December 1990

Saturday 01:

Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 meters beneath the seabed.

Sunday 02:

A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932.

Monday 03:

At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with a Boeing 727 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers aboard flight 1482.

Sunday 09:

Lech Wałęsa becomes the first directly elected president of Poland.

Sunday 16:

Jean-Bertrand Aristide is elected president of Haiti

Saturday 22:

Lech Wałęsa sworn in as President of Poland

Sunday 23:

Republic of Slovenia votes to secede from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Monday 31:

Russian Garry Kasparov holds his title by winning the World Chess Championship match against his countryman Anatoly Karpov.