Timeline Wednesday 1 August 1990

Events on Wednesday 1 August 1990 2

• 1990 Jamaat al Muslimeen storms Trinidad's parliament Six-day armed siege and hostage crisis Members of the Jamaat al Muslimeen group stormed Trinidad and Tobago's parliament and a television station on 27 July 1990, taking Prime Minister A.N.R. Robinson and others hostage. The uprising triggered widespread looting and a six-day siege before the militants surrendered on 1 August. It remains the only Islamist-led coup attempt in the Western Hemisphere.
• 1990 Oil price shock Kuwait invasion doubles oil price Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990 caused oil prices to spike dramatically, doubling from around $20 to $46 per barrel within weeks, triggering fears of a global recession.