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August 10, 1990

On August 10, 1990, the Magellan space probe reaches Venus. The year's #1 song was "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips. Julia Fischer, Ben Amos, Andile Jali would arrive in the same year.

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1990

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1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1990th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 990th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1990s decade.

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What happened

On August 10, 1990

  1. 1990 The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.

    NASA orbiter mission to Venus (1989–1994)

    The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989. Its mission objectives were to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic-aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field.

Arrivals

Born on August 10, 1990

Cruze Ah-Nau 1990– Australian rugby union player
Lee Sung-kyung 1990– South Korean actress and model (born 1990)
Lucas Till 1990– American actor (born 1990)

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The class of 1990

Others born in 1990

Julia Fischer 1990– German discus thrower
Ben Amos 1990– English footballer
Andile Jali 1990– South African footballer
Alex Pettyfer 1990– English actor
Dimitrios Anastasopoulos 1990– Greek footballer
Thulani Serero 1990– South African footballer

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