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September 5, 1990

On September 5, 1990, sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians. 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 September 5, 1990

  1. 1990 Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.

    1983–2009 Sri Lankan internal conflict

    The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam led by Velupillai Prabhakaran. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north-east of the island in response to continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the predominantly Sinhalese government of Sri Lanka.

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Born on September 5, 1990

Lance Stephenson 1990– American basketball player (born 1990)
Yuna Kim 1990– South Korean figure skater (born 1990)
Franco Zuculini 1990– Argentine footballer

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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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