1990 in Germany

===Federal Republic of Germany== • President – Richard von Weizsäcker • Chancellor – Helmut Kohl East Germany (until 2 October) • Head of State • Manfred Gerlach (until 5 April 1990) • Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (5 April – 2 October 1990) • Head of Government • Hans Modrow (until 12 April 1990) • Lothar de Maizière (12 April – 2 October 1990) == Events ==

• Die Wende January • January 15 – East German demonstrations: Demonstrators in East Berlin stormed the headquarters of Stasi February • February 2 – Rüsselsheim train disaster • February 9–20 – 40th Berlin International Film Festival March • 18 March – 1990 East German general election • 29 March – Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 July • 1 July – German reunification: The Deutsche Mark became East Germany's currency with the West, replacing the East German mark • 8 July – West Germany defeats Argentina 1–0 to win the 1990 FIFA World Cup. • July: During preparations for Pink Floyds convert in Potsdamer Platz, the Fahrerbunker was discovered. August • 23 August – German reunification: East Germany votes to dissolve its independence and will join with West Germany effective on the 3rd of October • 31 August – German reunification: West and East Germany signed a unification treaty September • 12 September – German reunification: Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany October • 1 October – The first banknotes (100 and 200) of the fourth series of Deutsche Mark enter circulation • 3 October – German reunification: West and East Germany reunified as a single Germany. Berlin becomes the official capital November • 14 November – German–Polish Border Treaty December • 2 December – 1990 German federal election ==Births==

• 4 January – Toni Kroos, German footballer • 28 January – Markus Deibler, German swimmer • 30 January – Nils Miatke, German footballer • 18 March – Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht, German actor • 10 April – Christoph Harting, German athlete specialising in the discus throw • 14 April – Markus Smarzoch, German footballer • 21 April – Sebastian Walter, German politician • 30 April – Michael Schulte, German singer • 7 May – Sideris Tasiadis, German canoeist • 12 May – Tobias Strobl, German footballer • 1 June – Kieren Emery, German-English rower • 3 June – Fabian Götze, German footballer • 30 June – Jacob Schrot, German civil servant • 7 June – Benjamin Woltmann, German footballer • 14 June – Robert Hering, German sprinter • 2 July – Roman Lob, German singer • 4 July – David Kross, German actor • 21 August – Jana Majunke, German Paralympic cyclist • 6 November – André Schürrle, German footballer • 10 November – Kristina Vogel, German cyclist • 18 November – Kira Walkenhorst, German beach volleyball player ==Deaths==

• 8 January – Horst Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels, German general (born 1900) • 20 March – Wilhelm Neef, German composer and conductor (born 1916) • 28 March – Kurt Scharf, German clergyman and bishop of the Evangelical Church in Berlin-Brandenburg (born 1902) • 14 April – Martin Kessel, German writer (born 1901) • 15 April – Helmut Lemke, German politician (born 1907) • 20 April – Horst Sindermann, German politician (born 1915) • 5 May – Walter Bruch, German electrical engineer (born 1908) • 14 June – Erna Berger, coloratura lyric soprano (born 1900) • 9 July • Horst Rittel, German design theorist (born 1930) • Friedrich Wegener, German pathologist (born 1907) • 14 July – Walter Sedlmayr, German actor (born 1926) • 7 August – Gebhard Müller, German politician (born 1900) • 23 August – Karl II, 8th Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. German nobleman (born 1904) • 29 October – Volker von Collande, German actor and film director (born 1913) • 24 November – Helga Feddersen, German actress, comedian, singer, author, and theater director (born 1930) • 7 December – Horst Bienek, German economist (born 1930) ==See also==