311 notable events from 1990. Page 2 of 4.
- Gary Muehlberg
Jan 1, 1990–Jan 1, 1993 · United States
- Kattankudy mosque massacre
Aug 3, 1990 · Sri Lanka
- Metropolitan Police Department bachelor dormitory bombing incident
Nov 1, 1990 · Japan
- Disappearance of Christopher Kerze
Apr 20, 1990 · United States
- Murder of Joanna Parrish
May 17, 1990 · France
- 1990 Afghan coup attempt
Mar 6, 1990 · Afghanistan
- DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey
Apr 1, 1990 · Türkiye
- Shooting of the Mayor of Nagasaki
Jan 18, 1990 · Japan
- Nerima 300 million yen incident
Jun 2, 1990 · Japan
- Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2254
Apr 9, 1990 · United States
- Revolution on Granite
Oct 2, 1990–Oct 17, 1990 · Ukraine
- Proxy bomb
Oct 24, 1990 · United Kingdom
- Rüsselsheim train disaster
Feb 2, 1990 · Germany
- Murder of Curtis Klassen
Nov 17, 1990 · Canada
- 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake
Jun 20, 1990 · Iran
- Bangkok Airways Flight 125
Nov 21, 1990 · Thailand
- Guerra case
1990s · Spain
- Amber Beacon Tower murder
May 15, 1990 · Singapore
- Persecution of Amhara people
from 1990s · Ethiopia
- Gustavo Julian Garcia
Dec 9, 1990 · United States
- June 1990 Mineriad
Jun 13, 1990–Jun 15, 1990 · Romania
- Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș
Mar 1990 · Romania
- Killings of Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose
May 27, 1990 · Netherlands
- Murder of Becky O'Connell
May 8, 1990 · United States
- Eastern University massacre
Sep 5, 1990 · Sri Lanka
- 1990 Temple Mount killings
Oct 8, 1990 · Palestine
- Murder of Leann Whitlock
Jan 5, 1990 · United States
- Ayodhya firing incident
Oct 30, 1990–Nov 2, 1990 · India
- Golden Years Murders
Jan 1, 1990–Jan 1, 1996 · United States
- Queen of spades murder case
Mar 22, 1990 · Italy
- Rémy Roy
Jan 1, 1990–Jan 1, 1991 · France
- Disappearance of Paige Renkoski
May 24, 1990 · United States
- Silvo Plut
Jan 1, 1990–Jan 1, 2006 · Slovenia
- George Motel shooting
Jul 6, 1990 · Poland
- Keith Wells
Dec 20, 1990 · —
- Assassination of Nippon-hikouki Executive Director's wife
Apr 12, 1990 · Japan
- Aeroflot Flight 8175
Sep 14, 1990 · Russian Federation
- Tbilisi cable car crash
Jun 1, 1990 · Georgia
- Murder of Iguchi Mariko
Apr 8, 1990 · Taiwan
- 1990 Bangladesh mass uprising
Oct 10, 1990 · Bangladesh
- Bristol heart scandal
1990s · United Kingdom
- Aum Shinrikyo National Land Use Planning Law violation case
1990 · Japan
- Artur Kitayev
Jan 1, 1990–Jan 1, 1992 · Russian Federation
- Gela massacre
Nov 27, 1990 · Italy
- 1990 Nigerian coup attempt
Apr 22, 1990 · Nigeria
- Smail Tulja
Jan 1, 1990–Jan 1, 2006 · United States
- Kosovo student poisoning
Mar 22, 1990 · Kosovo
- Hagersville Tire Fire
from Feb 12, 1990 · Canada
- Murder of Susan Poupart
May 1, 1990 · United States
- Asbestos scandal in France
1990s · France
- Matsumoto gateball court murder case
Feb 17, 1990 · Japan
- Hankyu Airlines Flight 204
Sep 27, 1990 · Japan
- Ursus rail crash
Aug 20, 1990 · Poland
- 1990 British Army Gazelle shootdown
Feb 11, 1990 · Ireland
- Hawal massacre
May 21, 1990 · India
- Monrovia Church massacre
Jul 29, 1990 · Liberia
- Enver Hadri
Feb 25, 1990 · Belgium
- Petorca water crisis
from 1990 · Chile
- 1990 Hyderabad riots
Dec 1, 1990 · India
- Acari massacre
Jul 26, 1990 · Brazil
- Serhildan
Mar 14, 1990–May 12, 2025 · Türkiye
- 1990 Bangkok gas explosion
Sep 24, 1990 · Thailand
- SANSA Flight 32
Jan 15, 1990 · Costa Rica
- Aeroflot Flight 6246
Jan 13, 1990 · Russian Federation
- Crisis of crack cocaine in Paris
from 1990s · France
- Hotel Delfino siege
Mar 4, 1990 · Philippines
- Emanuel Lovell Webb
Apr 1, 1990–Jul 11, 1994 · —
- Aeroflot Flight 4076
Aug 19, 1990 · Russian Federation
- Disappearance of Ames Glover
Feb 5, 1990 · United Kingdom
- Northwest Airlines Flight 5
Jan 4, 1990 · United States
- Aerolift Philippines Flight 075
May 18, 1990 · Philippines
- 1990 Chadian coup d'état
Dec 3, 1990 · Chad
- Murder of Wallie Howard Jr.
Oct 30, 1990 · —
- 1990 ARCO explosion
Jul 5, 1990 · United States
- 1990 Carlentini earthquake
Dec 13, 1990 · Italy
- Narsaq massacre
Jan 1, 1990 · Greenland
- Murder of Daniel Valerio
Sep 8, 1990 · Australia
- 1990 Scotland RAF Shackleton crash
Apr 30, 1990 · United Kingdom
- 1990 Surinamese coup d'état
Dec 24, 1990 · Suriname
- Hachioji Ryonan Kaikan bombing incident
Oct 9, 1990 · Japan
- Murder of Sivapragasam Subramaniam
Dec 14, 1990 · Malaysia
- 1990 Bijnor riot
Oct 1990 · —
- Attempted assassination of Mikhail Gorbachev
Nov 7, 1990 · Russian Federation
- Henry's Pub hostage incident
Sep 28, 1990 · United States
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms III case
1990s · Japan
- Flying nightclub fire
Jan 14, 1990 · Spain
- 1990 Mindanao revolt
Oct 4, 1990–Oct 6, 1990 · Philippines
- Arrigo Candela
Jan 1, 1990–Jan 1, 1992 · France
- Pucca Qila Operation
May 27, 1990 · Pakistan
- Alexey Tigoyev
Jan 1, 1990–Jan 1, 2003 · Russian Federation
- 1990 Bar Oporto massacre
Jun 23, 1990 · —
- Pescopagano massacre
Apr 24, 1990 · Italy
- Sabadell bombing
Dec 8, 1990 · Spain
- Veeramunai massacres
Aug 15, 1990 · Sri Lanka
- 1990 Back Bay, Massachusetts, train collision
Dec 12, 1990 · United States
- Yelnikovo station derailment
Dec 22, 1990 · Russian Federation
- Murder and rape of Sarla Bhat
Apr 15, 1990–Apr 19, 1990 · India
- Aeroflot Flight E-35D
Aug 1, 1990 · Azerbaijan
- Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident
Jul 21, 1990–Jul 22, 1990 · Taiwan
- Cowan rail accident
May 6, 1990 · Australia