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January 19, 1990

On January 19, 1990, exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency. 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 (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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On January 19, 1990

  1. 1990 Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in Indian-administered Kashmir due to an insurgency.

    Exodus of Hindus from the Kashmir Valley in the 1990s

    The Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, or Pandits, is their early-1990 migration, or flight, from the Muslim-majority Kashmir Valley in Indian-administered Kashmir following rising violence in an insurgency. Of a total Pandit population of 120,000–140,000 some 90,000–100,000 left the valley or felt compelled to leave by the middle of 1990, by which time about 30–80 of them are said to have been killed by militants.

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Born on January 19, 1990

Tatiana Búa 1990– Argentine tennis player
Shaunette Renée Wilson 1990– American actress (born 1990)

Farewells

Died on January 19, 1990

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Indian mystic (1931–1990)
Alberto Semprini English pianist (1908–1990)
Herbert Wehner German politician (1906–1990)

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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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