1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 and 9 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 9 and 10 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 and 12 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 9 and 12 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4x100 metres relay event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 and 12 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 43 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4x400 metres relay event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 and 12 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 49 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk
The women's 5000 metres walk event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 12 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8, 9 and 10 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 and 12 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 15 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 9 and 10 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August. An old specification 600g javelin was used.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 and 9 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Curling Championships
The 1990 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 18 to 24 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.


1990 World Junior Curling Championships
It was the first World Junior Championships to include teams from Finland.


1990 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 1990 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from November 28 to December 3, 1989 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. The event was sanctioned by the International Skating Union and open to ISU member nations. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1990 WJHC) was the 14th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held mainly in Helsinki, Finland. Canada won the gold medal, its fourth world junior championship, while the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia won silver and bronze, respectively.


1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Final standings
The 1990 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.


1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Bad Tölz West Germany from March 26 to April 4. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.


1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool B
Switzerland was promoted to Pool A and Yugoslavia was relegated to Pool C for 1991.


1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool C
Pool C was contested by seven teams in Eindhoven Netherlands from March 16 to 25. The South Korean juniors made their debut this year.


1990 World Karate Championships
The 1990 World Karate Championships are the 10th edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Mexico City, Mexico from November 8 to November 11, 1990.


1990 World Lacrosse Championship
The 1990 World Lacrosse Championship was the sixth World Lacrosse Championship and was played at the WACA Ground in Perth, Western Australia from July 7-15, 1990. The United States defeated Canada 19-15 in the final to win the tournament. The Iroquois Nationals became the fifth team to participate in the tournament.


1990 World Matchplay (snooker)
The 1990 Coalite World Matchplay was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place in December 1990 in Brentwood, England.


1990 World Matchplay (snooker)
Jimmy White won the event for the second year running, defeating Stephen Hendry 18–9 in the final.


1990 World Men's Curling Championship
The 1990 World Men's Curling Championships was held at the Rocklundahallen in Västerås, Sweden from April 1–7. The men's winner team Canada skipped by Ed Werenich.


1990 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Ed Werenich Third: John Kawaja Second: Ian Tetley Lead: Pat Perroud Alternate: Neil Harrison


1990 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Tommy Stjerne Third: Per Berg Second: Peter Andersen Lead: Ivan Frederiksen Alternate: Anders Søderblom


1990 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jussi Uusipaavalniemi Third: Jari Laukkanen Second: Jori Aro Lead: Marko Poikolainen Alternate: Juhani Heinonen


1990 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andreas Kapp Third: Florian Zörgiebel Second: Cristopher Huber Lead: Ulrich Schneider Alternate: Michael Schäffer


1990 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrea Pavani Third: Fabio Alvera Second: Franco Sovilla Lead: Stefano Morona Alternate: Stefano Zardini


1990 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Eigil Ramsfjell Third: Sjur Loen Second: Niclas Järund Lead: Morten Skaug Alternate: Flemming Davanger


1990 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : David Smith Third: Mike Hay Second: Peter Smith Lead: David Hay


1990 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Lars-Åke Nordström Third: Christer Ödling Second: Peder Flemström Lead: Peter Nenzén Alternate: Anders Gidlund


1990 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Daniel Model Third: Beat Stephan Second: Marc Brügger Lead: Lukas Fankhauser


1990 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Doug Jones Third: Bard Nordlund Second: Murphy Tomlinson Lead: Tom Violette


1990 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1990 World Men's Handball Championship was the 12th team handball World Championship. It was held in Czechoslovakia from February 28 to March 10, 1990. Sweden won the championship.


1990 World Mountain Running Trophy
The 1990 World Mountain Running Championships was the 6th edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Telfes, Austria on 15 September 1990.


1990 World Rally Championship
The 1990 World Rally Championship was the 18th season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 12 rallies. The drivers' world championship was won by Carlos Sainz in a Toyota Celica GT-Four ST165, ahead of Didier Auriol and Juha Kankkunen. The manufacturers' title was won by Lancia, ahead of Toyota and Mitsubishi.


1990 World Rowing Championships
The 1990 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 31 October to 4 November 1990 at Lake Barrington in Tasmania, Australia.


1990 World Rowing Championships, German teams
A month prior to the World Championships, Germany completed the political process of reunification of the eastern and western parts of the country. This was done at great speed, and organisational changes at the sports level took longer, with the German rowing federations due to merge by the end of 1990. FISA confirmed to the East German rowing federation that their rowers could participate as an separate team to West Germany, but without the designation of East Germany (GDR). There were no problems with medal ceremonies, as national anthems were not played nor national flags raised based on a decision made in 1955.


1990 World Sambo Championships
The 1990 World Sambo Championships were sambo competitions held in Moscow, Soviet Union, in 1990. The championships were organized by FIAS.


1990 World Series
The 1990 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1990 season. The 87th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the defending champions and heavily favored American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds. The Reds defeated the Athletics in a four-game sweep. It was the fifth four-game sweep by the NL and second by the Reds after they did it in 1976.


1990 World Series
It was the second consecutive World Series to end in a sweep, after the Athletics themselves did it to the San Francisco Giants in 1989. It is remembered for Billy Hatcher's seven consecutive hits. The sweep extended the Reds' World Series winning streak to nine games, dating back to 1975. This also was the second World Series meeting between the two clubs (Oakland won four games to three in 1972). As of 2020, this remains both teams' most recent appearance in the World Series.


1990 World Series
Athletics manager Tony La Russa and Reds manager Lou Piniella were old friends and teammates from their Tampa American Legion Post 248 team.


1990 World Series, Background, Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds won the National League West division by five games over the Los Angeles Dodgers. They set an NL record by staying in first place in the division for the entire season or "wire-to-wire", which had been done only one other time, by the 1984 Detroit Tigers. The Reds then defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates, four games to two, in the National League Championship Series.


1990 World Series, Background, Cincinnati Reds, "The Nasty Boys"
The strength of the Cincinnati Reds bullpen and timely hitting led them to a quick sweep of the AL champions. The Reds' bullpen had three primary members—Norm Charlton, Randy Myers, and Rob Dibble—collectively they were known as the "Nasty Boys", who wouldn't let the A's score against them in nearly nine innings of work. Media talk of a forthcoming A's dynasty led Reds fans to call their own team the "dyNASTY." The Nasty Boys originally referred to five pitchers, with the other two being Tim Layana and Tim Birtsas (though history relates it to the aforementioned three). On his XM show, Dibble still adds these two pitchers into the "Nasty Boys", stating it was a collective bullpen effort.


1990 World Series, Background, Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics won the American League West division by nine games over the Chicago White Sox. They then defeated the Boston Red Sox, four games to none, in the American League Championship Series.


1990 World Series, Background, Oakland Athletics
The Athletics were the defending World Series champions, two-time defending American League champions, and heavy favorites against the Reds. The Athletics became the first franchise to appear in three consecutive World Series since the 1976–1978 New York Yankees. Their lineup included three former AL Rookies-of-the-Year: José Canseco (1986), Mark McGwire (1987), and Walt Weiss (1988). A's outfielder Willie McGee won a batting title that year, but it wasn't the AL batting title. He batted .335 for the NL's St Louis Cardinals (with enough plate appearances to qualify for the NL batting title) before he was traded in late August to Oakland.


1990 World Series, Background, Oakland Athletics
Behind starter Dave Stewart and reliever Dennis Eckersley, the Athletics had won 306 games over the prior three seasons.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The schedule called for the seven-game series to be held Tue–Wed, Fri–Sat–Sun, Tue–Wed. Games 5, 6, and 7, however, were not necessary. This was the first World Series to begin play on a Tuesday since 1984, and the last until 2014 (all World Series between 1985 and 2006, with the exception of this one, were scheduled to begin on a Saturday, while those from 2007 through 2013 featured Wednesday starts). The change in this instance was necessitated by an early season lockout which had caused the first week of the season to be postponed. In order to make up the postponed games, the regular season was extended by three days, causing the postseason to begin on a Thursday rather than a Tuesday, as had been the practice for many years.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
When Oakland Athletics pitcher Dave Stewart entered to pitch Game 1, he had a six-game postseason winning streak going, which ended after four innings of work.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The Reds got out of the gate quickly with a two-run home run (that nearly hit the CBS television studio where anchor Pat O'Brien was sitting in left-center) from Eric Davis in the bottom of the first inning off A's ace Dave Stewart. Billy Hatcher helped out offensively in a big way by starting his streak of seven straight hits in the series after a walk in the first inning.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The Reds added to their lead when Barry Larkin drew a leadoff walk in the third and scored on a double by Hatcher, who moved to third on shortstop Mike Gallego's throw to home, then scored on Paul O'Neill's groundout. In the fifth, after a one-out double by Hatcher and an O'Neill walk off of Todd Burns, Davis's RBI single made it 5–0 Reds and after a groundout moved the runners up, Chris Sabo's two-run single capped the game's scoring at 7–0. José Rijo settled in after the early lead with seven shutout innings. Two "Nasty Boys," Rob Dibble and Randy Myers pitched the eighth and ninth innings and Cincinnati cruised to a surprise victory. The following day's headline in The Cincinnati Post captured the city's surprise with the headline, "Davis Stuns Goliath."


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
First Lady Barbara Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Eventual Cy Young Award winner Bob Welch opposed postseason veteran Danny Jackson in Game 2. Rickey Henderson manufactured a run for the A's in the first by getting a hit, stealing second, getting sacrificed to third by Carney Lansford, and scoring on a groundout by José Canseco. The Reds came right back in the bottom of the first. Barry Larkin and Billy Hatcher hit consecutive opposite field doubles and Hatcher would score on Davis's groundout.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
In the third the A's got the lead back. José Canseco hit a rocket into the right-center field stands to tie the game (his only hit of the series). A base hit by Mark McGwire and two walks to Dave Henderson and Willie Randolph followed, knocking the ineffective Jackson out of the game. With the bases loaded, Ron Hassey hit a sac fly off new pitcher Scott Scudder to score McGwire and Mike Gallego singled to center off Scudder to score Dave Henderson to give the A's a 4–2 lead.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The A's, however, would not score any more runs thanks to the relief pitching of Scudder, All-Star game starter Jack Armstrong, and the threesome nicknamed the "Nasty Boys": Rob Dibble, Norm Charlton, and Randy Myers.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The Reds got a run closer at 4–3 on pinch hitter Ron Oester's RBI single that drove in Joe Oliver in the fourth; incidentally, this would be the last plate appearance of Oester's career, all 13 seasons of which were spent in Cincinnati. The Reds tied it in the eighth when Hatcher tripled over the crippled Canseco (who was suffering from back spasms throughout the playoffs) and scored on pinch-hitter Glenn Braggs's force play (after O'Neill was walked to set it up). Welch would be charged with all four runs in 7+1⁄3 innings and Rick Honeycutt was charged with a blown save after allowing Hatcher to score.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
During Game 2, Reds pitcher Tom Browning's pregnant wife Debbie went into labor during the game. Debbie left her seat in the fifth inning to drive herself to the hospital. As the game went on, the Reds wanted Browning ready to pitch just in case the game went well into extra innings. Thinking that Browning was en route to a nearby hospital, the Reds had their radio broadcaster Marty Brennaman put out an All Points Bulletin on Browning, a bulletin that was picked up by Tim McCarver on CBS television, who passed it along in the tenth inning.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
In the tenth, the Reds broke through to win the game off A's closer Dennis Eckersley. Utilityman Billy Bates chopped an infield single off home plate to start the inning. Chris Sabo singled to left to put runners on first and second. Then Oliver hit a bouncer that hopped over third base and down the line in left to drive in Bates with a walk-off hit.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
This was the last of five World Series to be played at Riverfront Stadium (1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, and 1990), which was closed and demolished in 2002. As of 2020, Great American Ball Park, the Reds current home field, has yet to host a World Series.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
In Game 3 the Reds took a 3–0 series lead on the defending champs. Tom Browning started for the Reds while Mike Moore, who had two wins in the 1989 World Series (alongside Dave Stewart), got the assignment for Oakland despite struggling throughout the regular season. In the second inning, Chris Sabo put the Reds up 1–0 with a solo homer. The lead was short lived as DH Harold Baines hit a soaring two-run homer after a Dave Henderson double to give the A's a 2–1 lead in the bottom of the second.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
In the third, the Reds' seven-run inning began with Billy Hatcher's eighth hit in nine at-bats (he had rapped into a double-play in the first inning ending his streak of seven straight hits). Paul O'Neill then singled off the glove of first baseman Mark McGwire to put runners on first and second. Eric Davis drilled a sharp single to center scoring Hatcher to tie the game and advancing O'Neill to third.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Following an RBI groundout by Hal Morris that put the Reds ahead, the Reds went up 5–2 when Sabo hit his second homer of the game into the left field stands. Todd Benzinger, the Reds' DH (the game was in an American League Stadium) then singled and Joe Oliver hit an RBI double. Mariano Duncan drove Oliver home with a single, stole second, and scored himself when Barry Larkin hit a gapper. The A's now trailed the Reds 8–2. Rickey Henderson's third inning home run made it 8–3, but Tom Browning pitched effectively for six innings to earn the victory. Dibble and Myers provided three scoreless innings in relief to put the Reds one win away from the title.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The first pitch was thrown out by former Oakland A Joe Rudi. who was a member of the 3 straight championshipships won in 1972, 1973 and 1974. Game 4 was a pitchers' duel between Dave Stewart and José Rijo (the Game 1 starters) that eventually culminated in the Reds sweeping the series. Despite a 3–0 series lead, the Reds' advantage became tenuous early on when two cornerstones of their lineup--Davis and Hatcher--had to be removed from the game with injuries. Hatcher was hit on the hand by a pitch in the first inning.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
He was taken to the hospital for X-rays but was found to have only a severe bruise and would likely have been day-to-day had the series continued. Davis's injury was more serious and would have been series-ending. Chasing a fly ball, he fell hard on his elbow jammed into his side and sustained both a rib cage injury and a kidney lasceration. He was also taken to the hospital and, unlike Hatcher, never returned to the park that night. The A's got on the board in the first, when Willie McGee doubled and Carney Lansford singled him in.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The game remained 1–0 until the eighth, when the Reds finally got to Stewart. Barry Larkin singled up the middle, Herm Winningham followed with a bunt that he beat out for a base hit, and Paul O'Neill reached on a throwing error by Stewart to load the bases. Glenn Braggs' groundout and Hal Morris's sacrifice fly gave the Reds a 2–1 edge, which was preserved by both Rijo, who at one point retired 20 straight batters, and Randy Myers who got the final two outs.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The A's became the first team ever to be swept in a World Series after sweeping the League Championship Series. This was later duplicated by the 2007 Colorado Rockies and the 2012 Detroit Tigers. Additionally, this was the first time since 1938-1939 (when the New York Yankees won both times; the Yankees also did it in 1927 and 1928) that two consecutive World Series ended in a four-game sweep, which would be repeated in 1998-1999 (both won by the Yankees), and again in 2004-2005 (won by the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox, respectively).


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The 1990 World Series would be the Reds' fifth championship but would also be remembered as one of the biggest upsets in baseball history. The twelve game differential between the teams' regular season records made this one of only two times in World Series history that a team swept an opponent whose regular season record bested theirs by ten games or more, the other being the 1954 New York Giants, who swept the 14-games-better Cleveland Indians. Currently, this is the last time either team has appeared in the World Series. This is also the most recent sports championship for the city of Cincinnati.


1990 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Cincinnati Reds' pitcher José Rijo became the second Dominican born player to earn World Series MVP honors. Pedro Guerrero of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981, along with his co-MVP teammates Ron Cey and Steve Yeager was the first Dominican born to earn World Series MVP. Fourteen years after Rijo's award, (2004), Manny Ramírez of the Boston Red Sox became the third. Other Series heroes included Reds third baseman Chris Sabo who went 9 of 16 (.562) with 2 home runs; and Reds outfielder Billy Hatcher, who set a World Series record with seven consecutive hits. In addition, Hatcher's .750 batting average (9 for 12) broke a four-game-Series mark set by Babe Ruth (.625 in 1928).


1990 World Series, Composite box
1990 World Series (4–0): Cincinnati Reds (N.L.) over Oakland Athletics (A.L.)


1990 World Series, Radio and television coverage
This was the first of four consecutive World Series to be televised on CBS. From 1976 to 1989, World Series telecasts alternated between ABC (in odd numbered years) and NBC (in even numbered years). Also during the 1990 World Series, Lesley Visser became the first female sportscaster to cover a World Series. Serving as field reporters for CBS were Jim Kaat (the Reds' dugout) and the aforementioned Visser (the Athletics' dugout).


1990 World Series, Radio and television coverage
CBS Radio continued as the radio home of the World Series for a 15th consecutive season. 1990 saw the return of Vin Scully to their radio booth for the first time in eight years; he had left CBS in 1983 after the network chose not to give him their top National Football League assignment alongside John Madden and had spent the previous seven seasons as the lead voice for NBC's baseball telecasts. Johnny Bench, who had joined the radio broadcast in 1989 after Bill White became President of the National League, was the analyst in the booth.


1990 World Series Challenge
The 1990 Hong Kong Challenge was an invitational snooker tournament played in Hong Kong from 22 to 26 August 1990, organised by IMG. It featured seven of the top eight ranked players (John Parrott was the exception, being replaced by Steve James), two other professionals James Wattana and Franky Chan, and two amateurs. James Wattana won the title by beating Jimmy White 9–3 in the final.


1990 World Series Challenge
It was the first event of the 1990–91 snooker season. James Wattana beat four of the top six ranked players on his way to winning the title. He also compiled the highest break, 127, in the first frame of his match against Steve Davis. The event was televised and attracted twenty million viewers in Thailand.


1990 World Series Challenge, Prize Fund
The event was sponsored by 555 and had a total prize fund of £71,000 awarded as follows:


1990 World Series of Poker
The 1990 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.


1990 World Series of Poker, Main Event
There were 194 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. For the first time since the 1984 WSOP Main Event, the final table had nine players. On the third day of the tournament, Stu Ungar was found unconscious on the floor of his hotel room from a drug overdose. However, he had such a chip lead that even when the dealers kept taking his blinds out every orbit, Ungar still made the final table and finished ninth pocketing $25,050.


1990 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other High Finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.


1990 World Snooker Championship
The 1990 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 1990 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 29 April 1990 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the ninth and final world ranking tournament of the 1989–90 snooker season following the European Open. Featuring a total prize fund of £620,000, the winner received £120,000; and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy.


1990 World Snooker Championship
The defending champion was Steve Davis, who won the previous year's final 18–3 over John Parrott. Davis reached the semi-finals of the event, where he was defeated 14-16 by Jimmy White. White contested the final against Stephen Hendry who defeated Parrott in the other semi-final 16–11. Hendry led 9–7 after the first day's play and won the first four frames of the second day to lead 13–7, before White reduced the gap to four frames. At 16–12, Hendry compiled breaks of 81 and 71 to win the match 18–12, claiming his first world title. In so doing, he became the youngest-ever world champion at the age of 21 years and 106 days. There was a total of 18 century breaks made during the tournament, the highest of which being a 140 made by Parrott.


1990 World Snooker Championship, Overview
The World Snooker Championship is an annual professional snooker tournament organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, the cue sport was popular in the British Isles. However, in the modern era, which started in 1969 when the World Championship reverted to a knockout format, it has become increasingly popular worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.


1990 World Snooker Championship, Overview
Joe Davis won the first World Championship in 1927, hosted by the Billiards Association and Control Council, the final match being held at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England. Since 1977, the event has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The 1990 championship featured 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches in a single-elimination format, each match played over several frames. These competitors in the main tournament were selected using a combination of the top players in the snooker world rankings and the winners of a pre-tournament qualification stage. The top 16 players in the world rankings automatically qualified for the event, the remaining 16 players coming through the qualification rounds.


1990 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Prize fund
The winner of the event received £120,000 from a total prize fund of £620,000.The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


1990 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Hendry led 9–7 after the first day. On the second day, he won the first four frames, making a break of 104 in the second, with White failing to pot a ball in three of them. From 7–13, White took the 21st frame with a break of 82, and added the following frame to reduce his deficit to 9–13. In the 23rd frame, White led by 63 points before Hendry produced a clearance of 72 to win on the black ball.


1990 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The session finished with Hendry 14–10 ahead after White won the session's last frame with breaks of 51 and 45. The first three frames of the fourth session were completed in 27 minutes, and included a 108 clearance by Hendry. White took the following frame, before breaks of 71 and 81 secured a first world championship title for Hendry. He became the youngest-ever world champion at the age of 21 years and 106 days, overtaking Alex Higgins, who had won the 1972 World Snooker Championship a few days before his 23rd birthday.


1990 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Hendry commented after his win that "I was determined to win and confident that I could do it. I was glad I was able to keep my concentration and cope with the pressure. All through the match I was nervous. My stomach was churning tonight." White said that he was disappointed with the standard of his own safety play during the match, and added "I'm a little bit sick but I can honestly say I enjoyed the game. In a way I'm pleased for Stephen. He's a great kid and he puts in enough work to be world champion. He played tremendous snooker. You could count his misses on one hand." Hendry went on to win six more world titles, including further victories over White in the 1992, 1993 and 1994 finals.


1990 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
Shown below are the results for each round. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers).


1990 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks
There were 18 century breaks in the championship. The highest break was 140 made by John Parrott.


1990 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying stages
There were 22 century breaks in the qualifying stages; the highest, 135, was made by Nigel Gilbert in his fifth round defeat of David Roe.


1990 World Sports Acrobatics Championships
The 9th World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Augsburg, Germany, in 1990.


1990 World Sportscar Championship
The 1990 World Sportscar Championship season was the 38th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1990 FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship for Drivers and the 1990 FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship for Teams, both of which were contested over a series for cars running under the FIA's Group C formula. The series ran from 8 April 1990 to 7 October 1990 and was composed of nine races.


1990 World Sportscar Championship, Results and standings, Race results
The Montreal race was stopped before 75% distance was completed, therefore half points were awarded.


1990 World Sportscar Championship, Results and standings, Race results
In order to be classified for points, a team had to complete 75% of the winner's distance. Further, drivers were required to complete at least 30% of their car's total race distance to qualify for championship points.


1990 World University Cycling Championship
The 1990 World University Cycling Championship is the 3rd Word University Cycling Championship sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The championship was hosted by the Spanish city, Palma de Mallorca on the island of Majorca. Cycling athletes from universities all over the world competed in their disciplines to become World University Cycling Champion.


1990 World Weightlifting Championships
The following is the final results of the 1990 World Weightlifting Championships. Men's competition were held in Budapest, Hungary between 10-18 November and Women's competition were held in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 26 May and 3 June.


1990 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


1990 World Women's Curling Championship
The 1990 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Rocklundahallen in Västerås, Sweden from April 1–7. The women's winner was team Norway, skipped by Dordi Nordby.


1990 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Alison Goring Third: Kristin Turcotte Second: Andrea Lawes Lead: Cheryl McPherson Alternate: Anne Merklinger


1990 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Helena Blach Third: Malene Krause Second: Lone Kristoffersen Lead: Gitte Larsen


1990 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Brigitte Lamy Third: Paulette Sulpice Second: Jocelyn Lhenry Lead: Guylaine Fratucello Alternate: Annick Mercier


1990 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Almut Hege-Schöll Third: Suzanne Fink Second: Stefan Rossler Lead: Ina Räderer Alternate: Josefine Einsle


1990 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Midori Kudoh Third: Kaori Tatezaki Second: Etsuko Ito Lead: Mayumi Abe Alternate: Mayumi Seguchi


1990 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Dordi Nordby Third: Hanne Pettersen Second: Mette Halvorsen Lead: Anne Jøtun


1990 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Carolyn Hutchinson Third: Claire Milne Second: Mairi Milne Lead: Tara Brown


1990 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Helena Svensson Skip: Lotta Giesenfeld Second: Elisabeth Hansson Lead: Annika Lööf Alternate: Lena Mårdberg


1990 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Brigitte Leutenegger Third: Gisela Peter Second: Marianne Gutknecht Lead: Karin Leutenegger


1990 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Bev Behnke Third: Dawna Bennett Second: Susan Anschuetz Lead: Pam Finch Alternate: Lisa Schoeneberg


1990 World Women's Handball Championship
The 1990 World Women's Handball Championship took place in South Korea between 24 November-4 December 1990. It was the first World Championship not played in a European country. The championship was held after the German reunification, although East and West Germany participated separately.


1990 World Wrestling Championships
The following is the final results of the 1990 World Wrestling Championships. The Men's Freestyle Competition was held in Tokyo, Japan. Men's Greco-Roman Competition was held in Ostia, Rome, Italy and Women's Competition was held in Luleå, Sweden. Despite the German reunification coming effective as of 3 October 1990, West and East Germany still had separate teams in the Greco-Roman championships.


1990 World's Strongest Man
The 1990 World's Strongest Man was the 13th edition of the World's Strongest Man competition and was won by Jón Páll Sigmarsson from Iceland. It was his fourth title after finishing third the previous year, and his last as he did not compete in any future event before his 1993 death. O.D. Wilson from the United States finished second, and Ilkka Nummisto from Finland finished third after finishing sixth the previous year. The contest was held in Joensuu, Finland.


1990 Wynwood riot
The Wynwood riot occurred in December 1990 in Wynwood, Florida. After the acquittal of officers who had beaten to death a small time drug dealer named Leonardo Mercado, locals rioted causing $3 million in property damage. The incident would later be called the Mercado riot.


1990 Wynwood riot, Events, Prelude and sparking incident
By 1990 the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami was generally impoverished and home to many Puerto Rican residents. Local Puerto Ricans had noted how little Puerto Rican representation existed in Miami. After the riot Emilio Lopez, president of the Borinquen Health Care Center in Wynwood would go on to say "I dare you to find in the city of Miami a Puerto Rican in a position of authority", and "If he is, he is so entangled with the establishment that he won't do anything for his people."


1990 Wynwood riot, Events, Prelude and sparking incident
Leonardo Mercado was a suspected small time drug dealer in the neighborhood. Police officers Pablo Camacho, Andy Watson, Tom Trujillo, Charlie Haynes,  and Nathaniel Veal Jr. (members of the Miami Police Department's undercover Street Narcotics Unit) confronted Mercado. In 1988 they met Mercado outside his apartment because of a suspected death threat he had made. The officers ordered him inside his apartment then allegedly proceeded to beat him to death. The officers were charged each with one count of conspiracy and three counts of civil rights violations. On December 3, 1990 all the officers were acquitted.


1990 Wynwood riot, Events, Riot
On December 3, 1990 the day of the officers acquittal, a mob erupted into violence in the Wynwood neighborhood shortly after 6:30pm. Many of the rioters were Puerto Rican residents. One local, Clemente Montalvo, told the New York Times about the riot, “We want people to know we exist. Cubans get everything; we get nothing.” For about three hours the neighborhood was put under siege by the mob until 200 patrolmen restored order to the neighborhood. Many cars were overturned and businesses set ablaze, but no serious injuries or deaths were reported.


1990 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1990 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Cowboys' 95th season and they competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach Paul Roach, in his fourth year, and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished with a record of nine wins and four losses (9–4, 5–3 WAC) and with a loss in the Copper Bowl. The Cowboys offense scored 327 points, while the defense allowed 297 points.


1990 Wyoming gubernatorial election
The 1990 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Sullivan ran for re-election. In the general election, he faced Republican nominee Mary Mead, a businesswoman and the daughter of former U.S. Senator and Governor Clifford Hansen. Owing to Sullivan's personal popularity, he won re-election over Mead in a landslide, marking the fifth straight Democratic victory in Wyoming's gubernatorial races, a streak that has yet to be broken by either party.


1990 Wyoming state elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday, November 6, 1990. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election. Democrats Mike Sullivan and Kathy Karpan were re-elected as Governor and Secretary of State by landslide margins, while Democrat Lynn Simons was defeated for re-election by Republican Diana Ohman. Republicans also continued their winning streak in the elections for State Auditor and State Treasurer.


1990 Wyoming state elections, Governor
Incumbent Democratic Governor Mike Sullivan ran for re-election to a second term. He faced Republican nominee Mary Mead, the daughter of former Governor Clifford Hansen, in the general election. Sullivan proved popular, despite being a Democrat in a conservative state, and he defeated Mead in a landslide.


1990 Wyoming state elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Kathy Karpan ran for re-election to a second term. Unopposed in the Democratic primary, she faced Sweetwater County County Attorney Tom Zollinger in the general election. Aided in part by Governor Sullivan's landslide re-election, Karpan defeated Zollinger by a large margin.


1990 Wyoming state elections, Auditor
After considering a bid for Governor or running for re-election, incumbent Republican State Auditor Jack Sidi declined to run for re-election. He endorsed his Deputy State Auditor, Tom Jones, who ran to succeed Sidi in the Republican primary. Jones faced former Deputy State Auditor Dave Ferrari in the primary, and ended up narrowly losing the nomination to him. No Democratic candidates initially filed to run for Auditor, but Charles Carroll announced, prior to the primary election, that he would run as a write-in candidate for Auditor. Carroll was the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State in 1974 and then served as a Deputy Attorney General in the 1970s. After winning 522 votes as a write-in candidate in the Democratic primary, Carroll received the nomination.


1990 Wyoming state elections, Auditor, Democratic primary
No Democratic candidate filed to run for State Auditor, but former Deputy Attorney General Charles Carroll received enough votes as a write-in candidate to receive the nomination, which he accepted.


1990 Wyoming state elections, Treasurer
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Stan Smith ran for re-election to a third term. He won the Republican nomination unopposed and faced Democratic nominee Ron Redo, a former employee in the State Auditor's office, in the general election. Smith, drawing on his strong electoral record from previous campaigns, easily defeated Redo to win his third term in office.


1990 Wyoming state elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Democratic Superintendent of Public Instruction Lynn Simons ran for re-election to a fourth term. She faced a strong challenge in the Democratic primary from former teacher Beth Evans, who attacked Simons for delegating too many of the office's responsibilities to others in her office, including her longtime Deputy Superintendent, Audrey Cotherman, and for "abandon[ing]" the Department of Education's "basic mission of making Wyoming schools better" in favor of "merely counting numbers and issuing press relations gimmicks." Simons only narrowly defeated Evans in the Democratic primary and advanced to the general election, where she faced elementary school principal Diana Ohman, the Republican nominee.


1990 Wyoming state elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction
In the general election, Ohman attacked Simon for the poor relationships that her office fostered with teachers, state legislators, and Department of Education employees and argued that Wyoming's highly ranked schools were "not because of" Simons. Simons, meanwhile, argued that Ohman would be a "political puppet whose strings are pulled by a few ultraconservatives" and for routinely missing work during her employment as a principal. Ultimately, Ohman defeated Simons by a decisive margin, winning 58% of the vote to Simons's 42%.


1990 XXVI FIBA International Christmas Tournament
The 1990 XXVI FIBA International Christmas Tournament "Trofeo Raimundo Saporta-Memorial Fernando Martín" was the 26th edition of the FIBA International Christmas Tournament. It took place at Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, on 24, 25 and 26 December 1990 with the participations of Real Madrid Otaysa (runners-up of the 1989–90 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup), POP 84 (champions of the 1989–90 FIBA European Champions Cup), Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (champions of the 1989–90 Ligat HaAl) and Limoges CSP (champions of the 1989–90 Nationale 1A).


1990 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1990 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 26th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in third place in the Ivy League with a 5–2 record, 6–4 overall.


1990 Ykkönen – Finnish League Division 1
League table for teams participating in Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 1990.


1990 Youngstown State Penguins football team
The 1990 Youngstown State Penguins football team was an American football team represented Youngstown State University as an independent during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jim Tressel, the team compiled an 11–1 record and lost to UCF in the first round of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.


1990 Youngstown State Penguins football team
Wide receiver Ray Ellington received the team's most valuable player award. The team's statistical leaders included Ray Issac with 1,597 passing yards, Archie Herring with 904 rushing yards, Ray Ellington with 696 receiving yards, Jeff Wilkins with 86 points scored, and Derek Pixley with 96 tackles (including 60 solo tackles).


1990 Yugoslav motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1990 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 June 1990 at the Rijeka circuit.


1990 Yugoslav motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
In qualifying Christian Sarron went down hard and was heaved roughly off the tarmac by track marshals, which brought complaints from riders that the race organization was unprofessional.


1990 Yugoslav motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
At the start, Wayne Rainey led, followed by Mick Doohan and Niall Mackenzie, while behind them two Cagiva riders collided and crashed: Ron Haslam and Randy Mamola. Haslam touched the back of a bike, and fell off into Mamola.


1990 Yugoslav motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Kevin Schwantz was in 9th place after either a very bad start or a mechanical problem. The field was getting strung out, Rainey ahead, then Doohan, Mackenzie, Pierfrancesco Chili, and Jean-Philippe Ruggia, with Schwantz in eighth.


1990 Yugoslav motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Alex Barros crashed and put Cagiva’s Yugoslavian GP to bed.


1990 Yugoslav motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Schwantz found his rhythm and caught the group of three chasing Rainey: Doohan, Mackenzie and Chili; a small gap to the fight for sixth between Ruggia and Sito Pons.


1990 Yugoslav motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
The gap to Rainey looked too big to close, and the fight for second narrowed down to Mackenzie and Schwantz. Behind him, Doohan led Pons and Chili, but Pons lost the front end on the exit of a right turn, and Chili hit the fallen rider or bike and was thrown into the air. The marshals put Pons on the stretcher like there were snipers in the bleachers, and the question of race organization came to mind again.


1990 Yugoslav motorcycle Grand Prix, 250 cc
The rain disturbed the race, which was stopped 2 laps before the end. But the drivers continued due to a bad coordination between marshals, with red flags that did not appear. Darren Milner, who was allowed to fill the empty place left on the grid by Zeelenberg, apparently saw the red flag. He was one lap behind the leaders. Milner slowed to a point he was a moving danger. And in fact Reinhold Roth, going still at full speed, smashed into Milner; also Alex Criville fell to avoid them.


1990 Yugoslav motorcycle Grand Prix, 250 cc
As the red flags finally come out the situation worsened, with people and rescuers crossing the track on the site of the shunt with the riders still going at good speed to pit. While Milner and Criville were lifted by rescuers again with unprofessional methods, Reinhold Roth was airlifted in critical state with cerebral injuries and thoracic trauma. Scenes of desperation from the Mobile Clinic were broadcast live on TV, making clear to everyone the heavy consequences of the crash. Reinhold Roth survived the crash but he remained hemiplegic. Carlos Cardus won the race.


1990 Yugoslavia v Netherlands football match
On 3 June 1990, Yugoslavia hosted the Netherlands in an international friendly at Zagreb's Maksimir stadium. The match was the last preparation friendly (known as the dress rehearsal) for Ivica Osim's Yugoslavia side ahead of the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. However, the contest is mostly remembered for the controversy raised due to the spectator behaviour: throughout the match, a nationalist Croat crowd of 20,000 shouted down the Yugoslav national anthem, insulted Yugoslav team players and jeered the head coach. Play on the pitch quickly became secondary as the match turned into another football-related incident reflecting ethnic tensions and rising nationalism in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.


1990 Yugoslavia v Netherlands football match, Background
Although on what would soon turn out to be its last legs, SFR Yugoslavia (multi-ethnic federation made up of six constituent republics) still existed as a state in 1990 while Socialist Republic of Croatia was its second largest constituent republic populated mostly by ethnic Croats with a large ethnic Serb minority.


1990 Yugoslavia v Netherlands football match, Background
Ten years following the death of Yugoslav lifetime president Josip Broz Tito, SFR Yugoslavia was crippled by rising ethnic tensions. In parallel, in the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the country was transitioning its system of governance from communist one-party system to democratic multi-party system.


1990 Yugoslavia v Netherlands football match, Background
SR Croatia's first parliamentary elections took place from 22 April to 7 May of 1990 with nationalist right-wing Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) led by Franjo Tuđman winning in a landslide.


1990 Yugoslavia v Netherlands football match, Background
With tensions running high, a football riot took place on 13 May 1990, at Maksimir during a Yugoslav First League match between the Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb and the Serbian club Red Star Belgrade. Croatian midfielder Zvonimir Boban kicked the policeman Refik Ahmetović and as a result got suspended by the Football Association of Yugoslavia (FSJ) for six months, causing him to miss the 1990 FIFA World Cup as well as the pre-tournament preparation friendlies.


1990 Yugoslavia v Netherlands football match, Game
The exhibition versus the Netherlands took place on 3 June and was the last exhibition before the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The crowd of 20,000 booed the Yugoslav national anthem "Hey, Slavs". Fans cheered for the Netherlands, heckling the Yugoslav team and its manager Ivica Osim. Many Dutch flags were also seen in the crowd, owing to their similarity to the Croatian tricolour (red, white and blue).


1990 Yugoslavia v Netherlands football match, Aftermath
The match was the last of the Yugoslav team to be played in Maksimir. On 17 October of that year the Croatian national team played its first international match in Maksimir against the United States.


1990 Zambian coup d'état attempt
The 1990 Zambian coup d'état attempt was a military coup d'état attempt that took place in Zambia on 1 July 1990. The coup lasted no more than 6 hours and took place between 3 and 9 A.M. when the coup's leader, Lieutenant Mwamba Luchembe of the Zambian Army, announced via the ZNBC (national radio station) that the military had taken over the government and he cited riots of the previous week as reasons for his action; about 27 people had died in the riots, while more than 100 were wounded. Although Lieutenant Luchembe's coup attempt against the then President Kenneth Kaunda failed, it weakened Kaunda's political power, which was already shaky after three days of rioting.


1990 Zimbabwean general election
General elections were held in Zimbabwe on 23 March 1990 to elect the President and Parliament. They were the first elections to be contested under the amended constitution of 1987, which established an elected executive presidency and abolished the Senate. They were also the first ever elections in the country to be contested on a single roll, with no separate voting for whites and blacks.


1990 Zimbabwean general election
In the presidential contest, incumbent Robert Mugabe secured his first full term; he had become President following the 1987 constitutional amendments after serving as Prime Minister since the country gained internationally recognised independence in 1980. Mugabe's ZANU–PF party won 117 of the 120 elected seats in Parliament.


1990 Zimbabwean general election, Results, Parliament
A total of 4,799,324 voters were registered, but 576,432 were in uncontested constituencies.


1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait
The 1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait was carried out from August 13, 1990 to October 20, 1990 after the Invasion of Kuwait. Air India helped evacuate 170,000 people by civil airline. The operation was carried out before the Persian Gulf War in 1990 to evacuate Indian expatriates from Kuwait. Foreign Minister I.K. Gujral was instrumental in getting Iraq to co-operate on these efforts. Following this operation Air India, the flag carrier Indian airline entered the Guinness Book of World Records for the most people evacuated by a civil airliner. Mathunny Mathews, Harbajan Singh Vedi, Abey Varicad, V.K. Warrier, Ali Hussain and few others based in Kuwait helped immensely in the evacuation efforts of fellow Indians.


1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait, Background
The invasion of Kuwait started on August 2, 1990, and within two days of combat, most of the Kuwaiti armed forces were either overrun by the Iraqi Republican Guard or fell back to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The Emirate of Kuwait was annexed, and Saddam Hussein announced a few days later that it was the 19th province of Iraq. More than 170,000 Indians were stranded on Kuwaiti soil.


1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait, Response
Initial efforts were made by the government of India to evacuate nationals by military aircraft. However, due to difficulties in air-space clearances the switch was made to civilian aircraft. India had initially requested permission to evacuate its citizens by Air India but the request was not approved by the UN and the government of Kuwait in exile. India was required to use planes supplied to them under the UN banner. Complications arose due to the significantly higher number of nationals requiring evacuation, a lack of travel documents and poor communications.


1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait, Response
The airlift was completed before the start of Operation Desert Storm. About 170,000 people were evacuated (airlifted) from Amman, Jordan, to Bombay – a distance of 4,117 km (2558 mi) – by Air India, operating 488 flights in association with Indian Airlines, from August 18, 1990 to October 20, 1990 – lasting 63 days.


1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait, Response
Buses were also used after winning Baghdad's approval to ferry Indians through Basra, Baghdad and to Amman in Jordan.


1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait, Popular culture
The event was the basis for the 2016 film Airlift starring Akshay Kumar, who played a character inspired by the works of Mathunny Mathews and Harbajan Singh Vedi.


1990 du Maurier Classic
The 1990 du Maurier Classic was contested from June 28 to July 1 at Westmount Golf & Country Club. It was the 18th edition of the du Maurier Classic, and the 12th edition as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.


1990 in Afghanistan
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Afghanistan.


1990 in Afghanistan
Fierce fighting flares anew at the beginning of the year between government troops and the mujaheddin guerrillas, but by winter no military victory is in sight for either side. In the face of an extended stalemate and in a bid to end the 12-year-old war, Washington and Moscow agree that elections should be held to decide the political future of the country. Neither superpower can agree on what role Najibullah would play in the interim government, however. Washington insists he relinquish control over the military and intelligence, a demand that Najibullah and Moscow reject.


1990 in Afghanistan
Nevertheless, the president is willing to relinquish control of the state media and a limited number of troops to an interim commission if new elections are held. Since their withdrawal after a nine-year intervention, the Soviets have sent an estimated $500 million in weapons and supplies to Kabul every month.


1990 in Afghanistan
The U.S. have funneled $300 million in aid to the Muslim resistance through Pakistan, but Washington lobbies for reduced aid to fundamentalist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, considered the most anti-Western of all the seven resistance leaders, after numerous reports blamed him for brutal infighting that killed scores of Afghan civilians and guerrilla fighters. Pakistan's Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto also seeks a reduced role for the rebel leader, contradicting the Pakistani military's policy of favouring Hekmatyar for most of the civil war. But arms shipments to Hekmatyar reportedly rise dramatically after Bhutto is ousted August 6 and replaced by right-wing opponents. Renewed arms shipments coincide with escalating rocket attacks on Kabul in the first two weeks of October that kill at least 60 people and injure scores of others.


1990 in Afghanistan, Early March 1990
Defense Minister Lt. Gen. Shahnawaz Tanay, with the alleged support of the air force and some divisions of the army, leads an unsuccessful coup attempt against Najibullah's government.


1990 in Afghanistan, End of May 1990
A loya jirga is convened in Kabul, which ratifies constitutional amendments providing for multiple political parties, ending the PDPA's and the National Front's monopoly over executive power.


1990 in Afghanistan, June 1990
Najibullah creates a new political party, the Hezb-i-Wattan, or Homeland Party, in an attempt to whip up mass support. The announcement turns out to be a largely cosmetic exercise, however, as all top posts go to stalwarts from his old PDPA.


1990 in Afghanistan, July 1990
Major guerrilla leaders form a Commanders' Council in Pakistan. It is seen as a deliberate attempt to sideline the moribund government-in-exile originally established as an alternative to Najibullah but later dismissed as a sham. The ethnic squabbles in the government-in-exile have reportedly contributed to the U.S.-backed guerrillas' failure to dislodge the Kabul government.


1990 in Afghanistan, October 1990
After a lull in fighting, the Pakistan-based guerrillas stage a fresh assault and claim to have captured strategic outposts in the south and the capitals of Tarin Kowt and Qalat in Oruzgan and Zabol provinces. The guerrillas also step up fighting around the capital city of Kabul and in at least four other provinces. The latest offensive, led by Hekmatyar, is viewed as a prelude to a major attack on Kabul. Most moderate guerrilla leaders, however, seem to oppose an attack on Kabul, saying they have neither the equipment nor the manpower to overcome the government's overwhelming air power.


1990 in Afghanistan, Early October 1990
The 40 major guerrilla commanders meet in northern Pakistan and agree to set aside their ethnic differences and draw up an overall coordinated strategy to counter Hekmatyar.


1990 in Afghanistan, November 1990
It is reported that guerrillas have killed more than 200 government soldiers after the soldiers had surrendered.


1990 in Afghanistan, Sports
On December 2, 1990, at the California International Marathon in Sacramento, California, Waheed Karim set an Afghan national record in the marathon (2:28:46).


1990 in Albania
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Albania.


1990 in American television
The year 1990 in American television involved some significant events. Below is a list of American television-related events during 1990.


1990 in American television, Programs, Debuts
The following is a list of shows that premiered in 1990.


1990 in American television, Programs, Entering syndication this year
A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (3 or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs.


1990 in American television, Programs, Changes of network affiliation
The following shows aired new episodes on a different network than previous first-run episodes:


1990 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Australia.


1990 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1990.


1990 in Australian literature, Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1990 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. Unknown date


1990 in Australian literature, Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1990 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


1990 in Australian television, Premieres, Changes to network affiliation
This is a list of programs which made their premiere on an Australian television network that had previously premiered on another Australian television network. The networks involved in the switch of allegiances are predominantly both free-to-air networks or both subscription television networks. Programs that have their free-to-air/subscription television premiere, after previously premiering on the opposite platform (free-to air to subscription/subscription to free-to air) are not included. In some cases, programs may still air on the original television network. This occurs predominantly with programs shared between subscription television networks.


1990 in Bangladesh
1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1990th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 990th  year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th  year of the 20th century, and the  1st   year of the 1990s decade.


1990 in Bangladesh
The year 1990 was the 19th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the last year under administration of caretaker government of Hussain Muhammad Ershad.


1990 in Bangladesh, Economy
Note: For the year 1990 average official exchange rate for BDT was 34.57 per US$.


1990 in Belgian television
This is a list of Belgian television related events from 1990.


1990 in Brazilian football
The following article presents a summary of the 1990 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 89th season of competitive football in the country.


1990 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Corinthians declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro champions by aggregate score of 2-0.


1990 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Relegation
The two worst placed teams in the first stage, which are São José-SP and Internacional-SP, were relegated to the following year's second level.


1990 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
Sport declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B champions by aggregate score of 1-1.


1990 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Promotion
The champion and the runner-up, which are Sport and Atlético Paranaense, were promoted to the following year's first level.


1990 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Relegation
The four worst placed teams, which are Anapolina, Coritiba, Americano and Treze, were relegated to the following year's third level.


1990 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro Série C
Atlético Goianiense declared as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C champions by aggregate score of 0-0.


1990 in Brazilian football, Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, Promotion
The four quarterfinal winners, which are Atlético Goianiense, América-MG, Paraná and América-RN, were promoted to the following year's second level.


1990 in Brazilian football, Copa do Brasil
The Copa do Brasil final was played between Flamengo and Goiás.


1990 in Brazilian football, Copa do Brasil
Flamengo declared as the cup champions by aggregate score of 1-0.


1990 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team
The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1990.


1990 in Brazilian football, Women's football, National team
The Brazil women's national football team did not play any matches in 1990.


1990 in Brazilian television
This is a list of Brazilian television related events from 1990.


1990 in British music
This is a summary of 1990 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.


1990 in British music, Summary
The first year of the 1990s saw a total of 17 singles top the chart. The first, "Hangin' Tough" by the boyband New Kids on the Block, which became the group's second chart-topper, set the record for lowest first-week sales for a number 1, with only 28,000 copies sold. Although January is usually a low sales month due to it being post-Christmas season, the vinyl single had been in severe decline in the UK since the late 1980s.


1990 in British music, Summary
In 1990 New Kids on the Block released a total of three albums and six singles (not including "Hangin' Tough") during the course of the year. Although their third album Step by Step topped the charts, their follow-up debut eponymous album was re-released and made only number six. The six singles released after their chart-topper in January all failed to top the charts, though four did make the top 5, the most successful, "Step By Step", reaching number two.


1990 in British music, Summary
The next No. 1 was Kylie Minogue's cover of the Little Anthony & the Imperials song "Tears on My Pillow", taken from the film The Delinquents, which became her fourth number one single in the UK and the final number one for production team Stock Aitken Waterman. Her album release for the year Rhythm of Love made number 9 on the UK Albums Chart with the lead single "Better the Devil You Know" making number two.


1990 in British music, Summary
Despite the huge success experienced by Stock Aitken Waterman the previous four years, 1990 saw a sharp decline in the popularity of their songs. With Jason Donovan's chart positions rapidly declining, both Sonia and Big Fun were dropped, Donna Summer reportedly fell-out with the trio and only Lonnie Gordon was able to go Top 10 with her number 4 single "Happenin' All Over Again", a song originally intended for Donna Summer.


1990 in British music, Summary
Kylie Minogue ended her run of Top 2's when "Step Back in Time" stalled at number 4, and new songs by Hazell Dean, Pat and Mick and Sybil missed the chart completely. Mike Stock revealed in his book "The Hit Factory" he felt it was Pete Waterman's fault their popularity plummeted after the outspoken Producer made several scathing attacks about the British Music Industry to the press. By the end of the year, rumours began circulating about unrest in the PWL camp and, next year, Matt Aitken would be the first to depart.


1990 in British music, Summary
The continued success of Kylie, and the Australian soap opera's Neighbours on BBC 1 and Home and Away on ITV, saw more actors releasing singles this year in the hope of replicating the success of Kylie and Jason Donovan. The most successful of these was Craig McLachlan (who notably appeared in both series) and his band Check 1–2 who scored a number 2 in the spring with "Mona" and went Top 20 with its follow-up, "Amanda".


1990 in British music, Summary
Madonna scored her 7th number 1 single with "Vogue", from her hit album I'm Breathless which made No. 2, charting in the same position as her follow-up single "Hanky Panky". Her album success did not end there, however, with The Immaculate Collection (greatest hits release) becoming her most successful album ever, topping the UK albums chart for 9 weeks and selling 3.6 million copies in the UK (10th best selling album of all-time) and promotional single "Justify My Love" giving her a second No. 2 hit, whose video caused some controversy and was banned from MTV.


1990 in British music, Summary
Showing something of a revival in popularity this year were Belinda Carlisle who followed three tracks that barely made the top 40 with a remix of a track from her 1989 album Runaway Horses, "(We Want) The Same Thing", which made number six. The album was subsequently re-released, peaking at the same position it had before, number four, and "Summer Rain" became the sixth and final hit from the album, making number 23 in December.


1990 in British music, Summary
Another comeback was from Elton John who got his first solo number 1 in June, and only his second overall (his first being "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" with Kiki Dee in 1976) with the charity single "Sacrifice"/"Healing Hands", with all the proceeds going to AIDS charities. Both tracks had previously failed to reach the top 40 when they were originally released in 1989, but significant airplay on Radio 2 ensured the songs were re-issued and became massive hits. He also enjoyed success with two number 1 albums, Sleeping With the Past in July, and The Very Best of Elton John in November. The latter went on to sell 2.7 million copies in the UK, becoming the 17th-best-selling album of all-time.


1990 in British music, Summary
An obscure British house-dance act DNA revived Suzanne Vega's fortunes this year with a smash hit remix of 1987 album track "Tom's Diner" which peaked at number two in July. The track was an international hit, peaking in the top 10 all over the world. European dance music was one of the most popular genres of the year, with several songs of that type hitting number 1, including, from Germany, Snap! 's "The Power", the last record to jump from outside the top 10 to number 1 until 2006, discounting imports.


1990 in British music, Summary
Although their album, World Power, made only number 21 upon initial release, Snap went on to have a further three top 10 singles, "Ooops Up" (No.5, June), "Cult of Snap" (No.8, October) and "Mary Had a Little Boy" (No.8, December) and this caused the album to re-chart and peak at number 10.


1990 in British music, Summary
Belgian house music was very popular in 1990 with artists like Technotronic powering the charts with songs like No.2 smash "Get Up ! (Before the Night Is Over)" and "Rockin' Over the Beat", a big summer No.9 hit, and finally a "Megamix" rounded off the year, making number 6 in October. From Italy, 49ers scored two of the biggest dance hits of the year; "Touch Me" peaked at number 3, and the follow-up, "Don't You Love Me", which contained a sample from Jody Watley's song "Don't You Want Me", made number 12. Meanwhile, Dutch trio Twenty 4 Seven hit the Top 20 twice with their two hits, "I Can't Stand It" (No.7) and "Are You Dreaming" (No.17); both tracks were fronted by US rapper, Captain Hollywood.


1990 in British music, Summary
Manchester in the UK was the base of 808 State who scored two Top 10 hits this year, one with fellow Mancunian rapper MC Tunes, "The Only Rhyme That Bites", and one on their own, "Cubik/Olympic", both tracks reached No.10. Londonbeat hit the charts in the summer of 1990 with "I've Been Thinking About You" and The Adventures Of Stevie V released the summer anthem of 1990 "Dirty Cash" which reached No.2 in July. The KLF, who were formerly in the charts as The Timelords back in 1988, had a huge club and chart comeback with "What Time is Love?" which made No.5 in September. This started a successful run of hits that continued through to 1992.


1990 in British music, Summary
A problem occurred in September when two records – The Steve Miller Band's "The Joker" and Deee-Lite's "Groove Is in the Heart" – both tied for the number one position, selling exactly the same number of copies. As the rules stated that in the event of this happening, the single which had climbed the highest would be the number 1, "The Joker", re-issued after being featured in a Levi's advert, won out (having climbed five places instead of three). Due to the controversy that followed, with some saying that it was unfair to let a re-issue of an old song overtake the debut single of a new group, the rules were changed so that records would now be allowed to tie.


1990 in British music, Summary
Four of the number ones this year came from films. Kylie Minogue's "Tears on My Pillow", mentioned earlier, Partners In Kryme's "Turtle Power", from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Maria McKee's "Show Me Heaven", from Days of Thunder, and a re-issue of The Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" (originally a number 14 hit in 1965) from Ghost, which was the biggest selling single of the year. A re-issue of the 1965 No. 1 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" in December was also successful, peaking at #3.


1990 in British music, Summary
Cliff Richard scored the Christmas number one single with "Saviour's Day", his 13th number one, and his 100th top 40 hit. With this he became the only person to have a number one in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.


1990 in British music, Summary
Merseyside composer John McCabe produced a flute concerto, written for James Galway and premièred by the London Symphony Orchestra who had commissioned it; it was not recorded until 1999. Another Lancashire composer, John Pickard, produced his best-known work The Flight of Icarus. Simon Rattle became musical director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, of which he had been Principal Conductor since 1980.


1990 in British radio
This is a list of events in British radio during 1990.


1990 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1990.


1990 in Canadian television
This is a list of Canadian television related events from 1990.


1990 in Cape Verde
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Cape Verde.


1990 in Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Chile.


1990 in China
The following lists events in the year 1990 in China.


1990 in Danish television
This is a list of Danish television related events from 1990.


1990 in Dutch television
This is a list of Dutch television related events from 1990.


1990 in Estonia
This article lists events that occurred during 1990 in Estonia.


1990 in Estonian television
This is a list of Estonian television related events from 1990.


1990 in German television
This is a list of German television related events from 1990.


1990 in German television, Deaths
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1990 in Germany
Events in the year 1990 in the Federal Republic of Germany and East Germany.


1990 in Ghana
1990 in Ghana details events of note that happened in Ghana in the year 1990.


1990 in Ghana, Events
1990: Jerry Rawlings forms the National Commission for Democracy to work out plans for the political future of Ghana.


1990 in Ghana, National holidays
In addition, several other places observe local holidays, such as the foundation of their town. These are also "special days."


1990 in Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1990 in Iceland.


1990 in India
Events in the year 1990 in the Republic of India.


1990 in Irish television
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1990.


1990 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1990 include:


1990 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent Palestinian Arab attacks committed against Israelis during 1990 include:


1990 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1990 include:


1990 in Italian television
This is a list of Italian television related events from 1990.


1990 in Japan
Events in the year 1990 in Japan. It corresponds to Heisei 2 (平成2年) in the Japanese calendar.


1990 in Japan
1990 was the last year of the Japanese asset price bubble.


1990 in LGBT rights
This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1990.


1990 in Laos
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Laos.


1990 in Latin music
This is a list of notable events in Latin music (music from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking areas of Latin America, Europe, and the United States) that took place in 1990.


1990 in Latin music, Best-selling records, Best-selling albums
The following is a list of the top 5 best-selling Latin albums of 1990 in the United States in the categories of Latin pop, Regional Mexican, and Tropical/salsa, according to Billboard.


1990 in Latin music, Best-selling records, Best-performing songs
The following is a list of the top 10 best-performing Latin songs in the United States in 1990, according to Billboard.


1990 in Libya
The following lists events that happened in 1990 in Libya.


1990 in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.


1990 in Malaysia
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1990, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.


1990 in Michigan, Top Michigan news stories
Broadcast and newspaper members of the Associated Press voted on the top news stories in Michigan for 1990 as follows:


1990 in Michigan, Population
In the 1990 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 9,295,29 persons, ranking as the eighth most populous state in the country. By 2000, the state's population had grown by 6.9% to 9,938,444 persons.


1990 in Michigan, Population, Cities
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 50,000 based on 1990 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1980 and 2000 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.


1990 in Michigan, Population, Counties
The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 150,000 based on 1990 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1980 and 2000 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Counties that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.


1990 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in New Zealand.


1990 in New Zealand
New Zealand celebrated its sesquicentennial, 150 years since the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi.


1990 in New Zealand
In the general election in October, National was elected in a landside victory.


1990 in New Zealand
GDP was $40.2 billion, unemployment was at 7.4% (March) and the exchange rate was 1 NZ$ per US$1.6750. This year New Zealand produced 8,000 million kWh of electricity.


1990 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government
The 42nd New Zealand Parliament continued, until the general election, held 27 October. The governing Labour Party was defeated. and The National Party, led by Jim Bolger, formed the new government.


1990 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Radio and television
See : 1990 in New Zealand television, 1990 in television, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:Television in New Zealand, TV3 (New Zealand), Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand


1990 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Film
See : Category:1990 film awards, 1990 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1990 films


1990 in New Zealand television
This is a list of New Zealand television events and premieres which occurred, or are scheduled to occur, in 1990, the 30th year of continuous operation of television in New Zealand.


1990 in New Zealand television
This is a list of New Zealand television-related events in 1990.


1990 in New Zealand television, Changes to network affiliation
This is a list of programs which made their premiere on a New Zealand television network that had previously premiered on another New Zealand television network. The networks involved in the switch of allegiances are predominantly both free-to-air networks or both subscription television networks. Programs that have their free-to-air/subscription television premiere, after previously premiering on the opposite platform (free-to air to subscription/subscription to free-to air) are not included. In some cases, programs may still air on the original television network. This occurs predominantly with programs shared between subscription television networks.


1990 in Norwegian football
The 1990 season was the 85th season of competitive football in Norway.


1990 in Norwegian football, Men's football, Norwegian Cup, Final
The match was played on 21 October 1990 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Tippeligaen sides; Fyllingen and Rosenborg. Rosenborg defeated Fyllingen 5–1 to claim the Norwegian Cup for an fifth time in their history.


1990 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1990 in Norwegian music.


1990 in Philippine television
The following is a list of events effecting Philippine television in 1990. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes.


1990 in Portugal, Arts and entertainment
Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990, with Nucha and the song "Há sempre alguém".


1990 in Portugal, Sport
In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1989–90 Primeira Divisão and 1990–91 Primeira Divisão; for the Taça de Portugal seasons, see 1989–90 Taça de Portugal and 1990–91 Taça de Portugal.


1990 in Romania
This is a list of 1990 events that occurred in Romania.


1990 in Rwanda
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Rwanda.


1990 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1990.


1990 in Shooto
The year 1990 is the 2nd year in the history of Shooto, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the Japan. In 1990 Shooto held 6 events beginning with, Shooto: Shooto.


1990 in Shooto, Shooto: Shooto
Shooto: Shooto was an event held on January 13, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.


1990 in Shooto, Shooto: Shooto
Shooto: Shooto was an event held on March 17, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.


1990 in Shooto, Shooto: Shooto
Shooto: Shooto was an event held on May 12, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.


1990 in Shooto, Shooto: Shooto
Shooto: Shooto was an event held on July 7, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.


1990 in Shooto, Shooto: Shooto
Shooto: Shooto was an event held on September 8, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.


1990 in Shooto, Shooto: Shooto
Shooto: Shooto was an event held on November 28, 1990, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.


1990 in Singapore
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Singapore.


1990 in Somalia
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Somalia.


1990 in South Africa
1990 in South Africa saw the official start of the process of ending Apartheid. President of South Africa, F.W. de Klerk announced plans to end apartheid. President De Klerk unbanned organisations that were banned by the government including the African National Congress, the South African Communist Party and the Pan Africanist Congress. The African National Congress' armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, suspends its armed activity within South Africa. Political prisoners including Nelson Mandela were released. Nelson Mandela met ANC leader Oliver Tambo for the first time in 28 years at a meeting in Sweden. Mandela also traveled to England to thank the people for their support in the campaign to free him. South Africa withdrew its troops from Namibia, which was granted independence. 1990 also saw marches in support and against the formation of a new post-Apartheid South Africa.


1990 in Sri Lanka
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Sri Lanka.


1990 in Swedish football
The 1990 season in Swedish football, starting January 1990 and ending December 1990:


1990 in São Tomé and Príncipe
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe.


1990 in Taiwan
Events from the year 1990 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 79 according to the official Republic of China calendar.


1990 in Thailand
The year 1990 was the 209th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 45th year of the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as the year 2533 in the Buddhist Era.


1990 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1990 to Wales and its people.


1990 in Zaire
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Zaire.


1990 in architecture
The year 1990 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.


1990 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 1990 throughout the world.


1990 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1990  throughout the world.


1990 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1990  throughout the world.


1990 in basketball
The 1990 FIBA World Championship for Women took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and was won by the United States.


1990 in comics
Notable events of 1990 in comics. See also List of years in comics.


1990 in comics, Awards, Zine Zone Awards
For independent and small-press comics; presented in June 1990 by Zine Zone chairperson Terry Hooper. (Zine Zone was based in Bristol, UK.)


1990 in comics, First issues by title, Marvel Comics, One-shots
The Return of Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu: Bleeding Black


1990 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1990.


1990 in film
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990.


1990 in film, Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows:


1990 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1990 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.


1990 in games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1990. For video games, see 1990 in video gaming.


1990 in hammer throw
This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1990 in the hammer throw for both men and women. One of the main events during this season were the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split, FR Yugoslavia, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 31, 1990.


1990 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1990.


1990 in hip hop music
This article summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in hip hop music for the year 1990.


1990 in home video, Movie releases
The following films were released on video on the following dates:


1990 in home video, TV show releases
The following television shows were released on video on the following dates:


1990 in home video, International Home Video  releases
The following VHS were released on home video on the following dates:


1990 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1990.


1990 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1990.


1990 in motoring
1990 in motoring includes developments in the automotive industry throughout the year 1990 by various automobile manufacturers, grouped by country. The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells motor vehicles.


1990 in motoring, United Kingdom
Ford launched a new, fifth generation Escort in September 1990, ten years after the last new model was launched. The new Escort was available with 1.3, 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8 petrol engines as well as a 1.8 diesel. Other models had extras including electric windows, power steering, anti-lock brakes and central locking. There was also a saloon version, the Orion. While still very popular, the range was criticised by the motoring press due to its dull styling inside and out, mediocre driving experience and old engine range. Meanwhile, the Granada finally saw a reintroduction of a saloon model.


1990 in motoring, United Kingdom
Rover launched an updated Metro in May which added styling modifications to the previous design. The previous 1.0 and 1.3 A-Series engines were replaced with a new 16-valve K-Series units, with a choice of 1.1 or 1.4 litres. The saloon version of the 200 Series - the 400 Series - went on sale in April as a competitor to the Ford Sierra and Vauxhall Cavalier. In spite of the recent launches of similar-sized cars, Rover was still producing the Maestro and Montego ranges, though now in lesser numbers.


1990 in motoring, Japan
Nissan ended its use of the Bluebird name on the launch of its new large-sized range of hatchbacks, saloons and estates - the Primera - in September 1990. Power came from 1.6 and 2.0 petrol engines as well as a 2.0 diesel. The hatchbacks and saloons were produced at the Sunderland plant in England, but the estates were fully made up in Japan. There was a wide range of trims.


1990 in motoring, Japan
Meanwhile, its Micra range was the 11th most popular car in Britain during 1990, making it the fifth most popular car in its sector and the most popular car imported from Japan. An updated Sunny range would follow in 1991. At the supercar end of the market, Nissan had launched the 300ZX, with a top speed of 155mph to compete with cars such as the Porsche 911.


1990 in motoring, France
Renault launched the new Clio, a range of three and five-door hatchbacks on the continent in May 1990 and would arrive on the British market in March 1991. Power came from a new range of 1.2, 1.4 and 1.6 petrol engines as well as a 1.9 diesel. The Clio was the replacement for the R5, though the car was still being built in Slovenia. Renault also had a new, smaller model planned for a 1992 launch.


1990 in motoring, France
After 42 years of continuous production, Citroen finally axes the iconic "tin snail" the 2CV from its line-up with the final models made in July at its plant in Portugal where it was produced for the last 2 years.


1990 in motoring, Germany
BMW launched a new 3 Series late in 1990, for the compact executive market, ranging from basic 1.9 litre to the 2.5 litre petrol engine unit. Equipment levels were generally good, but some of the less expensive models had a radio and sunroof as only optional extras. The 3 Series range included a four-door saloon, and the remainder of the old 3 Series range remained on sale until the forthcoming new coupé, cabriolet and estate replacements were launched.


1990 in motoring, Germany
Volkswagen gave the Polo a major restyle to its exterior and interior after nine years on sale. A completely removable stereo/cassette player was added as a new security measure. The 1.0 and 1.3 petrol engines were carried over from the original 1981 Polo, but there were two more powerful versions of the 1.3 - the "GT" and "G40". Sales began in the autumn of 1990. In 1991 launch was planned of the third generation Golf.


1990 in motoring, Italy
Fiat had given the seven-year-old Uno a major redesign in 1989, with the interior and exterior changed substantially. There was a new 1.0 petrol engine at entry-level, with a 1.4 option at the top end of the range. Some models had electric windows, central locking and a sunroof as optional extras. The Uno Turbo continued as Fiat's rival for the Peugeot 205 GTi and Ford Fiesta XR2i.


1990 in motoring, Italy
Alfa Romeo expanded the 164 range to include a lower priced 2.0 four-cylinder version.


1990 in motoring, Italy
The Lancia Prisma, saloon version of the Delta hatchback, was replaced with the new Dedra.


1990 in motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 1990 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.


1990 in motorsport, Annual events
The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.


1990 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990. This year was the peak of cassette sales in the United States, with sales declining year on year since then.


1990 in music, Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest positions in the charts of 1990.


1990 in music, Top ten best albums of the year
All albums have been named albums of the year for their hits in the charts.


1990 in music, Births
Unknown: Danny L Harle, British music producer and composer  (PC Music)


1990 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1990.


1990 in paleontology, Vertebrates, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
An Anatidae, placed in synonymy with Bonibernicla ponderosa Kurochkin, 1985 by Zelenkov, 2012.


1990 in paleontology, Vertebrates, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
An Aves Incertae Sedis, possibly a Procelariiformes or a Phaethontidae, this is the type species of the new genus.


1990 in paleontology, Vertebrates, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
An Anatidae, transferred to the genus Histrionicus Lesson, 1828 by Storrs L. Olson & Pamela C. Rasmussen, 2001


1990 in paleontology, Vertebrates, Dinosaurs, Newly named birds
A Procellariidae, Mourer-Chauviré & Antunes, 2000  emended the spelling to Puffinus holeae.