January 1, 1990: David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.

January 3rd 1990, during the United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.

30 years ago does not belong in this forum. Thai would be the 80’s.

30 years ago does not belong in this forum. Thai would be the 80’s.

Dude, 30 years ago was the year 1990.

Dude, 30 years ago was the year 1990.


WRONG.

January 10th 1990 - Chinese Premier Li Peng ended martial law in Beijing after seven months. He said that crushing pro-democracy protests had saved China from "the abyss of misery."

WRONG.

Please be joking. You can tell by literally subtracting 2020 from 1990.

Please be joking. You can tell by literally subtracting 2020 from 1990.


I get 2000.

January 13th 1990 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.

January 13th 1990 - In Maryland, a magnitude 2.6 earthquake occurs, the largest historical earthquake in Maryland.

January 13th 1990 - The Walt Disney World Swan Hotel opens in Walt Disney World.

January 13th 1990, New Kids On The Block had their second and last No.1 UK single with 'Hangin' Tough.' They had a further 7 Top 10 hits by the end of 1991. They broke up after that, but set the scene for numerous boy bands throughout the 90s.

January 13th 1990, New Kids On The Block had their second and last No.1 UK single with 'Hangin' Tough.' They had a further 7 Top 10 hits by the end of 1991. They broke up after that, but set the scene for numerous boy bands throughout the 90s.

I remember it very well. O0

January 13th 1990 - The Walt Disney World Swan Hotel opens in Walt Disney World.


Yep, my parents and I were among the earliest patrons the following winter.

I remember it very well. O0


Can you believe that was 29 years ago? I swear if honestly feels like yesterday’s

January 15th 1990 - AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch.

January 15th 1990 - AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch.

Ooh. :o

The very same day, Martin Luther King Jr.'s actual birthday day was observed as a holiday for the first time.

January 22nd 1990 - Guns 'N' Roses guitarist Slash used profanity numerous times on live television while accepting an American Music Award.

January 22nd 1990 - Robert Tappan Morris, Junior is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet worm.

January 28th 1990, Super Bowl XXIV was played at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana; the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers defeated the AFC champion Denver Broncos by an overwhelming score of 55 to 10.

January 29th 1990 - Joseph Hazelwood, the former skipper of the Exxon Valdez, went on trial in Anchorage, AK, on charges that stemmed from America's worst oil spill. Hazelwood was later acquitted of all the major charges and was convicted of a misdemeanor.

February 5th 1990 - NBC-TV obtained the television rights to all of Notre Dame's home football games for the next five years. Notre Dame was the first school to sell its games to a major TV network.

February 11th 1990 – Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.

February 12th 1990 – Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.

February 13th 1990 - In Ottawa, the United States and its European allies forged an agreement with the Soviet Union and East Germany on a two-stage formula to reunite Germany.

February 18th 1990 - The movie "Death of the Incredible Hulk" aired.

February 18th 1990, Freddie Mercury made his final public appearance on stage when he joined the rest of Queen to collect the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, held at the Dominion Theatre, London, England.

February 24th 1990 - Bob Dylan joined Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman and David Crosby to sing "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "Turn, Turn, Turn" at a Los Angeles tribute to the late Roy Orbison.

February 27th 1990 - The Exxon Corporation and Exxon Shipping were indicted on five criminal counts in reference to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.

March 3rd 1990 - The 100th episode of "ALF" aired on NBC.

March 3rd 1990 - The 100th episode of "ALF" aired on NBC.


The episode where ALF calls himself Wolf the Primal Melmacian Hunting Machine after the Tanners wanted him to go on a diet.

March 3rd 1990, During a world tour Paul McCartney played the first of 6 sold-out nights at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan. The final night was broadcast live to venues in 10 other Japanese cities; Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, Matsuyama, Nagoya, Niigata, Osaka, Sapporp, Sendai and Takamatsu.

March 10th 1990 - Haitian President Prosper Avril was ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.

March 11th 1990 - The Perry Mason TV movie "The Case of the Desperate Deception" was aired.

March 18th 1990 – Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.

March 18th 1990 - The first free elections took place in East Germany.

March 18th 1990 – In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $500 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

March 18th 1990 - Loyola Marymount beats Michigan Wolverines 149-115, highest NCAA score.

March 19th 1990 - The first world ice hockey tournament for women was held in Ottawa, Canada.

March 20th 1990 - Imelda Marcos, widow of ex-Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos, went on trial for racketeering, embezzlement and bribery.

March 20th 1990 - In Rumania, tanks were sent to the town of Tirgu Mures to quell ethnic riots.

March 23rd 1990 - Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood was ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for the 1989 oil spill.

Also March 23, 1990 - Pretty Woman is released in theaters. Its title is taken from the Roy Orbison classic, "(Oh) Pretty Woman." Julia Roberts and Richard Gere reunited for the 1999 film Runaway Bride.

Pretty Woman is one of my favorite movies. I love the style in that film. So 80s becoming early 90s!

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March 25th 1990 - Estonia voted for independence from the Soviet Union.

March 25th 1990 - In New York City, a fire due to arson at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87.

March 25th 1990, Motley Crue's Tommy Lee was arrested for mooning at the audience during a gig in Augusta. Lee was charged with indecent exposure.

March 27th 1990 – The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí, an anti-Castro propaganda network, to Cuba.

March 28th 1990 - U.S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.

March 29th 1990 – The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.

March 30, 1990 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is released in theaters. Turtlemania starts shortly afterward.

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March 30th 1990 - Jack Nicklaus makes his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament.

March 31st 1990 – Approximately 200,000 protesters take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.

April 2nd 1990, Eric Clapton was fined £300 with £10 costs by Walton-on- Thames Magistrates court, after being booked for speeding at 105mph; Clapton was also banned from driving for three months.

April 2nd 1990 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein threatened to incinerate half of Israel with chemical weapons if Israel joined a conspiracy against Iraq.

April 2nd 1990, Nirvana went into Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin and started work on demo versions of ‘In Bloom’, ‘Dive’, ‘Lithium’, ‘Pay To Play’, ‘Imodium’, ‘Sappy’ and ‘Polly’ with Butch Vig producing.

April 4th 1990 - In the U.S., securities law violator Ivan Boesky was released from federal custody.

April 7th 1990 - At Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center a display of Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs went on display. On the same day the center and its director were indicted on obscenity charges. The charges resulted in acquittal.

April 7th 1990 – Iran–Contra affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction is later reversed on appeal).

April 8th 1990 - The first episode of "Twin Peaks" aired on ABC-TV.

April 8th 1990 - In Nepal, King Birendra lifted the 30-year ban on political parties.

April 9th 1990 - World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall (New York City).

April 10th 1990, Tom Waits took Doritos Chips to court for using a 'Waits', sound-alike on radio ads. The jury awarded him $2.475 million in punitive damages, Waits comments after the case, 'now by law I have what I always felt I had...a distinctive voice.'

April 12th 1990 - Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers.

April 12th 1990, The Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Centre announced that Asteroids 4147-4150, would be named Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr after the four members of The Beatles.

April 13th 1990 - The Soviet Union accepted responsibility for the World War II murders of thousands of imprisoned Polish officers in the Katyn Forest. The Soviets had previously blamed the massacre on the Nazis.

April 18th 1990 - Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines.

April 20th 1990 - STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.

April 22nd 1990 - Lebanon releases US hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months.

April 23rd 1990 – Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

April 24th 1990 – Gruinard Island, of the coast of Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.

April 25th 1990 – Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.

April 25th 1990 - The U.S. Hubble Space Telescope was placed into Earth's orbit. It was released by the space shuttle Discovery.

April 27th 1990 - 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held (Michigan).

April 28th 1990 – “Chorus Line” closes at Shubert Theater in New York City after 6,137 performances (15 years).

April 29th 1990 - Chicago Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux threw a complete game shutout against the L.A. Dodgers at Dodger Stadium; Cubs won 4-0.

(I was at that game, and found it depressing that the Dodgers could not score at all.)

April 29th 1990 - Chicago Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux threw a complete game shutout against the L.A. Dodgers at Dodger Stadium; Cubs won 4-0.

(I was at that game, and found it depressing that the Dodgers could not score at all.)
On the same day...

April 29th 1990 - Dan Quisenberry (all-time American League save king, 238) announces his retirement.

April 29th 1990 - The destruction of the Berlin Wall began.

On the same day...

April 29th 1990 - Dan Quisenberry (all-time American League save king, 238) announces his retirement.

...and his record of saves achieved in the American League would eventually be overtaken by other pitchers in the decades that followed. In fact, Quisenberry (who ultimately passed away in 1998) had the most saves in Kansas City Royals team history until Jeff Montgomery overtook him in the 1990s (specifically, in '96).

April 30th 1990 - US hostage Frank Reed freed after four years in hands of pro-Iranians.

May 15th 1990 - Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" was sold for $82.5 million. The sale set a new world record.

May 18th 1990 – In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph).

May 20th 1990 – The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.

May 21, 1990 - The Newhart finale, "The Last Newhart," aired on CBS. After Dick Loudon gets hit by a golf ball, he famously awakens in Dr. Bob Hartley's bedroom from The Bob Newhart Show and tells Emily (Suzanne Pleshette) about the strange dream he just had.

Breaking Bad parodied the twist ending as an alternate ending crossing over with Bryan Cranston's earlier sitcom, Malcolm in the Middle.

May 22nd 1990 - At the Center City at Columbus Circle in New York, Microsoft introduces and ships Microsoft Windows 3.0. This version allows addressing memory above 640 kB. Microsoft spends US$3 million for opening-day marketing, as part of a US$10 million promotional campaign.

May 22nd 1990 - In a 16-inning game against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs' right fielder Andre Dawson is walked five times intentionally, establishing a major league record.

May 27th 1990, The Stone Roses played at Spike Island, Widnes, Cheshire, England to a capacity crowd of 30,000. The event, considered a failure at the time due to sound problems and bad organisation, has become legendary over the years as a "Woodstock for the baggy generation."

May 28th 1990 - "The Dave Thomas Comedy Show" debuted on CBS.

May 28th 1990 - Superior Galleries conducts the Boys Town Sale coin auction in Beverly Hills California. The King of Siam Proof Set (with 1804 silver dollar) sells for $3.19 million, highest price paid for a single auction lot in numismatic history. Total sale is $21.5 million, highest grossing one-part numismatic auction to date.

May 28th 1990, Mitch Mitchell, former drummer with The Jimi Hendrix Experience took out a High Court action against Private Eye magazine over an allegedly defamatory item. Are You Experienced?

May 29th 1990 – The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

May 30th 1990: Croatian Parliament is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the National Day of Croatia.

June 4th 1990, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ramon Martinez struck out 18 Atlanta Braves batters en route to a 6-0 victory.

June 6, 1990

New Kids On The Block release Step By Step to the delight of teenaged girls and the horror of some of their parents. They embark on the Magic Summer Tour.  The tour was sponsored by McDonald's and by Coca Cola.  Now 30 years later New Kids On The Block are celebrating the release of Step By Step and now the fans that were teenagers back then are now middle-aged women.

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June 7, 1990 - Nickelodeon Studios opened at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida (Now Universal Orlando). Also unveiled that day was the Nickelodeon Declaration of Kids' Rights.

http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2017/01/nickelodeons-declaration-of-kids-rights.html

Nickelodeon Studios officially closed April 30, 2005. Many of their live action shows had already moved to LA's Nickelodeon on Sunset from 1997-2017.

June 9th 1990, Bailiffs repossessed the mansion owned by the group 5 Star after non-payment of the mortgage. The group had achieved 15 top 20 hits over five years.

June 11th 1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that would prohibit the desecration of the American Flag.

The June 1990 Mineriad began on this date in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections. (It would finally end on Friday, the 15th.)

15 June 1990: Dublin Regulation on treatment of applications for right of asylum under European Union law was agreed (would come into force 1997).

June 20th 1990 - The Asteroid known as Eureka was discovered.

June 7, 1990 - Nickelodeon Studios opened at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida (Now Universal Orlando). Also unveiled that day was the Nickelodeon Declaration of Kids' Rights.

http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2017/01/nickelodeons-declaration-of-kids-rights.html

Nickelodeon Studios officially closed April 30, 2005. Many of their live action shows had already moved to LA's Nickelodeon on Sunset from 1997-2017.

A sad day, April 30th was. Nowadays Nickelodeon is crap and most of their live action shows are run by a pedophile with a foot fetish.

June 21st 1990 - US House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop US flag burning, doesn't pass Senate.

June 21st 1990 - US House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop US flag burning, doesn't pass Senate.

And for me that was my last day of my 4th-grade school year. The end of having to put up with an unpleasant teacher. (However, there were several positive things that I experienced during the year.)

June 22nd 1990 – Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.

June 22nd 1990, Ry Cooder and David Lindley, The Cure, Happy Mondays, Sinead O'Connor, Deacon Blue, De La Soul, Adamski, Blue Aeroplanes, Julian Cope, Del Amitri, Jesus Jones, James and The Pale Saints all appeared on the first day of this years Glastonbury Festival. A three day ticket cost £38.

June 22nd 1990 - Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a thong bathing suit.

June 23rd 1990, 13-year-old Keith Sorrentino filed a $500,000 (£294,118) lawsuit against Madonna, claiming he suffered nightmares and bed-wetting problems after an incident outside Madonna's home when she allegedly flung him to the ground.

June 23rd 1990, Buddy Holly's Gibson acoustic guitar sold for £139,658 ($237,419) in a Sotheby's auction. The guitar was in a tooled leather case made by Holly himself.

June 23rd 1990, Buddy Holly's Gibson acoustic guitar sold for £139,658 ($237,419) in a Sotheby's auction. The guitar was in a tooled leather case made by Holly himself.

"Ohhh oh, I look just like Buddy Holly..."

"Ohhh oh, I look just like Buddy Holly..."

That would be a line from a certain Wheezer song, which was a hit four years later...

Also on this day in 1990: In Canada, the Meech Lake Accord of 1987 dies after the Manitoba and Newfoundland legislatures fail to approve it ahead of the deadline.

June 25th 1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the right of an individual, whose wishes are clearly made, to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment. "The right to die" decision was made in the Curzan vs. Missouri case.

June 28th 1990 - Paperback Software, a company founded by Adam Osborne, was found guilty of copyright infringement for using Lotus 1-2-3's look-and-feel interface in its own spreadsheet program.

30 years ago I had my brain tumor

30 years ago I had my brain tumor

Sorry you had to endure it at such a young age. :(

yeah, the worst time of my life and most people would not want to go through this again but if I can keep the doctors from radiating me I wouldn't have had a stroke and other medical problems.

yeah, the worst time of my life and most people would not want to go through this again but if I can keep the doctors from radiating me I wouldn't have had a stroke and other medical problems.
Sorry to hear the details of this, there has been similar conditions within my family, but treatment was before was properly established.

Take good care.

June 29th 1990 - New York Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak.

June 29th 1990 - New York Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak.

Also in Major League Baseball that day, Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals.

https://www.truebluela.com/2020/6/29/21306260/fernando-valenzuela-no-hitter-dodgers-1990

The final batter that Fernando faced was ex-Dodger Pedro Guerrero, who was not only a longtime former teammate of his, but also a birthday boy (Pedro turned 34 that very day).

Also in Major League Baseball that day, Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers threw a no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals.

https://www.truebluela.com/2020/6/29/21306260/fernando-valenzuela-no-hitter-dodgers-1990

The final batter that Fernando faced was ex-Dodger Pedro Guerrero, who was not only a longtime former teammate of his, but also a birthday boy (Pedro turned 34 that very day).


A second no-hitter was also thrown that day: Dave Stewart of the Oakland Athletics no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays. (Stewart had also been a Dodger previously in his career. Not only that, he would join the Jays later in his career!)

July 1st 1990 – German reunification: East Germany accepts the Deutsche Mark as its currency, thus uniting the economies of East and West Germany.

July 9th 1990 - MTB Banking Corporation of New York sells a US $20 coin, 1907, Ultra High Relief, Proof-68 NGC, for over $1.5 million, a price record for a single US coin.

July 16th 1990 - New York City's Empire State Building catches fire; no fatalities.

July 16th 1990 – The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.

July 16th 1990 - New York City's Empire State Building catches fire; no fatalities.

July 16th 1990 – The Luzon earthquake strikes the Philippines with an intensity of 7.7, affecting Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac.


Also on that day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average got oh-so-close to the 3,000 milestone... but finished the day at a quarter-of-a-point shy of the milestone, at 2,999.75...
and would not get back up to that level again for another nine months, when it finally cracked the 3K milestone in April of 1991.

July 16th 1990 – The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.

^ Lotsa things happened that day!

Anyways... on July 21st 1990, Taiwanese military police ordered the deportation of 76 illegal immigrants from mainland China in sealed boat holds, causing 25 deaths due to suffocation. :(

July 22nd 1990: Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory.

These events occurred on July 25th 1990:
George Carey, Bishop of Bath and Wells, is named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England.
The Serb Democratic Party (Croatia) declares the sovereignty of the Serbs in Croatia.

Yesterday...
July 26th 1990 - US beats the Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at the Goodwill Games.

Yesterday...
July 26th 1990 - US beats the Soviet Union 17-0 in baseball at the Goodwill Games.

Also, President George H W Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities Act.

August 2nd 1990: Iraq invaded Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.

August 20th 1990, Aerosmith appeared at The Marquee Club London. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page joined the band on stage for a blues jam.

August 23rd 1990:

Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
Armenia declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
Fox's animated series The Simpsons began airing on Thursday nights. (This stint would last four years before the programme returned to Sunday nights.)

August 26th 1990:
In Sofia, Bulgaria, protesters set fire to the headquarters of the governing Bulgarian Socialist Party.
In sports, Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive home runs.

August 28th 1990 – Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.

September 20th 1990, South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.

The United Nations World Summit for Children, which was held the weekend of September 29th-30th of 1990, drew more than 70 world leaders to United Nations Headquarters.

October 6th, 1990 – Sega's Game Gear color handheld is released in Japan.

October 5th 1990 – After 150 years The Herald newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, is published for the last time as a separate newspaper.

October 13th 1990 – Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.

October 15th 1990 – Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.

October 24th 1990, Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion.

October 25, 1990 - The first-ever Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" premiered on Fox.

After Marge's prologue spoofing the disclaimer at the beginning of 1932's Frankenstein, Bart and Lisa tell each other three scary stories:

Bad Dream House: A parody of creepy house movies such as The Amityville Horror. It wasn't the only one. The episode "Realty Bites" features Marge selling a house to Ned Flanders which was the site of a homicide.

Hungry are the Damned: A parody of "To Serve Man" debuting Kang and Kodos.

A retelling of Poe's "The Raven" narrated by James Earl Jones.

The Treehouse of Horror series is now 31 strong, with said 31st installment set to air next Sunday after the World Series has concluded.

November 2nd 1990 – British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.

November 16th 1990 - German-based band Milli Vanilli was forced to give back their Best New Artist Grammy Award because it was revealed that its members did not actually sing on their album Girl You Know It's True, and that the vocals were all provided by session musicians instead.

November 22, 1990 - The Undertaker made his WWF debut in the 1990 Survivor Series. Thirty years to the day, The 2020 WWE Survivor Series will mark The Undertaker's retirement.

November 22nd 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.

November 22nd 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.

Six days later, on November 28th 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.

November 30, 1990 - Stephen King's Misery, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Kathy Bates and James Caan, is released in theaters. Bates won an Oscar for her role as deranged fan Annie Wilkes.

December 1st 1990 – Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.

December 7, 1990 - Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands is released in theaters. Starring Johnny Depp, it featured one of Vincent Price's last major roles, as the Inventor.

December 8th 1990 – Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth for the first time.

December 8th 1990 – Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth for the first time.
Two years later... in 1992, the Galileo (spacecraft) flies past Earth for the second time.

The U.K. woke up to a deep fall of “the wrong sort of snow”. Heavy rain turned to snow, which then settled on many power lines with sufficient weight to bring the lines down. Our town was without power for three or four days, and some villages did’t get power until January.

December 11, 1990: 13 die in 83 vehicle accident in Chattanooga Tn I-75, due to fog

December 23rd 1990: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.

December 25th 1990: British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee introduced WorldWideWeb, the world's first web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor.

January 2nd 1991: Sharon Pratt Kelly becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city, namely the District of Columbia. (Not only that, she became the first female mayor of that particular city.)

January 5th 1991 – Somali Civil War: The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated by helicopter airlift days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu.

January 5th 1991 – Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–92 South Ossetia War.

January 7th 1991 – Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.

January 7th 1991 – Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.

I returned to school after a two-week winter break (that day was a Monday). :)

January 12th 1991 – Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.

January 13th 1991 – Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding around 1000 others.

January 15th 1991 - The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.

January 16th 1991 - Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.

January 18th 1991 - Eastern Air Lines shuts down after 62 years of operations, citing financial problems. (Later in the year, on December 4, Pan American World Airways would cease its operations.)

January 19th 1991 – Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.

January 20th 1991 – Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.

January 22nd 1991 - During the Gulf War, The British Army SAS patrol, Bravo Two Zero, is deployed in Iraq.

January 26th 1991 – Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.

January 27th 1991 - Super Bowl XXV was played at the now-defunct Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The NFC champion New York Giants narrowly defeated the AFC champion Buffalo Bills, 20-19.

This was during the time of the Gulf War. A memorable performance of the U.S. national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner", sung by Whitney Houston preceded the game. Her rendition was critically acclaimed and regarded as one of the best performances of the U.S. national anthem in history; it even hit the charts that year. (A decade later, in the wake of the Nine-Eleven attacks, the recording was re-released and peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and got certified Platinum by the RIAA.)

February 7th 1991 - Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.

February 23rd 1991 – In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.

February 24th 1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.

February 25th 1991 – Disbandment of the Warsaw Pact at a meeting of its members in Budapest.

February 27th 1991: During the Gulf War, U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".

February 28th 1991 - The first Gulf War ends.

February 28th 1991 - The first Gulf War ends.

Two days later, the Battle at Rumaila oil field brought an end to the Gulf War.

March 3rd 1991... Motorist Rodney King was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department officers during an arrest, causing public outrage that increased tensions between the African-American community and the police department over police brutality and social inequality.

The actual location where it happened (which, btw, was captured on videocamera) was a very short distance away from where I was living at the time. :o

March 13th 1991:
The U.S. Department of Justice announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.
The Acid Rain Treaty of 1991 is signed between the American and Canadian governments.

March 14th 1991 - During the Gulf War, Emir of Kuwait Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah returns to Kuwait after seven months of exile in Saudi Arabia.

March 31st 1991 – Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.

April 2nd 1991 – Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.

April 10th 1991 – A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.

April 14th 1991 – The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

May 1st 1991, Nolan Ryan threw his 7th and final career no-hitter. He did so as a member of the Texas Rangers, no-hitting the Toronto Bluejays.

The very same day, Rickey Henderson stole a base for the 939th time, overtaking Lou Brock for the most career stolen bases by a player in MLB history.

A couple years earlier, in August of 1989, Ryan achieved his 5,000th career strikeout by fanning Henderson!

May 5th 1991 – A riot breaks out in Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.

May 15th 1991: Édith Cresson becomes France's first female Prime Minister.

May 16th 1991 - Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.

May 18th 1991 – Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.

May 19th 1991 - The TV movie "Knight Rider 2000" aired on NBC.

May 24th 1991 – Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

May 26th 1991 – Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.

May 31st 1991 – Bicesse Accords in Angola lay out a transition to multi-party democracy under the supervision of the United Nations' UNAVEM II mission.

June 1st 1991 - Paul McCartney's album "Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)" debuted at #7 in the U.K. The work documented his MTV performance on January 25, 1991.

June 5th 1991 - Chadli Bendjedid, the President of Algeria, dismisses Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche following 11 days of protests against the government and replaces him with Sid Ahmed Ghozali.

June 6th 1991: NBC announced that Jay Leno would become the new host of the "Tonight Show", starting on Memorial Day of the following year.

June 8th 1991 - A victory parade was held in Washington, DC, to honor veterans of the Persian Gulf War.

June 12th 1991 - Russians first democratically elected Boris Yeltsin as the President of Russia.

June 15th 1991 – In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.

June 17th 1991 – Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.

June 23rd 1991 – Sonic the Hedgehog is released in North America on the Sega Genesis platform, beginning the popular video game franchise.

June 25th 1991 – Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.

June 26th 1991 – Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav People's Army begins the Ten-Day War in Slovenia.

July 7th 1991 – Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

July 10th 1991:
The South African cricket team is readmitted into the International Cricket Council following the end of Apartheid.
Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.

July 28th 1991, pitcher Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Expos throws a perfect game against the Dodgers in Dodger Stadium, with the Expos winning 2-zip.

July 31st 1991, Soviet Special Purpose Police Unit troops killed seven Lithuanian customs officials in Medininkai in the most serious attack of their campaign against Lithuanian border posts. :o :-[

July 31st 1991, Soviet Special Purpose Police Unit troops killed seven Lithuanian customs officials in Medininkai in the most serious attack of their campaign against Lithuanian border posts. :o :-[

Also on that day: The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.

August 1st 1991, U.S. President George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the Soviet Union.

August 9th 1991, The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial.

August 18th 1991, Hurricane Bob brushed the Outer Banks of North Carolina, not long before intensifying into a major (Category 3) hurricane. :o

August 20th 1991: During the dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup... More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.

September 5th 1991: The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples - Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 - comes into force.

One day late... October 1st 1991 - Dissolution of Yugoslavia: Forces of the Yugoslav People's Army surround Dubrovnik, beginning the Siege of Dubrovnik, which would last until May 31 of the following year.

October 27th 1991, the seventh and final game of that year's World Series was played. Both the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins had opportunities to score runs during regulation, but neither team could do so. So the game remained scoreless until the 10th inning, when the Twins won it on a walkoff hit. Jack Morris, who pitched all 10 innings of that game for Minnesota, was named MVP of the series. (If he had come out of the game, they wouldn't need to worry about hitting for him, because the game was at an American League ballpark, where the designated hitter is used.)

October 30th 1991 - The Madrid Conference, an attempt by the international community to revive the Israeli–Palestinian peace process through negotiations, convened.

November 7th 1991, Professional basketball player Magic Johnson announced his retirement from the game because of his infection with HIV.

November 28th 1991, South Ossetia declares independence from The Republic of Georgia.

December 21st 1991 - Soviet Union formally dissolves as 11 of 12 republics sign treaty forming Commonwealth of Independent States.

25 December 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.

...and the very next day:

The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.

One day late:

On New Year's Day 1992, Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaced Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General.

On 8 January 1992, about 20:20 JST (Japan Standard Time), while attending a banquet hosted by the Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, U.S. President George H. W. Bush fainted after vomiting in Miyazawa's lap. Doctors later attributed the incident to a case of acute gastroenteritis. :o 8-P

January 9th 1992: Radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced the discovery of two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12, generally considered the first definitive detection of an exoplanet.

On 8 January 1992, about 20:20 JST (Japan Standard Time), while attending a banquet hosted by the Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, U.S. President George H. W. Bush fainted after vomiting in Miyazawa's lap. Doctors later attributed the incident to a case of acute gastroenteritis. :o 8-P
I don't know. If I get the feeling I have to hurl I sure as hell don't do it in the direction of somebody, especially not at the prime minister of a foreign country. ???
Must have come really surprisingly. :-X

I don't know. If I get the feeling I have to hurl I sure as hell don't do it in the direction of somebody, especially not at the prime minister of a foreign country. ???
Must have come really surprisingly. :-X

Maybe the President had no time to find a place to do it in, and was just desperate to get it out. 8-P

On topic... January 16th 1992, El Salvador officials and rebel leaders sign the Chapultepec Peace Accords in Mexico City, Mexico ending the 12-year Salvadoran Civil War that claimed at least 75,000 lives.

January 26th 1992: Super Bowl XXVI was played at Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Washington team (NFC champs) defeated the Buffalo Bills (AFC champs) by a score of 37-24.

January 30th 1992: North Korea signs an accord with the International Atomic Energy Agency allowing for international inspections of North Korea's nuclear power plants.

February 4th 1992, A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.

February 20th 1992: Appearing on the talk show Larry King Live, U.S. industrialist Ross Perot announced that he would begin a presidential campaign if "ordinary people" wanted him to run for office.

February 28th 1992: Ownership of the port town of Walvis Bay is transferred from South Africa to Namibia.

The very next day, Leap Day, was the First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum

March 2nd 1992 – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, all of which (except San Marino) were former Soviet republics, join the United Nations.

March 12, 1992 – Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

March 13th 1992: The Mw  6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). :o

Obviously a bad luck Friday the 13th for them! :\'(

March 17th 1992 – A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.

March 17th 1992 – A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.

A little over two-thirds majority, that's great news!

March 25th 1992 - The International Atomic Energy Agency orders Iraq to destroy an industrial complex at Al Atheer that is being used to manufacture nuclear weapons.

March 31st 1992 - The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned in Long Beach, California.

April 1st 1992: NHL players begin first strike in 75-year history. It was the first strike action initiated by the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) against the National Hockey League's (NHL) owners, and it only lasted ten days. The results were a large playoff bonus increase, more control over licensing of their likenesses and changes to free agency system.

April 5, 1992 - Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolves the Peruvian congress by military force.

April 8th 1992 – Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.

April 12th 1992 – The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.

April 11, 1992

Don't Talk Just Kiss by R.S.F. (Right Said Fred) enters the Canadian chart at #95.  It would eventually rise to a peak of #32 and while not as big a hit as I'm Too Sexy, it still charted, reached the Top 40 and got just as much radio play here.  I will always defend this band when they are dubbed one hit wonders, because I know otherwise.  I remember this song quite well and if I am honest, it is 100% their best song!

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April 12th 1992 – The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland; the resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.

April 18th 1992 - Swedish tennis ace Stefan Edberg (26) marries Danish model Annette Olsen (27) in Sweden.

24 April 1992: British singer David Bowie marries Somalian fashion model Iman.

Today marks 30 years since the start of the L.A. Riots that erupted following the verdict of the Rodney King trial (the cops being accused of beating him up being acquitted). :\'( :( :-[

May 1st 1992, Lithuania introduces a new temporary currency, the talonas.

May 7th 1992 - Michigan ratifies a 203-year-old proposed amendment to the United States Constitution making the 27th Amendment law. This amendment bars the U.S. Congress from giving itself a mid-term pay raise.

It officially became part of the United States Constitution two days earlier, ending a two-century ratification span.

May 9th 1992 – Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

30 years ago today, I lost my step-father.  :\'( :\'( :\'(


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30 years ago today, I lost my step-father.  :\'( :\'( :\'(


Cat
:\'( :\'( :\'(

May 22nd 1992 - Michael Jackson financed the funeral of a 9-year-old boy that had been killed in a drive-by shooting.

May 22nd 1992 – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.

Also May 22, a big one -- Johnny Carson retired after hosting The Tonight Show for 30 years. Post-retirement, he guest starred in The Simpsons episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled" (a parody of both Elvis's 1968 comeback special and Carson's final show) and gave the occasional joke to David Letterman.

Carson's retirement led to the first Tonight Show Conflict (dramatized in The Late Shift by Bill Carter and its TV movie adaptation) between Letterman and Jay Leno. Carson made it pretty clear that Letterman was his true successor.

May 24th 1992 – The ethnic cleansing in Kozarac, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins when Serbian militia and police forces enter the town.

May 24th 1992 – The last Thai dictator, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigns following pro-democracy protests.

Also May 22, a big one -- Johnny Carson retired after hosting The Tonight Show for 30 years. Post-retirement, he guest starred in The Simpsons episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled" (a parody of both Elvis's 1968 comeback special and Carson's final show) and gave the occasional joke to David Letterman.

Carson's retirement led to the first Tonight Show Conflict (dramatized in The Late Shift by Bill Carter and its TV movie adaptation) between Letterman and Jay Leno. Carson made it pretty clear that Letterman was his true successor.

That's right!!

And today - May 25th - marks 30 years since Jay Leno began his long-running stint as "Tonight Show" host. (It was briefly interrupted for a few months in 2009/early 2010 when Conan O'Brien was made host...but to make a long story short, Jay came back and held the position until 2014.)

May 30th 1992 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 imposes economic sanctions on Yugoslavia in an effort to end its attacks on Bosnia and Herzegovina.

June 8th 1992 – The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

June 10th 1992: the UEFA European Football Championship began in Sweden.

June 15th 1992 – The United States Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.

June 17th 1992 – A "joint understanding" agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II).

June 22nd 1992 - Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was rushed to hospital after a gig in Belfast, Northern Ireland suffering from acute stomach pains brought on by ulcers.

June 28th 1992: At 4:57 a.m. in California, the town of Landers was shaken by a violent earthquake. It had a moment magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The shaking lasted for two to three minutes. Although this earthquake was much more powerful than a certain earthquake that would ravage the L.A. area less than two years later, the damage and loss of life were minimized by its location in the sparsely-populated Mojave Desert.

Nearly three hours later, at just after 8 a.m. local time, the same part of California was shaken by another powerful earthquake. This one, dubbed the 1992 Big Bear earthquake, had a moment magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The earthquake occurred at a relatively shallow depth of 5 kilometers (3.1 mi).

July 7th 1992 - The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.

One day late... on July 16th 1992, third-party candidate Ross Perot withdrew from the presidential race... only to re-enter it by the first of October.

July 17th 1992 - Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Manchester MetroLink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom.

August 3rd 1992: A general strike was called by the African National Congress to protest the lack of progress in negotiations with the government of State President of South Africa F. W. de Klerk. Millions of black South Africans participated in it.

August 3rd 1992: A general strike was called by the African National Congress to protest the lack of progress in negotiations with the government of State President of South Africa F. W. de Klerk. Millions of black South Africans participated in it.

The strike continued on the 4th.

Also on that day, twin actors Dylan and Cole Sprouse were born.

August 9th 1992 - The Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona concluded.

August 11th 1992: The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota (near Minneapolis) opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.

...which means that when I went there in mid 1994, the place was less than two years old.

August 12th 1992 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

On August 17, 1992, pitcher Kevin Gross of the Los Angeles Dodgers threw a no-hitter against the team’s longtime rivals, the San Francisco Giants, in a 2-0 victory.

20 August 1992:

In India, Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the scheduled languages' list and made one of the official languages of the Indian Government.
In the United States, female musician Demi Lovato was born.

August 27th 1992 - John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to The Beatles song 'A Day In The Life' from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band sold in an auction at Sotheby's London for $100,000 (£56,600). The lyrics were put up for sale again in March 2006 by Bonhams in New York. Sealed bids were opened on 7 March 2006 and offers started at about $2 million. The lyric sheet was auctioned again by Sotheby's in June 2010 when it was purchased by an anonymous American buyer who paid $1,200,000 (£810,000).

September 9th 1992 - Nirvana's Krist Novoselic knocked himself unconscious during the MTV music video awards after being hit on the head with his guitar after throwing it 'up in the air'.

September 11th 1992 – Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian Islands of Kauai and Oahu. :o :\'(

16 September 1992:

The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
Nick Jonas, the youngest member of American boy band The Jonas Brothers, was born.

September 22nd 1992 - Def Leppard were forced to cancel two US shows after their sound-equipment truck was found abandoned, after one of the bands driver's had attempted to rob a store. The driver was later charged of possessing drugs and criminal damage.

September 22nd 1992, the sixth season of the sitcom Full House kicked off, with the episode "Come Fly With Me."

September 24th 1992 - After his neighbor identified handwriting samples placed on local billboards by police, Oba Chandler was arrested three years after he committed a triple murder in the Tampa Bay area in Florida. >:(

October 1st 1992 – The Cartoon Network (later known simply as Cartoon Network, without definite article), the first 24-hour channel dedicated to cartoons, is launched.

October 16th 1992:

American actress Shirley Booth (one of only 24 people to win the Triple Crown Of Acting) passed away (at age 94).
American baseball player Bryce Harper (currently a member of the Philadelphia Phillies) was born.

October 17th 1992 - A Canada-based team played in the World Series for the first time, namely the Toronto Blue Jays. However, they lost the opening game, 3-1, to the host Atlanta Braves.

October 17th 1992 - A Canada-based team played in the World Series for the first time, namely the Toronto Blue Jays. However, they lost the opening game, 3-1, to the host Atlanta Braves.

On Tuesday the 20th, the first-ever World Series game was played in Canada, namely at Rogers Centre in Toronto. The Jays won it 3-2 to go up 2 games to 1 in the series.

Wednesday October 21st 1992, the Toronto Blue Jays won Game Four of the World Series, 2-1, over the Atlanta Braves, to go up 3 games to 1. This game only took 2 hours and 21 minutes to play.

October 22nd 1992: In Game Five of the World Series, the Atlanta Braves, facing elimination, defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-2 to carry the series back to Atlanta. The Braves started pitcher John Schmoltz, who pitched well and got ample run support to earn the victory. (Also on that Braves team was infielder Terry Pendleton, who seven years earlier was a member of a St. Louis Cardinals team that squandered a 3-games-to-1 lead in the 1985 World Series.)

October 24th 1992: The Toronto Blue Jays became the first Canada-based MLB team to win a World Series, doing so by defeating the Atlanta Braves 6-5 in Game Six.

November 3rd 1992 - Bill Clinton was elected as the 42nd President of the United States, defeating incumbent Daddy Bush.

November 11th 1992 – The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.

November 13th 1992 – The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.

November 13th 1992 – The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.

And that was a Friday the 13th! >:D

For the record, it was a good day for me.

November 20th 1992 – In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage.

November 21st 1992 – A major tornado strikes the Houston, Texas area during the afternoon. Over the next two days the largest tornado outbreak ever to occur in the US during November spawns over 100 tornadoes.

November 23rd 1992 – The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

November 23rd 1992 – The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Also, American singer and actress Miley Cyrus was born.

November 25th 1992 – The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, effective January 1, 1993.

December 3rd 1992 – A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.

December 4th 1992 – Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.

December 8th 1992 – The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the second time.

December 9th 1992 – American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.

December 21st 1992 – President of Serbia Slobodan Milošević defeats Milan Panić in the Serbian presidential election.

December 29th 1992 – Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.

December 31st 1992 – Czechoslovakia is peacefully dissolved in what is dubbed by media as the Velvet Divorce, resulting in the creation of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic.

January 5th 1993 – The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.

January 6th 1993 - Douglas Hurd is the first high-ranking British official to visit Argentina since the Falklands War.

Also on January 6th 1993, jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie passed away at the age of 75.

January 7th 1993 – The Fourth Republic of Ghana was inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings, the country's former military ruler, as president.

January 13th 1993 – Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.

January 18th 1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 US states.

January 19th 1993 – Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.

January 20th 1993 - Bill Clinton became the 42nd President of the United States.

January 30th 1993: The city of Los Angeles opened its first subway system, the Metro Red Line - running primarily in downtown Los Angeles. (It would later be extended northward to Hollywood (keeping the Red Line name) and have another branch westward (called Purple Line).

January 31st 1993: Super Bowl XXVII at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA: Dallas Cowboys 52, Buffalo Bills 17.

These teams would rematch in the Super Bowl a year later. But I won't post the result of that game until January 30th 2024.

February 8th 1993 – General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.

The 1993 World Trade Center bombing occurred on this date that year: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center exploded, killing six and injuring over a thousand people. :\'(

The 1993 World Trade Center bombing occurred on this date that year: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center exploded, killing six and injuring over a thousand people. :\'(

That was the first bombing I can remember, I read about it in the newspaper.

That was the first bombing I can remember, I read about it in the newspaper.

I thought you might know about it firsthand, since it was probably local to you.

March 7th 1993 – The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA. :\'(

The 1993 Storm of the Century occurred on March 13th of that year; it affected the eastern United States, dropping feet of snow in many areas. :o

March 20th 1993 – The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.

March 22nd 1993 – The first World Water Day was observed.

March 27th 1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.

March 27th 1993 – Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.

March 31st 1993 - The Macao Basic Law was adopted by China's National People's Congress and promulgated by President Jiang Zemin; it would finally come into effect 6+ years later, on 20 December 1999, following the transfer of sovereignty over Macau from Portugal to China.

April 3rd 1993 – The outcome of the Grand National horse race is declared void for the first (and only) time. :o

Three days late.. on April 5th 1993, the Colorado Rockies and Miami Marlins (MLB) played their respective inaugural games.

April 8th 1993 – The Republic of North Macedonia joins the United Nations.

April 16th 1993 - Paul McCartney headlined a concert at the Hollywood Bowl to celebrate 'Earth Day' along with Ringo Starr, Don Henley and Steve Miller. McCartney had last performed there as a member of The Beatles in 1965.

April 19th 1993 – The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building in Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Seventy-six Davidians, including eighteen children under the age of ten, died in the fire.

April 24th 1993 – An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.

April 26th 1993 – The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.

May 8th 1993 - Lennox Lewis beats Tony Tucker in 12 to win heavyweight boxing title.

May 18th 1993 – Riots in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, caused by the approval of the four Danish exceptions in the Maastricht Treaty referendum. Police open fire against civilians for the first time since World War II and injure 11 demonstrators.

May 19th 1993 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 3,500 for the first time ever.

June 4th 1993 - Kurt Cobain was arrested after a dispute at his house in Seattle; the disagreement allegedly concerned the Nirvana's guitarist's collection of firearms.