It was signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush, and later amended with changes effective January 1, 2009.

The Bahamas promulgated the International Business Companies ( IBC ) Act in January 1990 to enhance the country's status as a leading financial center.

* The Annotated C ++ Reference Manual by Margaret A. Ellis & Bjarne Stroustrup – Addison-Wesley Pub Co ; ( January 1, 1990 ); ISBN 0-201-51459-1

On 23 January 1990 at its 14th Congress the Communist League of Yugoslavia voted to remove its monopoly on political power, but the same day effectively ceased to exist as a national party when the League of Communists of Slovenia walked out after Serbia's Slobodan Milošević blocked all their reformist proposals – the League of Communists of Croatia walked out soon after.

The process was caused by weakening of the Soviet government, which led to disintegration and took place from about 19 January 1990 to 31 December 1991.

Japanese Music: Another Tradition, Other Sounds: Earlham College Press, January 1990.

The population increased from 1, 351, 640 in January 1970 to 1, 570, 599 in January 1990.

They are grouped into four states: Yap, Chuuk ( called Truk until January 1990 ), Pohnpei ( called Ponape until November 1984 ), and Kosrae.

In January 1990, Rafael Leonardo Callejas, having won the presidential election, took office, concentrating on economic reform, reducing the deficit.

That increase was in addition to raises of 50 and 22 percent set, respectively, in January and September 1990.

In January 1990, the State Privatization Agency ( SPA, Állami Vagyonügynökség ) was established to manage the first steps of privatization.

Harold Eugene " Doc " Edgerton ( April 6, 1903 – January 4, 1990 ) was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Edgerton died suddenly on January 4, 1990 in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the age of 86, and is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In November 1990, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 678, permitting member states to use all necessary means, authorizing military action against the Iraqi forces occupying Kuwait and demanded a complete withdrawal by January 15, 1991.

Iraq's seizure of Kuwait in August 1990, subsequent international economic sanctions, and damage from military action by an international coalition beginning in January 1991, drastically reduced economic activity.

The African elephant was placed on Appendix One in January 1990.

* Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia ( 26 January 1990 )

Between January and April 1990 each of the Communist Party leaders of the five states of Soviet Central Asia assumed the position of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet in their respective SSRs, without any difficulty from the still weak opposition forces in the region.

* 1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes two resolutions to restore international peace and security if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.

The is a cartridge-based arcade system board and home video game console released on January 31, 1990 by Japanese game company SNK.

The Neo Geo console was officially launched on 31 January, 1990 in Osaka, Japan.

The article " Forcing Gays Out of the Closet " by William A. Henry III in Time ( January 29, 1990 ) introduced the term " outing " to the general public.

Even after German reunification in October 1990, the Reichsbahn continued to exist for over three years as the operator of the railroad in eastern Germany, ending finally on 1 January 1994 when the Reichsbahn and the western Deutsche Bundesbahn were merged to form the privatized Deutsche Bahn AG.

After several major political rallies ( especially in January ), in April 1990, a sit-in protest contesting the results of the recently held parliamentary elections began in University Square, Bucharest.

Irving Langmuir ( 31 January 1881 – 16 August 1957 ) was an American chemist and physicist.

Irving Langmuir was born in Brooklyn, New York, on 31 January 1881.

* January 31 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1957 )

In 2008 Irving self-published Banged Up, an account of his recent imprisonment in Austria, in which he writes " Since January 1965 a close friendship has bonded me with ... Rolf Hochhuth " and describes a phone conversation between them in 2005.

At the same time, Irving put a copy of Hitler's " Prophecy Speech " of 30 January 1939, promising the " annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe " if " Jewish financiers " started another world war, onto his wall.

In January 1988, Irving travelled to Toronto, Canada to assist Douglas Christie, the defence lawyer for Ernst Zündel at his second trial for denying the Holocaust.

On 17 January 1991 Irving told a reporter from the Jewish Chronicle that " The Jews are very foolish not to abandon the gas chamber theory while they still have time ".

Irving Rapper ( 16 January 1898 – 20 December 1999 ) was a British film director.

A tract in Las Colinas is home to the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, completed in January 2011.

Irving " Knadles " Nitzberg, who was " imported " by the Brooklyn " Combination " from ( the ) Bronx, was put on trial for the January 9, 1939, murder of Albert (" Plug ") Shuman in Brooklyn based on the testimony of three accomplices, Abe Reles, Albert Tannenbaum and Seymour Magoon.

Frederick Irving Herzberg ( April 18, 1923 – January 19, 2000 ) born in Massachusetts was an American psychologist who became one of the most influential names in business management.

Life lost credibility with many readers when it supported Clifford Irving, whose fraudulent autobiography of Howard Hughes was revealed as a hoax in January 1972.

** William Irving ( DR ), from January 22, 1814

Irving Kristol ( January 22, 1920 – September 18, 2009 ) was an American columnist, journalist, and writer who was dubbed the " godfather of neoconservatism ".

Sumner was born on Irving Street in Boston on January 6, 1811.

Irving Peter Layton, OC ( March 12, 1912 – January 4, 2006 ) was a Romanian-born Canadian poet.

In November 2006 through January 2007, she performed in the UK premiere of Irving Berlin's White Christmas: The Musical, a new stage adaptation based on the film.

Her first husband was Liberty Records executive Irving " Bud " Dain, whom she married on January 29, 1966 ( annulled in 1967 ).

In January 1970, the play enjoyed its first Broadway revival at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, directed by Jules Irving and starring Al Pacino ( Kilroy ), Victor Buono ( Gutman ), Patrick McVey ( Don Quixote ), Jean-Pierre Aumont ( Casanova ), Jessica Tandy ( Camille ), Sylvia Syms ( the Gypsy ), David J. Stewart ( the Baron ), Susan Tyrrell ( Esmeralda ), and Clifford David ( Lord Byron ).

In January 1934, 15-year-old Landis married her 19-year-old neighbor, Irving Wheeler, but the marriage was annulled in February 1934.

According to Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists, and Visionaries Changed the World by Rex Wyler, the Don't Make a Wave Committee was formed in January 1970 by Dorothy and Irving Stowe, Ben Metcalfe, Marie and Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, and Bob Hunter and incorporated in October 1970.

Irving Chernev ( January 29, 1900 – September 29, 1981 ) was a prolific Russian-American chess author.

Sundlun was born in Providence on 19 January 1920 to Walter Irving Sundlun and Jennette " Jan " Zelda ( Colitz ) Sundlun.

With Howard unavailable, on January 27, 1911, they chose New York architect Bertram Goodhue in that role, also appointing Irving Gill to assist Goodhue.