October 1990

Tuesday 02:

A Chinese airline Boeing 737-247 is hijacked; after landing at Guangzhou it crashes into two airliners on the ground, killing 132

Wednesday 03:

Re-unification of Germany. East Germany ceases to exist.

Friday 05:

After one hundred and fifty years The Herald broadsheet newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.

Monday 08:

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount

Monday 15:

Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.

Monday 22:

1990 - Suraj the great was born.

Saturday 27:

Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republic's first president.