Date in year · 1990 · The 1990s
On January 13, 1990, douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office as Governor of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia. 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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Featured · January 13, 1990
Lawrence Douglas Wilder is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first African American ever elected as governor.
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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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American politician (born 1931)
Lawrence Douglas Wilder is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. S. state since the Reconstruction era, and the first African American ever elected as governor.
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