* 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.

U. S. ambassador to Iraq April Glaspie met with Saddam in an emergency meeting on 25 July 1990, where the Iraqi leader stated his intention to give negotiations only ... one more brief chance before forcing Iraq's claims on Kuwait.

On 2 August 1990, Saddam invaded Kuwait, initially claiming assistance to " Kuwaiti revolutionaries ," thus sparking an international crisis.

Prior to the Gulf War in 1990 – 91, when the Intifada's intensity began to wear down, Arafat supported Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait and opposed the US-led coalition attack on Iraq.

Jordan did not participate directly in the Gulf War of 1990 – 1991, but it broke with the Arab majority and supported the Iraqi position of Saddam Hussein.

One of Brandt's last public appearances was in flying to Baghdad, Iraq, to free Western hostages held by Saddam Hussein, following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

In 1990 he flew to Baghdad to attempt to negotiate the release of aircraft passengers and other British nationals taken hostage when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.

Le Pen visited Saddam Hussein in Baghdad in 1990, and subsequently considered him a friend.

Leading up to the 1990 – 91 Gulf War, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein advocated that OPEC push world oil prices up, thereby helping Iraq, and other member states, service debts.

Kuwaiti officials demanded £ 780 million for the planes stolen by Saddam Hussein in the 1990 invasion.

Glaspie had her first meeting with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, on July 25, 1990.

During the Gulf War ( 1990 – 91 ), the Abbé directly addressed himself to US President George H. W. Bush and Iraq President Saddam Hussein.

One of his rescues, the 1990 rescue of American businessmen in Kuwait after Saddam Hussein had invaded that country, was the object of a documentary where some secrets about his organization were revealed, such as the fact that organization operatives used to obtain fake passports issued by a man in Paris to enter countries where people were being held.

However, by 1990 the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait brought a coalition against the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein.

On the day the monument was dedicated in 1990, Saddam rode under the arch astride a white horse.

When Mr. al-Yawar's uncle refused to sanction Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 the family went into exile in London.

A secular Shiite Muslim, Badran served in the government of Saddam Hussein as ambassador to the Soviet Union until fleeing Iraq upon its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.

He then goes on to examine the long relationship that the U. S. has had with the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein, noting that the U. S. government actively supported Hussein throughout the Iran-Iraq War, Al-Anfal Campaign and the Halabja poison gas attack, only turning against their former ally after his Invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

* Saddam Hussein & the Crisis in the Gulf ( with Laurie Mylroie ) Random House USA Inc ( 1990 ) ISBN 0-09-989860-8

Less than a year before Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait and the ensuing Gulf War, he warned that the likelihood for strategically threatening conflict in the Gulf region made it important for the U. S. to encourage political stability in Somalia and to maintain U. S. access to the airbases and seaports of Berbera and Mogadishu.

In the wake of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he became the last American diplomat to meet with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, telling him in very clear terms to leave Kuwait ( Wilson, The Politics of Truth 107 – 27 ).

General Michael J. Dugan ( born February 22, 1937 ) was briefly the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force for 79 days in 1990 until he was dismissed by United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney after telling reporters that the U. S. military planned to target Saddam Hussein, his family, and even his mistress in the Gulf War with Iraq.

In September 1990, during the lead-up to the Gulf War after Saddam Hussein had invaded Kuwait, General Dugan revealed to reporters that the U. S. military had plans to bomb Baghdad relentlessly and " decapitate " the Iraqi leadership by targeting Hussein personally, along with his family, his senior commanders, his palace guard and even his mistress.

* 1990 – among 15 Arab-Americans invited to the White House after Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait .< ref >

In a statement in 1990, the GoC greeted the occupation of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein by asserting that " Arabism is the undisputed lie of the 20th century.