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HOWARD AIR FORCE BASE,- JANUARY3: In this photo released 04 January 1990 by the Defense Department, Panamian General Manuel Noriega (C) is brought on board a US military plane 3 January 1990 for a flight to Miami after his arrest. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP via Getty Images)
Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress member Nelson Mandela and his wife anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie raise fists upon Mandela’s release from prison on February 11, 1990.
In 1991, following the fall of the Soviet Union, Yeltsin became the first popularly elected leader in the Russian history, guiding his country through a stormy decade of political and economic retrenching until his resignation in December 1999.
The Persian Gulf War begins after the Iran-Iraq War, Wild Bill Hickock is shot, Einstein urges FDR to build an atomic bomb, and George W. Bush and Dick Cheney begin their campaign in This Day in History video. The date is August 2nd. Saddam Hussein was the aggressor that the coalition force needed to contain in oil country.
TOKYO - MARCH 16: The world's largest Tyrannosaurus Rex, named Sue, is seen at the Dinosaur Expo 2005 after it's assembly was completed at the National Science Museum on March 16, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. Fossil hunter Sue Hendrickson discovered Sue in 1990 and the Field Museum in Chicago purchased Sue at public auction in 1997. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)
In this “This Day in History” video, learn about the history of December 1. December 1, was the day Rosa Parks became famous for standing up to racial oppression, the Kyoto Protocol was signed, and the Chunnel was created. Brought to you by host Russ Mitchell of the History Channel.
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