Historical Events for Year 1990 (Part 3)

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May 6th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic
May 6th - Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party
May 6th - Tom Cruise is ticketed for careless operation of a vehicle in SC
May 8th - Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway
May 8th - Reindependence Day of Estonia
May 9th - NY Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur
May 9th - Sampdoria wins 30th Europe Cup II
May 10th - "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 45 perfs
May 10th - French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
May 10th - Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella
May 11th - NY Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt
May 12th - 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts)
May 12th - Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million
May 12th - Nora Dunn & Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting
May 13th - "Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater NYC after 16 perfs
May 13th - Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
May 14th - 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)
May 14th - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,821.53
May 15th - "Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 56 perfs
May 15th - "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million
May 15th - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45
May 15th - Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period
May 15th - Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe
May 16th - Dominican Republic President JoaquĆ­n Ricardo Balaguer re-elected
May 16th - Juventus wins 19th UEFA Cup in Avellino
May 17th - Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI
May 17th - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71
May 17th - European court rules pension rights for both men & women
May 17th - WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann
May 17th - the WHO takes Homosexuality out of its list of mental illnesses.
May 18th - 2 Germanys sign a monetary union treaty
May 18th - Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak
May 18th - Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant
May 18th - Return To Green Acres TV movie airs
May 19th - 116th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6
May 19th - General Elvis, TV Drama last airs on ABC
May 20th - "Truly Blessed" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 33 performances
May 20th - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Golf International
May 20th - Hubble Space Telescope sends 1st photograph's from space
May 21st - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68
May 21st - Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV
May 22nd - Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times
May 22nd - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23
May 22nd - Final episode of "Newhart" airs
May 22nd - Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
May 22nd - North & South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen
May 23rd - A C Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna
May 23rd - Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion
May 23rd - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26
May 23rd - NY Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minn Twins 12-0
May 24th - Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game
May 24th - Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1
May 24th - A car carrying American Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney explodes in Oakland, California, critically injuring both.
May 26th - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
May 26th - Phila Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20
May 27th - 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
May 27th - Caesar Gaviria Trujillo chosen pres of Colombia
May 27th - Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game
May 27th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
May 27th - Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow
May 28th - Cesar Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia
May 28th - Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV
May 28th - Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica
May 28th - Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands)
May 29th - An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56
May 29th - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic
May 29th - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49
May 29th - Mets replace manager Davey Johnson with Buddy Harrelson
May 29th - NY Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson
May 29th - Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
May 30th - 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru
May 30th - Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,878.56
May 30th - Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135
May 31st - 63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne
May 31st - BPAA US Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie
May 31st - NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 3rd victim, Joseph Ponce
May 31st - Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles
Jun 1st - "Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 56 perfs
Jun 1st - Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
Jun 1st - Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974
Jun 1st - Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97
Jun 2nd - "Turtle Power" by Partners In Kryme hits #13
Jun 2nd - Seattle's Randy Johnson, no-hits Tigers, 2-0
Jun 3rd - 3rd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $894,560
Jun 3rd - 44th Tony Awards: Grapes of Wrath & City of Angels win
Jun 3rd - Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
Jun 4th - 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Patty Loveless
Jun 4th - Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
Jun 4th - LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
Jun 4th - NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917
Jun 4th - Dr Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die
Jun 5th - S African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling
Jun 6th - 2nd International Rock Awards
Jun 6th - For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game
Jun 6th - Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as NY Yankee manager
Jun 7th - Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains
Jun 7th - S Afr Pres F W de Klerk lifts 4 year olf state of emergency
Jun 8th - "It's Garry Shandling's Show," last airs on Fox-TV
Jun 8th - Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
Jun 9th - 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2
Jun 9th - 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64)
Jun 9th - Czechoslovakia beats US 5-1 in World Cup soccer
Jun 9th - Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games
Jun 9th - Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed
Jun 9th - Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage
Jun 9th - Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open tennis title
Jun 10th - "Accomplice" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 52 perfs
Jun 10th - "Meet Me in St Louis" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 253 perfs
Jun 10th - 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64)
Jun 10th - 8th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus
Jun 10th - Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing
Jun 10th - Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland
Jun 10th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
Jun 10th - Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Fla for obscenity
Jun 11th - Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of US flag unconstitut
Jun 11th - UN appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador
Jun 11th - Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress
Jun 11th - Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)
Jun 12th - Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Neth 1-1 in World Cup game
Jun 12th - NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
Jun 12th - Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
Jun 12th - Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
Jun 12th - NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
Jun 13th - "Les Miserables," opens at S Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary
Jun 13th - Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya
Jun 13th - Nelson & Winnie Mandela welcomed in NYC
Jun 13th - Wash DC mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term
Jun 14th - 44th NBA Championship: Det Pistons beat Por Trailblazers, 4 games to 1
Jun 14th - Date of the events in the movie Mr Destiny
Jun 14th - NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season
Jun 14th - Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional
Jun 15th - "Dick Tracy" with Warren Beatty & Madonna premieres
Jun 16th - "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer peaks at #8
Jun 16th - Nelson & Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam
Jun 17th - "Some Americans Abroad" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 62 perfs
Jun 17th - "Zoya's Apartment" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 45 perfs
Jun 17th - 90th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 280 at Medinah CC in Medinah Il
Jun 17th - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
Jun 18th - 1st ever lose for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, USSR-4 Cameroon-0
Jun 18th - 1st sudden death US Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin
Jun 19th - Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark
Jun 20th - 40,000-50,000 die in a (7.6) earthquake in Iran
Jun 20th - Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US
Jun 20th - Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
Jun 21st - 7.7 Earthquake with 100s of after shocks hits Iran; about 50,000 die
Jun 21st - Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame
Jun 21st - NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 4th victim, Larry Parham
Jun 21st - Parliament of W & E Germany recognize Oder-Neissegrens
Jun 21st - US House of Reps vote 254-177 to stop US flag burning, doesn't pass
Jun 21st - At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap & proclaims "I am a Yankee!"


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