Unix Timestamp: 660096000
Sunday, December 2. 1990, 12:00:00 AM UTC

At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 (a McDonnell Douglas DC-9) collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 (a Boeing 727) on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers on Flight 1482.

The German federal election, the first election held since German reunification is won by Helmut Kohl, who becomes Chancellor of Germany.

Mary Robinson begins her term as President of Ireland, becoming the first female to hold this office.