Editing 1990 (section)

=== March ===
* [[March 1]]
** A fire at the [[Sheraton Hotel]] in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]], kills 16 people.
** [[Steve Jackson Games]] is raided by the [[United States Secret Service|U.S. Secret Service]], prompting the later formation of the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]].
** The [[Royal New Zealand Navy]] discontinues its daily [[rum ration]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2000-01-26 |title=Frigate guests get shot at sailors' rum ritual |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz-herald-auckland-anniversary-regatta/news/article.cfm?c_id=743&objectid=114161 |access-date=2024-05-19 |work=The New Zealand Herald}}</ref>
** [[Luis Alberto Lacalle]], a grandson of the late politician and diplomat [[Luis Alberto de Herrera]], is sworn in as [[President of Uruguay]].
* [[March 3]] – The [[ITASE|International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition]], a group of six explorers from six nations, completes the first [[dog sled]] crossing of Antarctica.
* [[March 8]] – The [[Nintendo World Championships]] were held within the [[Fair Park|Fair Park's Automobile Building]], kickstarting an almost year long gaming competition across 29 American cities.
* [[March 9]]
** Police seal off [[Brixton]] in [[South London]] after another [[Poll tax riots|night of protests]] against the [[poll tax]].
** [[Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland Premier]] [[Clyde Wells (politician)|Clyde Wells]] confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the [[Meech Lake Accord]].
* [[March 10]] – [[Prosper Avril]] is ousted in a [[September 1988 Haitian coup d'état|coup]] in [[Haiti]], eighteen months after seizing power.
* [[March 11]] – [[Singing Revolution]]: The [[Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic|Lithuanian SSR]] declares independence from the [[Soviet Union]] with the [[Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania]]
* [[March 11]]–[[March 13|13]] – The [[March 1990 Central United States tornado outbreak]] produces 64 tornadoes across six [[U.S. state|US states]], including four violent [[Fujita scale|F4]]/[[Fujita scale|F5]] tornadoes. The outbreak leaves 2 dead, 89 injured, and causes over $500 million in damages.
* [[March 12]] – [[Cold War]]: Soviet soldiers begin leaving Hungary under terms of an agreement to withdraw all Soviet troops by June 1.
* [[March 13]] – The [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]] approves changes to the [[Constitution of the Soviet Union]] to create a strong [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|U.S.-style presidency]]. [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] is elected to a five-year term as the first-ever [[President of the Soviet Union]] on March 15.
* [[March 15]]
** [[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]] hangs Iranian journalist [[Farzad Bazoft]] for spying. Daphne Parish, a British nurse, is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment as an accomplice.
** [[Singing Revolution]]: The [[Soviet Union]] announces that [[Lithuania]]'s declaration of independence is invalid.
** [[Fernando Collor de Mello]] takes office as [[President of Brazil]], [[Brazil]]'s first democratically elected president since [[Jânio Quadros]] in [[1961]]. The next day, he announces a currency freeze and freezes large bank accounts for 18 months.
* [[March 18]]
** Twelve paintings and a [[Shang dynasty]] vase, collectively worth $100 to $300 million, are [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft|stolen]] from the [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] by two thieves posing as police officers. This is the largest [[art theft]] in US history, and the paintings ({{As of|2024|May|lc=on}}) have not been recovered.
** [[Cold War]]: [[East Germany]] holds its first [[1990 East German general election|free elections]].
* [[March 19]]–[[March 21|21]] – [[Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș|Skirmishes between Romanians and Hungarians]], also known as the ”Black March” events, take place in the city of [[Târgu Mureș]], [[Romania]], leaving five people dead.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ildikó Lipcsey|author2=Sabin Gherman|author3=Adrian Severin|title=Romania and Transylvania in the 20th Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AkppAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Corvinus Pub.|isbn=978-1-882785-15-5|page=193}}</ref><ref name='Dutceac'>Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, [https://books.google.com/books?id=BNCWS_r8QpwC&dq=%22backdrop+of+celebrations%22&pg=PT32 Myth, Identity, and Conflict: A Comparative Analysis of Romanian and Serbian Textbooks ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009160417/https://books.google.com/books?id=BNCWS_r8QpwC&dq=%22backdrop+of+celebrations%22&pg=PT32 |date=October 9, 2023 }}, Lexington Books, 2011, {{ISBN|9780739148679}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] – [[Ferdinand Marcos]]'s widow, [[Imelda Marcos]], goes on trial for [[bribery]], [[embezzlement]], and [[racketeering]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kurtz|first=Howard|date=1990-07-03|title=U.S. JURY CLEARS MARCOS IN FRAUD CASE|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/07/03/us-jury-clears-marcos-in-fraud-case/e6bf3b50-0396-47f0-a013-8dbda95fcd4f/|access-date=2021-11-17|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=December 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209084133/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/07/03/us-jury-clears-marcos-in-fraud-case/e6bf3b50-0396-47f0-a013-8dbda95fcd4f/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 21]] – After 75 years of [[South West Africa|South African rule]] since [[World War I]], [[Namibia]] becomes independent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Namibia gains Independence {{!}} South African History Online |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/namibia-gains-independence |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=www.sahistory.org.za}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – [[1990 Australian federal election]]: [[Bob Hawke]]'s [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Hawke government|government]] is re-elected with a reduced majority, narrowly defeating the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[Andrew Peacock]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-1990|title=1990 Federal Election &#124; AustralianPolitics.com|website=australianpolitics.com|access-date=February 26, 2018|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106195009/http://australianpolitics.com/elections/federal-1990|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 25]]
** In New York City, a fire due to [[arson]] at an illegal [[social club]] called "[[Happy Land fire|Happy Land]]" kills 87 people.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2015-03-17 |title=Fire kills 87 people at the Happy Land Social Club in 1990 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/dozens-die-fire-illegal-bonx-social-club-1990-article-1.2152091 |access-date=2024-05-19 |newspaper=NY Daily News}}</ref>
** [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] [[Robert Runcie]] announces his intention to retire at the end of the year.
** In the [[1990 Hungarian parliamentary election|Hungarian parliamentary election]], Hungary's first multiparty election since [[1948]], the [[Hungarian Democratic Forum]] wins the most seats.
* [[March 26]] – The [[62nd Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Billy Crystal]], are held at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], with ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].
* [[March 27]] – The United States begins broadcasting [[Radio y Televisión Martí]] to [[Cuba]].
* [[March 28]] – U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] posthumously awards [[Jesse Owens]] the [[Congressional Gold Medal]].
* [[March 30]] – [[Singing Revolution]]: After its [[1990 Estonian Supreme Soviet election|first free elections]] on March 18, the [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonian SSR]] declares the [[Occupation of the Baltic states|Soviet rule to have been illegal since 1940]] and declares a transition period for full independence.
* [[March 31]] – "[[Poll tax riots#Protest in Trafalgar Square|The Second Battle of Trafalgar]]": A massive anti-[[poll tax]] demonstration in [[Trafalgar Square]], London, turns into a riot; 471 people are injured, and 341 are arrested.