Major Event/ Sports /Nobel Prizes/Pulitzer Prizes/Academy/ Popular Movies/ Popular Books /Popular Television Shows/ Popular Music/ Grammy Awards/
Major Events of 1990
- Lithuania Independent
- Yeltsin President of Russian Federation
- Germany United
- Yugoslavia Brakes Up
- Walesa, Polish President
- Elections in Myanmar
- Nelson Mandela Freed
- Nambia Free
- Iraq Attacks Kurds in Northern Iraq
- Gulf War Begins
- Free Elections in Nicuragua
Sports
NBA: Detriot Pistons vs.Portland Trailblazers Series: 4-1
NCAA Football: Colorado & Georgia Tech Record: 11-1-1 & 11-0-1
Heisman Trophy: Ty Detmer, byu, QB points: 1,482
Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers vs. Boston Bruins Series: 4-1
Super Bowl XXIV: San Francisco 49ers vs. Denver Broncos Score: 55-10
Popular Music
1."How Am I Suppose to Live Without You" ... Michael
Bolton
2."Opposites Attract" ... Paula Abdul w/the Wild Pair
3."Escapade" ... Janet Jackson
4."Black Velvet" ... Alannah Myles
5."Love Will Lead You Back" ... Taylor Dayne
6."I'll Be Your Everything" ... Tommy Page
7."Nothing Compares 2 U" ... Sinead O' Connor
8."Vogue" ... Madonna
9."Hold On" ... Wilson Philips
10."It Must Have Been Love" ... Roxette
Popular Movies
1. Ghost
2. Pretty Woman
3. Home Alone'
4. Die Hard 2
5. Total Recall
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7. Dick Tracy
8. The Hunt For Red October
9. Driving Miss Daisy
10. Back to the Future, Part III
Most Popular Books
Fiction
1."Oh, the Places You'll Go!" ... Dr. Seuss
2."Clear and Present Danger" ... Tom Clancy
3."The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition" ... Stephen King
3."The Burden of Proof" ... Scott Turow
4."The Bourne Ultimatum" ... Robert Ludlum
5."September" ... Rosamunde Pilcher
6."Message from Nam" ... Danielle Steel
7."Memories of Midnight" ... Sidney Sheldon
7."An Inconvenient Woman" ... Dominick Dunne
8. "Devices and Desires" ... P.D. James
9."Dragon" ... Clive Cussler
9."Tales from Margaritaville: Fictional Facts and Factual Fancies" ...
Jimmy Buffett
9."The Authoritative Calvin & Hobbes" ... Bill Watterson
10."Road Atlas 1990" ... Rand McNally
10."50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth" ... Earthworks Group
Nonfiction
1."Wealth Without Risk" ... Charles Givens
2."Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco" ... Bryan Burrough
and John Helyar
3."Megatrends 2000" ... John Naisbitt & Patricia Aburdene
4."It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It" ... Robert Fulghum
5."Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street" ... Michael
M. Lewis
6."Men at Work" ... George F. Will
7."Dave Barry Turns 40" ... Dave Barry
7."You Just Don't Understand: Men and Women in Conversation" ...
Deborah Tannen
8."Homecoming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child" ...
John Bradshaw
8."All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" ...
Robert Fulghum
9."Secrets About Men Every Woman Should Know" ... Barbra DeAngelis
10."Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt" ... Harvey Mackay
1. Cheers (NBC)
2. 60 Minutes (CBS)
3. Roseanne (ABC)
4. A Different World (NBC)
5. The Cosby Show (NBC)
6. Murphy Brown (CBS)
7. Empty Nest ( NBC)
8. America's Most Funniest Home Videos (ABC)
9. Monday Night Football (ABC)
10. The Golden Girls (ABC)
Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
COREY, ELIAS JAMES, U.S.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, b. 1928:
"for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis"
Literature
PAZ, OCTAVIO, Mexico, b. 1914, d. 1998:
"for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous
intelligence and humanistic integrity"
Peace
GORBACHEV, MIKHAIL SERGEYEVICH, USSR, b. 1931: President of the USSR, helped to bring the Cold War to an end.
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to:
MURRAY, JOSEPH E., U.S.A., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, b.
1919; and
THOMAS, E. DONNALL, U.S.A., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, b. 1920:
"for their discoveries concerning Organ and Cell Transplantation in the
Treatment of Human Disease"
Physics
The prize was awarded jointly to:
FRIEDMAN, JEROME I., U.S.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, MA, b. 1930;
KENDALL, HENRY W., U.S.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, b. 1926, d. 1999; and
TAYLOR, RICHARD E., Canada, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, U.S.A., b.
1929:
"for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of
electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential
importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics"
Academy Awards
Best Picture: "Dances With Wolves"
Best Director: Kevin Costner ... "Dances With Wolves"
Best Actor: Jeremy Irons ... "Reversal of Fortune"
Best Actress: Kathy Bates ... "Misery"
Record of the Year: Song of the Year: Album of the Year: Male Vocalist: Female Vocalist: |
"Another Day In Paradise" ... Phil Collins
"From a Distance" ... Julie Gold |
Tony Awards
Best Play: "M. Butterfly" ... David Henry Hwang
Best Musical: "City of Angels"
Best Actor in a play:Robert Morse ... "Tru"
Best Actress in a play:Maggie Smith ... "Lettice and Lovage"
Best Actor in a musical:James Naughton ... "City of Angels"
Best Actress in a musical:Tyne Daly ... "Gypsy"
Drama: Fiction: History: International Reporting: National Reporting: Public Service: |
August Wilson ... "The Piano Lesson" Oscar Hijuelos ... "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love"Stanley Karnow ... "In Our Image" Nicholas D. Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn ... "New York Times"Donald L. Bartlett & James B. Steele ... Ross Anderson, Bill Dietrich, Mary Ann Gwinn & Eric Nalder ... "Seattle Times" |
|