What happened in the UK in 1990?

1990 was an action-packed year in the UK, which hosts events changed the face of the country. Breaking down the year after the biggest political, sports and entertainment news, here's what happened ...

First of all, it was the year that was literally the turning point in the Channel Tunnel, construction worker drilling through the last slice of rock that separated the United Kingdom and half-French project. Television pictures showed workers celebrateas they find themselves face to face in the middle of the tunnel before walking, have shaped their passports from another country (the first time someone walked between the two countries after the ice age!).

Politically, the conservative ruling party suffered years away from ideal. Demonstrations against the poll tax, first saw the worst riots in London for a century put out, injured more than 100 people and about 350 arrested. The long-time figureheadMargaret Thatcher took the fall for this are, among other things, and came as Prime Minister John Major replaced.

Sports wise, the 1990 is best remembered for the World Cup Italy '90. Entering the tournament surrounded in controversy, and announced that, after leaving it, Bobby Robson led England to the semi-finals of the competition where they lost on penalties to eventual winners Germany. However, perhaps, were the biggest winnersthe "Three Tenors" (Pavarotti in particular), the big international stars as a result of their vocal performances throughout the tournament was.

Other stars to come in 1990, this time in America, came in the form of the yellow race 'Simpsons'. By the end of the year, everyone knew Homer, Bart, Marge, Lisa and Maggie, and Baywatch "Eat My Shorts'. It comes from David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson States was" a slogan. "As a lifeguard in LosAngeles has invested in them does not wear a lot and saved some lives, everyone was happy and the show was a great success.

The largest was the 1990 movie "Home Alone", the star of a young boy (Macaulay Culkin), who woke up to find that his Christmas wish come true, and that his family had been made. From this year, "Pretty Woman" was, with Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, a business relationship of love between a girl and a streetwise involved rich, high-altitudeBusinessman.

Musically, "Hanging Tough" by the boy band New Kids on the Block "was one of 17 singles charts all over the previous year, the largest sale of which was" The Righteous Brothers' recording of " Unchained Melody "(in the movie" Ghost "). Madonna reaches her seventh number one with "Vogue" and we went to the top of the album chart for nine weeks (3.6 million copies sold), with their greatest hits release, "The Immaculate Collection". The number one Christmas marketfell to Cliff Richard and his single "Saviour's Day", making him the only person to have a number one in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.

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