* 1990 – West Germany and East Germany announce that they will unite on October 3.

The Andrei Sakharov Prize For Writer's Civic Courage was established in October 1990.

On 3 October 1990, the two parts of Germany were reunified as the Federal Republic of Germany, and Berlin again became the official German capital.

Since German reunification on 3 October 1990, Berlin has been one of the three city states, together with Hamburg and Bremen, among the present 16 states of Germany.

More recently, Canadian newspapers have adopted the British spelling variants such as-our endings, notably with The Globe and Mail changing its spelling policy in October 1990.

# Shave the Whale — October 22, 1989 to August 4, 1990

In October 1990, a decade after his divorce from Angela, Bowie and Somali-born supermodel Iman were introduced by a mutual friend.

Donald Allen Wollheim ( 1 October 1914 – 2 November 1990 ) was an American science fiction ( sf ) editor, publisher, writer, and fan.

But his first real gig was at the Rascals Comedy Club as part of the TV show The Rascals Comedy Hour on October 18, 1990.

On 3 October 1990, West and East Germany and West and East Berlin were reunited, thus formally ending the existence of East Berlin.

After the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany, German reunification took effect on 3 October 1990.

Despite anti-government demonstrations after the untimely death of an opposition leader, the first multiparty National Assembly elections in almost 30 years took place in September – October 1990, with the PDG garnering a large majority.

Georgia has been a democratic republic since the first multiparty, democratic parliamentary elections of October 28, 1990.

The Day of German Unity on October 3 has been a German national holiday since the reunification in 1990, when the German reunification was brought out in full force.

Therefore, 3 October 1990, the day of formal reunification, was chosen instead.

" The Volkskammer decides on the accession of the GDR to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany according to Article 23 of the Basic Laws effective as of October 3, 1990.

The SED-PDS Chairman Gregor Gysi made a sad declaration: " The Parliament has more or less decided on the downfall of the German Democratic Republic on 3 October 1990.

East Germany ceased to exist when its federal states were re-established and acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany on 3 October 1990 ( see German reunification ).

Having gained 8, 030 km per hour in speed, the spacecraft flew by Earth twice, the first time at a range of 960 km at 20: 34: 34 UT on 8 December 1990 before approaching the minor planet 951 Gaspra to a distance of 1, 604 km at 22: 37 UT on 29 October 1991.

The second was from 3 November 1990 to 25 October 1996, when she resigned and retired from Norwegian politics, and was succeeded by Thorbjørn Jagland.

This led to the acceleration of the process of reforms in East Germany that ended with the German reunification that came into force on 3 October 1990.

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

As a result, in October 1990, Paul Ehrlich mailed Julian Simon a check for $ 576. 07 to settle the wager in Simon's favor.

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.

* VP Quayle Receives DePauw's McNaughton Medal for Public Service ; October 26, 1990

In October 1990, in the midst of the presidential election, FitzGerald was to be a guest, alongside Lenihan, on RTÉ1's Questions and Answers political debate programme.

When challenged on the programme Lenihan maintained that his October 1990 version was correct, denying that he had played " any hand, act of part " in attempts to pressurise President Hillery.

Lenihan tried in a subsequent live television interview on the Six-One News to insist that what he had said to Duffy was wrong, insisting that " on mature recollection " his October 1990 version was the correct one, and all that he had said previously over eight years was incorrect.

In October 1990, in the midst of the presidential election, Lenihan suddenly changed his story.

* October 25-Presidential candidate Brian Lenihan denies that he tried to contact President Hillery to stop the dissolution of the Dáil in 1982.

* October 31-Tánaiste and Minister for Defence Brian Lenihan is dismissed from the government over the telephone call controversy.

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Brian Lenihan, Jnr, a by-election was held on the 27 October 2011, on the same day as the Irish presidential election and two constitutional referendums.

On 26 October 2009 Brady said that further cuts to Ireland ’ s overseas development budget would have a devastating impact on the lives of some of the world's poorest people, In a letter to Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan he said: " These vulnerable people have had no part to play in creating the multiple crises now facing them – climate, financial, food – yet the challenges they face are unprecedented.

Beginning with the October 1959 issue of the Journal, the method of production of copy for photo-offset reproduction was changed from varityping to hot typesetting.

With the granting of Royal Assent, the name was officially changed to Canada Day on October 27, 1982.

Schedules were changed and from Monday 6 March 1961 until Wednesday 11 October 1989, the programme was shown in two episodes broadcast Monday and Wednesday at 19: 30.

The speed limits on the main roads in Sweden were changed on many stretches in October 2008, which saw the introduction of the 120 km / h limit.

* Keiō 4: On the eighth day of the ninth month ( October 23, 1868 ), the nengō was formally changed from Keiō to Meiji and a general amnesty was granted.

Blyton and Darrell Waters married at the City of Westminster Register Office on 20 October 1943, and she subsequently changed the surname of her two daughters to Darrell Waters.

* Everyday Mechanics — from 1929 ; changed to Everyday Science and Mechanics as of October 1931 issue

The idea was initially opposed by Largo Caballero, but after the first setbacks of the war, he changed his mind, and finally agreed to the operation on 22 October.

His drawing of ' An unequal match ', published in Punch on 8 October 1881, depicted a police officer fighting a criminal with only a ' baton ' for protection, trying to put a point across to the public that policing methods needed to be changed.

It was not until October 2003 that New Zealand law was changed to abolish appeals to the Privy Council in respect of all cases heard by the Court of Appeal of New Zealand after the end of 2003, in favour of a Supreme Court of New Zealand.

In October 2004, the transaction closed and the company name was changed back to Lycos Inc.

* " The map that changed the world ", Toby Lester The BBC, October 28, 2009.

In October 1916 the colour was changed to be feldgrau ( field grey ), although by that date the plain metal Stahlhelm was standard issue for most troops.

* October 23 – The current Japanese era name is changed to the Meiji period.

On October 29, 2006, the background changed to red, the title text color changed to white, and the stopwatch was shifted to the upright position.

In October 1995, The 3DO Company sold its next generation console, M2, to Matsushita, and changed its business to develop and publish games for other game consoles and PCs.

In October 2007, Le Pen suggested that he would personally visit the Republic of Ireland to assist the " No " campaign but finally changed his mind, fearing that his presence would be used against the supporters of the NO vote.

Keeneland, sporting live races in April and October since 1936, is steeped in tradition where much has not changed since the track's opening.

Ebert later added The Godfather Part II to his " Great Movies " list in October 2008 stating that his original review has often been cited as proof of his " worthlessness " but he still hasn't changed his mind and wouldn't change a word of his original review.

Since 1st October 1992, this cut-off may be considered to occur at 24 weeks gestation in the United States, since the law and definition of abortion changed to bring it closer to the gestation at which a fetus becomes viable.

The Polish Trotskyist Isaac Deutscher maintains that in 1917, Lenin changed his attitude to Trotsky's theory of Permanent Revolution and after the October revolution it was adopted by the Bolsheviks.

By 1 October 1972, US monopoly laws had also changed and WEA ( the first initial of each of the three main labels ) Records was born.

On October 14, 1978, the Paraná River had its route changed, which allowed a section of the riverbed to dry so the dam could be built there.

On 28 October 2009 Orange changed the name of its Luxembourgish telco VOXMobile to Orange.