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Events on Saturday 31 March 1990 2
1990Twin Peaks premieresLynch's groundbreaking TV seriesDavid Lynch's mystery drama Twin Peaks premiered on ABC in April 1990, revolutionising television drama and influencing countless shows that followed.
1990Poll tax riots erupt in central LondonTrafalgar Square protest turns violentA demonstration of over 200,000 people against Margaret Thatcher's Community Charge, or "poll tax," turned into a riot in London's Trafalgar Square on 31 March 1990. Clashes with police left over 100 injured and dozens of vehicles and shops damaged. The unrest hastened the tax's abolition and contributed to Thatcher's fall from power later that year.