Editing 1990 (section)

===August===
* [[August 1]]
** The [[National Assembly (Bulgaria)|National Assembly of Bulgaria]] elects [[Zhelyu Zhelev]] as the first non-Communist [[President of Bulgaria]] in 40 years.
** [[RELCOM]] is created in the [[Soviet Union]] by combining several computer networks. Later in August, the Soviet Union got its first connection to the [[Internet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.i-love-moscow.com/russian-internet.html|title=Russian Internet|work=i-love-moscow.com|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630025002/http://www.i-love-moscow.com/russian-internet.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[August 2]]
** [[Gulf War]]: [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] [[Iraqi invasion of Kuwait|invades Kuwait]], eventually leading to the [[Gulf War]].
** The first [[Smoking ban|ban of smoking]] in bars in the US (and possibly the world) is passed in [[San Luis Obispo, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19900803&id=SUNWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2290,436246|title=Smokers jeer, tobacco foes cheer as strictest U.S. ban takes effect|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=August 3, 1990|access-date=November 7, 2020|archive-date=January 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105005447/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19900803&id=SUNWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2290,436246|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 6]]
** [[Gulf War]]: With [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 661]] the [[United Nations Security Council]] orders a global [[trade embargo]] against [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] in response to its invasion of [[Kuwait]].
** [[President of Pakistan]] [[Ghulam Ishaq Khan]] dismisses [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] [[Benazir Bhutto]], accusing her of corruption and abuse of power.
** The South African government and ANC begin talks on ending [[Apartheid]].
* [[August 8]]
** Iraq announces its formal annexation of Kuwait.
** The [[government of Peru]] announces an austerity plan that results in huge increases in the price of food and gasoline. The plan sets off days of rioting and a national strike on August 21.
* [[August 10]]
** [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], and 10 other [[Arab states]] vote to send military forces to Saudi Arabia to discourage an invasion from Iraq.
** A passenger bus, traveling along the route "Tbilisi-Agdam", is blown up; 20 people died and 30 were injured. The organizers of the crime were [[Armenians in Georgia|Armenians]] A. Avanesian and M. Tatevosian who were brought to criminal trial.<ref name="supremecourt.gov.az"/>
* [[August 12]]
** In South Africa, fighting breaks out between the [[Xhosa people]] and the [[Zulu people]]; more than 500 people are killed by the end of August.
** "[[Sue (dinosaur)|Sue]]", the best preserved ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' specimen ever found, is discovered near [[Faith, South Dakota]], United States, by [[Sue Hendrickson]].
*[[August 15]] – In Latvia, [[Viktor Tsoi]], co-founder and lead singer of the Soviet rock band [[Kino (band)|Kino]], dies in a car accident on the [[Sloka, Latvia|Sloka]]–[[Talsi]] highway.<ref>Watrous, Peter (22 August 1990). "[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/22/obituaries/viktor-tsoi-singer-and-songwriter-28-star-of-soviet-rock.html Viktor Tsoi, Singer And Songwriter, 28; Star of Soviet Rock]". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved 25 February 2025.</ref>
* [[August 21]] – [[The Gambia]], [[Ghana]], [[Guinea]], [[Nigeria]], and [[Sierra Leone]] send [[Peacekeeping|peacekeepers]] to intervene in the [[First Liberian Civil War]].
* [[August 23]] – [[East Germany]] and [[West Germany]] announce they will unite on [[October 3]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historyorb.com/date/1990/august/23|title=Today in History for 23rd August 1990|work=HistoryOrb|date=August 23, 1990|access-date=2013-01-17|archive-date=September 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916044932/http://www.historyorb.com/date/1990/august/23|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 24]]
** The [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Armenian SSR]] declares its independence from the [[Soviet Union]].
** [[Northern Ireland]] writer [[Brian Keenan (writer)|Brian Keenan]] is released from [[Lebanon]] after being held [[Lebanon hostage crisis|hostage]] for nearly 5 years.
** Indonesian commercial television network [[SCTV (TV network)|SCTV]] was established as the nation's third television station after [[RCTI]], and also debuted as local television channel in [[Surabaya]]. During its earlier days, SCTV was the rival for [[RCTI]], the first commercial television network. SCTV began broadcasting nationwide from Jakarta by [[January 29]], [[1991]].
* [[August 26]] – In [[Sofia]], protesters set fire to the headquarters of the governing [[Bulgarian Socialist Party]].
* [[August 28]] – The [[1990 Plainfield tornado|Plainfield Tornado]] (F5 on the [[Fujita scale]]) strikes the towns of [[Plainfield, Illinois|Plainfield]], [[Crest Hill, Illinois|Crest Hill]], and [[Joliet, Illinois]], killing 29 people (the strongest tornado to date to strike the [[Chicago metropolitan area]]).