Big things happened in 1990. Nelson Mandela walked free after 27 years behind bars. Margaret Thatcher resigned as Britain’s Iron Lady. Iraq invaded Kuwait, igniting the Gulf War. The Berlin Wall had crumbled a year earlier, and the Soviet Union would collapse a year later.
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- Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison in 1990.
- Margaret Thatcher resigned as the UK’s Prime Minister, ending her tenure as Britain’s Iron Lady.
- Iraq invaded Kuwait, leading to the start of the Gulf War.
- The Berlin Wall had fallen the previous year, marking a major geopolitical shift.
- The Soviet Union was on the brink of collapse, which would occur the following year.
