1990 Argentina rugby union tour of British Isles, Matches
IRISH STUDENTS: Hewitt; Down, Tormey, Glennon, Furlong; Barry, McIvor; Sheehan, Cronin, Devlin; O'Driscoll, O'Callaghan;Ward, Kenny, Leslie. ARGENTINA : G.Angaut (capt. ); H.Vidou, M.Allen, H.García Simón, G.Jorge; L.Arbizu, R.Crexell; R.Villalonga, A.Macome, M.Bertranou; O.Fascioli (66' : J.Simes), P.Sporleder; H.Ballatore, R.Le Fort, F.Méndez.


1990 Argentina rugby union tour of British Isles, Matches
EASTERN COUNTIES:  P.Larkin; R.Norcano, M.Thompson, I.Fox, R.Summer; J.King, B.Davies; R.Emblem (capt. ), M.Pinnegar; G.Atherton (65' Easton); C.Pinnegar, M.Upex; W.Hallett, C.Newman, N.Prentice. ARGENTINA : G.Angaut (capt. ); G.Romero Acuña, S.Mesón, M.Allen, H.Vidou; L.Arbizu, G.Camardón; E.Ezcurra, R.Etchegoyen, R.Villalonga; P.Fascioli, J.Simes; H.Ballatore, A.Cubelli, M.Aguirre.


1990 Argentina rugby union tour of British Isles, Matches
SOUTH OF SCOTLAND: P.Dodds; H.Hogg, M.Wright, C.Redpath, M.Moncrieff; G.Shiel, G.Oliver; N.Ferguson, H.Hay, N.McIlroy; J.Laing, C.Hogg; A.Roxburgh, R.Kirpatrick; K.Armstrong. ARGENTINA : G.Angaut (capt. ); D.Cuesta Silva, S.Mesón, M.Allen, G.Jorge; L.Arbizu, R.Crexell; E.Ezcurra, R.Etchegoyen (57' M.Bertranou), R.Villalonga; O.Fascioli (35' J.Simes), G.Llanes; D.Cash, A.Cubelli, M.Aguirre.


1990 Argentina rugby union tour of British Isles, Matches
BARBARIAN F.C. : Simon Hodgkinson; Ieuan Evans, Craig Innes, Mark Ring, Keith Crossan; Craig Chalmers, Robert Jones (capt. ); Gareth Rees, Phil Davies, Richard Webster; Chris Gray, Ian Jones; P.Knight, T.Kingston, L.Hullena. ARGENTINA : G.Angaut (capt. ); D.Cuesta Silva, S.Mesón, M.Allen, G.Jorge; L.Arbizu, G.Camardón; R.Villalonga, R.Etchegoyen, P.Garretón (34' A.Macome); P.Sporleder, G.Llanes; D.Cash, R.Le Fort, M.Aguirre.


1990 Arizona Classic
The 1990 Arizona Classic was a women's  tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Scottsdale Princess in Scottsdale, Arizona in the United States and was part of Tier IV of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from October 15 through October 21, 1990. First-seeded Conchita Martínez won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


1990 Arizona Classic, Finals, Doubles
Elise Burgin /  Helen Kelesi defeated  Sandy Collins /  Ronni Reis 6–4, 6–2


1990 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 1990 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Larry Marmie, the Sun Devils compiled a 4–7 record (2–5 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in eighth place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 294 to 272.


1990 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The team's statistical leaders included Paul Justin with 1,876 passing yards, Leonard Russell with 810 rushing yards, and Eric Guliford with 837 receiving yards.


1990 Arizona State Sun Devils football team, Season summary, vs. Houston
The Sun Devils lost a high-scoring matchup in Tokyo — a game where the two teams combined for 1,445 yards of total offense (1,190 yards passing). Houston's David Klingler set the Division I-A single-game passing record with 716 yards.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 1990 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Dick Tomey, the Wildcats compiled a 7–5 record (5–4 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in fifth place in the Pac-10, were shut out in the 1990 Aloha Bowl by Syracuse, and were outscored by their opponents, 311 to 267. The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team
The team's statistical leaders included George Malauulu with 726 passing yards, Art Greathouse with 482 rushing yards, and Terry Vaughn with 431 receiving yards. Safety Jeff Hammerschmidt led the team with 78 tackles. Cornerback Darryll Lewis intercepted seven passes and returned two of them for touchdowns.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team
Arizona played all nine other Pac-10 schools in the season for the first time since they joined the conference in 1978. This feat would not be accomplished again until 2006. Also, the Wildcats only had four passing touchdowns all season, as most of their offensive touchdowns were on rushing plays (the team's offensive scheme at the time was a wishbone offense, which was mostly an option attack).


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Before the season
Arizona concluded the 1989 season with a 8–4 record and a victory over NC State in the Copper Bowl that was held at their home field. The season ended a decade of resurgence for the football program and entered 1990 with hopes of continuing its winning ways. The Wildcats were ranked 23rd at the start of the preseason.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Before the season
Beginning this season, the Wildcats’ helmets featured the school's “Block ‘A’” logo, which is still in use as of today. The logo resembled Arizona’s growing stance as a university, and the previous logo, a red “A”, continued to be seen on the top of Arizona Stadium scoreboard until 1992.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Illinois
Arizona began the new decade at home with a showdown against 11th-ranked Illinois. The defense held the Illini in check to earn a big victory.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
Arizona traveled to Albuquerque and to visit old rival New Mexico. The Wildcats would outplay the Lobos yet again with a big second half to earn the victory.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
This was the final time that the Kit Carson Rifle was awarded, as it been theorized that using a rifle as a rivalry trophy advocates violence at that the rifle itself may have used to target Native Americans. As a result, the rifle was retired when the Wildcats and Lobos next met in the Insight Bowl in 1997. The rifle currently resides in Tucson at Arizona's football facilities. A small wooden replica of the rifle is on display at New Mexico's campus in Albuquerque.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oregon
The Wildcats faced Oregon at home in their Pac-10 opener. Arizona's defense stymied the Ducks’ offense for most of the game. Wildcat cornerback Darryll Lewis had a pair of interceptions, with one returned for a touchdown. Oregon had a chance to win on the game's final play, but the Wildcats stopped them at the goal line to hold on for the victory.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UCLA
Against UCLA at the Rose Bowl, both the Wildcats and Bruins went in a back and forth battle before Lewis intercepted a UCLA pass and returned it for yet another touchdown to give Arizona the lead late in the fourth quarter. UCLA missed a chance for a tie or win after appearing to score a touchdown as time expired, but was penalized due to their quarterback crossing the line of scrimmage while he threw the ball toward the end zone, and the Wildcats escaped with the win.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
After narrowly edging UCLA, Arizona stayed on the road and went to Corvallis to face Oregon State. The Beavers, who were winless entering the game, pulled of an unlikely upset of the Wildcats. The loss to the Beavers turned out to be Oregon State's only win of the season.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, USC
The Wildcats returned to southern California and took on 15th-ranked USC, who was led by former Arizona coach Larry Smith, who Tomey succeeded as Arizona coach in 1987. Both teams would battle back and forth early on in the game. Later, a memorable moment occurred when Arizona used a trick play on offense and nearly scored a touchdown on it (the play, known as a “Fumblerooski”, was later outlawed by the NCAA in 1993). Nevertheless, the Wildcats put up enough points on the board to hold off the Trojans on its way to an upset win and Tomey finally defeated Smith in his fourth try.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, USC
This was the first time that Tomey defeated his predecessor and was also only Arizona's second ever win over USC and first since 1981 (when, coincidentally, Smith was the Arizona coach). It was also the first time in program history that Arizona defeated USC and UCLA in the same season (both occurring on the road).


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Washington
On the road in Seattle, Arizona visited seventh-ranked Washington. The Wildcats did not have a chance against the Huskies’ dominant offense, and gave up over 50 points in an ugly defeat. Washington went on to ultimately win both the Pac-10 title and Rose Bowl.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
In the annual “Duel in the Desert”, the Wildcats met Arizona State and looked to continue their reign of dominance in the rivalry. Early in the game, the Sun Devils attempted a punt in which the ball sailed over the punter's head and Arizona recovered it in the end zone for a touchdown. ASU recovered afterwards and led 17-14 after three quarters.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
In the fourth, the Wildcats forced another turnover and regained the lead at 21–17 on a rushing touchdown by tailback Arthur Greathouse. With the game going down to the wire, ASU threatened to take the lead in the final minute trailing 21–17. However, the Wildcats intercepted a pass near the goal line to seal the win and gave the Devils another yet painful loss in the rivalry. The victory also saved their unbeaten streak over ASU dating back to 1982 and was bowl-eligible with their seventh win. Arizona capitalized on several ASU mistakes which led to the win.


1990 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Syracuse (Aloha Bowl)
Arizona traveled to Hawaii for the Aloha Bowl against Syracuse that was played on Christmas Day. Tomey returned to Honolulu for the first time since 1986, when he was the Hawaii coach before being hired at Arizona in 1987. In the bowl game, the Wildcats had no answer against Syracuse's blitzing defense and the Orangemen's offense put up four touchdowns to pull away and earned a shutout. Arizona ended the season with a 7–5 record. Syracuse is now known as the Orange.


1990 Arizona gubernatorial election
The 1990 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990, for the post of Governor of Arizona. Republican Fife Symington defeated the Democratic nominee and Mayor of Phoenix Terry Goddard. Because no candidate received a majority of votes, a runoff election was held later on February 26, 1991, which Symington also won. This is the only election where Arizona used a runoff election.


1990 Arizona gubernatorial election
Evan Mecham, a former governor who was removed from office in 1988 upon being convicted in his impeachment trial, unsuccessfully ran for another term. His replacement and incumbent Governor, Rose Mofford, declined to run for a full term.


1990 Arizona gubernatorial election, Runoff election
Prior to 1992, the Arizona State Constitution required a runoff election for the office of Governor if no candidate received a majority of the votes. As a result, a runoff election was held on February 28, 1991.


1990 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 1990 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1990 Arkansas State Indians football team
The 1990 Arkansas State Indians football team represented Arkansas State University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season as an independent. Led by first-year head coach Al Kincaid, the team finished the season with a record of 3–7–1. They were outscored by their opponents, 200–313.


1990 Arkansas gubernatorial election
The 1990 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990.


1990 Arkansas gubernatorial election
Incumbent Democratic Governor Bill Clinton won re-election in a two-way race against Democrat turned Republican Sheffield Nelson with more than 57% of the vote. This was Clinton's fourth consecutive, and fifth overall, term as Governor of Arkansas, as well as his final term (he was elected to the presidency in 1992). Nelson had defeated Representative Tommy F. Robinson for the Republican nomination.


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb
On 24 July 1990 the Provisional IRA (IRA) carried out an IED roadside bomb attack at the Killylea Road on the outskirts of Armagh City, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. An IRA active service unit detonated a large bomb as an unmarked Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) vehicle and a civilian car passed, killing three RUC officers and a Catholic nun.


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Background
On 9 April 1990 four UDR soldiers (Michael Adams, John Birch, John Bradley, Steven Smart) were killed in a similar attack when the IRA detonated a landmine under their patrol vehicle on Ballydugan Road, Downpatrick, County Down. The landmine contained over 1,000 lb (450 kg) of explosive.


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Ambush
On the afternoon of 24 July 1990, 37-year-old nun Catherine Dunne was driving an Austin Metro car with a passenger, Cathy McCann, a 25-year-old social worker. Some hours previously, members of the IRA took over a house close to Killylea Road, two miles outside Armagh, County Armagh, holding its occupants, a married couple and their children, at gunpoint.


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Ambush
A detonating wire was placed from the house to a 1,000 lb (450 kg) bomb, placed in a culvert under Killylea Road,. At approximately 2 p.m., as Dunne's car was driving to Armagh, a Royal Ulster Constabulary patrol car was traveling in the opposite direction. Dunne's car passed by the patrol car just as the police drove over the culvert, at which point the IRA detonated the bomb. Constable William James Hanson (37), and reserve officers Joshua Cyril Willis (35) and David Sterritt (34), were all killed instantly; their car was blown into the air and landed upside down.


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Ambush
Dunne and McCann were both severely injured. Dunne later died of her injuries.


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Ambush
Witness Paul Corr, owner of a petrol filling station nearby, said, "The ground shook beneath us and it was accompanied by a very large explosion. At first we did not see the police car. The whole place was a terrible mess. Then we saw two young girls in the [Austin Metro]. They were unconscious and looked in a pretty bad way. There was nothing we could do for the policemen. Nobody could have come out of that car alive. It was dreadful."


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Ambush
The bomb left a 20-foot-diameter crater in the two-lane road.


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Aftermath
Sister Fiona Fullham, a regional superior of the Sisters of St. Louis, said, "I would pray that all those in Northern Ireland who have been involved in violence would try to think of the human face of the people who have died and who are dying, and of the families who are suffering needlessly all these years ... I would say, please stop. Please stop." Sister Catherine was remembered as an athletic and lively woman, who was an enthusiastic jogger and swimmer.


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Aftermath
Taoiseach Charles Haughey was quoted as saying, "I know all the people of Ireland join me in my condemnation of this atrocity."


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Aftermath
The IRA released a message claiming responsibility for the attack, and called Dunne a victim of "unforeseen and fluke circumstances." The statement was rejected in advance by political and Catholic and Protestant leaders alike and politicians in Ireland and Great Britain.


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Aftermath
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness said, "Our sorrow at these deaths is genuine and profound, but will be abused by our political opponents who will cynically exploit yesterday's events for their own political purpose."


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Aftermath
Pope John Paul II sent a message to be read at Catherine's funeral in which he condemned the "grievous injustice and futility" of the murders that left him "deeply shocked and saddened." He implored "the men and women who espouse violence to recognise the grievous injustice and futility of terrorism."


1990 Armagh City roadside bomb, Aftermath
Two men, Henry McCartney (26) and Tarlac Connolly (29), were charged with the killings. They were later given life sentences but were released in 2000 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.


1990 Armenian Supreme Soviet election
Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 20 May 1990, although further rounds were held on 3 June and 15 July due to low turnouts invalidating earlier results. By 21 July, 64 seats were still unfilled, with 16 still unfilled in February the following year. The result was a victory for the Communist Party of Armenia, which won 136 of the 259 seats. The remaining candidates were all officially independents, but almost all were members of the Pan-Armenian National Movement. Overall voter turnout was 60.2%.


1990 Army Cadets football team
The 1990 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jim Young, the Cadets compiled a 6–5 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 295 to 264. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets defeated Navy, 30–20.


1990 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The 4th Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in 1990. Indian National Congress (INC) won 37 seats out of 60 seats, JD won 11 seats, and INDEPENDENT won 11 seats.


1990 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The election was held in 1,528 polling stations and on an average there were 334 electors per polling station.


1990 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election Results
MAXIMUM CONTESTANTS  IN A CONSTITUENCY: 7 IN 58 - KANUBARI


1990 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, Election Results
NO. OF VOTES REJECTED: 7,191 ( 2.02% of Total Votes Polled)


1990 Asian Basketball Club Championship
The Asian Basketball Club Championship 1990 was the 4th staging of the Asian Basketball Club Championship, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from June 19 to June 25, 1990.


1990 Asian Games
The 1990 Asian Games also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games (Chinese: 第十一届亚洲运动会; pinyin: Dì shíyī jiè yàzhōu yùndònghuì), were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China. This was the first Asian Games held in China.


1990 Asian Games
The games served as a precursor to China's further development in the sporting arena, as the country went on to bid for the 2000 Summer Olympics (losing to Sydney) in 1993 and eventually won the bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics in 2001. China dominated the games, grabbing 60% of the gold medals and 34% of the total medal count.


1990 Asian Games
This also marked Taiwan's first participation in the Asian Games as Chinese Taipei.


1990 Asian Games, Bidding process
In 1983, two cities in Asia demonstrated interest to host the 1990 Asian Games, one was Beijing of China and the other was Hiroshima in Japan. The two appeared before the Olympic Council of Asia, during a meeting of the same, the following year in Seoul, that also served as a previous meeting to evaluate the preparations of the city for the next Asian Games and also for the 1988 Summer Olympics. Beijing eventually won the right to host the 1990 edition, while Hiroshima, when presenting an excellent technical level application, was ratified as the host of the 1994 Asian Games.


1990 Asian Games, Stamps
To commemorate the 11th Asian Games, three different sets of stamps were issued in 1988, 1989 and 1990.


1990 Asian Games, Mascot
The official mascot of this edition was PanPan, the panda.


1990 Asian Games, Participating National Olympic Committees
National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are named according to their official IOC designations and arranged according to their official IOC country codes in 1990. Note that Iraq was suspended by the Olympic Council of Asia from participating at the Asian Games due to the Gulf War which killed first OCA president Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Iraq would only return to compete in the sporting event in 2006.


1990 Asian Games, Venues
The following venues were used during the Games. Yayuncun Subdistrict, the athlete's village was located in Chaoyang District and is now a residential area.


1990 Asian Games, Medal table
The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, China, is highlighted.


1990 Asian Games medal table
The 1990 Asian Games medal table is a list of nations ranked by the medals won by their athletes during the multi-sport event, being held in Beijing, China from September 22 to October 7, 1990. The National Olympic Committees are ranked by number of gold medals first, with number of silver then bronze medals acting as the rank decider in the event of equal standing. Other alternative methods of ranking include listing by total medals.


1990 Asian Junior Athletics Championships
The 1990 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the third edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association. It took place from 13–16 June in Beijing, China. A total of 40 events were contested, 22 for male athletes and 18 for female athletes.


1990 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, Results, Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres event at the 1990 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was held in Beijing, China on 13 June.


1990 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, Results, Women's 100 metres, Heats
Wind:Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: +1.2 m/s, Heat 3: +1.2 m/s


1990 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, Results, Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 1990 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was held in Beijing, China on 13–14 June.


1990 Asian Junior Athletics Championships, Results, Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1990 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was held in Beijing, China on 16 June.


1990 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship
The 1990 Asian Junior Women's Volleyball Championship was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from ? – December to 10 December 1990


1990 Asian Men's Softball Championship
The 1990 Asian Men's Softball Championship was an international softball tournament which featured five nations which was held in Manila, Philippines.


1990 Asian Open
The 1990 555 Asian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 October and 3 November 1990 at the Guangdong TV studios in Guangzhou, China.


1990 Asian Open
Defending champion Stephen Hendry won the tournament by defeating Dennis Taylor 9–3 in the final.


1990 Asian Table Tennis Championships
The 10th Asian Table Tennis Championships 1990 were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 9 to 17 December 1990. It was organised by the Table Tennis Association of Malaysia under the authority of Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) and International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).


1990 Asian Winter Games
The 2nd Asian Winter Games (Japanese: 第2回アジア冬季競技大会, romanized: Dai 2-kai Ajia tōkikyōgitaikai) were held from March 9 to 14, 1990, in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. India was originally scheduled to host the second edition of the games, but due to technical and financial difficulties it gave up its hosting rights to Japan in 1989. The 2nd Winter Asiad saw three NOCs participating in the games for the first time: Chinese Taipei, Iran and the Philippines.


1990 Asian Winter Games, Sports
Events from only six sports were held in the Second Winter Asiad. Figure skating was temporarily out due to conflict with the 1990 World Figure Skating Championships, while Large-hill (90m) Ski Jumping was again a demonstration sport.


1990 Asian Winter Games, Participating nations
Teams from Iran, Chinese Taipei and the Philippines made their debut at the event, which had a total of over three hundred athletes entering from nine nations.


1990 Asian Winter Games, Participating nations
Hong Kong, which had sent a delegation of figure skaters to the last games, this time sent only officials.


1990 Associate Members' Cup Final
The 1990 Associate Members' Cup Final, known as the Leyland DAF Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 7th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from the Third Division and Fourth Division. The final was played at Wembley Stadium, London on 20 May 1990, and was contested by Tranmere Rovers and Bristol Rovers. Tranmere won the match 2–1, with Ian Muir and Jim Steel scoring the goals for the winning team.


1990 Athens Open
The 1990 ATP Athens Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens in Greece that was part of the World Series of the 1990 ATP Tour. It was held from 1 October through 7 October 1990. Seventh-seeded Mark Koevermans won the singles title.


1990 Athens Open, Finals, Doubles
Sergio Casal /  Javier Sánchez defeated  Tom Kempers /  Richard Krajicek 6–4, 6–3


1990 Athens Open – Doubles
Claudio Panatta and Tomáš Šmíd were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


1990 Athens Open – Doubles
Sergio Casal and Javier Sánchez won in the final 6–4, 6–3, against Tom Kempers and Richard Krajicek.


1990 Athens Open – Singles
Ronald Agénor was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


1990 Athens Open – Singles
Mark Koevermans won the tournament, beating Franco Davín in the final, 5–7, 6–4, 6–1.


1990 Athens Trophy
The 1990 Athens Trophy was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Athens, Greece that was part of Tier V of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 10 September through 16 September 1990. Fourth-seeded Cecilia Dahlman won the singles title and earned $13, 500 first-prize money.


1990 Athens Trophy, Finals, Doubles
Laura Garrone /  Karin Kschwendt defeated  Leona Lásková /  Jana Pospíšilová 6–0, 1–6, 7–6


1990 Atlanta Braves season
The 1990 Atlanta Braves season was the team's 25th season in Atlanta, the 115th in franchise history as a member of the National League and the 120th season overall. The Braves went 65–97, en route to their sixth-place finish in the NL West, 26 games behind the World Champion Cincinnati Reds, and ending up with the worst record that year. On June 23, Bobby Cox replaced Russ Nixon as the team's manager, a job Cox would hold for the next two decades.


1990 Atlanta Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1990 Atlanta Falcons season
The 1990 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 25th season in the National Football League (NFL). Jerry Glanville was hired to be the team’s new coach. The franchise changed their helmets from red to black. Atlanta looked to improve on its 3–13 record from 1989. The team did improve by finishing 5–11, but the Falcons still suffered an eighth consecutive losing season. 1990 started out pretty well for Atlanta, as they beat playoff contenders Houston, New Orleans, and Cincinnati at home. The team sat at 3–4 after their win against Cincinnati. It then lost seven games in a row before winning its last two to end the season. Atlanta went 5–3 at home, but winless on the road, which cost the Falcons a trip to the postseason.


1990 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1990 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania from May 11–14. The double elimination tournament featured the top two regular-season finishers from both of the league's divisions. East top seed Rutgers defeated West Virginia in the title game to win the tournament for the fourth time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Tournament.


1990 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
Each division's top teams, based on winning percentage in the 16-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. In the opening round of the four-team double-elimination format, the East Division champion played the West Division runner-up, and vice versa.


1990 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament
West Virginia's Paul Drosser was named Most Outstanding Player, while Rutgers's Darrin Kotch was named Most Outstanding Pitcher.


1990 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was held as the conclusion to the 1989-90 Atlantic 10 Conference collegiate men's basketball season.


1990 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
First Round, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals were held on consecutive days from March 3 to March 5, 1990, at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


1990 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals were held on March 8, 1990, at McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia, in which the Temple Owls beat the Massachusetts Minutemen by a two point margin to win the Tournament on home ground.


1990 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament
Temple was the only team to receive an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The top six teams in the conference received first-round byes.


1990 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament, Trivia
Although Tournament champions and overall season champions are awarded separately, in the 1989-90 season the Temple Owls won both.


1990 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament, Trivia
The Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Finals have only ever been won by a margin of two points one other time, when the Saint Louis Billikens beat the St. Bonaventure Bonnies in 2019.


1990 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1990 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was the 1990 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Greenville Municipal Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina from May 12–15. North Carolina defeated NC State in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1990 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, Format
All eight ACC teams qualified for the eight-team double-elimination tournament.


1990 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, Format, Seeding Procedure
On Saturday (The Semifinals) of the ACC Baseball Tournament, the match-up between the four remaining teams is determined by previous opponents. If teams have played previously in the tournament, every attempt will be made to avoid a repeat match-up between teams, regardless of seed. If it is impossible to avoid a match-up that already occurred, then the determination is based on avoiding the most recent, current tournament match-up, regardless of seed. If no match-ups have occurred, the team left in the winners bracket will play the lowest seeded team from the losers bracket.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1990 Atlantic hurricane season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season since 1969, with a total of 14 named storms. The season also featured eight hurricanes, one of which intensified into a major hurricane. It officially began on June 1, 1990, and lasted until November 30, 1990. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. However, tropical cyclogenesis can occur prior to the start of the season, as demonstrated with Tropical Depression One, which formed in the Caribbean Sea on May 24.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season
Though very active, the season featured relatively weak systems, most of which stayed at sea. The 1990 season was unusual in that no tropical cyclone of at least tropical storm strength made landfall in the United States for the first time since the 1962 season, although Tropical Storm Marco weakened to a depression just before landfall. There have been a total of six such seasons in which no cyclones of at least tropical storm intensity have made landfall in the United States – 1853, 1862, 1864, 1922, 1962, and 1990 seasons.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season
Only a few tropical cyclones caused significant impacts. Hurricane Diana killed an estimated 139 people in the Mexican states of Veracruz and Hidalgo, while also causing approximately $90.7 million in damage. Hurricane Klaus brought flooding to Martinique and caused torrential rainfall across the southeastern United States after combining with Tropical Storm Marco and a frontal boundary. As a result of effects from Diana and Klaus, both names were retired following the season. Overall, the storms of the season collectively caused 171 fatalities and approximately $157 million in damage.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal forecasts, Pre-season forecasts
Forecasts of hurricane activity are issued before each hurricane season by noted hurricane experts such as Dr. William M. Gray and his associates at Colorado State University (CSU). A normal season as defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has eleven named storms, of which six reach hurricane strength, and two major hurricanes. In April 1990, it was forecast that six storms would reach hurricane status, and there would be "three additional storms" from the previous year, which would indicate 14 named storms. The forecast did not specify how many hurricanes would reach major hurricane status. In early June 1990, CSU released their predictions of tropical cyclonic activity within the Atlantic basin during the 1990 season. The forecast from CSU called for 11 named storms, seven of which to intensify into a hurricane, and three would strengthen further into a major hurricane.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary
The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, but activity in 1990 began five days earlier with the formation of Tropical Depression One on May 25. It was an above average season in which 16 tropical depressions formed. Fourteen depressions attained tropical storm status, and eight of these attained hurricane status. There was only one tropical cyclone to reach major hurricane status (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale), which was slightly below the 1950–2005 average of two per season. Unusually, the season featured no landfalling tropical storms in the United States.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary
This was only the sixth such occurrence known, the other seasons being 1853, 1862, 1864, 1922, and 1962. Overall, the storms of the season collectively caused 171 deaths and approximately $153 million in damage. The last storm of the season, Hurricane Nana, dissipated on October 21, over a month before the official end of the season on November 30.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary
The activity in the first two months of the season were limited in tropical cyclogenesis, with the second tropical depression of the season not developing until July 22. Following that, the season was very active, and there was a quick succession of tropical cyclone development from late-July to mid-August. The Atlantic briefly remained dormant, and activity resumed on August 24 with the development of Tropical Depression Eight (Hurricane Gustav). Although August was a very active month, there were only two named storms in September, both of which became hurricanes. Activity in October was higher than average, with five tropical cyclones either forming or existing in that month. Following an active October, no tropical cyclogenesis occurred in November.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Seasonal summary
The season's activity was reflected with an accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) rating of 97, which is slightly above the mean value of 96. ACE is, broadly speaking, a measure of the power of the hurricane multiplied by the length of time it existed, so storms that last a long time, as well as particularly strong hurricanes, have high ACEs. It is only calculated for full advisories on tropical systems at or exceeding 39 mph (63 km/h), which is the threshold for tropical storm strength.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression One
Tropical Depression One formed on May 25 from a weak low pressure area to the west of Jamaica, which had been producing scattered showers over the island during the preceding days. The depression moved across Cuba shortly after forming, although the convection was located to the east of its poorly defined center. As it headed toward Florida, it was absorbed by an approaching cold front.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression One
The depression did not cause significant damage. In Florida, the depression was forecast to ease drought conditions that persisted for about two years. While crossing Cuba, the depression dropped heavy rainfall, and predictions stated that precipitation amounts could reach as high as 10 in (254 mm), but the greatest amount measured was at 6 in (152.4 mm) east of Havana. Heavy rainfall also occurred across much of south Florida, peaking at 6.20 in (157.5 mm) at the Royal Palm Ranger Station in Everglades National Park. While the depression was affecting south Florida, the National Weather Service issued "urban flood statements" warning of flooded streets in mainly low-lying areas, especially in Dade and Broward counties. Standing water on many Florida expressways caused automobile accidents, especially in Dade County, where 28 accidents were reported.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Arthur
The second tropical depression of the season developed on July 22 from a tropical wave nearly midway between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde. The depression slowly intensified, and was eventually upgraded to Tropical Storm Arthur, two days later. On July 25, Tropical Storm Arthur crossed the Windward Islands chain, and it was noted that the storm made landfall on Tobago. Emerging into the Caribbean Sea, Arthur reached nearly attained hurricane status on July 25. Thereafter, wind shear began increasing over Arthur, and a weakening trend began after peak intensity.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Arthur
As Arthur headed further into the Caribbean Sea, it significantly weakened and was downgraded to a tropical depression on July 27. Later that day, Air Force reconnaissance and satellite imagery did not show a low-level circulation, indicating that Arthur had degenerated into open tropical wave 130 mi (210 km) southeast of Kingston, Jamaica.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Arthur
Shortly after Arthur became a tropical storm on July 24, a tropical storm warning was issued for Trinidad, Tobago, and Grenada; six hours later, it was extended to the Grenadines. About 24 hours later, all of the tropical storm warnings were discontinued. As Arthur headed further into the Caribbean Sea, a tropical storm watches and warnings were issued for Hispaniola and Puerto Rico on July 26. All of the tropical storm watches and warnings were discontinued after Arthur weakened to a tropical depression.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Arthur
After Arthur made landfall on Tobago, several landslides occurred, and a major bridge had collapsed; electrical and water services were significantly disrupted. Damage was also reported on Grenada, where two bridges were damaged, electricity and telephone service was disrupted, and crops were affected as well. In addition, Arthur caused damage to four hotels and hundreds of houses. Wind gusts on the island of Grenada reportedly reached 55 mph (85 km/h). As Arthur passed south of Puerto Rico, there were reports of strong winds and heavy rainfall. Heavy rainfall was also reported on the south coast of Haiti as Arthur approached the country.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bertha
A tropical wave emerged off the coast of Africa, and after interacting with a cold front and an area of low pressure, developed into a subtropical depression on July 24, offshore of North Carolina near Cape Hatteras. The subtropical depression slowly acquired tropical characteristics, and was reclassified as Tropical Depression Three on July 27. On the following day, the National Hurricane Center upgraded the depression to Tropical Storm Bertha. It drifted northeast and became a hurricane 500 mi (805 km) west-southwest of Bermuda on July 29.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bertha
As Bertha continued parallel to the East Coast of the United States, it had experienced strong wind shear and was downgraded back to a tropical storm later on July 29. However, by July 30, Air Force reconnaissance flights reported at hurricane-force winds, and Bertha had re-intensified into a hurricane at that time. After becoming a hurricane again, Bertha continued northeastward, but transitioned into an extratropical cyclone over Nova Scotia on August 2.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Bertha
Nine deaths were attributed to Bertha, including six crew members of the Greek freighter Corazon who perished off the Canadian coast after their ship broke up. Another fatality was caused when one person fell off the ship Patricia Star and into the Atlantic; the other two deaths were from two people drowning in north Florida. Damage to crops and a suspension bridge were reported from Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; this damage totaled to $4.427 million (1990 CAD; $3.912 million 1990 USD).


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Cesar
While Bertha was approaching Atlantic Canada, a tropical wave emerged into an Atlantic from the west coast of Africa, and quickly developed into Tropical Depression Four approximately 335 mi (540 km) south of Cape Verde. The depression headed northwestward due to the weakness of a subtropical ridge and slowly intensified. While the depression was well west of Cape Verde, it intensified into Tropical Storm Cesar on August 2. Cesar continued on the generally northwestward path and no significant change in intensity occurred, as it peaked at 50 mph (85 km/h) shortly after becoming a tropical storm.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Cesar
Later in its duration, wind shear significantly increased, causing the low-level circulation to be removed from the deep convection on August 6, and Cesar weakened back to a tropical depression as a result. As it was weakening to a tropical depression, Cesar became nearly stationary, and turned abruptly eastward. On the following day, Cesar dissipated almost 1,150 mi (1,850 km) east-southeast of Bermuda.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Edouard
A frontal wave formed near the Azores in early August. When thunderstorm activity grew near its center, it was deemed a subtropical depression on August 2 just east of the Azores. Associated with an upper-level cold low, it intensified into a subtropical storm on August 3, although water temperatures were cooler than what is usually required for tropical cyclogenesis. It tracking westward and passed near Graciosa before weakening back to a depression on August 4. The depression executed a small cyclonic loop, developing deep and organized convection near the circulation. Late on August 6, it transitioned into Tropical Depression Six.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Edouard
The depression moved northeastward toward the Azores, intensifying into Tropical Storm Edouard on August 8. Shortly thereafter it reached peak winds of 45 mph (72 km/h), and subsequently it moved past the northern Azores. On August 10, Edouard weakened again to depression status, and became extratropical on the following day. The remnants of Edouard dissipated on August 13, a few hundred miles west of Portugal.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Edouard
Much of the western Azores reported winds of at 35 mph (55 km/h). The island of Horta reported winds gusts from 35 to 65 mph (55 to 100 km/h). Lajes Air Force Base on Terceira Island reported a maximum wind gust of 38 mph (61 km/h). Also a tower on the island of Terceira reported sustained winds at 50 mph (80 km/h), while a gusts as high as 67 mph (108 km/h) were recorded.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Diana
A tropical wave uneventfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean and entered the Caribbean Sea either late July or early August 1990. As the system entered the southwest Caribbean, it began to further develop, and became Tropical Depression Five on August 4. The depression headed northwestward, and intensified enough to be upgraded to Tropical Storm Diana on August 5. After becoming a tropical storm, Diana continued to quickly intensify, and maximum sustained winds were 65 mph (105 km/h) before landfall occurred in Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, on the Yucatán Peninsula.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Diana
Diana weakened somewhat over the Yucatán Peninsula, but was still a tropical storm when it entered the Gulf of Mexico. While over the Gulf of Mexico, Diana again rapidly intensified, and became a hurricane on August 7. Later that day, Diana further strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane, and peaked with winds of 100 mph (155 km/h). Only two hours, Diana made landfall near Tampico, Tamaulipas, at the same intensity. After moving ashore, Diana rapidly weakened, and had deteriorated to a tropical storm only four hours after landfall. By August 8, Diana weakened back to a tropical depression near Mexico City. Diana briefly entered the Eastern Pacific Basin on August, but was not re-classified, and it rapidly dissipated at the south end of the Gulf of California.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Diana
In preparations for Diana, there were several tropical storm watches and warning issued along the Yucatán Peninsula and several areas along the Gulf Coast of Mexico; hurricane watches and warnings were also put into effect. While crossing the Yucatán Peninsula, Diana produced near-tropical storm force winds, and heavy rainfall, but not damage or fatalities. However, the mainland of Mexico fared much worse, where torrential rainfall caused mudslides in the states of Hidalgo and Veracruz. As a result of heavy rainfall, many houses were destroyed, and approximately 3,500 became homeless.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Diana
Diana also produced high winds across Mexico, which toppled tree and fell electricity poles, leaving many without telephone service and block several roads. In addition, the remnants of Diana brought rainfall to the southwestern United States. Contemporary reports indicated that 139 people had been killed, with an additional 25,000 people being injured. Damage as a result of Diana was estimated at $90.7 million.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fran
On August 11, a tropical wave developed into the seventh tropical depression of the season, while situated several hundred miles southwest of Cape Verde. The depression moved rapidly westwards, and intensified to just under tropical storm status on August 12. However, later that day, the depression began to lose its low-level circulation, while deep convection was diminishing. As a result, the depression became "too weak to classify" for Dvorak technique, and the system had degenerated back into a tropical wave early on August 13.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fran
After weakening back to a tropical wave, the system quickly re-organized, and re-developed into a tropical depression twelve hours later. Later that day, the depression further intensified, and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Fran. No significant change in intensity occurred after Fran became a tropical storm and maximum sustained winds never exceeded 40 mph (65 km/h). By the next day, Fran made landfall on Trinidad at the same intensity. While on Trinidad, Fran significantly interacted with the South American mainland, and quickly dissipated on August 15.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Fran
After Fran became a tropical storm on August 13, a tropical storm warning was issued for Trinidad, Tobago, and Grenada. Simultaneously, a tropical storm watch came into effect for Barbados and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. As Fran was passing through the Windward Islands, the tropical storm watch was discontinued. Only two hours before Fran dissipated, the tropical storm warning was discontinued for Trinidad, Tobago, and Grenada. As a result of Fran, only heavy rains were reported on the Windward Islands. Light rainfall was reported on Trinidad, peaking at 2.6 in (66 mm). In addition, wind gusts were reported up to 29 mph (46 km/h).


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gustav
A tropical depression developed from a tropical wave approximately 1,000 mi (1,610 km) east of Barbados on August 24. After forming, the depression moved westward and on the next day intensified into a tropical storm on the following day. After becoming a tropical storm, Gustav continued to intensify as it headed west-northwestward. Intensification into a hurricane occurred on August 26, as the storm began slowly curving northward under the influence of a trough. After reaching Category 2 intensity, Gustav was affected by wind shear, and weakened, but eventually re-intensified.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gustav
The hurricane ultimately peaked as a Category 3 hurricane on August 31, and was also the most intense tropical cyclone of the season, in addition to being the only major hurricane in the Atlantic that year. Around the time of attaining peak intensity, Gustav began a fujiwhara interaction with nearby Tropical Storm Hortense. After attaining peak intensity on August 31, Gustav weakened back, at nearly the same rate as it had intensified, and deteriorated to a tropical storm on September 2. By September 3, Gustav transitioned into an extratropical cyclone, 230 mi (370 km) south of Iceland.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gustav
Gustav initially appeared as a significant threat to the Lesser Antilles, which was devastated by Hurricane Hugo about a year prior. As a result, several hurricane watches and warnings were issued on August 27, but all were discontinued later that day as Gustav turned northward. The only effects reported on the Lesser Antilles were large swells, light winds, and light rains. Following the passage of Gustav, no damage or fatalities were reported.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hortense
The ninth tropical depression of the season developed from a tropical wave 700 mi (1,125 km) west-southwest of Cape Verde on August 25. The depression headed west-northwestward, while slowly intensifying and establishing better-defined upper-level outflow. By August 26, the depression intensified enough to be upgraded to Tropical Storm Hortense. After becoming a tropical storm, Hortense was steered nearly due north, under the influence on an upper-level low. Hortense later headed generally northwestward, after the upper-level low degenerated into a trough and moved eastward.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Hortense
Although intensification was somewhat slow, Hortense managed to peak as a 65 mph (100 km/h) tropical storm on August 28. On August 29, nearby Hurricane Gustav was rapidly intensifying, and began to significantly affect Hortense with increasing vertical wind shear. Hortense weakened, with the storm degenerating into a tropical depression on August 30. Further weakening occurred, and Hortense dissipated on August 31 roughly 805 mi (1,295 km) east-southeast of Bermuda.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Isidore
A vigorous tropical wave exited the west coast of Africa on September 3. It quickly developed an area of deep convection with a well-defined circulation, which prompted it being classified a tropical depression on September 4. At the time it was situated hundreds of miles south of Cape Verde at a very southerly latitude of 7.2°N, making it the southernmost-forming tropical cyclone on record in the north Atlantic basin. Initial intensification was slow as the system moved northwestward, a movement caused by a large mid-level trough over the central Atlantic.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Isidore
On September 5 the NHC upgraded the depression to Tropical Storm Isidore. Subsequently, it intensified at a faster rate, becoming a hurricane on September 6. The following day, satellite estimates from the Dvorak technique suggested a peak intensity of 100 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 978 mbar (hPa; 28.88 inHg).


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Isidore
After peaking, Isidore entered a region of stronger upper-level winds and quickly weakened. By September 8 it had deteriorated into a tropical storm, although re-intensification occurred after the shear decreased. An eye feature redeveloped in the center of the convection, and Isidore re-intensified into a hurricane on September 9. It ultimately reached a secondary peak intensity of 90 mph (150 km/h). Isidore's motion slowed, briefly becoming stationary, although it remained a hurricane for several days. Cooler waters imparted weakening to a tropical storm on September 16, and the next day it became extratropical to the east of Newfoundland. There were a few ships that came in contact with Hurricane Isidore, one of which reported hurricane-force wind gusts. The storm never approached land during its duration, and no damage or casualties were reported.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Isidore
Isidore's track was highly unusual, being the first and only tropical cyclone to have an unusual track to date.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Depression Eleven
On September 18, Tropical Depression Eleven formed midway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles from a tropical wave. Ship and reconnaissance aircraft observations reported that the depression almost reached tropical storm strength. However, it was torn apart by strong upper-level winds until it dissipated on September 27. The system never affected land.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Josephine
A tropical wave exited the coast of Africa on September 16 with copious convection. It tracked westward, developing into Tropical Depression Twelve on September 21 while located a few hundred miles west of Cape Verde. Without intensifying further, the depression turned northward, due to a weakness caused by the deepening of a 200 mbar cut-off low near the Iberian Peninsula. Under the influence of a building high pressure area, the depression turned to a northwest and later westward drift.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Josephine
It into Tropical Storm Josephine on September 24, although increased wind shear from a trough weakened the storm back to a tropical depression on September 26. It remained weak for several days, gradually turning to the north due to a weak trough over the northwestern Atlantic. On October 1, another high pressure area halted its northward movement, causing Josephine to turn to the east. That day, it re-intensified into a tropical storm as it began to execute a small cyclonic loop. An approaching trough caused Josephine to accelerate north-northeastward, and with favorable conditions it intensified into a hurricane on October 5, after existing nearly two weeks.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Josephine
Josephine intensified slightly more on October 5, attaining its peak intensity later that day with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 980 mbar (hPa; 28.94 inHg). A large mid-latitude storm began developing on October 5, and Hurricane Josephine accelerated around the east periphery on the system. Josephine weakened back to a tropical storm early on October 6, while moving to the north of the mid-latitude system. After tracking near the mid-latitude cyclone, Tropical Storm Josephine transitioned into an extratropical storm on October 6 before being absorbed by it. The mid-latitude cyclone later developed into Hurricane Lili.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Klaus
A tropical wave developed into Tropical Depression Thirteen on October 3 around 115 mi (185 km/h) east of Dominica. The depression rapidly intensified into a tropical storm, and was classified as Tropical Storm Klaus only six hours later. Because Klaus was in an area of weak steering current, it was drifting west-northwestward. On October 5, Klaus briefly intensified into a hurricane, and passed only 12 mi (19 km) east of Barbuda later that day. By the following day, Klaus had weakened back into a tropical storm. After weakening to a tropical storm, Klaus began to accelerate, while turning westward.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Klaus
Klaus became significantly affected by wind shear, as it weakened to a tropical depression to the north of Puerto Rico on October 8. Later that day, deep convection began to re-developed near the low-level circulation of Klaus, and it had re-intensified into a tropical storm. As Klaus tracked northwestward near the Bahamas on October 9, it was absorbed by an area of low pressure, which would eventually develop into Tropical Storm Marco.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Klaus
Since Klaus passed very close to the Leeward Islands, tropical storm watches and warnings were issued, as well as hurricane watches and warning, starting on October 4. In addition, tropical storm watches and warnings were also issued for the British and United States Virgin Islands, and the Bahamas. After several watches and warnings were issued, all were discontinued by October 9, around the time when Klaus was absorbed by the area of low pressure. In Martinique, flooding caused seven fatalities, and displaced 1,500 other people.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Klaus
Heavy rainfall also occurred on other Leeward Islands, with estimates as high as 15 in (381 mm) of precipitation. However, no effects were reported in the Bahamas. The remnants brought large waves and heavy rainfall to southeastern United States, which caused four deaths when a dam burst in South Carolina. In total, Klaus caused 11 fatalities, but only $1 million in damage.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lili
A cold-core low which affected the latter stages of Josephine developed at the surface and became a subtropical storm on October 6, about 875 mi (1,410 km) southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland. The subtropical storm moved southwest and slowly curved westward, nearly intensifying into a hurricane. On October 11, the subtropical storm finally acquired tropical characteristics. Simultaneously, the now-tropical cyclone intensified into a hurricane, and was re-classified as Hurricane Lili. After becoming a hurricane, Lili headed rapidly west-southwestward, and did not intensify past maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h).


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lili
After passing 140 mi (230 km) south of Bermuda later that day, Lili began to curve slowly northward, thereby avoiding landfall in the United States. While about 200 mi (320 km) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras, Lili weakened back to tropical storm intensity. Weakening to a tropical storm, Lili curved northeastward and accelerated toward Atlantic Canada. However, Lili transitioned into an extratropical storm on October 14, just offshore of Nova Scotia. The post-tropical cyclone made landfall on Newfoundland soon afterwards.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Lili
Lili posed a threat to Bermuda, and a hurricane warning as the storm approached, but only gusty winds and light rainfall was reported. As Lili continued westward, it had also posed a significant threat to the East Coast of the United States, since some of the computer models did not predict a northward curve. As a result, several hurricane watches and warnings were issued from Little River Inlet, South Carolina, to Cape Henlopen, Delaware. However, Lili later curved northward, and only caused minor coastal erosion in North Carolina and rainfall in Pennsylvania. Lili began impacting Atlantic Canada as it was transitioning an extratropical cyclone, and the storm reportedly caused strong winds in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. No damage total or fatalities were reported.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Marco
As Klaus was dissipating, a new cold low developed over Cuba and developed down to the surface as a tropical depression on October 9. The depression emerged the Straits of Florida, and quickly intensified into a tropical storm on October 10. After becoming a tropical storm, Marco steadily intensified and eventually peaked with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h). Marco headed towards Florida, and remained just offshore of the western coast and nearly made landfall near St. Petersburg, Florida, on October 12.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Marco
However, Marco continued to interact with land, and weakened to a tropical depression before actually making landfall near Cedar Key, Florida, with winds of 35 mph (55 km/h). It rapidly weakened over land, and dissipated in Georgia later that day. Although it had dissipated, Marco added to the heavy rainfall already brought to the southeastern states by the remnants Hurricane Klaus.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Marco
Although only a depression at final landfall, this was officially counted as a tropical storm hit on the United States as much of the circulation was on land before landfall in the area of St. Petersburg, Florida. In preparations for Marco, a tropical storm warning was issued for nearly the entire Gulf and Atlantic coast of Florida. In Florida, Marco caused flooding damage to houses and roads, in addition to producing tropical storm force winds across the state.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Marco
However, Marco is more notable for the impact from the remnants, especially in Georgia and South Carolina, where rainfall from the storm peaked at 19.89 in (505 mm) near Louisville, Georgia. In combination with the remnants of Hurricane Klaus, Marco caused heavy rainfall in South Carolina, causing a dam to burst, leading to three fatalities. Several more fatalities were caused by the remnants of Marco and Klaus, and the system caused 12 deaths. It also caused $57 million in damage, most of it from damage or destruction of residences in Georgia.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nana
On October 7, a vigorous tropical wave emerged off the coast of Africa near Cape Verde, and despite semi-favorable conditions, the wave did not develop initially, due to embedded westerlies, which caused the wave to remain disorganized, despite having deep convection. Six days later, the wave had reached the Lesser Antilles, and split, the northern portion of the wave then developed into Tropical Depression Sixteen on October 16. The depression rapidly intensified to a tropical storm, and then a hurricane the next day, receiving the name Nana. Development increased slightly and the system reached its peak intensity of 85 mph (140 km/h) that same day. Nana dissipated while heading southward on October 21.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nana
Nana initially posed a threat to Bermuda, and as a result, a hurricane watch was issued late on October 18. However, after Nana weakened to a tropical storm on October 20, the hurricane watch was downgraded to a tropical storm watch. Furthermore, Nana began to curve southeastward away from Bermuda, and later on October 20, the tropical storm watch was discontinued. The only known effect from Nana on Bermuda was 0.33 in (8.4 mm) of rain. Nana was a very small hurricane, the circulation probably being only 30–40 mi (50–60 km) wide. Nana was the first storm to receive the 'N' name since naming began in the Atlantic basin in 1950.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the north Atlantic in 1990. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 1996 season. This is the same list used for the 1984 season. Storms were named Marco and Nana for the first time in 1990. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names, Retirement
The World Meteorological Organization retired two names in the spring of 1991: Diana and Klaus. They were replaced in the 1996 season by Dolly and Kyle.


1990 Atlantic hurricane season, Season effects
This is a table of all the storms that have formed in the 1990 Atlantic hurricane season. It includes their duration, names, affected areas, damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but were still related to that storm. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical, a tropical wave, or a low, and all the damage figures are in USD.


1990 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1990 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Coached by Pat Dye, the team finished the season with an 8–3–1 record and ended their streak of three Southeastern Conference titles. The Tigers defeated Indiana, 27–23, in the Peach Bowl.


1990 Auckland City mayoral by-election
The 1990 Auckland City mayoral by-election was held to fill the vacant position of Mayor of Auckland. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1990 Auckland City mayoral by-election, Background
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of sitting Mayor Catherine Tizard after she was appointed to the position of Governor-General. Twenty candidates came forward for the contest, with businessman and former athlete Les Mills the winner. It was the first Mayoral by-election in Auckland since the death of Thomas Ashby in 1957.


1990 Auckland City mayoral by-election, Outcome
After Mills won the election it was revealed that he spent $50,000 on his campaign. At the time spending limits were not imposed on local government elections, however unprecedented levels of spending the 1989 and 1990 elections prompted Minister of Local Government Warren Cooper to launch an inquiry on the matter.


1990 Auckland Jewish daycare stabbing
On 16 July 1990, a mentally ill woman attacked the playground of the Jewish Kadimah School's daycare in Central Auckland, stabbing four children with a knife while screaming antisemitic slogans. The attack continued as other young students looked on "in horror", while members of staff ran to help the children. The woman, 52-year-old Pauline Janet Williamson, was eventually disarmed by a male teacher. The children, aged 6 to 8, were hospitalised immediately afterwards; all survived, after going intensive surgery. They were identified by police as 6-year-old twins Nicholas and Samuel Henderson; Simon Clark, 6, and Damon Bree, 8.


1990 Auckland Jewish daycare stabbing
This apparently random act of antisemitic violence in New Zealand, a country known to be tolerant of its Jewish community, shocked many. However, it followed the desecration of several Jewish graves in Dunedin by two months, which itself was a copycat of an attack on Jewish graves in Carpentras, in the South of France.


1990 Auckland Jewish daycare stabbing, Attack
At an unknown time on Monday, 16 July 1990, mental health outpatient Pauline Janet Williamson ran onto the playground at the school's kindergarten, where 6 year olds Nicholas and Stephen Henderson and Simon Clark,  and 8-year-old Damon Bree were playing. She then produced a 4-inch vegetable knife and began screaming antisemitic slogans and a Jewish surname (not one shared by any of the victims), before wildly lacerating these four children.


1990 Austral-Asia Cup
The 1990 Austral-Asia Cup was a cricket tournament held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 25–May 4, 1990. Six national teams took part: Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.


1990 Austral-Asia Cup
The teams were divided into two groups of three who played each other, round robin, with the winner and runner-up of each group progressing to the semi-finals.


1990 Austral-Asia Cup
Pakistan won the tournament, defeating Australia in the final, and won US$30,000. As runners-up, Australia won US$20,000, while the semi-finalists, New Zealand and Sri Lanka won US$10,000 each.


1990 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours 1990 are appointments to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by Australian citizens. The list was announced on 26 January 1990 by the Governor General of Australia, Bill Hayden.


1990 Australia Day Honours
The Australia Day Honours are the first of the two major annual honours lists, the first announced to coincide with Australia Day (26 January), with the other being the Queen's Birthday Honours, which are announced on the second Monday in June.


1990 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand
The 1990 Australia rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of matches played by Australia national rugby union team in New Zealand between July and August 1990. Australia lost the series against new Zealand with one victory on three matches. "All Blacks" hold the Bledisloe Cup, conquested in 1987.


1990 Australian Drivers' Championship
The 1990 Australian Drivers' Championship was an Australian motor racing title sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport and open to Formula Holden racing cars. It was the 34th Australian Drivers' Championship and the second to be contested by Formula Holden cars. The championship winner was awarded the CAMS Gold Star.


1990 Australian Drivers' Championship
The championship was won by Simon Kane driving a Ralt RT21.


1990 Australian Drivers' Championship, Calendar
The championship was contested over eight rounds with one race per round.


1990 Australian Drivers' Championship, Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers competed in the 1990 Australian Drivers' Championship.


1990 Australian Drivers' Championship, Points system
Championship points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the first six finishers  at each round. Each driver could retain only his/her best seven results, any other points being discarded.


1990 Australian Endurance Championship
The 1990 Australian Endurance Championship was the seventh running of the Australian Endurance Championship. It began on 9 September 1990 at Sandown Raceway and ended on 3 November at the Eastern Creek Raceway after three rounds. The championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of Group 3A Touring Cars.


1990 Australian Endurance Championship, Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams competed in the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship. The series consisted of three rounds of with one race per round.


1990 Australian Endurance Championship, Results and standings, Drivers Championship
Points were awarded 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 based on the top ten race positions.


1990 Australian Grand Prix
The 1990 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 4 November 1990 at Adelaide. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship. This was the 500th race to contribute to the World Drivers' Championship since the series had started in 1950. The race was the 55th Australian Grand Prix and the sixth to be held on the Adelaide street circuit, which also made it the sixth AGP to be part of the Formula One World Championship. The race was held over 81 laps of the 3.78 km circuit for a race distance of 306 kilometres.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Ayrton Senna claimed his 52nd pole position with a 1:15.671, the fastest time recorded on the Adelaide street circuit to date. Second on the grid was his McLaren-Honda teammate Gerhard Berger who was over half a second slower. Filling out the second row were the Ferraris of Nigel Mansell, in his last race for the Maranello based team, and Prost, who was only 0.013 slower than Mansell. Despite brake problems with his Tyrrell-Ford, Jean Alesi qualified 5th in front of the Williams-Renault of Riccardo Patrese. During the final qualifying session it was reported by 1980 World Champion Alan Jones who was acting as pit reporter for race television broadcaster Channel 9 that Tyrrell team owner Ken Tyrrell believed Alesi's brake trouble to be more driver related rather than any fault with the car.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Japanese Grand Prix winner Nelson Piquet qualified his Benetton-Ford in 7th with teammate Roberto Moreno 8th and 1989 race winner Thierry Boutsen 9th in his Williams. Rounding out the top 10 qualifiers was Pierluigi Martini in his Pirelli shod Minardi-Ford.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Australian David Brabham, driving for Brabham, the team his triple World Championship winning father Jack had started in 1962, qualified for his first Australian Grand Prix in 25th position. Jack Brabham had won the non-championship Australian Grands Prix in 1955 (the first rear-engined car to do so), 1963 and 1964. David Brabham would be the first Australian to drive in his home Grand Prix since Alan Jones had his last F1 race in 1986.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Italians Michele Alboreto and Alex Caffi (both Arrows), Frenchman Yannick Dalmas (AGS) and Belgian Bertrand Gachot (Coloni) all failed to qualify.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Pre-race
As part of a television interview with Ayrton Senna after qualifying, former triple World Champion Jackie Stewart caused a stir when he claimed that Senna was part of too many race accidents for a driver of his ability compared to all the World Champions of the past. A visibly annoyed Senna stated he could not believe that someone of Stewart's racing experience, someone who knew first hand that accidents are a part of motor racing, would say that he was a dangerous driver, and challenged the Scotsman to go back and check his facts.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Pre-race
On race morning during the drivers briefing, McLaren boss Ron Dennis asked the officials for a ruling on what would happen if anyone decided to effectively straight-line the chicane after the start, asking if it was legal. FISA officials replied that any driver who did that would most likely damage their car so it was not advisable. At that point Alain Prost got up and walked out of the meeting, an action that earned him a 'yellow card' from FISA, but no fine. This puzzled many as walking out of the drivers briefing without good reason usually saw a driver fined.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Pre-race
Then, as per normal practice, the annual end-of-season drivers photo shoot took place prior to the race. As the race was the 500th World Championship Grand Prix there was also a photo shoot taken with several World Champions who were in attendance, including legendary five time Champion Juan Manuel Fangio. Alain Prost, still angry over the events at Suzuka, did not appear in either photo by his own choice as he did not want to appear with Ayrton Senna.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Pre-race
This, and his public statements about his former McLaren teammate following the Japanese Grand Prix where he claimed Senna deliberately took him out at the first corner in the race to win the World Championship, lead to criticism of his mental state of mind by some including former World Champion turned BBC commentator James Hunt, who at the time believed the crash at Suzuka was just an accident and that Senna had not taken Prost out on purpose (Senna revealed at Suzuka a year later that he did indeed deliberately take Prost out as payback for their crash at Suzuka 1989 that gave Prost the world title over Senna).


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Pre-race
Hunt, who as the 1976 Champion was in the photo shoot along with Fangio, Sir Jack Brabham, Denny Hulme, Stewart, and current drivers Senna and Nelson Piquet, claimed during the race commentary that Prost had been mentally beaten down by Senna after losing the championship to him in controversial circumstances and seemed to be "a driver who was under a form of mental collapse".


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Pre-race
Other than Prost who chose not to take part, World Championship winning drivers who were still alive but not in the photo shoot due to not being in attendance in Adelaide were Phil Hill (1961), John Surtees (1964), Emerson Fittipaldi (1972 & 1974), Niki Lauda (1975, 1977 & 1984), Mario Andretti (1978), Jody Scheckter (1979), and the winner of the inaugural race in Adelaide Keke Rosberg (1982). The most surprising absentee was Australia's 1980 World Champion Alan Jones who was actually at the circuit that weekend racing a Ford Sierra RS500 in the Group A touring car support races as well as performing duties as a pit reporter for Australian host television broadcaster Channel 9.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
The winner for the second race in a row was Brazilian veteran Nelson Piquet in his Benetton, giving the triple World Champion back to back wins for the first time since he won the 1987 German and Hungarian Grands Prix while driving for Williams-Honda.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
He took a 3.129 second victory over Nigel Mansell after the Englishman had tried a passing move under braking for the hairpin at the end of the Brabham Straight which almost took out both cars, Mansell somehow managed to pull his Ferrari up in time to just miss Piquet and the lapped Brabham-Judd of Stefano Modena as they turned into the right hand hairpin. Piquet overtook Patrese at the start and Alesi a few corners later. He then took Prost on lap 3 at the end of the long straight and then outbraked Berger for third place at the same place on lap 9. He later overtook Mansell on the pit straight when Mansell’s first set of tyres went off.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
After making the best start, but being blocked in by the slow starting Berger, Alain Prost drove a steady, but for him unremarkable race other than a rare mistake when he ran wide at Brewery Bend late in the race while trying to stay ahead of the charging Mansell. Prost ran in 5th for most of the race, but eventually finished 3rd after Senna crashed out of the lead on lap 61 with gearbox trouble, and after Berger had also run wide at Brewery Bend and had to back off to conserve his tyres. Berger finished 4th, 9.6 seconds behind Prost. Rounding out the top six were the Williamses of 1989 Australian Grand Prix winner Thierry Boutsen, the last driver on the lead lap and in his last race for Williams, and Riccardo Patrese.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
On lap 50, Senna broke Gerhard Berger's 1987 lap record of 1:20.416 (set in the turbocharged Ferrari F1/87) with a time of 1:19.302. In his late race pursuit of Piquet, Mansell continued to lower the lap record and eventually lowered it to 1:18.203 on lap 75. In his efforts to stay ahead of Mansell, Piquet set his fastest race lap on lap 79 with a time of 1:18.527, and then emulated Prost and Berger's earlier feats by running wide at Brewery Bend on lap 80 which allowed Mansell to close within two seconds.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Piquet's fastest lap, set on the tyres which he had started the race on, was also the second fastest lap of the race. In the post race interview with the top three finishers, Piquet said with a smile that after his lap 80 off which allowed Mansell to close up to him that he had to "drive like hell" over the last lap and a half, and that the "shit almost hit the fan", referring to Mansell's last-ditch overtaking move which almost took both cars out. After slower times in the 1988 race, and no chance to beat it in the wet in 1989, some 9 drivers (Mansell, Piquet, Prost, Senna, Moreno, Boutsen, Alesi, Patrese and Berger himself) would go faster than Berger's 1987 record with only Berger of that group failing to go under 1:20.000.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
The victory allowed Piquet to claim third spot in the drivers championship in a countback after equalling the 43 points of Gerhard Berger (Piquet scored 2 wins compared to Berger who failed to win a race). It also allowed the Benetton team to secure third in the Constructors' Championship over Williams, equaling its best finish from 1988.


1990 Australian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
The race was Riccardo Patrese's 208th Grand Prix start in what was the 500th World Championship GP held. This meant that the Italian had driven in 41.6% of all Grands Prix held since the World Championship started in 1950. Patrese had started his F1 career with the Shadow team at the 1977 Monaco Grand Prix.


1990 Australian Indoor Championships
The 1990 Australian Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney in Australia and was part of the Championship Series of the 1990 ATP Tour. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and was held from 1 through 7 October 1990. Second-seeded Boris Becker won the singles title, his second at the event after 1986.


1990 Australian Indoor Championships, Finals, Doubles
Broderick Dyke /  Peter Lundgren defeated  Stefan Edberg /  Ivan Lendl 6–2, 6–4


1990 Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles
David Pate and Scott Warner were the defending champions but only Pate competed that year with Scott Davis.


1990 Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles
Davis and Pate lost in the second round to John Fitzgerald and Mark Woodforde.


1990 Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles
Broderick Dyke and Peter Lundgren won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against Stefan Edberg and Ivan Lendl.


1990 Australian Indoor Championships – Doubles, Seeds
All eight seeded teams received byes to the second round.


1990 Australian Indoor Championships – Singles
Ivan Lendl was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Stefan Edberg.


1990 Australian Indoor Championships – Singles
Boris Becker won in the final 7–6, 6–4, 6–4 against Edberg.


1990 Australian Indoor Championships – Singles, Seeds
All sixteen seeds received a bye to the second round.


1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was open to manufacturers of cars complying with CAMS Group 3A Touring car regulations and was contested over a four-round series.


1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Schedule
Rounds were run concurrently with those of the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship.


1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, Schedule
"Australian Motor Racing Year, 1990/91" suggests that the championship win was tied between Ford & Holden however both the CAMS Manual of Motor Sport (post 1990 editions) and www.camsmanual.com.au state that the title was awarded solely to the Ford Motor Company of Australia.


1990 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships
The 1990 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Memorial Drive Park in Adelaide, Australia and was part of the World Series Free Week of the 1990 ATP Tour. It was the 46th edition of the tournament and was held from 1 January through 7 January 1990. Third-seeded Thomas Muster won the singles title.


1990 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships, Finals, Doubles
Andrew Castle /  Nduka Odizor defeated  Alexander Mronz /  Michiel Schapers 7–6, 6–2


1990 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Doubles
Neil Broad and Stefan Kruger were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1990 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Doubles
Andrew Castle and Nduka Odizor won in the final 7–6, 6–2 against Alexander Mronz and Michiel Schapers.


1990 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Singles
Mark Woodforde was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Jimmy Arias.


1990 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships – Singles
Thomas Muster won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 against Arias.


1990 Australian Open
The 1990 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 78th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 15 through 28 January 1990.


1990 Australian Open, Seniors, Men's Singles
Ivan Lendl defeated  Stefan Edberg 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–2 (Edberg retired)


1990 Australian Open, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Pieter Aldrich /  Danie Visser defeated  Grant Connell /  Glenn Michibata 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4


1990 Australian Open, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Jana Novotná /  Helena Suková defeated  Patty Fendick /  Mary Joe Fernández 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6)


1990 Australian Open, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Natasha Zvereva /  Jim Pugh defeated  Zina Garrison /  Rick Leach 4–6, 6–2, 6–3


1990 Australian Open, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Roger Pettersson /  Marten Renström defeated  Robert Janecek /  Ernesto Munoz de Cote 4–6, 7–6, 6–1


1990 Australian Open, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Rona Mayer /  Limor Zaltz defeated  Justine Hodder /  Nicole Pratt 6–4, 6–4


1990 Australian Open – Men's Doubles
Rick Leach and Jim Pugh were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Grant Connell and Glenn Michibata. Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser won the title, defeating Connell and Michibata 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, in the final.


1990 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Top seed Ivan Lendl successfully defended his title by defeating Stefan Edberg in the final 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–2 ret., to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1990 Australian Open. Edberg was forced to retire during the third set of the final because of a torn stomach muscle. The Swede's retirement marked the first time since the 1911 Wimbledon Championships that a male player withdrew during the singles' title match of a Grand Slam tournament.


1990 Australian Open – Men's Singles
Former world No. 1 John McEnroe created controversy after he was disqualified from his fourth round match for unsportsmanlike conduct. He received a warning for intimidating a linesperson, a point penalty after smashing his racket, and was defaulted for arguing with and abusing the umpire, supervisor and tournament referee.


1990 Australian Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1990 Australian Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for men's singles at the 1990 Australian Open.


1990 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Jana Novotná and Jim Pugh were the defending champions but only Pugh competed that year with Natasha Zvereva.


1990 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles
Zvereva and Pugh won in the final 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 against Zina Garrison and Rick Leach.


1990 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1990 Australian Open – Women's Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions. With Navratilova absent from the tournament, Shriver teamed up with Hana Mandlíková and lost in the first round. Jana Novotná and Helena Suková won the title, defeating Patty Fendick and Mary Joe Fernández 7–6, 7–6.


1990 Australian Open – Women's Singles
First-seeded Steffi Graf was the two-time defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Mary Joe Fernández 6–3 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1990 Australian Open.


1990 Australian Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Steffi Graf is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1990 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 1990 Australian Open.


1990 Australian Production Car Championship
The 1990 Australian Production Car Championship was an Australian motor racing title for Group 3E Series Production Cars. It has been recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the fourth Australian Production Car Championship.


1990 Australian Production Car Championship
After Production Car racing was dominated by the turbocharged Mitsubishi Starion, Mazda RX-7 and Toyota Supras from 1984 until 1989, CAMS banned turbo and V8 engined cars from 1990 in a bid to bring public interest back into the series. The dominant competitors in the championship were the Australian built Holden Commodores and Ford Falcons powered by naturally aspirated six cylinder engines.


1990 Australian Production Car Championship
The championship was won by Kent Youlden driving a Ford Falcon EA S.


1990 Australian Production Car Championship, Schedule
The championship was contested over eight rounds with one race per round.


1990 Australian Production Car Championship, Points system
Points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the top ten placegetters in each round. Only the best seven round results were used to determine a drivers final pointscore, any other points being discarded.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship
The 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open to Group 3A Touring Cars. The championship, which was the 31st Australian Touring Car Championship, was promoted as the Shell Ultra Australian Touring Car Championship. It began on 25 February 1990 at Amaroo Park and ended on 15 July at Oran Park Raceway after eight rounds.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship
The title was won by Jim Richards, his third Australian Touring Car Championship victory. Richards drove for Nissan Motorsport Australia, utilising both Nissan Skyline HR31 GTS-R and the new Skyline R32 GT-R during one of the most competitive seasons in the history of the championship.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship, Teams and drivers
The following drivers and teams competed in the 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season review
The opening three rounds of the championship continued the story of the previous two seasons with the Ford Sierra RS500's of Dick Johnson Racing teammates Dick Johnson (winner of Symmons Plains and Phillip Island) and John Bowe dominating podiums with only the tight nature of the Amaroo Park layout giving another driver a look-in, namely the Nissan Skyline of Jim Richards who held off Bowe in a race long duel to win the season's opening round.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season review
Another tight track at Winton Motor Raceway gave Richards his second victory of the year with team-mates Tony Longhurst and Alan Jones putting their Benson & Hedges Sierras ahead of the DJR pair onto the podium (the Longhurst Sierra's were generally acknowledged as most powerful of the Blue Oval's cars at some 590 bhp (440 kW; 598 PS), though the extra power usually hurt the Sierra's skinny rear tyres and as team manager Frank Gardner put it a year later, "We usually started at the front and worked our way back").


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season review
Lakeside Raceway saw a complete upset with veteran Colin Bond winning his first ATCC race since 1978 from former teammate Peter Brock in his Mobil 1 Sierra and Holden Racing Team driver Win Percy in what would prove be Holden's only podium finish of the season. Englishman Percy, a former three time British Touring Car Champion, had taken over the role of team manager and lead driver of the HRT in 1990 and was contesting his first ATCC.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season review
Colin Bond made it two in a row at Mallala after Mark Skaife's spectacular debut of Nissan's new 640 bhp (477 kW; 649 PS), 4WD, twin turbo Skyline R32 GT-R, which was nicknamed "Godzilla", ended with a broken hub after storming to the lead in the early laps. As at Lakeside, Bond's steady, though unspectacular race pace paid off and as others fell away, his Caltex Sierra emerged in front.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season review
Peter Brock broke through for his first victory of the year at Wanneroo despite driving with falling turbo boost pressure for the last half of the race which actually helped minimise his tyre wear, while a broken axle to Johnson at Wanneroo saw his points lead surrendered to Richards who finished fourth in his first race of the new GT-R.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season review
Ahead of the Oran Park Raceway Grand Finale, Richards held a three-point lead over two-time defending champion Johnson, with Bond and Brock still a chance being eleven and twelve points behind respectively. Bowe, winless despite his form, was too far behind even if he won and all other contenders retired. Richards, again in the GT-R, dominated Oran Park, making the points calculations irrelevant. Second place allowed Brock to slip past Johnson and Bond into the series runner's up position.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season review
After a poor start by Brock, who proved to be the only Sierra driver capable of matching Richards in the Nissan (though his fastest lap time proved to be almost 2 seconds slower than the Nissan), Richards drove away from the field. Behind Bowe, Longhurst was sixth after an inconsistent season ahead of Glenn Seton's improving Sierra. Percy was the best of the Holdens in eighth ahead of Alan Jones and Gregg Hansford who only had a partial season in Allan Moffat's Eggenberger Motorsport built Sierra.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship, Season review
For the first time since the ATCC changed from a single race to a series of races in 1969, the ATCC did not appear in Melbourne with neither Sandown or Calder hosting a round. The Phillip Island circuit, revived in 1989 for the Australian motorcycle Grand Prix which was a round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle World Championship, held its first ATCC race since 1977.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Race results
The 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship consisted of 8 rounds with one race per round. Each race was slightly under one hour in duration.


1990 Australian Touring Car Championship, Results and standings, Championship standings
Points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first ten outright positions in each race. The best seven race results counted for each driver's total.


1990 Australian Touring Car season
The 1990 Australian Touring Car season was the 31st year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.


1990 Australian Touring Car season
There were 12 touring car race meetings held during 1990; an eight-round series, the 1990 Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC); a support programme event at the 1990 Australian Grand Prix and a three-round series of long-distance races, nicknamed 'enduros', which counted towards both the 1990 Australian Endurance Championship and the 1990 Australian Manufacturers' Championship.


1990 Australian Touring Car season, Season review
After two years domination by Dick Johnson Racings Ford Sierras, 1990 was to prove much of an upset year with race victories spread across seven teams with Nissan and Holden teams taking wins off the massed privateer Ford teams. The arrival of the 4WD, twin turbo Nissan Skyline GT-R towards the end of the Australian Touring Car Championship was enough for Jim Richards to take Nissan's first title in a four driver showdown again Ford Sierra threesome, Dick Johnson, Peter Brock and the surprising Colin Bond who had won the Lakeside and Mallala rounds of the ATCC.


1990 Australian Touring Car season, Season review
Glenn Seton took his first race wins as a team owner beginning with the Sandown 500, while the Holden Racing Team took a memorable Bathurst win for Win Percy and Allan Grice outlasting the GT-R and the pack of tyre frying Sierras on a day of attrition. Larry Perkins underlined Holden's return to form by winning Eastern Creek Raceways first major touring car race at the end of the season.


1990 Australian Touring Car season, Results and standings, Race calendar
The 1990 Australian touring car season consisted of 12 events.


1990 Australian Touring Car season, Results and standings, Ansett Air Freight Challenge
The Ansett Air Freight Challenge was a support event at the 1990 Australian Grand Prix meeting. Nissan Motorsport Australia had intended to run two of the new 4WD, twin-turbo Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R's at the meeting, but were reduced to just one car after Mark Skaife rolled his GT-R at Brewery Bend (turn 10) during practice.


1990 Australian federal election
The 1990 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 24 March 1990. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Bob Hawke defeated the opposition Liberal Party of Australia led by Andrew Peacock with coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by Charles Blunt despite losing the two-party-preferred vote. The election saw the reelection of a Hawke government, the fourth successive term.


1990 Australian federal election
This was the first, and to date only, time the Labor party won a fourth consecutive election. As of 2021, this is the most recent federal election in which both leaders of the two largest parties represented divisions outside New South Wales.


1990 Australian federal election, Background
John Howard lost the 1987 election to Hawke, and Andrew Peacock was elected Deputy Leader in a show of party unity. In May 1989 Peacock's supporters mounted a party room coup which returned Peacock to the leadership. Hawke's Treasurer, Keating, ridiculed him by asking: "Can the soufflé rise twice?" and calling him "all feathers and no meat". Hawke's government was in political trouble, with high interest rates and a financial crisis in Victoria.


1990 Australian federal election, Seats changing hands
Members in italics did not contest their seat at this election. Where redistributions occurred, the pre-1990 margin represents the redistributed margin.


1990 Australian federal election, Outcome
The 1990 election resulted in a modest swing to the opposition Coalition. Though Labor had to contend with the late 80s/early 90s recession, they won a record fourth successive election and a record 10 years in government with Bob Hawke as leader, a level of political success not previously seen by federal Labor.