The world at your birth

[CultureKing]

September

September 5 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush holds up a bag of cocaine purchased across the street at Lafayette Park in his first televised speech to the nation.
September 6 - The South African general election (the last under apartheid) returns the National Party with a much-reduced majority.
September 6 - England holds Sweden to a 0–0 draw in Sweden, qualifying for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The game became famous after Terry Butcher sustained a deep cut to his forehead early in the game. He received stitches but played on the entire game. By the end of the game, the front of Butcher's white shirt and shorts where almost entirely covered in blood.
September 10 - The Hungarian government opens the country's western borders to refugees from the German Democratic Republic.
September 14 - Agreement of cooperation between Leningrad oblast (Russia) and NordlandCounty (Norway) is signed in Leningrad, by the chairmen Lev Kojkolainen and Sigbjørn Eriksen
September 20 - F. W. de Klerk was sworn in as State President of South Africa.
September 21 - Hurricane Hugo makes landfall in South Carolina, causing $7 billion in damage.
September 22 - Deal barracks bombing: An IRA bomb explodes at the Royal Marine School of Music in Deal, United Kingdom, leaving 11 dead and 22 injured.

October

October 2 - I am born!
October 5 - U.S. televangelist John Nunes is found guilty of embezzling $158 million.
October 9 - An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.
October 9 - In Leipzig, East Germany, protesters demand the legalization of opposition groups and democratic reforms.
October 13 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges 190.58 points, or 6.91 percent, to close at 2,569.26 most likely after the junk bond market collapsed. This mini-crash became known as the Friday the 13th mini-crash.
October 17 - The Loma Prieta earthquake, measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale, strikes the San Francisco-Oakland region of Northern California, killing 63.
October 18 - The Communist leader of East Germany, Erich Honecker, is forced to step down as leader of the country after a series of health problems.
October 19 - The Guildford Four are freed after 14 years.
October 19- The Wonders of Life pavilion opens at Epcot
October 21 - The Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations issue the Langkawi Declaration on the Environment, making environmental sustainability one of the Commonwealth's main priorities.
October 23 - The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös (replacing the Hungarian People's Republic).
October 23 - Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas killed 23 and injured 314 others.
October 30 - The qualification for the 1990 Football World Cup ends.

November
November 2 - North Dakota and South Dakota celebrate their One Hundredth Birthdays.


Obviously the last one is the most important.