Unix Timestamp: 655862400
Sunday, October 14. 1990, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Cold War: Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and reform his nation.

Leonard Bernstein dies of a heart attack at his home in New York City at 72.

South Africa ends segregation of libraries, trains, buses, toilets, swimming pools, and other public facilities.