America 1990
Edited by Lisa Casinger -- Home Accents Today, 4/1/2005
- Jan. 1 David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City
- Jan. 2 Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)
- Jan. 3 Panama leader Gen. Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. authorities
- Jan. 7 Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far
- Jan. 14 Simpsons premiered on Fox-TV
- Jan. 18 Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting
- Jan. 22 17th American Music Award: Milli Vanilli
- Jan. 28 Superbowl XXIV: San Francisco 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Superbowl
- Jan. 31 World's biggest McDonalds iopens in Moscow, Russia's 1st.
- Feb. 11 Nelson Mandela freed in South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
- Feb. 21 32nd Grammy Awards: Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time wins
- March 14 Mikhail S. Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress
- March 26 62nd Academy Awards: Driving Miss Daisy, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win.
- March 26 Halston, fashion designer, dies of AIDs at 68
- March 28 President George Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal
- April 1 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger
- April 1 Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour
- April 2 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73
- April 3 Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66
- April 5 Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity
- April 7 John Poindexter (National Security Adviser) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal
- April 8 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278
- April 8 Twin Peaks with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC
- April 12 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss
- April 18 Supreme Court rules states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home
- April 20 Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income
- April 25 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery
- April 29 Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate
- May 16 Jim Henson, puppeteer (Muppet Show, Sesame Street), dies at 53
- May 31 Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles
- June 1 Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97
- June 4 Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die
- Aug. 7 Desert Shield begins — U.S. deploys troops to Saudi Arabia
- Aug. 29 Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq
- Oct. 9 David Hackett Souter sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
- Oct. 11 Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel
- Oct. 20 Antiwar protest marches begin in 20 U.S. cities
- Oct. 30 England-France complete "Chunnel"
- Nov. 15 President Bush signs Clean Air Act of 1990
- Nov. 22 Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation as British Prime Minister; replaced by John Majors
- Dec. 7 Ted Turner and Jane Fonda announce their engagement
- Dec. 20 Pentagon warns Saddam that U.S. air power is ready to attack on 1/15
- Dec. 22 Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's 1st popularly elected president
- Dec. 31 Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
sources: www.80splace.com; www.brainyhistory.com
