May 1990

Friday 04:

Latvia proclaims independence.

Saturday 05:

In Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), Toto Cutugno wins the thirty-fifth Eurovision Song Contest for Italy singing "Insieme: 1992" (Together: 1992).

Tuesday 15:

Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.

Sunday 20:

The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.

Tuesday 22:

The Windows 3.0 operating system is released by Microsoft.

Thursday 24:

A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both.

Thursday 31:

The pilot episode of Seinfeld premires