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Results 1 - 77 of 77

1st - "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 149 perfs
1st - Indians' Alex Cole sets club record with 5 stolen bases in one game
1st - Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait
1st - Soyuz TM-10 launches
1st - Stanton Cook becomes CEO of Chicago Cubs
2nd - Iraq invades & occupies Kuwait, Emir flees to Saudi Arabia
2nd - Yankees rookie Kevin Maas hits his 10th home run in just 77 at bats
3rd - "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater NYC for 11 perfs
3rd - 98.8°F (37.1°C) in Cheltenham, Glos. (UK record)
3rd - NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 10th HR in 1st 72 at bats
3rd - Radio Kuwait resigns air, due to Iraqi invasion
3rd - US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions
3rd - For 3rd time in 1990 a no-hitter is broken up with 2 outs in 8th inning. Doug Drabek of Pitts still beats Phila 11-0
4th - 95.5°F (35.3°C) in De Bilt Neth (highest Aug temp in Neth)
4th - European community proposes a boycott of Iraq
5th - Barb Mucha wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
5th - Jim Palmer & Joe Morgan inducted into hall of fame
6th - NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 11th HR in 1st 86 at bats
6th - Pres Ghulam Ishaq Kahn dismisses premier Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan
6th - UN Security Council votes 13-0 (2 abstensions Cuba & Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq
7th - Desert Shield begins - US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia
7th - NY Yankee Kevin Mass sets record with 12th HR in 1st 92 at bats & becomes 21st to hit a ball into 3rd deck of Seattle's Kingdome
8th - Balt Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland)
8th - Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 HRs as a catcher
8th - Iraq annexes Kuwait as its 19th province
8th - Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp
9th - 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia
9th - Soyuz TM-10 lands
10th - US's Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus
10th - The Massacre of more than 127 Muslims in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitaries.
11th - Egypt & Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion
11th - NY Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 HRs (110 at bats)
12th - 12th annual Macy's Tap-o-mania
12th - 72nd PGA Championship: Wayne Grady shoots a 282 at Shoal Creek Ala
12th - Cathy Gerring wins Stratton Mountain LPGA Golf Classic
12th - Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories
14th - Angel's Louis Palonia is 74th to hit an inside park grandslam
14th - Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise
15th - 51st PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player
15th - Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
15th - Phils Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no hitter of 1990)
16th - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
16th - Iraq orders 4000 Britons & 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq
17th - "Exorcist 3" premieres
17th - Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR
17th - Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
19th - Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
19th - Dodger Jose Offerman hits HR in his 1st at bat
19th - NY Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 14 HRs (approx 128 at bat)
20th - Gene Michael names NY Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson
20th - George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner
20th - Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields)
20th - NY Yankee Kevin Mass is quickest to reach 15 HRs (approx 132 at bat)
22nd - Pres Bush calls up military reserves
23rd - Armenia declares independence
23rd - East & West Germany announced that they would unite on Oct 3
23rd - US begins call up of 46,000 reservists to the Persian Gulf
24th - 3,500 peacekeepers arrive in Liberia
24th - Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City
25th - Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8½")
25th - UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq
26th - 2 slain college students found in Gainesville Florida
26th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Northgate Golf Classic
26th - Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive HRs
27th - 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq
27th - Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed 35 minutes due to gnats
27th - Rosa Mota wins female marathon (2:31:27)
27th - WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude
28th - Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively
28th - Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov
29th - C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13
29th - Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq
30th - Ken Griffey & Ken Griffey Jr become 1st father & son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in 1st inning
30th - Tatarstan declares independence from the RSFSR.
31st - Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season
31st - East & West Germany sign a treaty to join legal & political systems
31st - Ken Griffey Sr & Jr are 1st father & son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Mariners