Timeline October 1990

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• 1905 – 1990 Joel McCrea (1905-1990) American actor, a leading man of comedies and westerns, from Sullivan's Travels to Ride the High Country.
• 1918 – 1990 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) Died 14 October 1990, aged 72 Leonard Bernstein was an American composer and conductor who led the New York Philharmonic and composed "West Side Story." He was among the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century, equally renowned for classical and popular works. He died in New York City on 14 October 1990.
• 1919 – 1990 Art Blakey (1919-1990) Died 16 October 1990, aged 71 Art Blakey was an American jazz drummer and bandleader who led the Jazz Messengers for over three decades. His group served as a training ground for generations of jazz musicians. He died in New York City on 16 October 1990.
• 1990 – present Pearl Jam American rock band Seattle band of Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament and Mike McCready — the most durable of the grunge bands.
• 1990 Pearl Jam formed in Seattle Eddie Vedder joins Gossard and Ament, after the death of Andrew Wood, recruit San Diego singer Eddie Vedder.
• 1990 Rwandan Civil War begins Rwandan Patriotic Front invades from Uganda On 1 October 1990 the Rwandan Patriotic Front, made up largely of Tutsi exiles, invaded Rwanda from Uganda. The invasion began a civil war between the RPF and the Hutu-led government. The conflict simmered for years before erupting into the 1994 genocide.
• 1990 Tim Berners-Lee proposes the Web HTML and HTTP invented at CERN Tim Berners-Lee at CERN formally proposed the World Wide Web in late 1990, writing the first web browser and server software and implementing HTTP and HTML for the first time.
• 1990 German reunification East & West Germany unite On October 3, 1990, East and West Germany officially reunified after 45 years of division, a defining moment of post-Cold War Europe.
• 1990 Beverly Hills 90210 debuts Defining teen drama of the decade Beverly Hills, 90210 premiered on Fox on October 4, 1990, becoming one of the defining teen dramas of the 1990s and launching the careers of several young actors.
• 1990 Home Alone released Highest-grossing film of 1990 Home Alone was released in US cinemas on November 16, 1990, becoming the highest-grossing film of the year and launching Macaulay Culkin to superstardom.
• 1990 Lebanese Civil War effectively ends Syrian-backed forces defeat General Aoun On 13 October 1990 Syrian-backed Lebanese army units overran the presidential palace at Baabda, defeating General Michel Aoun's forces. The offensive effectively ended fifteen years of civil war in Lebanon. Aoun fled into exile in France.
• 1990 Dow Jones mini-crash Wall Street falls 190 points The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 190 points on October 19, 1990 — the third anniversary of Black Monday — amid concerns about the Gulf crisis and rising oil prices.
• 1990 Joel McCrea dies in Woodland Hills Joel McCrea dies aged 84.
• 1990 New Zealand elects first female PM Jenny Shipley takes power New Zealand's National Party won the general election on October 27, 1990, beginning a nine-year period of National government. Jim Bolger became PM; Jenny Shipley later became NZ's first female PM in 1997.
• 1990 Ivory Coast holds first multi-party presidential election Houphouët-Boigny wins amid new opposition Ivory Coast held its first multi-party presidential election since independence on 28 October 1990. Longtime leader Félix Houphouët-Boigny won against opposition challenger Laurent Gbagbo. The vote ended 30 years of single-party rule.