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1990 In France
Events from the year 1990 in France. Incumbents * President of France, President: François Mitterrand * Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister: Michel Rocard Events *15 May – Launch of the Renault Clio supermini, which will eventually replace the Renault 5. *13 July – Loi Gayssot enacted, prohibiting Holocaust denial. *14 July – Jean-Michel Jarre performs Paris La Défense – Une Ville En Concert before a world record audience of 2.5 million people. *27 July – Citroën ends production of its 2CV after 42 years. *December – ''Espace Euro Disney'', an information hub on the under construction Disneyland Paris, Euro Disney resort near Paris, is opened to the public. *1 December – Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the English Channel seabed. Arts and literature Sport *30 June – 1990 Tour de France, Tour de France begins. *8 July – 1990 French Grand Prix, French Grand Prix won by Alain Prost. *22 July – Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South Africa, and the Baltic states declaring independence from the Soviet Union during Perestroika. Yugoslavia's communist regime collapses amidst increasing internal tensions and multiparty elections held within its constituent republics result in separatist governments being elected in most of the republics marking the beginning of the breakup of Yugoslavia. Also in this year began the crisis that would lead to the Gulf War in 1991 following the Iraq invasion and the largely internationally unrecognized annexation of Kuwait. This led to Operation Desert Shield being enacted with an international coalition of military forces being built up on the Kuwaiti-Saudi border with demands for Iraq to peacefully withdraw from Kuwait. Also in this year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel (), sometimes referred to by the Portmanteau, portmanteau Chunnel, is a undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. It is the only fixed link between the island of Great Britain and the European mainland. At its lowest point, the tunnel is below the sea bed and below sea level. At , it has the longest underwater section of any tunnel in the world and is the List of longest railway tunnels, third-longest railway tunnel in the world. While designed to accommodate trains travelling at up to , for safety, trains are restricted to a top speed of through the tunnel. The tunnel is owned and operated by Getlink, formerly Groupe Eurotunnel. The tunnel carries high-speed Eurostar passenger trains, LeShuttle services for road vehicles and Rail freight transport, freight trains. It connects end-to-end with high-speed railway lines: the LG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ines Rau
Ines-Loan Rau (born March, 1990) is a French actress, model, and writer. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for November 2017 and the first openly transgender Playmate. Ines-Loan Rau made history as the first transgender woman A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or Adolescence, adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functi ... to become an ambassador for L'Oréal Paris and has held this role since 2020. Early life Rau was born in Paris and is of French-North African descent. Rau transitioned and underwent gender-affirming surgery at the age of 16, after being inspired by the life story of English trans model Caroline "Tula" Cossey. Career After turning 18, Rau started dancing for DJs in Ibiza, during which she became friends with David Guetta. In 2013, at age 23, she first posed nude with Tyson Beckf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Domboy
César Domboy (born 10 March 1990) is a French actor best known for ''The Walk (2015 film), The Walk'' and his main role as Fergus Claudel Fraser in the Starz television drama ''Outlander (TV series), Outlander.'' Early life Domboy was born on 10 March 1990 in France, the middle of three children born to his family. He did not attend formal drama school; instead he received private lessons from actress and drama coach Laurence Le Dantec, who has taught theatre for more than fifteen years. In addition to Domboy, her students include Nils Hugon and Gaspard Ulliel. Career Domboy's first professional role, at age fourteen in 2004, was director Étienne Chatiliez's feature-length comedy ''Just Trust'' (''La Confiance Règne''), opposite Vincent Lindon. The next year, he was featured in France 3's made-for-TV film ''Let's Go Small Children'' (''Allons Petits Enfants''), a war drama which centered on a young boy who was attempting to restore his family's honor after his father de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Pic
Charles Maurice Marcel Pic (; born 15 February 1990) is a French former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Born and raised in Montélimar, Montélimar, Drôme, Pic began kart racing, karting aged 13 with help from his godfather Éric Bernard, a former Formula One driver. Graduating to formula racing, junior formulae in 2006, Pic achieved top-three championship finishes in several Formula Renault categories before progressing to the GP2 Series in 2010 GP2 Series, 2010. After achieving several wins across two seasons in GP2, Pic signed for Marussia F1, Marussia in to partner Timo Glock, making his Formula One debut at the . After Marussia failed to score points all season with the Marussia MR01, MR01, Pic moved to Caterham F1, Caterham for . Another point-less campaign followed for Pic, who was released by Caterham at the end of the season, becoming a reserve driver for Lotus F1, Lotus. Pic moved to Formula E for its inaugural 2014–15 F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamadou Sakho
Mamadou Sakho (born 13 February 1990) is a French professional Association football, footballer who most recently played as a centre-back for Erovnuli Liga club FC Torpedo Kutaisi, Torpedo Kutaisi. Sakho began his career at Paris FC before moving to Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris Saint-Germain's youth system in 2002. In October 2007, on his league debut, he became the youngest player ever to captain a Ligue 1 club. Sakho made over 200 appearances for the club, winning all four Football in France, domestic trophies. In 2013, he transferred to Liverpool for £18 million. He had a loan spell with Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace in 2017, and was subsequently bought by the team for £26 million in September 2017. In July 2021, he joined Montpellier HSC, Montpellier on a Free transfer (association football), free transfer; he left the club in November 2023, following a physical altercation with manager Michel Der Zakarian. Sakho is a full France international, who has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Civil
François Civil (; born 29 January 1990) is a French actor. He has appeared in both French and English-language productions and is known for his roles in films such as '' Frank'' (2014), ''As Above, So Below'' (2014), '' Five'' (2016), '' Burn Out'' (2017), '' Love at Second Sight'' (2019), '' The Wolf's Call'' (2019), '' Who You Think I Am'' (2019), ''Someone, Somewhere'' (2019), '' BAC Nord'' (2021), for voicing Buzz Lightyear in the French version of the animated film ''Lightyear'' (2022), and for playing D'Artagnan in '' The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan'' (2023) and '' The Three Musketeers: Milady'' (2023). On television, he has starred in the Disney Channel teen sitcom series ''Trop la Classe!'' (2006), in the France 2 comedy-drama series ''Call My Agent!'' (2015–17), and in the Netflix comedy miniseries '' Fiasco'' (2024). Civil won a Chopard Trophy for Male Revelation at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, and has earned two nominations for the César Award for Best Supporti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. She has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, ITF Circuit. On 16 February 2009, she reached her highest WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of world No. 11. Cornet has also made the second week at each of the four Grand Slam events, having reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Australian Open, and the fourth round at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, the 2015 French Open, 2015 and 2017 French Opens, and the 2020 US Open (tennis), 2020 US Open. She holds the record for the most Open Era tennis records – Women's singles#Consecutive titles, consecutive Grand Slam appearances with 69 and also in third place for Open Era tennis records – Women's singles#Career totals, overall appearances with 72. Cornet became known for defeating world No. 1 Serena Williams on three occasions in 2014. At the 2014 Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Philippe
Richard Philippe (January 10, 1990 in Valence, Drôme – 22 November 2018) was a French racecar driver who resided in Miami, Florida. He was the younger brother of Nelson Philippe. After moving up from the go-kart ranks in 2005, at fifteen years old Philippe won the Formula BMW USA championship in his rookie season, and on June 19, 2005 he became the youngest driver ever to win a race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 2006, he competed in the Champ Car Atlantic series with Forsythe Championship Racing. In 2007, he competed in the World Series by Renault. In 2009, Philippe ran for Genoa Racing in the Firestone Indy Lights Series until a crash on the high speed Kansas Speedway oval sidelined him for three races. He returned to the series with Team PBIR and competed in seven more races. He finished second twice, at Long Beach with Genoa and at Edmonton with PBIR, and finished 13th in points despite missing four races (he withdrew from the final race due to an ill-handling ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Matijas
Jonathan Matijas (born 6 January 1990) is a French professional football player who plays for JSM Skikda. Club career Matijas is of Croatian descent by his father and Algerian through his mother. He holds both French and Algerian nationalities. He started football at home in Nice before finishing his training in Bastia where he played a match in Ligue 2 at 17, entering after expulsion of the 3rd keeper of the club. In May 2014, Jonathan Matijas sign for USM Bel Abbès Union Sportive de la Médina Bel Abbès (), known as USM Bel Abbès or simply USMBA for short, is an Algerian football (soccer), football club located in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, that was founded in 1933 and its colors are green and red. Their h .... lavoixdesidibelabbes.info. Retrieved on 19 June 2014. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg LeMond
Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France thrice and the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Road Race World Championship twice, becoming the only American male to win the former. LeMond began his professional cycling career in 1981. Two years later, LeMond became the first American male cyclist to win the Road World Championship. He won the Tour de France in 1986, becoming the first non-European professional cyclist to win the men's Tour. LeMond was accidentally shot with pellets and seriously injured while hunting in 1987. Following the shooting, he underwent two surgeries and missed the next two Tours. At the 1989 Tour de France, 1989 Tour, LeMond completed an improbable comeback to win in dramatic fashion on the race's final stage. He successfully defended his Tour title the following year, becoming one of only nine riders to win three or more Tours. LeMond retired from c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Prost
Alain Marie Pascal Prost (; born 24 February 1955) is a French former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "the Professor", Prost won four Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the time of his retirement—held the List of Formula One driver records, records for most List of Formula One Grand Prix winners, wins (51), List of Formula One drivers who set a fastest lap, fastest laps (41), and List of Formula One driver records#Total podium finishes, podium finishes (106). Born in Lorette, Loire, Prost began karting aged 14, winning the KF3, junior direct-drive Karting World Cup four years later, and progressing to junior formulae in 1976. Prost won his first title at the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup, Formula Renault National Championship that year, prior to winning the Formula Renault#Championships, Challenge de Formule Renault Europe in 1977. Replaced by the French Formula Three Championship the follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
