1 January 19901st Black NYC MayorDavid Dinkins
Appointed Mayor of New York, 1st black NYC Mayor
Historical records for United States of America in 1990, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Appointed Mayor of New York, 1st black NYC Mayor
Appointed Mayor of New York, 1st black NYC Mayor
The Voyager Interstellar Mission formally begins after completion of the spacecrafts' planetary encounters.
1st elected African-American Governor in the United States
1st elected African-American Governor in the United States
Death of Ava Gardner
Death of Ava Lavinia Gardner
Galileo flies past Venus for a gravity assist on its journey to Jupiter and obtains additional planetary observations.
Galileo instruments observe Venus's clouds and atmospheric properties during the spacecraft's gravity-assist encounter.
Persuades NASA to command Voyager 1 to photograph Earth from beyond Neptune.
Voyager 1 photographs a family portrait of the Solar System at Sagan's long-standing urging.
Voyager 1's imaging cameras are switched off after completion of the Solar System family portrait.
The US backed coalition defeats Ortegas Sandanista Government
Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by George HW Bush
Awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by George HW Bush
Releases Songs for Drella with John Cale, a tribute to Andy Warhol.
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) also known colloquially as "the Hubble" or just "Hubble", is a space telescope that is carried into orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery, named for the American astronomer Edwin Hubble
Westphal's Wide Field and Planetary Camera team obtains Hubble's first image, demonstrating sharper resolution than typical ground-based observations.
Signs verification protocols strengthening implementation of the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions treaties.
Signs a bilateral agreement with Mikhail Gorbachev providing for destruction and non-production of chemical weapons.
NASA identifies spherical aberration in Hubble's primary mirror, explaining the blurred appearance of the telescope's early images.
Declares in front of the Iran-Contra hearings his actions were sanctioned by superiors
Supports an emergency Security Council response to the attack.
Sends US forces to Saudi Arabia to prevent an Iraqi invasion
Orders major US forces to deploy to Saudi Arabia.
Orders US forces to deploy to Saudi Arabia.
The deployment deters further Iraqi expansion after Kuwait's invasion.
Magellan enters Venus orbit and begins radar mapping.
Helps secure permission for major US deployments protecting the kingdom.
Advises the president during the coalition military buildup.
Organizes multinational forces preparing to protect Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Advises Bush during the coalition military buildup.
Supports the military buildup intended to deter further Iraqi expansion.
Commands US Central Command during Operation Desert Shield.
Commands US Central Command during the defensive buildup.
Supports overwhelming force for any operation liberating Kuwait.
Helps secure Saudi acceptance of large US force deployments.
Meets Saudi leaders during the early Gulf crisis.
During a speech in a special joint session of the US Congress given on 11 September 1990, US President George H.
During a speech in a special joint session of the US Congress given on 11 September 1990, US President George H.
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It was then that I decided to act to check that aggression.".
It was then that I decided to act to check that aggression.".
Addresses Congress on the international response to Iraq.
Explains coalition objectives to a joint session of Congress.
Insists Iraq must withdraw and Kuwait's government be restored.
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US Defense Secretary Dick Cheney made the first of several visits to Saudi Arabia where King Fahd requested US military assistance.
US Defense Secretary Dick Cheney made the first of several visits to Saudi Arabia where King Fahd requested US military assistance.
Magellan begins its first radar mapping cycle, imaging the cloud-hidden surface of Venus at far higher resolution than previous missions.
Lauer submits the first science paper based on Hubble observations, studying the core of galaxy NGC 7457.
Convicted in connection to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and for the murder of Rabbi Meir Kahane on November 5, 1990
Orders a major increase in US forces deployed to the Gulf.
The FBI raid the New Jersey home of Ali Mohammeds associate El Sayyid Nosair, discovering a great deal of evidence of terrorist plots, including plans to blow up New York City skyscrapers
The FBI raid the New Jersey home of Ali Mohammeds associate El Sayyid Nosair, discovering a great deal of evidence of terrorist plots, including plans to blow up New York City skyscrapers
The FBI raid the New Jersey home of Ali Mohammeds associate El Sayyid Nosair, discovering a great deal of evidence of terrorist plots, including plans to blow up New York City skyscrapers
The FBI raid the New Jersey home of Ali Mohammeds associate El Sayyid Nosair, discovering a great deal of evidence of terrorist plots, including plans to blow up New York City skyscrapers
The FBI raid the New Jersey home of Ali Mohammeds associate El Sayyid Nosair, discovering a great deal of evidence of terrorist plots, including plans to blow up New York City skyscrapers
The buildup creates an offensive capability to liberate Kuwait.
During the first Earth flyby, Galileo obtains images of Earth and the Moon for calibration and planetary studies.
Galileo flies past Earth for a gravity assist that increases its heliocentric speed on the journey to Jupiter.
Publication of "A Path Where No Man Thought"
Receives the supporting-actor Oscar for Glory, marking his first Academy Award victory.
Stars Oliver Stones Born on the 4th of July, which was based on the best selling autobiography of parapalegic veteran and anti-war activist Ron Kovic. Stars as hot-shot racecar driver "Cole Trickle" in Tony Scotts Days of Thunder
Idetifies the 180 mile wide Chicxulub crater in Mexico, and propose it as being the most likely candidate for the catastrophic environmental changes that killed off 70% of all species around 65 million years ago
Hauser leads the COBE diffuse infrared background experiment supporting early universe background studies
Mather reports that COBE measured the microwave background spectrum as an almost perfect blackbody
Meets President Vaclav Havel and is announced as an emissary on trade, tourism and cultural matters.
Publication of "Defeat & Renewal"
Directs Desperate Hours
Stars in Ghost, with Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg
Directs, New York, Goodfellas
Appointed Governor of Texas
Elected President of the Law Review, a full-time volunteer position functioning as editor-in-chief and supervising the Law Reviews staff of eighty editors
Publication of "Jurassic Park"
Stars in Pacific Heights
Directs Postcards from the Edge
Publication of "Rabbit At Rest"
Re-records "Somethings Gotten Hold of My Heart" with Marc Almond, reaches no 1 in Britain
Appears in The Godfather Part III
Directs and stars in The Rookie with Charlie Sheen.
Publication of "The Things They Carried"
Lance Armstrong meets former elite cyclist Chris Carmichael and works with him as his coach through all of his years at the Tour De France competitions
Lance Armstrong meets former elite cyclist Chris Carmichael and works with him as his coach through all of his years at the Tour De France competitions
Winner of the Tour de France, 3rd win
United States National Sprint Triathlon Champion
Soderblom and colleagues publish a detailed characterization of the active geyser-like plumes discovered on Triton.
Records and releases the album Under the Red Sky.
Directs and stars in White Hunter Black Heart, a film inspired by the making of The African Queen.
Directs Wild at Heart, a road film combining romance, crime and surreal imagery.
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