Notable Historical Events - 1990
1990 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of NYC |
Jan 1 |
Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ |
Jan 1 |
NYC MTA stops token redemption at subway stations |
Jan 1 |
Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV |
Jan 1 |
FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs |
Jan 2 |
Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15) |
Jan 2 |
Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson) |
Jan 3 |
Panama's leader Gen Manuel Noriega surrenders to US authorities |
Jan 5 |
J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL |
Jan 6 |
NY Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (#s are 18-25-26-32-42-44) |
Jan 7 |
Lynn Jennings runs world record indoor 5km indoor at 15:22.64 |
Jan 7 |
Tower of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far |
Jan 9 |
64th US manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit |
Jan 9 |
Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs NJ Nets) & lose 87-78 |
Jan 9 |
Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
Jan 9 |
Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses |
Jan 10 |
"Les Miserables," opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore |
Jan 10 |
China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre) |
Jan 10 |
NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players |
Jan 11 |
200,000 demand return of Lithuania's independence |
Jan 11 |
Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 |
Jan 11 |
Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229) |
Jan 11 |
Pat LaFontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight |
Jan 12 |
Civil Rights activist Rev Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Bkln |
Jan 12 |
Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so) |
Jan 13 |
1st elected US black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia) |
Jan 14 |
"Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV |
Jan 14 |
11th ACE Cable Awards: CNN wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the events in Beijing, China |
Jan 14 |
Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf |
Jan 15 |
42 year old George Foreman KOs Gerry Cooney in 2 rounds in Atlantic City |
Jan 15 |
6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Santa Barbara wins |
Jan 15 |
AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch |
Jan 15 |
Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent |
Jan 15 |
NY Knicks Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 sec, beats Bulls, 109-106 |
Jan 16 |
2 Bank of Credit & Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering |
Jan 17 |
5th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin |
Jan 17 |
Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract |
Jan 17 |
Who, Simon & Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & |
Jan 17 |
Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
Jan 18 |
South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African Natl Congress |
Jan 18 |
Wash DC, Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting |
Jan 19 |
Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, v Australia at Adelaide |
Jan 20 |
47th Golden Globes: Born on 4th of July, Driving Miss Daisy win |
Jan 20 |
US 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space |
Jan 20 |
Black January - crackdown of Azerbaijani pro-independence demonstrations by Soviet army in Baku. |
Jan 21 |
41st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh |
Jan 21 |
Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association exec director |
Jan 21 |
John McEnroe becomes 1st ever player to be expelled from the Australian Open |
Jan 21 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic |
Jan 22 |
17th American Music Award: Paula Abdul & Bobby Brown win |
Jan 22 |
Wasim Akram scores Test century (123) at Adelaide |
Jan 22 |
Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with SF Giants |
Jan 22 |
Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm. |
Jan 23 |
Dean Jones scores twin Test tons v Pakistan at Adelaide Oval |
Jan 24 |
Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon |
Jan 25 |
Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel & crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die |
Jan 25 |
Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail |
Jan 25 |
The Burns' Day windstorm storm hits northwestern Europe. |
Jan 25 |
Honduras becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
Jan 26 |
Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica & South Atlantic |
Jan 26 |
Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asst GM (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office) |
Jan 27 |
64th Australian Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (6-3, 6-4) |
Jan 28 |
"Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London |
Jan 28 |
78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret) |
Jan 28 |
Super Bowl XXIV: SF 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Super Bowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB |
Jan 29 |
Exxon Valdez capt Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill |
Jan 31 |
1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonalds |
Jan 31 |
1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing |
Jan 31 |
Jushin "Thunder" Liger beats Naoki Sano to become New Japan IWGP champ |
Jan 31 |
The first McDonald's in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow, USSR. |
Feb 2 |
South Africa's Pres FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela & legalizes ANC & 60 other political orgs |
Feb 3 |
Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation |
Feb 3 |
Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race |
Feb 4 |
10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo |
Feb 4 |
Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81) |
Feb 4 |
Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45:04) |
Feb 4 |
Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.69) |
Feb 4 |
NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21 |
Feb 4 |
Pat Bradley wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic |
Feb 4 |
Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar) |
Feb 4 |
St Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship |
Feb 5 |
Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC) |
Feb 6 |
Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50 |
Feb 6 |
Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium |
Feb 6 |
Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes & 58.44 seconds backwards! |
Feb 7 |
Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators |
Feb 7 |
USSR Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties |
Feb 7 |
Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood California scores 101 in 1st half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half & loses 102-24 |
Feb 8 |
David Hares "Racing Demon," premieres in London |
Feb 8 |
"60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine |
Feb 9 |
"Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV |
Feb 9 |
Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) & mile (4:17:13) |
Feb 9 |
Galileo flies by Venus |
Feb 9 |
Namibia's constitution ratified |
Feb 10 |
6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome) |
Feb 10 |
Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water |
Feb 10 |
South African President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on Feb 11th |
Feb 10 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary |
Feb 11 |
40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami |
Feb 11 |
James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 to win heavyweight boxing crown |
Feb 11 |
Nelson Mandela released after 27 years imprisonment in South Africa |
Feb 11 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge |
Feb 13 |
50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa |
Feb 13 |
Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games |
Feb 13 |
US, Britain & France give Germany OK to reunify |
Feb 14 |
Alan Ayckbourn's "Man of the Moment," premieres in London |
Feb 14 |
Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some |
Feb 14 |
Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system |
Feb 15 |
Baseball owners lock out players |
Feb 18 |
Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament |
Feb 19 |
Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal |
Feb 19 |
Soyuz TM-9 lands |
Feb 21 |
32nd Grammy Awards: Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time wins |
Feb 22 |
1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps |
Feb 23 |
Ian Smith 173* NZ v India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat |
Feb 24 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA Orix Hawaiia Ladies Golf Open |
Feb 25 |
Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup |
Feb 25 |
Nicaraguans votes out Sandinistas |
Feb 25 |
On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children & no man can stand her for long |
Feb 26 |
USSR agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czech by July, 1991 |
Feb 26 |
The Sandinistas are defeated in Nicaraguan elections. |
Feb 27 |
Exxon Corp & Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez) |
Feb 27 |
No one elected to Hall of Fame for 2nd time in 3 years |
Feb 28 |
Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine |
Feb 28 |
US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit |
Mar 1 |
Benin nullifies its constitution |
Mar 1 |
Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as president of Uruguay |
Mar 1 |
Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. |
Mar 2 |
Greyhound Bus goes on strike |
Mar 2 |
Mark Tewsksbury swims world record 50m backstroke (25.06 sec) |
Mar 3 |
Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan 1st black), crowned 39th Miss USA |
Mar 4 |
20th Easter Seal Telethon |
Mar 4 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open |
Mar 4 |
US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) returns from space |
Mar 6 |
SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17 |
Mar 7 |
3 passengers killed & 162 injured as subway train derails (Phila) |
Mar 7 |
H Wayne Huizenga buys ½ of Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30m |
Mar 8 |
NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 1st victim, Mario Orosco |
Mar 9 |
Dr Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female US surgeon general |
Mar 10 |
4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally |
Mar 10 |
Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (URS) |
Mar 10 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva & Grinkov (URS) |
Mar 10 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA) |
Mar 10 |
Lt Gen Avril resigns as president of Haiti |
Mar 10 |
Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN) |
Mar 10 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
Mar 11 |
16th People's Choice Awards: Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Phylicia Rashad win (TV) |
Mar 11 |
Lithuania declares its Independence |
Mar 11 |
Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International |
Mar 12 |
LA Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland |
Mar 13 |
Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada |
Mar 14 |
4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson win |
Mar 14 |
Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress |
Mar 15 |
Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as pres of Brazil |
Mar 17 |
PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak |
Mar 18 |
Largest ever art robbery at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. 13 works valued over $500 million are stolen |
Mar 18 |
1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists |
Mar 18 |
32-day lockout by baseball owners ends |
Mar 18 |
A Tampa little leaguer dies after being struck by a pitch |
Mar 18 |
Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open |
Mar 19 |
1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) |
Mar 20 |
LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33 |
Mar 20 |
Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident |
Mar 21 |
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 149 perfs |
Mar 21 |
"Normal Life" starring Moon Unit & Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV |
Mar 21 |
"Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV |
Mar 21 |
Namibia becomes independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president |
Mar 22 |
"Grapes of Wrath" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 188 performances |
Mar 22 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Shubert Theatre, Boston |
Mar 22 |
Anchorage jury finds Capt Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill |
Mar 22 |
The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games |
Mar 23 |
Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound & pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill |
Mar 24 |
Indian troops leave Sri Lanka |
Mar 24 |
Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec) |
Mar 25 |
"Lettice & Lovage" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 284 performances |
Mar 25 |
10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins |
Mar 25 |
Fire in illegal NYC social club, kills 87 |
Mar 25 |
Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic |
Mar 26 |
62nd Academy Awards - "Driving Miss Daisy", Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win |
Mar 27 |
Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die |
Mar 27 |
NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final |
Mar 27 |
The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba in an effort to bridge the information blackout imposed by the Castro regime. |
Mar 28 |
Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient |
Mar 28 |
Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game |
Mar 28 |
President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal |
Mar 30 |
Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament |
Mar 31 |
"Carol & Company" starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV |
Mar 31 |
Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4) |
Mar 31 |
Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws |
Apr 1 |
"Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting |
Apr 1 |
19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King |
Apr 1 |
2nd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus wins |
Apr 1 |
9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81 |
Apr 1 |
CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger |
Apr 1 |
It becomes illegal in Salem Oregon to be within 2 feet of nude dancers |
Apr 1 |
Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour |
Apr 1 |
Wrestlemania VI, 67,678 in Toronto, Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan |
Apr 2 |
52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73 |
Apr 4 |
"Marshall Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV |
Apr 4 |
Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident |
Apr 4 |
Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody |
Apr 5 |
John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 yrs in a row |
Apr 5 |
NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary |
Apr 5 |
Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity |
Apr 7 |
BPAA US Open by Ron Palombi Jr |
Apr 7 |
Farm Aid IV concert |
Apr 7 |
John Poindexter (Natl Sec Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal |
Apr 7 |
Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations |
Apr 7 |
NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary |
Apr 7 |
Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma |
Apr 8 |
"Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 377 performances |
Apr 8 |
"Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV |
Apr 8 |
54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278 |
Apr 8 |
King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties |
Apr 8 |
Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic |
Apr 8 |
Norwegian ferry Scandinavian Star catches fire; 159 people die |
Apr 8 |
New Democracy wins the national election in Greece. |
Apr 9 |
"Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV |
Apr 9 |
Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees |
Apr 9 |
NY Islanders beat NY Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1 |
Apr 9 |
World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (NYC) |
Apr 10 |
CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan |
Apr 10 |
Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown |
Apr 11 |
Angels Mark Langston & Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0 |
Apr 11 |
NY Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51) |
Apr 11 |
NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary |
Apr 11 |
Customs officers in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq. |
Apr 12 |
Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers |
Apr 12 |
James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months |
Apr 12 |
1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust & asks for forgivenesss |
Apr 13 |
4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis |
Apr 13 |
Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS |
Apr 13 |
NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1 |
Apr 15 |
"In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV |
Apr 15 |
Greenidge & Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best |
Apr 16 |
"Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 320 performances |
Apr 16 |
19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23 |
Apr 16 |
94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19 |
Apr 16 |
Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week |
Apr 16 |
Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 |
Apr 17 |
Gas explosion on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die |
Apr 18 |
Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines |
Apr 18 |
Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF |
Apr 18 |
Supreme Court rules states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home |
Apr 19 |
Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas & incoming government agree to truce |
Apr 19 |
Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time |
Apr 19 |
Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record) |
Apr 19 |
Truce in Nicaragua's civil war |
Apr 20 |
Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income |
Apr 20 |
8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of Oakland A's is spoiled by a home run hit by Ken Philips |
Apr 21 |
"Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks |
Apr 21 |
National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards |
Apr 21 |
Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history |
Apr 22 |
"Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 33 performances |
Apr 22 |
Lebanon release US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months |
Apr 23 |
11th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
Apr 24 |
Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa" premieres in Dublin |
Apr 24 |
Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies |
Apr 24 |
US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit |
Apr 24 |
West & East Germany agree to merge currency & economies on July 1st |
Apr 24 |
Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine. |
Apr 25 |
25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black & Kathy Mattea win |
Apr 25 |
Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery |
Apr 25 |
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's pres |
Apr 26 |
"Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC for 52 performances |
Apr 26 |
126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China |
Apr 26 |
Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle |
Apr 26 |
NY court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case |
Apr 26 |
Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters |
Apr 27 |
50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich) |
Apr 27 |
Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery |
Apr 27 |
Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10 |
Apr 28 |
"Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 6,137 performances |
Apr 28 |
Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat NY Knicks 157-128 |
Apr 28 |
Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro |
Apr 28 |
Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth) |
Apr 29 |
"Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances |
Apr 29 |
Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement |
Apr 29 |
STS-31 (Discovery 10) lands |
Apr 29 |
Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate |
Apr 30 |
As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score |
Apr 30 |
Seattle's Brian Holman's perfect game broken up with 2 outs in 9th |
Apr 30 |
US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from space |
Apr 30 |
US hostage Frank Reed freed after 4 years in hands of pro-Iranians |
May 1 |
"Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC |
May 2 |
"Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont NYC for 62 perfs |
May 2 |
South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid |
May 4 |
Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger |
May 4 |
Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence |
May 4 |
Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns |
May 4 |
Pakistan beat Aust by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah |
May 5 |
116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02 |
May 5 |
ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren |
May 6 |
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic |
May 6 |
Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party |
May 6 |
Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in SC |
May 8 |
Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway |
May 8 |
Reindependence Day of Estonia |
May 9 |
NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur |
May 9 |
Sampdoria wins 30th Europe Cup II |
May 10 |
"Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 45 perfs |
May 10 |
French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph |
May 10 |
Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella |
May 11 |
NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt |
May 12 |
3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) |
May 12 |
Comic Relief USA '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million |
May 12 |
Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting |
May 13 |
"Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 16 perfs |
May 13 |
Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic |
May 14 |
46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos) |
May 14 |
Dow Jones average hits a record 2,821.53 |
May 15 |
"Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 56 perfs |
May 15 |
"Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent van Gogh sold for $82.5 million |
May 15 |
Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45 |
May 15 |
Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period |
May 15 |
Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe |
May 16 |
Dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected |
May 16 |
Juventus wins 19th UEFA Cup in Avellino |
May 17 |
Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI |
May 17 |
Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71 |
May 17 |
European court rules pension rights for both men & women |
May 17 |
WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann |
May 17 |
World Health Organisation takes Homosexuality out of its list of mental illnesses. |
May 18 |
East and West Germany sign a monetary union treaty |
May 18 |
Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak |
May 18 |
Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant |
May 18 |
TV movie "Return To Green Acres" airs |
May 18 |
Jari Kurri sets a record for scoring in a Stanley Cup Finals game, registering three goals and two assists vs the Boston Bruins |
May 19 |
116th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6 |
May 19 |
General Elvis, TV Drama last airs on ABC |
May 20 |
"Truly Blessed" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 33 performances |
May 20 |
Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Golf International |
May 20 |
Hubble Space Telescope sends 1st photograph's from space |
May 21 |
Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68 |
May 21 |
Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV |
May 22 |
Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23 |
May 22 |
Final episode of "Newhart" airs |
May 22 |
Microsoft releases Windows 3.0 |
May 22 |
North & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen |
May 22 |
Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game |
May 22 |
Deion Sanders becomes involved in a dispute with Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk, one of the most infamous incidents of Sanders' baseball career |
May 23 |
A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna |
May 23 |
Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion |
May 23 |
Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26 |
May 23 |
NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0 |
May 24 |
Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 |
May 24 |
A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both. |
May 26 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
May 26 |
Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20 |
May 27 |
74th Indianapolis 500 runs |
May 27 |
Caesar Gaviria Trujillo chosen pres of Colombia |
May 27 |
Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game |
May 27 |
Pat Bradley wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
May 27 |
Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow |
May 28 |
Cesar Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia |
May 28 |
Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV |
May 28 |
Eugenia Charles' Dominican Freedom Party wins election in Dominica |
May 28 |
Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands) |
May 29 |
An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56 |
May 29 |
Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic |
May 29 |
Dow Jones average hits a record 2,870.49 |
May 29 |
NY Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson |
May 29 |
Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record |
May 30 |
135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru |
May 30 |
Dow Jones average hits a record 2,878.56 |
May 30 |
Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135 |
May 31 |
63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne |
May 31 |
BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie |
May 31 |
NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 3rd victim, Joseph Ponce |
May 31 |
Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles |
Jun 1 |
"Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 56 perfs |
Jun 1 |
Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting |
Jun 1 |
Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974 |
Jun 1 |
Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97 |
Jun 2 |
"Turtle Power" by Partners In Kryme hits #13 |
Jun 2 |
Seattle's Randy Johnson, no-hits Tigers, 2-0 |
Jun 3 |
3rd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $894,560 |
Jun 3 |
44th Tony Awards: Grapes of Wrath & City of Angels win |
Jun 3 |
Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open |
Jun 4 |
24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Patty Loveless |
Jun 4 |
Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy |
Jun 4 |
LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves |
Jun 4 |
NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917 |
Jun 4 |
Dr Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die |
Jun 5 |
South African troops plunder Nelson Mandela's home |
Jun 6 |
2nd International Rock Awards |
Jun 6 |
For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game |
Jun 6 |
Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as NY Yankee manager |
Jun 7 |
Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains |
Jun 7 |
South Africa president F W de Klerk lifts 4 year olf state of emergency |
Jun 8 |
"It's Garry Shandling's Show" last airs on Fox-TV |
Jun 8 |
Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history |
Jun 9 |
122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2 |
Jun 9 |
60th French Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (7-6 6-4) |
Jun 9 |
Czechoslovakia beats USA 5-1 insoccer World Cup |
Jun 9 |
Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games |
Jun 9 |
Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed |
Jun 9 |
Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage |
Jun 10 |
"Accomplice" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 52 perfs |
Jun 10 |
"Meet Me in St Louis" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 253 perfs |
Jun 10 |
60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64) |
Jun 10 |
8th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus |
Jun 10 |
Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing |
Jun 10 |
Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland |
Jun 10 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship |
Jun 10 |
Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Fla for obscenity |
Jun 11 |
Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of US flag unconstitutional |
Jun 11 |
UN appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador |
Jun 11 |
Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress |
Jun 11 |
Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks) |
Jun 12 |
Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Neth 1-1 in World Cup game |
Jun 12 |
NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves |
Jun 12 |
Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases |
Jun 12 |
Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list |
Jun 12 |
NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning |
Jun 13 |
"Les Miserables" opens at S Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary |
Jun 13 |
Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya |
Jun 13 |
Nelson & Winnie Mandela welcomed in NYC |
Jun 13 |
Wash DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term |
Jun 14 |
44th NBA Championship: Det Pistons beat Por Trailblazers, 4 games to 1 |
Jun 14 |
Date of the events in the movie Mr Destiny |
Jun 14 |
NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season |
Jun 14 |
Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional |
Jun 15 |
"Dick Tracy" with Warren Beatty & Madonna premieres |
Jun 16 |
"U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer peaks at #8 |
Jun 16 |
Nelson & Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam |
Jun 17 |
"Some Americans Abroad" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 62 perfs |
Jun 17 |
"Zoya's Apartment" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 45 perfs |
Jun 17 |
90th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 280 at Medinah CC in Medinah Il |
Jun 17 |
chris johnson wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic |
Jun 18 |
1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0 |
Jun 18 |
1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin |
Jun 19 |
Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark |
Jun 20 |
40,000-50,000 die in a (7.6) earthquake in Iran |
Jun 20 |
Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US |
Jun 20 |
Asteroid Eureka is discovered. |
Jun 21 |
7.7 Manjil-Rudbar Earthquake with hundreds of aftershocks hits Iran; killing about 50,000 |
Jun 21 |
Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame |
Jun 21 |
NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 4th victim, Larry Parham |
Jun 21 |
Parliaments of W & E Germany recognize Oder-Neissegrens |
Jun 21 |
US House of Representatives votes 254-177 to stop US flag burning, doesn't pass |
Jun 21 |
At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap & proclaims "I am a Yankee!" |
Jun 22 |
Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium |
Jun 22 |
Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox |
Jun 22 |
Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit |
Jun 22 |
Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns |
Jun 22 |
Nelson Mandela addresses the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in New York, saying that nothing, which has happened in South Africa, calls for a revision of the position that the Organisation has taken in its struggle against apartheid; he adds that a democratic, non-racial SA is within reach |
Jun 22 |
Adam Sandler joins Saturday Night Live |
Jun 23 |
A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty |
Jun 23 |
Moldavia declares independence |
Jun 23 |
Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home |
Jun 23 |
TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of year |
Jun 23 |
Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 6 wickets to win ICC Trophy |
Jun 23 |
African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, on a US tour, receives a tumultuous welcome in Boston. |
Jun 24 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International |
Jun 25 |
"Dave Thomas Comedy Show" last airs on CBS-TV |
Jun 25 |
120°F in Phoenix Arizona |
Jun 25 |
NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days |
Jun 25 |
Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known |
Jun 25 |
Anti-government riots break out in Lusaka, Zambia |
Jun 25 |
African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela meets with President George Bush at the White House |
Jun 26 |
122°F in Phoenix Arizona |
Jun 26 |
8 KS & OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad |
Jun 26 |
New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall |
Jun 27 |
Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract |
Jun 27 |
Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims |
Jun 28 |
17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards |
Jun 28 |
Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time |
Jun 29 |
Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M |
Jun 29 |
NY Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak |
Jun 29 |
A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues |
Jun 29 |
World's first female diocesan Anglican bishop, Dr Penny Jamieson, appointed, New Zealand |
Jun 30 |
East & West Germany merge their economies |
Jul 1 |
11th US Seniors Golf Open: Lee Trevino |
Jul 1 |
18th du Maurier Golf Classic: Cathy Johnston |
Jul 1 |
1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo |
Jul 1 |
Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0 |
Jul 1 |
Dordrecht '90 soccer team forms in Dordrecht |
Jul 1 |
FC Swells soccer team forms in Swells |
Jul 1 |
German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency |
Jul 1 |
In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal |
Jul 1 |
NY Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0 |
Jul 2 |
Imelda Marcos & Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering |
Jul 2 |
Panic in tunnel of Mecca: 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death |
Jul 3 |
Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida |
Jul 3 |
Liberian President, Samuel Kanyon Doe offers to resign in response to rebel incursions in his country; he will later be kidnapped and executed |
Jul 4 |
400 New Kids on the Block fans treated for heat exhaustion in Minn |
Jul 4 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
Jul 4 |
Wrestler Brutus Beefcake injured during para-sailing |
Jul 4 |
2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner & Gettysburg Address |
Jul 5 |
Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbledon semi-finals |
Jul 6 |
"Jetson's the Movie" with Tiffany, premieres |
Jul 6 |
After pitching a no-hitter lose, NY Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game & loses 2-0 |
Jul 7 |
97th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Z Garrison (64 61) |
Jul 7 |
NJ Devils sign Russians Viacheslav Fetisov & Sergei Starikov |
Jul 7 |
Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game |
Jul 8 |
12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890) |
Jul 8 |
Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning |
Jul 8 |
Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup in Rome |
Jul 8 |
Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph) |
Jul 8 |
Tina Purtzer wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic |
Jul 8 |
Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels & then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7 |
Jul 9 |
104th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats B Becker (62 62 36 36 64) |
Jul 9 |
Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts |
Jul 10 |
61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago |
Jul 10 |
All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers) |
Jul 10 |
Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show |
Jul 10 |
Last day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee |
Jul 11 |
NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts) |
Jul 11 |
Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins. |
Jul 12 |
"Les Miserables," opens at National Theatre, Washington |
Jul 12 |
Boris Yeltsin quits Soviet Communist Party |
Jul 12 |
Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990) |
Jul 12 |
In Soweto, South Africa, Shanty town women strip to the waist and confront bulldozers sent by authorities to demolish their homes |
Jul 14 |
"Howard Stern's Summer Show" premieres on WWOR-TV (NYC) |
Jul 14 |
Sara Martin, of Illinois, crowned America's Junior Miss |
Jul 15 |
45th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King |
Jul 16 |
400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in Philippines |
Jul 16 |
Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, 17, of Oregon, 8th crowned Miss Teen USA |
Jul 16 |
Civil trial by parents of Suicide victims against Judas Priest begins |
Jul 16 |
NYC's Empire State Building catches fire-No fatalities |
Jul 16 |
Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premieres on ABC-TV |
Jul 16 |
Ukraine declares independence |
Jul 16 |
The ANC send a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk and demanded an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action in rural areas of South Africa |
Jul 17 |
Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq |
Jul 17 |
NY Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer |
Jul 17 |
Minnesota Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0 |
Jul 19 |
BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 dies |
Jul 19 |
Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion |
Jul 19 |
Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, Calif |
Jul 19 |
Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a NY Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a NY Yankee |
Jul 20 |
Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years |
Jul 21 |
Goodwill Games opens in Seattle Wash |
Jul 21 |
Pink Floyds' "Wall" is performed where Berlin Wall once stood |
Jul 22 |
119th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots 270 at St Andrews Scotland |
Jul 22 |
90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson |
Jul 22 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament |
Jul 22 |
Greg LeMond of US wins his 3rd Tour de France |
Jul 23 |
Rosie Jones (St Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America |
Jul 23 |
South Africa workers' union leader Billy Nair arrested |
Jul 24 |
Ms. Magazine hits newstands again after an 8 month hiatus |
Jul 24 |
US warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait |
Jul 25 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Princess Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver |
Jul 25 |
KC Royal George Brett hits for the cycle |
Jul 25 |
Nadezhda Ryashkina of USSR sets 10K walk woman's record (41:56.23) |
Jul 25 |
Roseanne Barr sings National Anthem at Cincinnati Reds-San Diego Padres game |
Jul 25 |
US Ambassador tells Iraq, US won't take sides in Iraq-Kuwait dispute |
Jul 25 |
US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site |
Jul 26 |
General Hospital records its 7,000th episode |
Jul 26 |
President Bush signs Americans With Disabilities Act |
Jul 26 |
US beats Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at Goodwill Games |
Jul 27 |
Graham Gooch scores 333 v India at Lord's |
Jul 27 |
Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record |
Jul 27 |
White-Russia declares independence |
Jul 27 |
Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop |
Jul 28 |
Alberto Fujimoro installed as president of Peru |
Jul 28 |
Blackout hits Chicago |
Jul 29 |
26th Curtis Cup: US wins 14-4 |
Jul 29 |
28th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats USSR in Atlanta Georgia (2-1) |
Jul 29 |
36th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Beth Daniel |
Jul 29 |
Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game |
Jul 29 |
South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference |
Jul 30 |
Five Bank of Credit & Commerce members found guilty of money laundering |
Jul 30 |
Graham Gooch scores 123 v India to follow up 1st innings 333 |
Jul 30 |
Soldiers opens fire on worshippers in Monrovian church, 200-600 die |
Jul 30 |
George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as prinicipal partner of NY Yankees |
Jul 30 |
The first Saturn automobile rolls off the assembly line. |
Jul 31 |
Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence |
Jul 31 |
Nolan Ryan becomes 20th major league pitcher to win 300 games |
Aug 1 |
"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 149 perfs |
Aug 1 |
Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game |
Aug 1 |
Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait |
Aug 1 |
Soyuz TM-10 launches |
Aug 1 |
Stanton Cook becomes CEO of Chicago Cubs |
Aug 2 |
Iraq invades & occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia |
Aug 2 |
Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats |
Aug 2 |
US President George H. W. Bush orders troops to Saudi Arabia |
Aug 3 |
"Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 11 perfs |
Aug 3 |
98.8°F (37.1°C) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record) |
Aug 3 |
NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at bats |
Aug 3 |
Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion |
Aug 3 |
US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions |
Aug 3 |
For 3rd time in 1990 a no-hitter is broken up with 2 outs in 8th inning. Doug Drabek of Pitts still beats Phila 11-0 |
Aug 4 |
95.5°F (35.3°C) in De Bilt Neth (highest Aug temp in Neth) |
Aug 4 |
European community proposes a boycott of Iraq |
Aug 5 |
Barb Mucha wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic |
Aug 5 |
Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame |
Aug 6 |
NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th HR in 1st 86 at bats |
Aug 6 |
President Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan |
Aug 6 |
UN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstensions Cuba & Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq |
Aug 7 |
Desert Shield begins - US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia |
Aug 7 |
NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th HR in 1st 92 at bats & becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome |
Aug 8 |
Balt Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland) |
Aug 8 |
Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 HRs as a catcher |
Aug 8 |
Iraq annexes Kuwait as its 19th province |
Aug 8 |
Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp |
Aug 9 |
12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia |
Aug 9 |
Soyuz TM-10 lands |
Aug 10 |
US's Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus |
Aug 10 |
The Massacre of more than 127 Muslims in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitaries. |
Aug 11 |
Egypt & Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion |
Aug 11 |
NY Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 HRs (110 at bats) |
Aug 12 |
12th annual Macy's Tap-o-mania |
Aug 12 |
72nd PGA Championship: Wayne Grady shoots a 282 at Shoal Creek Ala |
Aug 12 |
Cathy Gerring wins Stratton Mountain LPGA Golf Classic |
Aug 12 |
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories |
Aug 14 |
Angel's Louis Palonia is 74th to hit an inside park grandslam |
Aug 14 |
Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise |
Aug 15 |
51st PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player |
Aug 15 |
Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons |
Aug 15 |
Phils Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no hitter of 1990) |
Aug 15 |
At least 150 people die in clashes between the African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party, South Africa |
Aug 16 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
Aug 16 |
Iraq orders 4000 Britons & 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq |
Aug 16 |
South African President F. W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela hold emergency talks in Pretoria about increasing violence in Soweto |
Aug 17 |
"Exorcist 3" premieres |
Aug 17 |
Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR |
Aug 17 |
Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment |
Aug 19 |
Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic |
Aug 19 |
Dodger Jose Offerman hits HR in his 1st at bat |
Aug 19 |
NY Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 HRs (approx 128 at bat) |
Aug 20 |
Gene Michael names NY Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson |