1990 in Germany
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 1990 in West Germany
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Events in the year 1990 in the Federal Republic of Germany and East Germany.
Incumbents[edit]
Federal Republic of Germany[edit]
East Germany (until 2 October)[edit]
- Head of State
- Manfred Gerlach (until 5 April 1990)
- Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (5 April – 2 October 1990)
- Head of Government
- Hans Modrow (until 12 April 1990)
- Lothar de Maizière (12 April – 2 October 1990)
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- January 15 - East German demonstrations: Demonstrators in East Berlin stormed the headquarters of Stasi
February[edit]
- February 2 - Rüsselsheim train disaster
- February 9-20 - 40th Berlin International Film Festival
March[edit]
- 18 March – 1990 East German general election
July[edit]
- 1 July – German reunification: The Deutsche Mark became East Germany's currency with the West, replacing the East German mark
- 8 July - West Germany defeats Argentina 1–0 to win the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
August[edit]
- 23 August – German reunification: East Germany votes to dissolve its independence and will join with West Germany effective on the 3rd of October
- 31 August – German reunification: West and East Germany signed a unification treaty
September[edit]
October[edit]
- 1 October – The first banknotes (100 and 200) of the fourth series of Deutsche Mark enter circulation
- 3 October – German reunification: West and East Germany reunified as a single Germany. Berlin becomes the official capital
November[edit]
- 14 November – German–Polish Border Treaty
December[edit]
- 2 December – 1990 German federal election
Births[edit]
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- 4 January – Toni Kroos, German footballer
- 28 January - Markus Deibler, German swimmer
- 30 January – Nils Miatke, German footballer
- 18 March - Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, German actor
- 10 April – Christoph Harting, German athlete specialising in the discus throw
- 14 April – Markus Smarzoch, German footballer
- 30 April - Michael Schulte, German singer
- 7 May - Sideris Tasiadis, German canoeist
- 12 May - Tobias Strobl, German footballer
- 1 June – Kieren Emery, German-English rower
- 3 June – Fabian Götze, German footballer
- 7 June – Benjamin Woltmann, German footballer
- 14 June - Robert Hering, German sprinter
- 2 July - Roman Lob, German singer
- 4 July - David Kross, German actor
- 21 August – Jana Majunke, German Paralympic cyclist[1]
- 6 November – André Schürrle, German footballer
- 10 November - Kristina Vogel, German cyclist
- 18 November – Kira Walkenhorst, German beach volleyball player
Deaths[edit]
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- 8 January - Horst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels, German general (born 1900)
- 20 March - Wilhelm Neef, German composer and conductor (born 1916)
- 28 March - Kurt Scharf, German clergyman and bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg (born 1902)
- 14 April - Martin Kessel, German writer (born 1901)
- 15 April - Helmut Lemke, German politician (born 1907)
- 20 April - Horst Sindermann, German politician (born 1915)
- 5 May - Walter Bruch, German electrical engineer (born 1908)
- 9 July - Horst Rittel, German design theorist (born 1930)
- 9 July - Friedrich Wegener, German pathologist (born 1907)
- 14 July – Walter Sedlmayr, German actor (born 1926)
- 7 August - Gebhard Müller, German politician (born 1900)
- 23 August - Karl II, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. German nobleman (born 1904)
- 29 October - Volker von Collande, German actor and film director (born 1913)
- 24 November – Helga Feddersen, German actress, comedian, singer, author, and theater director (born 1930)
- 7 December - Horst Bienek, German economist (born 1930)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jana Majunke". Team Deutschland Paralympics (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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