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1990
in
the United States

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Events from the year 1990 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

Demographics

Events

January

February

February 14: Pale Blue Dot

March

April

April 24: Hubble Space Telescope in orbit

May

June

June 1: 1990 Chemical Weapons Accord

July

August

September

September 28: Washington National Cathedral completed

October

  • 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

December

December 11: John Gotti arrested

Ongoing

Births

January

Grant Gustin
Kelly Rohrbach
Christopher Massey
Nick Moody
Jake Thomas

February

Julia Fox
Sean Kingston
Dalilah Muhammad
Lindsey Morgan

March

Kristinia DeBarge
Kiowa Gordon
Laura Harrier
Thomas Rhett
Corey Cott

April

Kristen Stewart
Maren Morris
Machine Gun Kelly

May

Kay Panabaker
Brooks Koepka
Leven Rambin
Luke Kleintank
Chris Colfer

June

Ryan Higa
Tristin Mays
Christian Taylor
Ashly Burch

July

Connor Paolo
James Maslow
Daveigh Chase
Soulja Boy

August

Lucas Till
Jennifer Lawrence
Bo Burnham
Erika Harlacher

September

Jamie Anderson
Allison Scagliotti
Christian Serratos

October

Shaul Guerrero
Brittney Griner
Ciara Renée
Jonathan Lipnicki

November

Kendall Schmidt
SZA
Sarah Hyland

December

Chanel Iman
Andy Biersack
David Archuleta

Full Date Unknown

Deaths

January

Barbara Stanwyck
Ava Gardner

February

Johnnie Ray

March

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

Greta Garbo
Ralph Abernathy

May

Sammy Davis Jr.
Jim Henson

June

Rex Harrison

July

Howard Duff

August

Pearl Bailey
Stevie Ray Vaughan

September

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

Leonard Bernstein
Art Blakey

November

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

Aaron Copland
Armand Hammer

Undated

See also

References

  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.