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Events on Friday 1 June 1990 2
1990Human Genome Project beginsInternational effort to map DNAThe Human Genome Project officially began in June 1990, a landmark international scientific collaboration to sequence and map all human genes — the complete set of human DNA.
1990Pretty Woman releasedJulia Roberts becomes a starPretty Woman was released in March 1990, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. It became the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all time up to that point.