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- Jan 1 David Dinkins sworn in as 1st African American mayor of New York City
- 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 1 76th Rose Bowl: #12 Southern California beats #3 Michigan, 17-10
- Jan 1 56th Sugar Bowl: #2 Miami beats #7 Alabama, 33-25
- Jan 1 19th Fiesta Bowl: #5 Florida State beats #6 Nebraska, 41-17
- Jan 1 56th Orange Bowl: #4 Notre Dame beats #1 Colorado, 21-6
Event of Interest
Jan 1 Hopman Cup Tennis, Perth: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario beats American Pam Shriver 6-3, 6-3 to clinch 2-1 win for Spain's first title

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
- Jan 2 Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)
Event of Interest
Jan 3 Panama's leader General Manuel Noriega surrenders to US authorities

Manuel Noriega
- Jan 4 307 dead and 700 injured after overloaded passenger train collides with empty freight train in Pakistan
- 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
Hall of Fame
Jan 9 Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Joe Morgan

Jim Palmer
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Jan 10 China lifts martial law, imposed after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989
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Event of Interest
Jan 11 Pat LaFontaine sets NY Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight

Pat LaFontaine
Event of Interest
Jan 12 Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn

Al Sharpton
- Jan 12 Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)
- Jan 13 1st elected African American Governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia)
- Jan 14 11th ACE Cable Awards: CNN wins the Golden CableACE for the coverage of the events in Beijing, China
- Jan 14 Un Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf
AFC Championship
Jan 14 AFC Championship, Mile High Stadium, Denver: Denver Broncos beat Cleveland Browns 37-21

John Elway
- Jan 14 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Los Angeles Rams, 30-3
Boxing Title Fight
Jan 15 42 year old former world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman stops Gerry Cooney in 2 rounds in Atlantic City in a non-title bout; Cooney's last fight

George Foreman
- 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 In a shrewd move, Detroit Tigers sign 1st baseman Cecil Fielder who spent previous season in Japan; hits 51 homers this MLB season and becomes a premier power hitter for most of the 1990s
- Jan 15 Golden State coach Don Nelson becomes 2nd man in NBA history to appear in 1,000 games both as a player and coach (joining Lenny Wilkens) as the Warriors lose to the Indiana Pacers, 144-105
- Jan 15 In a bizarre twist in the NHL, Washington Capitals fire coach Brian Murray, who had been head coach since 1981; replace him with his brother Terry, who had been coaching in the minors
- 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 The Who, Simon & Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, the Four Tops, Hank Ballard, the Platters, and The Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- Jan 18 South Africa says it is reconsidering ban on African National Congress
- Jan 18 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting
- Jan 19 Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, v Australia at Adelaide
- Jan 19 Police break up protests in Johannesburg against the cricket players defying a boycott on playing in apartheid South Africa
- Jan 19 Turning point in the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Kashmiri Hindus from Indian-administrated Kashmir due to violence from Muslim militants
Golden Globes
Jan 20 47th Golden Globes: "Born on the Fourth of July", Tom Cruise and Michelle Pfeiffer win

Tom Cruise
NHL All-Star Game
Jan 21 41st NHL All-Star Game, Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA: Wales beats Campbell, 12-7; MVP: Mario Lemieux, Pittsburgh Penguins, C

Mario Lemieux
- Jan 21 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director
Event of Interest
Jan 21 John McEnroe becomes 1st ever player to be expelled from the Australian Open

John McEnroe
Music Awards
Jan 22 17th American Music Awards: Paula Abdul & Bobby Brown win

Paula Abdul
Event of Interest
Jan 22 President Mikhail Gorbachev sends Red Troops into the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan

Mikhail Gorbachev
- Jan 23 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores twin test tons vs. Pakistan at Adelaide Oval
- Jan 24 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon
- Jan 24 14th Commonwealth Games open in Auckland, New Zealand
- Jan 24 LAs' Pat Riley becomes the 13th and fastest coach to reach the 500-victory plateau as the Lakers down the Indiana Pacers, 120-111; Riley (500-184) surpasses Don Nelson (500-317) to reach milestone
- 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 African American female in a major-league front office)
Australian Open Women's Tennis
Jan 27 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf beats American Mary Joe Fernández 6-3, 6-4 for her 3rd consecutive Australian singles crown

Steffi Graf
Super Bowl
Jan 28 Super Bowl XXIV, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA: San Francisco 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10; MVP: Joe Montana, SF, QB

Joe Montana

John Elway
- Jan 28 Romanian protest against Ion Iliescu government
Australian Men's Tennis Open
Jan 28 Australian Open Men's Tennis: American-based Czech star Ivan Lendl of wins 8th and last career Grand Slam title; beats Stefan Edberg 4-6, 7-6, 5-2; Edberg retires injured

Ivan Lendl
- Jan 29 Exxon Valdez capt Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill
NHL Record
Jan 30 LA center Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record by scoring his 100th point of the season for the 11th straight season; milestone comes with an assist in a 5-2 Kings' win over visiting New Jersey Devils

Wayne Gretzky
Event of Interest
Feb 2 South African President F. W. de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela & legalizes ANC & 60 other political organisations

F. W. de Klerk

Nelson Mandela
Event of Interest
Feb 3 Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation

Darryl Strawberry
- Feb 3 Jockey Bill 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, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 27-21; MVP: Jerry Gray, LA Rams, DB
Event of Interest
Feb 4 Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)

Richard Hadlee
Event of Interest
Feb 6 Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50

Brett Hull
- Feb 6 Groundbreaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
- Feb 6 Steve Briers of Wales recites 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 Spacecraft Galileo flies by Venus at an altitude of 10,000 miles (16,000 km) in a gravity assist maneuver to gain speed on its way to Jupiter [1]
- Feb 9 Namibia's constitution ratified
- Feb 9 40th Berlin International Film Festival: "Music Box" and "Larks on a String" win the Golden Bear (tie)
- Feb 10 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome)
- Feb 10 Perrier Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water
Event of Interest
Feb 10 South African President F. W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on February 11th

Nelson Mandela

F. W. de Klerk
- Feb 10 US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
NBA All-Star Game
Feb 11 40th NBA All-Star Game, Miami Arena, Miami, FL: East beats West, 130-113; MVP: Magic Johnson, LA Lakers, F

Magic Johnson
Boxing Title Fight
Feb 11 In a huge upset, James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10th round in Tokyo, Japan to win the world heavyweight boxing title

Mike Tyson
- 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
Event of Interest
Feb 13 Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games

Larry Bird
- 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 a photograph of the entire solar system, the images transmitted in real-time with earth a 'pale blue dot'
- Feb 15 Baseball owners lock out players
Daytona 500
Feb 18 32nd Daytona 500: Derrike Cope wins after Dale Earnhardt shreds right rear tyre on last lap

Dale Earnhardt
Grammy Awards
Feb 21 "The Batman Theme" by Danny Elfman wins Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition at 32nd Annual Grammy Awards

Danny Elfman
- 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 23 “Hold On” single released by En Vogue (Billboard Song of the Year 1990)
- Feb 25 Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win cricket's 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 and 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 27 "Hold On" single released by Wilson Phillips (Billboard Song of the Year 1990)
- 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 1 England cricket has its first win against West Indies in 16 years and 24 matches; 9 wicket victory in the 1st Test in Kingston, Jamaica; Allan Lamb's first overseas century 132
- Mar 2 Greyhound Bus goes on strike
- Mar 3 Carole Gist (20) is the 1st African American to be crowned Miss USA in Wichita, Kansas
- 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 (Philadelphia)
- Mar 7 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 and 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 (Soviet Union)
- 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 Prosper Avril resigns as President of Haiti
- Mar 10 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN)
- Mar 10 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Film and TV Awards
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 37th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #14 Georgia Tech beats Virginia, 70-61
- Mar 11 31st SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Ole Miss, 70-51
- Mar 11 11th Big East Men's Basketball Tournament: Connecticut beats Syracuse, 78-75
- Mar 12 LA Raiders announce their return to Oakland
- Mar 13 Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada
Music Awards
Mar 14 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson win

Janet Jackson
- Mar 14 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress
- Mar 15 Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as President of Brazil
- Mar 17 PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak
- Mar 17 Scotland beats England, 13-7 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh for it's 14th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship, 3rd Grand Slam title and 10th Triple Crown
- Mar 18 Largest art robbery in US history: 13 works of art worth over $500 million are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston
- 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 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Jodie Mudd wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Mark Calcavecchia; winner's cheque $270,000
- Mar 19 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa)
Event of Interest
Mar 20 LA Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Event of Interest
Mar 20 Singer Gloria Estefan fractures her spine when a truck hits her tour bus near Scranton, Pennsylvania

Gloria Estefan
- Mar 21 "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 149 performances
- 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 Anchorage jury finds Capt Hazelwood not guilty 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
Academy Awards
Mar 26 62nd Academy Awards: "Driving Miss Daisy", Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Tandy win

Daniel Day-Lewis

Jessica Tandy
Academy Awards
Mar 26 Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa wins the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement

Akira Kurosawa
- 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
NBA Record
Mar 28 Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 pts in a game

Michael Jordan