1990 in Germany
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Events in the year 1990 in the Federal Republic of Germany and East Germany.
Incumbents
=Federal Republic of Germany=
=East Germany (until 2 October)=
- 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
= January =
- January 15 – East German demonstrations: Demonstrators in East Berlin stormed the headquarters of Stasi
= February =
- February 2 – Rüsselsheim train disaster
- February 9-20 – 40th Berlin International Film Festival
= March =
- 18 March – 1990 East German general election
= July =
- 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.
- July: During preparations for Pink Floyds convert in Potsdamer Platz, the Fahrerbunker was discovered.{{Cite book |last=Heimrod |first=Ute |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Der_Denkmalstreit_das_Denkmal/MkQMAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=fahrerbunker+pink+floyd&dq=fahrerbunker+pink+floyd&printsec=frontcover |title=Der Denkmalstreit--das Denkmal?: die Debatte um das "Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas" : eine Dokumentation |last2=Schlusche |first2=Günter |last3=Seferens |first3=Horst |date=1999 |publisher=PHILO |isbn=978-3-8257-0099-7 |language=de}}
= August =
- 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 =
= October =
- 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 =
- 14 November – German–Polish Border Treaty
= December =
- 2 December – 1990 German federal election
Births
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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
- 21 April – Sebastian Walter, German politician
- 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{{cite web |title=Jana Majunke |url=https://www.teamdeutschland-paralympics.de/athleten/details/jana-majunke |website=Team Deutschland Paralympics |access-date=1 July 2021 |language=de-DE}}
- 6 November – André Schürrle, German footballer
- 10 November – Kristina Vogel, German cyclist
- 18 November – Kira Walkenhorst, German beach volleyball player
Deaths
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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)
- 14 June – Erna Berger, coloratura lyric soprano (born 1900)
- 9 July
- Horst Rittel, German design theorist (born 1930)
- 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
References
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