Halsall, British swimmer

* 1908 – Eve Arden, American actress ( d. 1990 )

* 1990 – Luuk de Jong, Dutch footballer

* 1990 – Gulf War: the United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

* 1990 – JonBenét Ramsey, American model and murder victim ( d. 1996 )

* 1901 – Charles Farrell, American actor ( d. 1990 )

* 1914 – Joe Mercer, English footballer ( d. 1990 )

* 1990 – Adelaide Kane, Australian actress

* 1990 – Bill Skarsgård, Swedish actor

* 1906 – Miklós Borsos, Hungarian sculptor ( d. 1990 )

* 1990 – Shila, Malaysian singer-songwriter

* 1990 – Sae Miyazawa, Japanese singer and actress ( AKB48 )

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

* Browning, Douglas, 1990.

* Walton, Douglas N. ( 1990 ).

A further fibre optic cable, known as BT-MT1 was laid in October 1990 between Millom in Cumbria and Douglas, a distance of.

In October 1990, Major and Douglas Hurd, Major's successor as Foreign Secretary, finally persuaded Thatcher to allow Britain to join the Exchange Rate Mechanism, a move which she had resisted for some years, and which had been a cause of her quarrels with Howe and Lawson.

When Michael Heseltine challenged Margaret Thatcher's leadership of the Conservative Party in November 1990, Major and Douglas Hurd were her proposer and seconder on her nomination papers.

After the inaugural presidency of Douglas Hyde, who was an interparty nominee for the office, the nominees of the Fianna Fáil political party won every presidential election until 1990.

** Douglas Campbell, American World War I flying ace ( d. 1990 )

* Chameleon Street ( 1990 ) Wendell B. Harris Jr .' s story of famed con man Douglas Street.

* 1990: Kirk Douglas

Raised in Eastpointe, Douglas A. Brook ( b. 1944 ) was United States Assistant Secretary of the Army ( Financial Management and Comptroller ) from 1990 to 1992 and Assistant Secretary of the Navy ( Financial Management and Comptroller ) from 2007 to 2009.

However, after Tyson lost to Buster Douglas in February 1990, it would give other bouts and fighters a new chance to shine.

Holyfield moved up to heavyweight in 1988, defeating Buster Douglas for the The Ring, Lineal, WBC, WBA and IBF titles in 1990.

On October 25, 1990, Holyfield knocked out Heavyweight Champion James " Buster " Douglas to claim the WBC, WBA, IBF & The Ring Heavyweight titles.

* Man of the Moment ( Douglas Beechey ), Globe Theatre, London, 1990

* Douglas Wakiihuri, 1987 World Athletic Championships Marathon Champion, 1988 Olympic Marathon silver medalist, 1990 London Marathon Champion, 1990 New York Marathon Champion

This led to Lawson resigning as chancellor to be replaced by his old protégé John Major, who, with Douglas Hurd, the then Foreign Secretary, convinced the Cabinet to sign Britain up to the ERM in October 1990, effectively guaranteeing that the British Government would follow an economic and monetary policy that would prevent the exchange rate between the pound and other member currencies from fluctuating by more than 6 %.

James " Buster " Douglas ( born April 7, 1960 ) is a former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion who scored a stunning upset when he knocked out previously undefeated champion Mike Tyson on February 11, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan.

Douglas held the title for eight months and two weeks, losing on October 25, 1990, to 28-year-old, 6-foot-2-inch, 208-pound Evander Holyfield, via third-round KO, in his only title defense.

While still Champion, Douglas appeared on the February 23, 1990 episode of the World Wrestling Federation's " WWF The Main Event ", as special guest referee for a rematch between Hulk Hogan and Randy " Macho Man " Savage.

Douglas came into the October 25, 1990 fight at 246 pounds, 15 pounds heavier than he was for the Tyson match and also the heaviest he'd weighed in for a fight since a 1985 bout with Dion Simpson, in which he tipped the scale at just over 247 pounds.

Faith Daniels took over and would remain on the anchor desk, most of the time sharing the anchor desk with Forrest Sawyer ( July to December 1985 and January to September 1987 ) and later Douglas Edwards and Charles Osgood, until leaving to anchor NBC News at Sunrise in 1990.

In 1990, Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the second African-American state governor ( and the first to be elected to office ).

Hyperland is a film made in 1990 that focuses on Douglas Adams and explains adaptive hypertext and hypermedia.