Unix Timestamp: 649555200
Thursday, August 2. 1990, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to its invasion of Kuwait.

Gulf War: Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.

The South African government and ANC begin talks on ending Apartheid in South Africa.

The government of Peru announces an austerity plan that results in huge increases in the price of food and gasoline. the plan sets off days of rioting and a national stricke on August 21.

A passenger bus, moving by the route Tbilisi-Agdam is blown up, 20 people died and 30 were injured. Organizers of the crime, Armenians A. Avanesian and M. Tatevosian, were brought to criminal trial.ref name=supremecourt.gov.az/

Egypt, Syria, and 10 other Arab nations vote to send military forces to Saudi Arabia to discourage an invasion from Iraq.

President of PakistanGhulam Ishaq Khan dismisses Prime Minister of PakistanBenazir Bhutto, accusing her of corruption and abuse of power.

Prime Minister of IndiaV. P. Singh announces plan to reserve 49% of civil service jobs for lower-caste Hindus. The plan triggers riots, leaving at least 70 dead by September.

Iraq announces that it has formally annexed Kuwait.

U.S. President Bush orders U.S. combat planes and troops to Saudi Arabia to protect a possible attack by Iraq.

In South Africa, fighting breaks out between the Xhosa people and the Zulu people more than 500 people are killed by the end of August.

Sue, the best preserved "Tyrannosaurus rex" specimen ever found, is discovered near Faith, South Dakota.