1990

Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
East and West Germany unified
Nelson Mandela freed from prison
U.S. population 248,718,291 (12.3% Black; 9% Hispanic)
28% of U.S. children born to unmarried women
Hubbel space telescope deployed
"Vineland" by Thomas Pynchon
"Mary Reilly" by Valerie Martin
"Wild at Heart" by Barry Gifford
"Come Over Come Over" by Lynda Barry
Hypertext "afternoon, a story" by Michael Joyce
"The Things They Carried," "How to Tell a True War Story" by Tim O’Brien
"Postmodern Blackness" by bell hooks
"Living with Contradictions" by Lynne Tillman
"Seinfeld" premieres