Historical Events in 1990 (Part 2)

Events 201 - 400 of 973

• Mar 31 Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4)
• Mar 31 Major riots occur in London and other British towns in protest against the new Community Charge poll tax laws

• Apr 1 "Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
• Apr 1 The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Jack Nicklaus wins his first start on the Senior PGA Tour by 4 strokes from Gary Player
• Apr 1 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn, 88-81; Cardinal point guard Jennifer Azzi MOP
• Apr 1 It becomes illegal in Salem Oregon to be within 2 feet of nude dancers

• Apr 2 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke, 103-73; record largest margin of victory in a championship game; Runnin' Rebels' first title
• Apr 4 "Marshall Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV

• Apr 4 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody

• Apr 5 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary

• Apr 7 BPAA US Open by Ron Palombi Jr
• Apr 7 Farm Aid IV concert at Hoosier Dome (Indianapolis, Indiana features Bonnie Raitt, John Mellencamp, John Hiatt, Carl Perkins, Arlo Guthrie, Garth Brooks, Bruce Hornsby, Elton John, Lou Reed, Taj Mahal, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Willie Nelson, Iggy Pop, and others
• Apr 7 John Poindexter (US National Security Advisor) found guilty of five counts of lying to Congress and obstruction regarding the 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 7 144th Grand National: Marcus Armytage aboard 16/1 bet Mr Frisk wins in race record 8m 47.8s; 2 equine fatalities during the race
• Apr 8 "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 377 performances

• Apr 8 King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties
• 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 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 MLB California 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 playoffs
• 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 H. J. Heinz, Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee Seafood say they wouldn't buy tuna caught in nets that trap dolphins
• Apr 12 Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers

• Apr 12 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for the Holocaust and asks for forgiveness

• 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 England), combination best

• Apr 16 August Wilson's play "The Piano Lesson", starring Charles S. Dutton, opens at Walter Kerr Theater NYC for 320 performances
• Apr 16 94th Boston Marathon: Gelindo Bordin is first Italian event winner in race record 2:08:19; Portugal's Rosa Mota wins her 3rd woman's title in 2:25:24
• 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 n Nicaragua's civil war

• Apr 19 Pistons & 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record)

• 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 22 NFL Draft: University of Illinois quarterback Jeff George first pick by Indianapolis Colts
• Apr 24 Brian Friel's play "Dancing at Lughnasa" premieres in Dublin (Tony Award Best Play)
• Apr 24 Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies
• Apr 24 STS-31 launches, the 35th mission of the US Space Shuttle program, carrying the Hubble space telescope
• 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 Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by space shuttle Discovery
• Apr 25 Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6-year term as Nicaragua's president
• Apr 25 Hong Kong actress Carina Lau is abducted by Triad members
• 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 27 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)

• 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 Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of Champions: Dave Ferraro beats Tony Westlake, 226–203
• 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 Wrecking cranes began tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate
• Apr 29 US 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from space
• 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 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 performances
• May 2 South Africa & African National Congress open talks to end apartheid

• 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 Australia 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 5 35th Eurovision Song Contest: Toto Cutugno for Italy wins singing "Insieme: 1992" in Zagreb

• 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 of Italy win 30th European Cup Winner's Cup against Anderlecht of Belgium 2-0 in Gothenburg
• May 9 NHL Prince of Wales Conference Final: Boston Bruins beat Washington Capitals, 4 games to 0
• May 10 "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 45 performances
• May 10 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph

• May 11 NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt


• May 12 Comic Relief USA '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million

• May 12 NHL Clarence Campbell Conference Final: Edmonton Oilers beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 2
• May 13 "Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 16 performances

• May 14 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,821.53
• May 15 "Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 56 performances

• 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 17 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71
• May 17 European court rules on pension rights for men & women
• May 17 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann
• May 17 World Health Organization 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 20 "Truly Blessed" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 33 performances
• May 20 Hubble Space Telescope sends its 1st photographs 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 Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
• May 22 North & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen

• May 23 Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion
• May 23 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,856.26
• May 23 NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0
• May 23 34th European Cup: Milan beats Benfica 1-0 at Vienna
• May 24 Stanley Cup Final, Boston Garden, Boston, MA: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4-1 for a 4-1 series win; Oilers' 5th Cup win in 7 years
• 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 27 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
• May 27 Caesar Gaviria Trujillo chosen President of Colombia
• 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 hits Peru, killing over 200

• May 29 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,870.49
• May 29 NY Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson

• May 30 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,878.56
• 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


• Jun 1 "Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 56 performances
• Jun 1 Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
• 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" and "City of Angels" win
• 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 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 8 "It's Garry Shandling's Show" last airs on Fox-TV

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