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1990.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Momentous happenings ; 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-2022.
- Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich.
- Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006.
- Hussein, Saddam.
- Mandela, Nelson, 1918---Imprisonment.
- Mandela, Nelson.
- Thatcher, Margaret.
- Wałęsa, Lech, 1943-.
- Wałęsa, Lech.
- Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft).
- Glasnost.
- Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1945-1991.
- Soviet Union.
- Genre:
- Documentary.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (6 min.).
- Place of Publication:
- Geelong, Australia : World Wide Entertainment, 2002.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- As a new era of space exploration was beginning, 1990 proved to be a year of momentous happenings in European politics, and the beginnings of equality in South Africa. Also, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein entered the world stage by invading neighboring Kuwait, triggering a military response from the US who feared for their oil supplies. As the Gulf War raged in the Middle East, Nelson Mandela, the world's most famous political prisoner, was finally released.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011).
- Previously published as DVD.
- OCLC:
- 767806052
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