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1990 in the United States

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1990
in
the United States

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Events from the year 1990 in the United States.

Incumbents

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Federal government

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Demographics

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Events

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January

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February

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February 14: Pale Blue Dot

March

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April

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April 24: Hubble Space Telescope in orbit

May

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June

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June 1: 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord

July

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August

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September

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September 28: Washington National Cathedral completed

October

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  • October 2 – The Senate confirms David Souter to the Supreme Court; he takes his seat on October 9.
  • October 3 – In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a jury convicts a record store owner of obscenity for selling an album by 2 Live Crew. On October 20, a second jury finds 2 Live Crew not guilty of obscenity on charges stemming from a June 1990 performance.
  • October 5 – In Cincinnati, a jury finds an art museum and its art director innocent of breaking obscenity laws for displaying sexually explicit photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.
  • October 6 – STS-41: The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off and launches the Ulysses on a mission to study the sun.
  • October 6–8 – The federal government temporarily halts all non-essential services after Congress fails to enact a new budget and President Bush vetoes a stop-gap spending measure.
  • October 9 – Leonard Bernstein announces his retirement from conducting after 47 years. He dies five days later.[5]
  • October 20 – The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 0, to win their 5th World Series Title.
  • October 22
    • President Bush vetoes a civil rights bill that would have strengthened federal protection against job discrimination, arguing that it would lead to race and gender-based quotas.
    • In Orange County, California, a judge denies a surrogate mother's request for parental rights to a child she bore for another couple.
  • October 24 – United States Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole announces her resignation.
  • October 25 – Evander Holyfield defeats James "Buster" Douglas to become the heavyweight boxing champion.
  • October 27 – Congress passes the Clean Air Act of 1990.

November

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December

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December 11: John Gotti arrested

Ongoing

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Births

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Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December · Date unknown

January

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Grant Gustin
Kelly Rohrbach
Christopher Massey
Nick Moody
Jake Thomas

February

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Julia Fox
Sean Kingston
Dalilah Muhammad
Lindsey Morgan

March

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Kristinia DeBarge
Kiowa Gordon
Laura Harrier
Thomas Rhett
Corey Cott

April

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Kristen Stewart
Maren Morris
Machine Gun Kelly

May

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Kay Panabaker
Brooks Koepka
Leven Rambin
Luke Kleintank
Chris Colfer

June

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Ryan Higa
Tristin Mays
Christian Taylor
Ashly Burch

July

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Connor Paolo
James Maslow
Daveigh Chase
Soulja Boy

August

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Lucas Till
Jennifer Lawrence
Bo Burnham
Erika Harlacher

September

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Jamie Anderson
Allison Scagliotti
Christian Serratos

October

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Shaul Guerrero
Brittney Griner
Ciara Renée
Jonathan Lipnicki

November

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Kendall Schmidt
SZA
Sarah Hyland

December

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Chanel Iman
Andy Biersack
David Archuleta

Full Date Unknown

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Deaths

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January

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Barbara Stanwyck
Ava Gardner

February

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Johnnie Ray

March

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Gary Merrill
Tom Harmon
  • March 4 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
  • March 5 – Gary Merrill, American actor (b. 1915)
  • March 6
  • March 12 – Gene Klein, American businessman (b. 1921)
  • March 13 – Bruno Bettelheim, American child psychologist (b. 1903)
  • March 14 – Harold Medina, American lawyer, teacher, and judge (b. 1888)
  • March 15 – Tom Harmon, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1919)
  • March 18 – Robin Harris, American actor, comedian and voice artist (b. 1953)
  • March 19
  • March 24 – Ray Goulding, American comedian (b. 1922)
  • March 26 – Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
  • March 30 – Harry Bridges, Australian-born union leader (b. 1901)

April

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Greta Garbo
Ralph Abernathy

May

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Sammy Davis Jr.
Jim Henson

June

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Rex Harrison

July

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Howard Duff

August

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Pearl Bailey
Stevie Ray Vaughan

September

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Irene Dunne
  • September 1 – Buster Adams, American baseball player (b. 1915)
  • September 4 – Irene Dunne, American actress (b. 1898)
  • September 6 – Tom Fogerty, American musician (b. 1941)
  • September 8 – Joe Gleason, American baseball pitcher (b. 1895)
  • September 14 – Lotus Long, American actress (b. 1909)
  • September 19 – Hermes Pan, American choreographer (b. 1910)
  • September 22 – John A. Danaher, American politician (b. 1899)
  • September 23 – Betty Warfel, American professional baseball player (b. 1928)

October

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Leonard Bernstein
Art Blakey

November

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Robert Hofstadter
  • November 3 – Mary Martin, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
  • November 7 – Vito Russo, American activist, historian, and author (b. 1946)
  • November 5 – Meir Kahane, American rabbi and political figure (b. 1932)
  • November 11 – Elliott Chaze, American journalist and novelist (b. 1915)
  • November 12 – Eve Arden, American actress (b. 1908)
  • November 17 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
  • November 27 – David White, American actor (b. 1916)

December

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Aaron Copland
Armand Hammer

Undated

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Newsome, John (February 5, 2015). "Police hope for new information in brutal Las Cruces murders after 25 years". CNN. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  2. ^ "Bowling Alley Case, now 30 Years Old, Remains Unsolved". Las Cruces, NM. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  3. ^ John T. Woolley; Gerhard Peters (June 26, 1990). "Statement on the Federal Budget Negotiations". The American Presidency Project. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012.
  4. ^ Stanley, Alessandra (July 7, 1990). "New Force In Fashion: 'Dart Man'". The New York Times. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
  5. ^ "Leonard Bernstein, 72, Music's Monarch, Dies". The New York Times. October 15, 1990. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  6. ^ "2017 world 100m champion Bowie dies | NEWS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "Pearl Bailey | American entertainer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
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