Historical Events in 1990 (Part 2)

Events 201 - 400 of 977

Sports History

Mar 28 US President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal

Golf Tournament

Mar 30 Jack Nicklaus makes his debut on the Senior PGA Tour with a 71 (-1) in the first round of The Tradition at Desert Mountain; wins the event by 4 strokes from Gary Player

Television Premiere

Mar 31 "Carol & Company" starring Carol Burnett premieres on NBC-TV

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

Sports History

Mar 31 20-year old Quebec Nordiques' center Joe Sakic scores a goal in a 3-2 loss to Hartford to become the youngest player in NHL history to score 100 points in a season

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

WrestleMania

Apr 1 WrestleMania VI, Skydome, Toronto, ON (67,678): Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan for WWF Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles

Golf Major

Apr 1 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Betsy King wIns the 2nd of her 3 Dinah Shore events, 2 strokes ahead of Shirley Furlong and Kathy Postlewait

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

Music History

Apr 4 Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident

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

NBA Record

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

Film & TV History

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

Farm Aid Concert

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

Country Music Singer and Songwriter Garth Brooks

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

Television Premiere

Apr 8 "Twin Peaks" created by David Lynch and starring Kyle MacLachlan premieres on ABC-TV

US Masters Golf

Apr 8 54th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Nick Faldo of England goes back-to-back with a par on the 2nd sudden-death playoff hole with Raymond Floyd

Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship Winner Ray Floyd

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

Contract of Interest

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 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

Music History

Apr 12 James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months of 6 year sentence for weapon and drug related convictions

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

TV Show Appearance

Apr 12 Anime TV series "Moomin", based on Moomin children's books by Tove Jansson 1st appears on Tokyo TV

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

Sports History

Apr 15 PGA Seniors' Championship Men's Golf, PGA National GC: South African Gary Player wins his third event title by 2 strokes from Chi-Chi Rodríguez

Theater Premiere

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

Film & TV History

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)

Sports History

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 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.

Music Awards

Apr 25 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: George Strait, Clint Black, and Kathy Mattea win

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

Sports History

Apr 26 Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters

Apr 27 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Mich)

Sports History

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 Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban's "A 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 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

Music History

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 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

Historic Event

May 6 Former president P. W. Botha quits South Africa's ruling National Party

Film & TV History

May 6 Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in South Carolina

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 Square Theater NYC for 45 performances
May 10 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph

Historic Event

May 10 Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella

Sports History

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

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

Music History

May 12 Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott "Saturday Night Live" to protest Andrew Dice Clay's hosting which was perceived as sexist; the show uses a time delay for the third time in its history

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

Sports History

May 14 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)

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

Historic Event

May 15 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent van Gogh sells 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

Mikhail Kalashnikov Meets Eugene Stoner

May 16 Eugene Stoner and Mikhail Kalashnikov, the creators of the M16 rifle and the AK-47 rifle respectively, meet in Washington, D.C.

The inventor of the AK-47, Mikhail Kalashnikov (right), meets the inventor of the M-16, Eugene Stoner (left)

May 16 Dominican Republic President Joaquín Ricardo Balaguer re-elected

Film & TV History

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 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

Historic Event

May 17 The Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong designed by I. M. Pei opens as the first supertall skyscraper outside the US

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

Sports History

May 18 Edmonton right wing Jari Kurri sets record for scoring in a Stanley Cup Finals game with 3 goals and 2 assists in 7-2 win at Boston Garden

Sports History

May 19 115th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6

Television Finale

May 19 "Elvis" TV Drama about early life of Elvis Presley last airs on ABC

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, with a special twist of an ending

Cannes Film Festival

May 21 43rd Cannes Film Festival: "Wild at Heart" directed by David Lynch starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern wins the Palme d'Or

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

Baseball Record

May 22 Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game

Sports History

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 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

Sports History

May 26 Philadelphia Phillies retire future Baseball Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt's uniform #20

May 27 Indianapolis 500: Dutchman Arie Luyendyk takes lead with 32 laps to go to earn first-ever victory in championship-level competition; average speed 185.981 mph is a record that stands until 2013
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

Election of Interest

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

Baseball Record

May 29 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record

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 Theatre 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: Ricky Van Shelton & Patty Loveless win
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