1990 Irish Masters
Steve Davis won the title for the fifth time, beating Dennis Taylor 9–4 in the final.


1990 Irish presidential election
The 1990 Irish presidential election was the tenth presidential election to be held in Ireland, the fifth to be contested by more than one candidate, and the first to have a female candidate and winner. It was held on Wednesday, 7 November 1990.


1990 Irish presidential election, Nomination procedure
Under Article 12 of the Constitution of Ireland, a candidate for president could be nominated by:


1990 Irish presidential election, Candidates, Brian Lenihan
Brian Lenihan, the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence was chosen by Fianna Fáil as their candidate, though he faced a late challenge for the party nomination from another senior minister, John Wilson. Lenihan was popular and widely seen as humorous and intelligent. He had delivered liberal policy reform, for example relaxed censorship in the 1960s.


1990 Irish presidential election, Candidates, Austin Currie
Fine Gael, after trying and failing to get former Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald and former Tánaiste Peter Barry to run, ultimately nominated the former Northern Ireland civil rights campaigner and SDLP member Austin Currie. Currie had been elected to the Dáil in the 1989 general election and had been a minister in Brian Faulkner's power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland from 1973–1974. However Currie had little experience in the politics of the Republic.


1990 Irish presidential election, Candidates, Mary Robinson
The Labour Party, along with the Workers' Party, nominated Mary Robinson, SC, a former Labour Party member and senator, and liberal campaigner. Robinson was a former Reid Professor of Law in the Trinity College Dublin. She was previously involved in the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform and the campaign to save Wood Quay.


1990 Irish presidential election, Campaign
Lenihan entered the race as odds-on favourite; no Fianna Fáil candidate had ever lost a presidential election. However Lenihan was derailed when he confirmed in an on-the-record interview with freelance journalist and academic researcher Jim Duffy that he had been involved in controversial attempts to pressurise President Patrick Hillery not to dissolve the Dáil in 1982.


1990 Irish presidential election, Campaign
After the contrast between his public denials during the campaign and his eventual confirmation of his role during his earlier interview recorded in May the Progressive Democrats, then in coalition with Fianna Fáil, threatened to join an opposition motion of no confidence unless Lenihan was dismissed from the government or an inquiry into the 1982 events was set up.


1990 Irish presidential election, Campaign
The incident caused Lenihan's support to drop from 43 to 32% with Robinson going from 38 to 51%  Taoiseach Charles Haughey privately asked Lenihan to resign, and sacked him on 31 October—a week before the election—when he refused to do so leading to a sympathy vote for Lenihan; his support in the polls going from 32% on the 29th of October to 42% on the 3rd of November (with Robinson's support dropping from 51 to 42%).


1990 Irish presidential election, Campaign
At this point Cabinet minister Pádraig Flynn launched a personal attack on Mary Robinson, accusing her as "having a new-found interest in her family", an attack that was itself attacked in response as "disgraceful" on live radio by Michael McDowell, a senior member of the Progressive Democrats, which up to that point had supported Lenihan's campaign. Flynn's attack was a fatal blow to Lenihan's campaign, causing many female supporters of Lenihan to vote for Robinson in a gesture of support.


1990 Irish presidential election, Campaign
Lenihan nonetheless received a plurality of first preference votes. Robinson received almost three times as many votes as Currie, and 76.73% of Currie's votes transferred to Robinson, beating Lenihan into second place and electing Robinson as Ireland's first female president.


1990 Islington London Borough Council election
The 1990 Islington Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1990 Israel Super Cup
The 1990 Israel Super Cup was the 19th Israel Super Cup (24th, including unofficial matches, as the competition wasn't played within the Israel Football Association in its first 5 editions, until 1969), an annual Israel football match played between the winners of the previous season's Top Division and Israel State Cup.


1990 Israel Super Cup
The match was played between Bnei Yehuda, champions of the 1989–90 Liga Leumit and Hapoel Kfar Saba, winners of the 1989–90 Israel State Cup.


1990 Israel Super Cup
This was Bnei Yehuda's 3rd Israel Super Cup appearance (including unofficial matches) and Kfar Saba's 4th. Watched by a crowd of 600 at Hatikva Neighborhood Stadium, Bnei Yehuda won the match 1–0.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash
On 6 December 1990, an MB-326 military jet of the Italian Air Force crashed into a school building at Casalecchio di Reno, near Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, killing twelve students and injuring 88 other students and staff. The aircraft had been abandoned moments earlier by its pilot, who ejected following an on-board fire and loss of control.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash
The pilot and two senior air force officers were later put on trial and found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, receiving a sentence of two and half years in prison, but were subsequently acquitted on appeal.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Accident
The MB-326 took off at 9:48 a.m. on 6 December from Verona Villafranca Airport, around 100 km (62 mi) north of Bologna, on a mission to test the effectiveness of an anti-aircraft radar system. The only person on board was the pilot, Sub-lieutenant Bruno Viviani, 24, with 740 flight hours of experience, of which 140 on the MB-326.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Accident
The planned route involved overflying the village of Borgoforte before heading towards the town of Rovigo. At 10:22 a.m., the engine started developing problems, prompting the pilot to abort the mission and seek to land. The nearest airfield at Ferrara had only a 600-metre-long runway, which was insufficient. Therefore, the pilot opted to head for Bologna Airport, around 40 km (25 mi) to the south.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Accident
At 10:31 a.m., while approaching Bologna, Viviani reported total engine failure, fire on board and flight controls unresponsive. After attempting to steer the aircraft towards open fields, he ejected and landed near Ceretolo, a village next to Casalecchio di Reno, suffering three fractured vertebrae.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Accident
An eyewitness at Bologna Airport reported seeing the aircraft on a normal approach path and with the landing gear extended. He then observed flames and white smoke coming out of the engine nozzle, before seeing the aircraft turning in the opposite direction to the airfield, the smoke turning black, and the pilot ejecting from the aircraft, which the eyewitness managed to photograph. The ejection and the flight of the aircraft for the following few seconds were also captured on video by the cameraman of a local TV station, Rete 7, who was filming in the area and happened to notice the unfolding disaster.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Accident
At 10:33 a.m., the pilotless aircraft crashed through the window of a first-floor classroom of the Gaetano Salvemini Technical Institute, a high school in Casalecchio, where a German class was about to finish. At that time, 285 students, 28 teachers and 4 staff were in the building, 17 of whom were in the classroom.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft involved was an Aermacchi MB-326, a single-engine, two-seater jet trainer of the Italian Air Force, with registration number MM54386. It was part of the 3º Stormo (3rd Wing) based at Verona-Villafranca. Of the 136 aircraft delivered to the Italian Air Force starting from 1960, at the time of the accident only 58 survived, and they had already been replaced as trainer aircraft by the more modern MB-339. By then the MB-326 was used only to quickly connect airbases, tow targets and for miscellaneous roles such as in the accident flight.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Aftermath
The impact created a 7-metre-wide hole in the outer wall and set the classroom on fire. The fuselage and engine careered across the room and crashed through the back wall, sending flames and smoke through the rest of the building and trapping several people on the upper floor.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Aftermath
The emergency services arrived at the scene within minutes. A tradesman that was passing by in his van stopped and used his ladder to evacuate the first survivors. Several people jumped to the ground in panic from the upper floors of the building and were injured. The fire brigade then completed the evacuation of the building within half an hour, while paramedics administered first aid on the school's lawn to several injured.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Casualties
Of the sixteen pupils present in the classroom at the time of the crash, all aged 15, twelve – eleven girls and one boy – were killed in the impact and fire; only four survived: three girls and one boy. The teacher who was giving the lesson survived as well, despite suffering severe burns. Eighty-eight other people were injured: 82 students and 6 adults. Of all the injured, 72 suffered permanent disability of varying degrees.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Casualties
One of the survivors from the classroom, a girl, was trapped under a wing of the jet, and was found only after all other survivors had been evacuated from the building, when the fire crews heard her cries for help. Some of the victims' bodies were burnt beyond recognition, and could be identified by parents and staff members only by looking at items of clothing or jewellery.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Investigation and trial
At the time of the event, Italy's aviation safety agency (Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo) had not yet been established, and the investigation into the accident was carried out by the public prosecutor's office. Viviani and two air force colonels – the commander of the 3rd Wing and the officer in charge of Villafranca airbase – were charged with multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter and culpable air disaster.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Investigation and trial
The prosecution argued that as soon as the engine started developing troubles, while near Ferrara, the pilot should have directed the aircraft to the east towards the Adriatic Sea and then ejected, instead of heading south towards Bologna airport, close to a densely populated area. According to the prosecution, the two other officers, who throughout the incident were in radio contact with Viviani from Villafranca, failed to give him proper instructions for a safe resolution of the emergency. In February 1995, they were all found guilty and sentenced to two and a half years in prison.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Investigation and trial
In January 1997, the Court of Appeal overturned the sentence, ruling that no crime had been committed, and that the conduct of the three defendants during the incident was faultless. In January 1998, the Court of Cassation, Italy's highest court of appeal, rejected the prosecution's request to annul the appeal verdict, therefore definitively confirming the defendants' acquittal.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Legacy
The tragedy left a profound mark on the local community of Casalecchio and surrounding towns. Four different victims' associations were created in the wake of the disaster, which in 1997 merged into the Associazione Vittime del Salvemini – 6 dicembre 1990 (Salvemini Victims Association – 6 December 1990). Many survivors and relatives of the victims rejected the outcome of the trial, and maintained that justice had not been done.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Legacy
The building struck by the jet remained closed for ten years and never returned to school use. In 2001, it was repaired and reopened as Casa della Solidarietà "Alexander Dubček" (House of Solidarity "Alexander Dubček"), a public building hosting the local unit of the Protezione Civile (Italian Civil Protection) and the office of various local charities, including the victims association. The gaping hole in the wall left by the impact was preserved, closed only by a glass pane, and the classroom hit by the aircraft was turned into a memorial to the victims.


1990 Italian Air Force MB-326 crash, Legacy
Several commemorations of the event have taken place over the years in Casalecchio, endorsed by the municipality of Casalecchio di Reno, with public talks and events on the themes of safety, solidarity and justice. In 2020, for the 30th anniversary of the disaster, the municipality organised a two-week long series of events that included ceremonies, photo exhibitions, theatre and music productions, and culminated with a livestreamed commemoration that included messages from the Italian president Sergio Mattarella and the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli.


1990 Italian Grand Prix
The 1990 Italian Grand Prix (formally the Coca-Cola 61° Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held on 9 September 1990 at Monza. It was the twelfth race of the 1990 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was the 60th Italian Grand Prix and the 55th to be held at Monza.


1990 Italian Grand Prix
The 53-lap race was won by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Senna took pole position, led every lap and set the fastest race lap, thus achieving a Grand Slam. Senna's Driver's Championship rival, Frenchman Alain Prost, finished second in his Ferrari, some six seconds behind, with Senna's Austrian teammate Gerhard Berger third.


1990 Italian Grand Prix
The win enabled Senna to extend his lead over Prost in the Drivers' Championship to 16 points with four races remaining.


1990 Italian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
The Friday morning pre-qualifying session at Monza followed a similar pattern to the previous race at Spa, with the same four drivers progressing to the main qualifying sessions. Olivier Grouillard was fastest again in the Osella, his tenth pre-qualification from twelve attempts. Bertrand Gachot achieved his best pre-qualifying position of the season so far in second place in the Coloni, his second success at this stage. The AGS cars both pre-qualified again in third and fourth, with Gabriele Tarquini outpacing Yannick Dalmas this time.


1990 Italian Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
Therefore the same three cars missed out on pre-qualification, namely the two EuroBruns and the Life. Fifth again was the EuroBrun of Roberto Moreno, just under six tenths of a second slower than Dalmas, although Claudio Langes was nearly 6.5 seconds further adrift in the sister car. Bruno Giacomelli was 20 seconds further behind in the Life, having only managed two laps at the team's home event before a substantial engine failure. It was the last appearance for their unusual, but hugely underdeveloped W12 engine.


1990 Italian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Near the end of the first lap, Derek Warwick ran wide at the Parabolica, his Lotus hitting the guard rail at around 140 mph (230 km/h) and flipping upside down. Warwick clambered out of the car unhurt. The race was stopped on the second lap and restarted over the original distance, with Warwick taking the spare car and eventually retiring with a clutch failure.


1990 Italian Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Jean Alesi became the first retirement as he went off Variante del Rettifilo on lap 5 and hit the wall, as the Lotus of Martin Donnelly had a dramatic engine failure at the start of lap 14. And Alboreto in the Arrows spun off at Ascari with only 1 lap to go.


1990 Italian Open (tennis)
The 1990 Italian Open (known as the Peugeot Italian Open for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 47th edition of the Italian Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1990 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 1990 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. The women's tournament was played from May 7 through May 13, 1990, and the men's tournament was played from May 13 through May 21, 1990.


1990 Italian Open (tennis), Finals, Men's doubles
Sergio Casal /  Emilio Sánchez defeated  Jim Courier /  Martin Davis 7–6, 7–5


1990 Italian Open (tennis), Finals, Women's doubles
Helen Kelesi /  Monica Seles defeated  Laura Garrone /  Laura Golarsa 6–3, 6–4


1990 Italian Open – Men's Doubles
Jim Courier and Pete Sampras were the defending champions, but Sampras did not participate this year. Courier partnered Martin Davis, losing in the final


1990 Italian Open – Men's Doubles
Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez won the title, defeating Courier and Davis 7–6, 7–5 in the final.


1990 Italian Open – Men's Singles
Alberto Mancini was the defending champion but he lost to Andrei Chesnokov in the quarter-finals.


1990 Italian Open – Men's Singles
Thomas Muster won in the final 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 against Chesnokov.


1990 Italian Open – Women's Singles
Gabriela Sabatini was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Martina Navratilova.


1990 Italian Open – Women's Singles
Monica Seles won the title by defeating Navratilova 6–1, 6–1 in the final.


1990 Italian Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
The first eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1990 Italian local elections
The 1990 Italian local elections were held on 6 and 7 May. The elections were held in 6,397 municipalities and 87 provinces.


1990 Italian local elections
The elections were won by the Christian Democracy, led by Arnaldo Forlani.


1990 Italian referendums
A three-part abrogative referendum was held in Italy on 3 June 1990, with two questions about hunting and one on health.


1990 Italian referendums
Turnout was low, with a 43% of the electors participating to the referendum. For the first time since the adoption of the Constitution in 1948, a referendum did not obtain the quorum, and all three were consequently declared null and void.


1990 Italian referendums, Hunting referendums
These referendums were the first ones ever proposed by the Italian Greens. Although both referendums had a "yes" victory with more than 90% of votes, they were annulled according to the Italian Constitution which wants a 50% of turnout for a valid referendum.


1990 Italian referendums, Use of pesticides referendum
The third abrogative referendum concerned the right of the Italian Ministry of Health to establish limits for pesticides. The Greens said that these limits was decided upon reasons of political friendship rather than upon scientific bases. Even this referendum, despite its 90% of "yes" votes, was annulled for its low turnout.


1990 Italian regional elections
The Italian regional elections of 1990 were held on 6 and 7 May. The fifteen ordinary regions, created in 1970, elected their fifth assemblies.


1990 Italian regional elections, Electoral system
The pure party-list proportional representation had traditionally become the electoral system of Italy; it was also adopted for the regional vote. Each Italian province corresponded to a constituency electing a group of candidates. At constituency level, seats were divided between open lists using the largest remainder method with Droop quota. Remaining votes and seats were transferred at regional level, where they were divided using the Hare quota, and automatically distributed to best losers into the local lists.


1990 Italian regional elections, Results summary
Italian political spectrum, which had been quite blocked since World War II, began to change rapidly. Umberto Bossi's Lega Nord obtained a stunning result in the main election of this round of vote, the choice of the Lombard Regional Council. If the Christian Democracy hugely suffered the League pressure in Northern Italy, it counterbalanced these negative result in Southern Italy. All Italy instead punished the Communists, revolutions in the Eastern Bloc having marked the final decline of the party: Secretary Achille Occhetto understood that an era was finished, and prepared the transition of his group to social-democratic ideas.


1990 Italian regional elections, Results summary
Despite these changes, all fifteen councils confirmed their respective political administrations. However, numbers in Northern Italy were too close to allow stable leaderships, and a period of fragmentation was opened in those regions. When these councils expired in 1995, all Italian politics had completely changed.


1990 Ivorian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Ivory Coast on 25 November 1990, the first since the restoration of multi-party democracy earlier in the year. Although 17 of the 25 legalised parties ran in the election, nearly half of the 490 candidates were from the former sole legal party, the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally (PDCI). The PDCI won a landslide victory, taking 163 of 175 seats on 71.7 percent of the vote. Only two other parties (plus two independents) got into the legislature, winning just 12 seats between them. Voter turnout was reported to be around 40%.


1990 Ivorian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Ivory Coast on 28 October 1990. They were the first since the reintroduction of multi-party democracy a few months earlier. For the first time, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, president since 1960, faced an opponent in Laurent Gbagbo, who had just returned from exile two years earlier. Nonetheless, Houphouët-Boigny was elected to a seventh five-year term, winning 81.68% of the vote. Voter turnout was 69.2%.


1990 JSL Cup, Overview
It was contested by 28 teams, and Nissan Motors won the championship.


1990 JSL Cup Final
1990 JSL Cup Final was the 15th final of the JSL Cup competition. The final was played at Nagoya Mizuho Athletics Stadium in Aichi on September 2, 1990. Nissan Motors won the championship.


1990 JSL Cup Final, Overview
Defending champion Nissan Motors won their 3rd title, by defeating Furukawa Electric 3–1 with Renato and Kazushi Kimura goal. Nissan Motors won the title for 3 years in a row.


1990 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation
The 1990 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation (Chinese: 1990年度十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮) was held on January 1991. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held in Hong Kong.


1990 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation, Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大勁歌金曲) of 1990 are as follows.


1990 Japan Series
The 1990 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1990 season. It was the 41st Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. Seibu won the PL pennant for the seventh time in nine years to reach the series, and Yomiuri dominated the CL to return to the series after winning it the year before. Played at Tokyo Dome and Seibu Lions Stadium, the Lions swept the heavily favored Giants in four games to win the franchise's 10th Japan Series title. Seibu slugger and former MLB player Orestes Destrade was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 20 and October 24 with home field advantage going to the Central League.


1990 Japan national football team
This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1990.


1990 Japan women's national football team
This page records the details of the Japan women's national football team in 1990.


1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship
The 1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 10 rounds. 25 different teams, 38 different drivers, 4 different chassis and 2 different engines competed.


1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship, Calendar
All events took place at venues located within the country of Japan.


1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship, Final point standings, Driver
For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded. The best 7 results count. One driver had a point deduction, which are given in ().


1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship, Complete Overview
R14=retired, but classified R=retired NC=not classified NQ=did not qualify DIS=disqualified


1990 Japanese Grand Prix
The 1990 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 21 October 1990 at Suzuka. It was the fifteenth and penultimate race of the 1990 Formula One season. It was the 16th Japanese Grand Prix and the 6th held at Suzuka.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix
The race saw a first-corner collision between World Championship rivals Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna and French driver Alain Prost, the second consecutive year that the World Championship had been decided by a collision between the two at the same track. The collision immediately put both cars out of the race and secured Senna his second World Championship, a reversal of fortunes from the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix, where the collision had secured the championship for Prost.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix
The race saw a best result to that point for the Benetton Formula team, with their drivers Brazilian veteran Nelson Piquet and his protégé Roberto Moreno finishing first and second in their Benetton B190s. It was back to back wins for Benetton in Japan after the team's win the previous year. Japanese driver Aguri Suzuki scored a career-best result for himself, the Larrousse team and the Lamborghini engine, finishing third in his Lola LC90.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix
With Ferrari scoring no points after Nigel Mansell's retirement, the McLaren team secured their sixth and third consecutive Constructors' Championship.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Pre-race
Before the race, Brabham announced that they would use Yamaha engines for 1991, while  Footwork announced a Porsche engine deal for 1991 and retained both their 1990 drivers, Alex Caffi and Michele Alboreto. Prior to the race, the Life Racing Engines and EuroBrun teams withdrew from the sport. EuroBrun's Roberto Moreno joined the Benetton team replacing the previous year's race winner Alessandro Nannini, who was unable to attend the race following a helicopter crash that also ended his Formula One career, one week after the Spanish Grand Prix.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Pre-race
Jean Alesi did not start after suffering a neck injury during Friday's practice. As his grid position was left empty, this was the third consecutive race to have only 25 starters instead of the usual 26.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Pre-race
Nigel Mansell also announced a U-turn on his decision to retire by making public his agreement to join Williams-Renault for two years from 1991 after being given assurances from Frank Williams, Patrick Head and Renault that they could deliver him a car in which he could win a World Championship and that he would be the team's undisputed #1 driver. On Saturday Soichiro Honda, the founder of Honda, met Ayrton Senna in the McLaren pit.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
After the withdrawal of the EuroBrun and Life teams, there was no need for a pre-qualifying session as only 30 cars remained in the event. The four drivers relieved of the necessity to pre-qualify, Yannick Dalmas, Gabriele Tarquini (both AGS), Olivier Grouillard (Osella) and Bertrand Gachot (Coloni) were ultimately the four drivers that failed to qualify for the race. Gachot crashed heavily in the Friday session. Roberto Moreno, who had left EuroBrun and joined Benetton, qualified easily in ninth position.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Ayrton Senna qualified on pole, but was unhappy with the  dirty side of the track it was situated on, arguing that pole should always be on the racing line. He and Gerhard Berger then went to the Japanese stewards, to request a change of position of pole to the cleaner left side of the track. The stewards initially agreed but an injunction by FISA president Jean Marie Balestre later that night rejected the decision and the original pole position remained on the dirtier right side of the track. In addition, the FIA had warned that crossing the yellow line of the pit exit on the right to better position oneself at the first corner would not be permitted, further infuriating Senna.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Race report
At the start, Prost took the lead, but Senna attempted to take the inside line into the first corner. The two drivers made contact, sending both off the track and into instant retirement. The crash meant that Senna had clinched the Drivers' Championship for a second time, as with one race left in the season, Prost could not overtake his points tally. Benetton-Ford's dominance of the podium prevented Ferrari from scoring enough points to stop McLaren clinching its sixth constructors' title.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Race report
The two discussed the event afterwards, with Senna claiming it was not how he wanted it but how it had to be. Prost was infuriated by this, and described the move as "disgusting" and Senna as "a man without value". He later said that he almost retired from the sport instantly after the incident.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Race report
The pair went on to win one more championship each and eventually reconciled their differences in their final Grand Prix together.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Race report
After the collision, the race proceeded with Gerhard Berger's McLaren MP4/5B leading and Nigel Mansell's Ferrari 641 second. Berger spun off at the first corner on lap 2, on sand thrown onto the track by the Senna/Prost collision, leaving Mansell to lead the race from the two Benettons of Piquet and Moreno. Anticipating that Benetton would follow their usual strategy of not making a pit stop, Mansell built up a gap until he pitted for tyres at the end of lap 26. After a quick stop, he left his box with heavy wheelspin, and a driveshaft failed.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Race report
The Ferrari pulled over at the end of the pit lane and retired. Piquet inherited the lead and retained it until the chequered flag, with his teammate Moreno following closely. Aguri Suzuki also drove a non-stop race, finishing third, the first Japanese driver to do so. The two Williams FW13B-Renaults of Riccardo Patrese and Thierry Boutsen finished fourth and fifth, while Satoru Nakajima finished sixth in a Tyrrell 019, the second Japanese driver in the points.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Race report
As of April 2021, this was the last race where no European driver finished the race on the podium, two South American drivers and an Asian driver filled the top three positions. It was also the only race where the Larrousse team scored a podium finish, during their eight seasons of competing in Formula One, and the first and only podium finish for the Lamborghini V12 engine in Formula One.


1990 Japanese Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Moreover, it was also the last of Brazil's eleven one-twos in Formula One, the only one featuring Piquet and Moreno – of the other ten, eight featured Piquet and Senna and the other two, Emerson Fittipaldi and José Carlos Pace. Aguri Suzuki's podium finish was the first for a Japanese driver (later matched by Takuma Sato and Kamui Kobayashi) and the last for a Japanese driver at his home race until Kamui Kobayashi did so at the 2012 Japanese Grand Prix.


1990 Japanese Touring Car Championship
The 1990 Japanese Touring Car Championship season was the 6th edition of the series. It began at Nishi Nippon on 18 March and finished after six events at Fuji Speedway on 11 November. The championship was won by Kazuyoshi Hoshino, driving for Team Impul.


1990 Japanese Touring Car Championship, Teams & Drivers
1Due to insufficient JTC-2 entries at Round 1, the class was combined with JTC-1.


1990 Japanese Touring Car Championship, Championship Standings
Points were awarded 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 to the overall top 10 as well as top 10 finishers in each class, with no bonus points for pole positions or fastest laps. All scores counted towards the championship. In cases where teammates tied on points, the driver who completed the greater distance during the season was given the higher classification.


1990 Japanese general election
General elections were held in Japan on 18 February 1990 to elect the 512 members of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet.


1990 Japanese general election, Background
As with the previous House of Councillors election, the "four-point set of evils" in the minds of voters were the controversial consumption tax, the Recruit scandal, agricultural import liberalisation, and former Prime Minister Sōsuke Uno's sex scandal. Political commentators excitedly speculated whether a "Great Reversal" would finally come about in which the LDP loses its majority in the House of Representatives, as the prior 1989 election saw the LDP lose its long-held majority in the House of Councillors.


1990 Japanese general election, Analysis
Although the LDP lost a net total of 25 seats, it still held onto its majority in the House of Representatives with a margin of 19 seats. This was due to the inequitable districting practices in Japan at the time, as individual voters in rural districts tend to both favour the LDP and also be disproportionately influential.


1990 Japanese general election, Analysis
However, the LDP did see losses among rural voters in the 1989 elections, and as a result the party pivoted away from their commitment to liberal import policies and back into a more protectionist rhetoric, declaring that "not one grain of foreign rice will be imported into Japan." The LDP also acquiesced by revising the consumption tax law to allow for exceptions; moreover, public resistance to the new tax had slightly decreased since the 1989 Upper House election.


1990 Japanese general election, Analysis
Although party leadership tends to have only minor influence on Japanese elections, positive cabinet approval ratings for the LDP bounced back from Noboru Takeshita's low of 10% to the reform-minded Toshiki Kaifu's 33%. In addition, the LDP also made sure to field an ample amount of candidates and to informally support independents, who increased by 12 in this election.


1990 Japanese general election, Analysis
The clear winner in the elections was the Japan Socialist Party, whose number of seats rose by 51 and whose popular vote rose by 7.12% from the last election. This was the JSP's strongest performance in a general election since 1967, and left it as the only party to gain any seats. Meanwhile, the other three main opposition parties (Komeito, the JCP, and the DSP) lost 11, 10, and 12 seats respectively, and all of them also saw reductions in their popular vote.


1990 Japanese general election, Analysis
According to surveys, however, the shift in support for the JSP was more to do with the familiar Japanese tendecy to cast protest votes against the LDP rather than expressions of support for all of the opposition's platform. Moreover, the JSP continued to suffer from factional infighting and a relative lack of fund-raising when compared to the LDP, and thus its fortunes would only wind up being in the short-term.


1990 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1990 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1990 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 March 1990 at the Suzuka Circuit.


1990 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Wayne Rainey's pole of 2:09.589 is the first sub-2:10 lap at Suzuka. Rainey gets the start of the new 4-column grid, followed by Mick Doohan, Eddie Lawson and the field. Rainey goes through the chicane with a sub-second gap, followed by Lawson, Doohan, Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Gardner.


1990 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Rainey is opening a gap, but Schwantz moves into second and leads the chase. Entering the back straight, Schwantz looks behind him to see who's back there, but Lawson's proximity probably blocks the view.


1990 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Perhaps Schwantz had a feeling something bad was about to happen. Going into 130R, Gardner barely manages to pass on the brakes and move into second place, while Doohan brakes for all he's worth, getting the back wheel in the air, and loses the front end as he leans it in. Unfortunately, he's inside of Lawson when he falls, so Doohan's bike hits Lawson's rear wheel hard, taking him out too. Lawson, who came out of 1989 without a race crash, begins the season with a DNF and a broken left ankle.


1990 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Rainey has a large gap, and Gardner and Schwantz are scraping fairings for second. Last lap and Rainey has an untouchable lead, and Gardner goes slightly wide heading towards the chicane, but manages to hold Schwantz off; as they flick it right and then left, Schwantz touches Gardner's back tire and drops his bike. Because it happened at such a low speed, Schwantz is able to get back on quickly and still cross the line in third place.


1990 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Schwantz: "I thought I had Gardner sorted out pretty good for the last lap going into the chicane, just as soon as I got up the inside and he saw my wheel he came in and I think he was still going in too fast. He went into the chicane real deep. I got turned quick because I knew he was going to be wide. He came back across and as I was coming down , we hit. I guess it all depends on how you look at it as to who's fault it was I'd say it was his."


1990 Jello Tennis Classic
The 1990 Jello Tennis Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Indianapolis, Indiana in the United States and was part of the Tier IV category of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and ran from November 5 through November 11, 1990. Second-seeded Conchita Martínez won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


1990 Jello Tennis Classic, Finals, Doubles
Patty Fendick /  Meredith McGrath defeated  Katrina Adams /  Jill Hetherington 6–1, 6–1


1990 John Hancock Bowl
The 1990 John Hancock Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Michigan State Spartans and the USC Trojans. This was the second game in the sponsorship contract with John Hancock Insurance for the game formerly known as the Sun Bowl.


1990 John Hancock Bowl, Background
The Cowboys were co-champions (with Iowa, Michigan & Illinois) of the Big Ten Conference for the second time in four seasons, with this being their fourth straight bowl appearance. Michigan State won their last five games after starting 2-3-1, led by a punishing defense (2nd in the Big Ten with 313.1 yards allowed) and two 1,000 yard rushers in Tico Duckett and Hyland Hickson. This was the first time a Big Ten team appeared in the Sun Bowl.


1990 John Hancock Bowl, Background
USC was in their first ever Sun Bowl, finishing 2nd in the Pacific-10 Conference after three straight conference titles in the last 3 seasons. These two teams had met twice before, one being the season opener in 1987 at Michigan State, and the 1988 Rose Bowl, with the Spartans winning both times. It was in doubt that Marinovich would start two days to gametime due to an ear infection that led to him missing practices.


1990 John Hancock Bowl, Game summary
Todd Marinovich hit Gary Wellman for a touchdown just before the first quarter ended to give USC a 7-0 lead. Amidst a second quarter marred with several penalties, an injury, an ejection, a missed field goal, and two fumbles, Michigan State came out with a touchdown after a turnover. USC decided to go for a touchdown on 4th and 1 near the goal-line. However, Marinovich fumbled the ball and Alan Haller recovered for the Spartans, giving them the ball at the 20. 80 yards and 10 plays later, Michigan State had tied the game, just before halftime.


1990 John Hancock Bowl, Game summary
Quinn Rodriguez gave USC the lead back in the third quarter with a field goal on their first drive. However, the Spartans quickly struck back, on a Dan Enos touchdown pass to Courtney Hawkins to give them a 14-10 lead. After the kickoff, Michigan State struck again as Marinovich's first pass on the drive was intercepted by Freddie Wilson, which set up a field goal to increase the lead to 17-10. In the fourth quarter, Rodriguez narrowed the lead with two more field goals to make it 17-16 with 3:12 remaining. But the Spartans ran out the clock on seven rushing attempts and two first downs to give the Spartans their third victory over USC in three years.


1990 John Hancock Bowl, Aftermath
It was during this game where the heated verbal barrage between Larry Smith and Marinovich became exposed in full view of a national TV audience, with Marinovich yelling at him, after Smith replaced him for Shane Foley with nine minutes remaining in the game. Marinovich soon left the school for the NFL following an arrest for cocaine possession a month after the game. Though the Trojans would return to a bowl game two seasons later (the 1992 Freedom Bowl), they lost, and Smith was fired. The Spartans would return to a bowl game three years later (the 1993 Liberty Bowl), though they wouldn't win one until the 1999 season (the 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl). Both programs later returned to the Sun Bowl, Michigan State to the 1996 edition and USC to the 1998 edition.


1990 Junior League World Series
The 1990 Junior League World Series took place from August 13–18 in Taylor, Michigan, United States. Yabucoa, Puerto Rico defeated San Antonio, Texas in the championship game. It was Puerto Rico's second straight championship.


1990 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 1990 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Tallahassee, United States, June 16–23, 1990.


1990 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 1990 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was held in Tallahassee, United States, July 16–23, 1990.


1990 K League
The 1990 Korean Professional Football League was the eighth season of K League since its establishment in 1983. The South Korean clubs relocated their hometowns from provinces to cities in this year. Daewoo Royals also hired Frank Engel, the first foreign manager in the league.


1990 KAL Cup Korea Open
The 1990 KAL Cup Korea Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the World Series of the 1990 ATP Tour. It was played in Seoul, South Korea from April 16 through April 23, 1990. Unseeded Alex Antonitsch won the singles title.


1990 KAL Cup Korea Open, Finals, Doubles
Grant Connell /  Glenn Michibata defeated  Jason Stoltenberg /  Todd Woodbridge 7–6, 6–4


1990 KAL Cup Korea Open – Doubles
Scott Davis and Paul Wekesa were the defending champions, but did not participate this year.


1990 KAL Cup Korea Open – Doubles
Grant Connell and Glenn Michibata won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Jason Stoltenberg and Todd Woodbridge.


1990 KAL Cup Korea Open – Singles
Robert Van't Hof was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


1990 KAL Cup Korea Open – Singles
Alex Antonitsch won the tournament, beating Pat Cash in the final, 7–6, 6–3.


1990 KFK competitions (Ukraine)
The 1990 KFK competitions in Ukraine were part of the 1990 Soviet KFK competitions that were conducted in the Soviet Union. It was 26th season of the KFK in Ukraine since its introduction in 1964. The winner eventually qualified to the 1991 Soviet Second League B.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France
The 1990 Kangaroo Tour was the seventeenth Kangaroo Tour, where the Australian national rugby league team (known as the  XXXX Kangaroos due to sponsorship reasons) travelled to Europe and played eighteen matches against British and French club and representative rugby league teams, in addition to three Test matches against Great Britain and two Tests against the French. It followed the tour of 1986 and the next was staged in 1994.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France
This series was the closest the British team came to reclaiming The Ashes since last winning in Australia in 1970. Great Britain won the first Test at Wembley Stadium and in the second Test at Old Trafford in Manchester the match was tied at 10-all until the final minutes when Australia scored a late try to win the game. Australia then went on to easily win the third and deciding Test and retain The Ashes. Australia won both Test series against Great Britain and France, suffering one loss (against Great Britain in the first Test), and remaining undefeated in tour matches against British clubs in a streak stretching back to midway through the 1978 tour.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France
The 17th Kangaroo tour was televised back to Australia on the Ten Network with commentary provided by Graeme Hughes and David Morrow. Also joining the commentary team at various stages, including the second Ashes Test at Old Trafford, were then Manly-Warringah coach and former New Zealand national rugby league team coach Graham Lowe, and the captain of 1986 Kangaroos, Wally Lewis. The Channel 10 coverage was sponsored by Just Jeans. The ABC televised the tests against France with Warren Boland providing commentary.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, The squad's leadership
The team was coached by Bob Fulton making his third Kangaroo Tour, though his first as coach (Fulton had captained the Kangaroos on his previous tour as a player in 1978). Mal Meninga was making a record third consecutive tour and his first as captain, while NSW captain Benny Elias (making his second tour) was named as the tours vice-captain. As per custom, the Australian Rugby League appointed two tour managers, one each from the Queensland and New South Wales rugby leagues. Former Kangaroo captain Keith Barnes was team manager from NSW, while Les Stokes was the manager from Qld.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, The squad's leadership
Other staff included trainers Shaun McRae (who also acted as Fulton's assistant coach), Brian "The Sheriff" Hollis, and World Champion boxing trainer Johnny Lewis as team conditioner. Manly-Warringah club doctor Nathan Gibbs, a former South Sydney and Parramatta forward who had retired from playing in 1984 to concentrate on his medical studies, was team doctor. Gibbs made the controversial decision during the selection medicals to rule Kangaroo stalwart and likely captain Wally Lewis unfit for the tour and thus unable to make a third consecutive tour alongside Meninga.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, By club
The touring side was represented by 18 New South Welshmen (N) and 10 Queenslanders (Q).


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, By club
Mal Meninga was making his third Kangaroo Tour having also toured in 1982 and 1986. Greg Alexander, Gary Belcher, Martin Bella, Ben Elias, Des Hasler, Bob Lindner, Steve Roach, Dale Shearer and Paul Sironen were all 1986 tourists. For the rest of the squad it was their first ever Kangaroo Tour.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, By club
The Kangaroos went away with four club halfbacks in the squad.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, By club
Test incumbent Allan Langer; Canberra's former Wallaby and dual premiership winning half Ricky Stuart; and former test halfbacks Des Hasler and Greg Alexander – though Hasler's ability to play almost anywhere in the backline as well as the back row, saw him as the team's utility player while Alexander would play most of the tour as backup fullback to Gary Belcher, with two games on the wing : one against Widnes, the final tour game on the English leg; the other the second Test against France, the final game of the tour (he had also played most of the game against Castleford on the wing after replacing the injured Mark McGaw). Like Terry Lamb in 1986, Alexander was selected for every game on the tour, though unlike Lamb he did not appear in each game after not getting off the bench in the Wigan game or in the second Ashes Test.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain
The Ashes series against Great Britain saw a record aggregate crowd of 133,684 attending the Test series, easily beating the previous record of 114,883 set during the 1948–49 Kangaroo tour and was some 66,130 more than had attended the 1988 Ashes series in Australia. As with the 1982 and 1986 tours, the game against Wigan at Central Park drew the biggest club game attendance of the Kangaroo Tour with a crowd of 24,814.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain
The tour took place during the 1990–91 Rugby Football League season. Bradford Northern were left off the tour itinerary after being fined by the RFL for fielding what was virtually a reserve grade side against the touring New Zealand team in 1989.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain
Of the 13 games the Kangaroos played in England, four of the teams (Wigan, Warrington, Castleford and Hull) were coached by Australian's while one other (St Helens) was coached by a New Zealander.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, Test Venues
The three Ashes series tests took place at the following venues.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, Test Venues
Kangaroos skipper Mal Meninga, a crowd favourite at St Helens after playing with the club in 1984–85 and helping them to win the Premiership and Lancashire Cup, returned to Knowsley Road and scored two tries, including the opening try of the tour. Andrew Ettingshausen came into the side on the wing in place of Dale Shearer who was ruled out with a stomach muscle strain, and crossed for a hat-trick of tries.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, Test Venues
Referee Kevin Allatt sent 4 players off during this game and sin binned 3 others. Sent off were John Thompson (WT), Mark Carroll (Aus), Ricky Stuart (Aus) and David Gillespie (Aus) who was actually sent off for back chatting the referee after the game had finished. Billy Conway (WT), Des Hasler and Dale Shearer (Aus) were also sent to the sin-bin during the game. In a media interview after the game, Australian coach Bob Fulton said it was something like out of Fawlty Towers and that he couldn't believe that the referee lost control. Fulton also added that the referee had told him before the game that he was 48 years old, causing the Australian coach to think that he should have been home in front of a warm fire with a cup of tea rather than refereeing a professional game of football.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, Test Venues
In English club football at the time, players sent-off during a match were required to face the RFL judiciary, including those from touring international teams. All three Kangaroos, Carroll, Stuart and Gillespie, escaped suspension from the league who agreed that the send-offs were enough punishment under the circumstances.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, Test Venues
Penrith's Brad Fittler, who was aged 18 years and 247 days on the day of the game and just 12 months earlier had been a member of the Australian Schoolboys side, played in the centres and officially became the youngest ever Kangaroo tourist.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, Test Venues
The match against English power club Wigan was generally regarded as the Kangaroos "4th Test" in England. However, as the team had done a week earlier against St Helens, the Kangaroos won the match easily with Wigan's only score coming from a first half penalty try to Shaun Edwards who was illegally pulled down in a chase to the ball by Bob Lindner (had Edwards not been awarded the try it would have still been scored anyway as Wigan winger David Myers had beaten everyone to ground the ball in the in-goal).


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, Test Venues
Joe Lydon converted and Wigan led 6–0, but from there the Kangaroos took control of the game. Two tries to Ettingshausen and singles to Michael Hancock and man of the match Gary Belcher saw the Kangaroos race to a 20–6 lead at half time. And hopes of a Wigan comeback were snuffed out early in the second half when Ettingshausen crossed for his second hat-trick of the tour in just two games. Further tries to Brad Mackay and Alfie Langer pushed the final score out to 34–6 (Australia's highest ever score against the Cherry and Whites) and only Mal Meninga's continued poor goal kicking (3/7 here to follow his 1/6 against St Helens) kept the score from being even greater.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, Test Venues
Other than the second Ashes Test where he didn't get off the bench during the game, this was the only game on tour that Greg Alexander did not take the field. He was the only one of the 4 man reserves bench not to be used by coach Fulton.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, Test Venues
The match against Cumbria in Workington was the 1990 Kangaroos only game against an English county team and was played in light rain. Playing at lock forward, Des Hasler was the official Man of the Match while Dale Shearer signaled his intentions with a hat trick of tries. For the Cumbrians, Barrow halfback and team captain Dean Marwood was their best player using a clever kicking game to continually turn the Kangaroos defence around.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, Test Venues
During the game against Leeds at Headingley, the home side led the Kangaroos 10–6 at half time thanks to tries from former All Blacks fullback John Gallagher and Great Britain forward Paul Dixon who was awarded a try after what appeared to be a Leeds knock-on. This was the first time since Hull F.C. led the Kangaroos 7–0 at The Boulevard during game 12 of the 1982 Kangaroo tour that a British team (club, county or test) had led the tourists at half time of a match. An all-in brawl in the first half left Australian five-eight Laurie Daley with a broken bone in his right hand leaving him in doubt for the upcoming first test at Wembley Stadium


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series
After heavy criticism of French referee Alain Sablayrolles (who could not speak English), this would be the final time an Ashes series was refereed by a Frenchman. From the 1992 series referees would be from either Australia, Britain or New Zealand.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
In the first rugby league international played at Wembley for 17 years, Ellery Hanley inspired a stirring first Test win for the Lions in front of 54,569 fans, the largest ever Test attendance in England and breaking the record of 50,583 set at Old Trafford in the first Ashes Test of the 1990 Kangaroo tour.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Lions coach Mal Reilly named the expected side, as did Bob Fulton. However, due to a broken hand suffered by Laurie Daley in the game against Leeds, Fulton elected to play Canberra Raiders halfback Ricky Stuart at Five-eighth in his test debut. Stuart's selection saw him become the 38th Australian dual-rugby international having previously played for The Wallabies (Australian rugby union team) during their 1987 tour of Argentina.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Although not selected for the test, Kangaroos forward Mark Carroll suffered a knee injury during the team's first training session in London at the Crystal Palace ground, the home of London's only professional league club of the time Fulham. The injury required Carroll to undergo an arthroscopy which would see him not return to the field until the game against Hull F.C. three weeks later.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Immediately after the kickoff, the Kangaroos got a taste of test football in England when Martin Bella received the ball for the first hit up. The Lions, knowing they were kicking off and that Australia were to handle the ball first, had coated the ball with petroleum jelly to make it extra slippery and Bella dropped the ball in the opening tackle (during the stop in play the British trainer came onto the field with a towel for Andy Gregory to wipe the jelly from the ball before he fed the scrum).


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Lions players also came in for criticism as a number were seen to have the jelly smeared on their legs to make them harder to tackle. The Lions soon opened the scoring after Bob Lindner had been tackled and had then played the ball forward. Sablayrolles ruled that Lindner had a marker and a nervous Paul Eastwood kicked a penalty goal that bounced in off the posts. Eastwood's next kick about 15 minutes later also hit the posts but this time bounced back into play, though luckily for Australia Lindner was in place to take the ball and prevent the Lions from scoring a try.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
The Kangaroos were having difficulty with the French referee's interpretations (the penalty count would eventually favour the home side 17–7), but although the Lions enjoyed the bulk of possession, the Aussie's managed to weather the storm and at half time the score was locked at 2–all. Ellery Hanley and Garry Schofield's tactic of kicking over the Kangaroos defensive line rather than having their forwards trying to bash their way through it was proving to be a problem.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Despite a brilliant individual try in the second half to Mark McGaw after Steve Hampson and Carl Gibson had collided while attempting to tackle him, and a try to Mal Meninga, the Aussies were in trouble all day.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
The Lions, led by Hanley and Schofield were playing better than expected and after second half tries to Martin Offiah following a dropped bomb by Belcher in front of the posts (the Australian fullback had been hit in a perfectly timed tackle by Hanley who chased his own kick and caused Belcher to spill the ball straight into the arms of the waiting Offiah), a double to Eastwood who scored the winning try and a field goal by Schofield saw the Lions take a famous 19–12 win. After also winning the final game of the 1988 series in Sydney, this was Great Britain's second straight win over Australia and ended any hopes that the 1990 Tour would emulate the unbeaten 1982 and 1986 Kangaroo tours.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Despite this being a midweek match just four days after the test at Wembley, Mal Meninga played the game against Warrington at his own request. Former Great Britain captain Mike Gregory made his return from injury for the home side. The Aussies aura of invincibility had been broken by the first test loss at Wembley, giving hope to not only the Lions test side but also the rest of the club sides waiting to play the Kangaroos and the scoreline was generally believed to have flattered the Kangaroos. It wasn't until late in the game that they put it out of Warrington's reach.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
The Kangaroos played with the expected second test lineup. Dale Shearer had replaced Michael Hancock on the wing. Cliff Lyons came in at 5/8 with Ricky Stuart moved to halfback at the expense of Allan Langer who played this game from the bench (he came on to replace Stuart with only 8 minutes remaining). Glenn Lazarus replaced Martin Bella in the front row (Bella also played from the bench) while Brad Mackay came in at lock with Bob Lindner moved to the second row in place of John Cartwright (again on the bench).


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Mark McGaw's tour ended just 20 minutes into the game after rupturing the Medial ligament in his right knee. Unfortunately the injury occurred when his knee came into accidental contact with the head of Glenn Lazarus while the pair were tackling Castleford pivot Graham Steadman (who also banged his knee with McGaw's, though without injury). For his part, Lazarus required 17 stitches to bad gash above his left eye and would not take any further part, replaced by the man who had seemingly lost his place to the dual Canberra premiership winning prop, Martin Bella.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Midway through the second half, Castleford's Australian coach Darryl van der Velde defused a potentially volatile situation by replacing Lee Crooks who had begun to be involved in a number of flare-ups with Kangaroos front rower Steve Roach. Prior to coming off, veteran Crooks who had made his test debut for Great Britain as a teenager against the 1982 Kangaroos, was arguably Castleford's best player on the day.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Halifax were the only 2nd Division team the Kangaroos faced in 1990 and were out to prove their worth. However, as per normal for the English club sides on the tour, after 15 minutes their intensity dropped and by halftime the Kangaroos had cruised to a 32–6 lead. With both Mal Meninga and Ben Elias not playing and expected to be named in the second test team, Bob Fulton handed the captaincy for the game to Allan Langer.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Mark Geyer got the ball rolling with the opening try after Halifax fullback Steve Smith spilled a Greg Alexander bomb behind his posts. From there tries to Mark Sargent, Alexander, Kevin Walters and a double to Chris Johns saw the Kangaroos shoot away with Australian centre Greg Austin scoring the only try for the home side. In an unsavory incident, as he crossed for a try just after the half-time siren, Kevin Walters was hit on the head by a coin thrown from the crowd.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Halifax out-scored the Kangaroos 12–4 in the second half, aided no end by referee Brian Galtress who handed the home side some 10 penalties to just 2 to the Kangaroos in the half (Halifax won the penalty count 15–6 and according to media reports, Halifax coach Peter Roe was seen having harsh words with the referee at half time). Galtress also disallowed 3 seemingly fair tries to the Australians in the second half, including one to Dale Shearer who was ruled offside from a Kevin Walters kick although television replays indicated that Shearer had been about one metre behind Walters.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, First Test
Soon after scoring Australia's last try of the night midway through the second half, test winger Michael Hancock suffered an ankle injury which forced him from the field. It would cost him what slim chance he had of keeping his place in the side for the upcoming second test with Brisbane teammate Dale Shearer ultimately re-claiming his place on the Australian test wing.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
Bob Fulton made a number of changes from the first test loss at Wembley. Dale Shearer returned to the wing in place of Michael Hancock. A knee injury against Castleford when his knee had collided with the head of teammate Glenn Lazarus (who suffered a bad cut requiring 17 stitches) had ended centre Mark McGaw's tour with Laurie Daley returning to the test team to partner Meninga in the centres despite having a broken bone in his right hand.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
Cliff Lyons, who had won a premiership with Manly under Fulton in 1987, was called up to make his test debut with Ricky Stuart moving to halfback in place of Allan Langer. Others coming into the side were Benny Elias (hooker) for his first test since the 1988 World Cup Final, Glenn Lazarus in the front row and playing in headgear to protect the stitches, while Brad Mackay come in at lock with Bob Lindner moving to the second row at the expense of John Cartwright who dropped to the bench.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
Mal Reilly stuck with much of the same side that had won the first test, though injury ruled out Bradford's Karl Fairbank with Leeds forward Roy Powell moved to the bench. Wigan's Andy Platt came into the team in the front row and Paul Dixon dropping back to his preferred second row.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
After a tense opening during which neither side gained any clear ascendancy, Dale Shearer made a welcome return to test football when he opened the scoring with a try 18 minutes into the first half after good lead-up play by Lyons, Stuart and Daley had left the flyer with a 35-metre run to the line. Meninga missed the conversion and the only other score was a penalty goal to Lions winger Paul Eastwood after Paul Sironen was penalised for giving Denis Betts a 'facial' in a tackle to leave the score 4–2 in Australia's favour.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
The Lions hit back early in the second half with a try to Dixon who broke through Shearer's tackle and was able to score after Mal Meninga and Gary Belcher had fallen off him when they collided with each other. Eastwood hooked the conversion attempt and the Lions led 6–4. Soon after Lions winger Martin Offiah went down with a leg injury and he was replaced by Paul Loughlin which saw Carl Gibson forced out to the wing.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
Australia reclaimed the lead thanks to a brilliant team try to Cliff Lyons in his test debut. The ball passed through 12 sets of hands (with Lyons handling it 3 times in the movement) with the Kangaroos refusing to let the ball die before Stuart and Meninga got the ball to Andrew Ettingshausen who raced down the right wing and centre kicked for Lyons to regather and score beside the posts with Garry Schofield clinging to his waist, giving the Kangaroos a 10–6 lead after Meninga landed the conversion.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
With just ten minutes left, Great Britain were poised to reclaim The Ashes after twenty years with an intercept try by replacement centre Loughlin late in the match. Ricky Stuart had aimed a pass to Meninga, but Loughlin (called a Giraffe by Bob Fulton) intercepted it on the half way and raced 50 metres to score, though he was kept out wide due to a converging Laurie Daley.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
After hooking his earlier conversion attempt from almost the same position, Eastwood then asked noted right foot goal kicker Loughlin if he wanted to take the kick, but the St. Helens centre declined. The Hull F.C. winger then sliced the pressure conversion attempt to the left of the posts. Had the kick been successful it would have given the Lions a 12–10 lead with time running out.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
However the match remained tied at 10–all and after a Garry Schofield touch finder with less than 3 minutes remaining, Great Britain had the Kangaroos pinned only 10 metres out from their own line.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
After struggling to make ground following the scrum win, on the 4th tackle Ricky Stuart dummied past an exhausted Lee Jackson and ran 75 metres downfield leaving Lions players (including Ellery Hanley) in his wake before passing to Mal Meninga in support (who legally shouldered Carl Gibson out of the way) to complete a length-of-the-field try that sealed the match for Australia and force the series into a decider. Meninga (who had admitted that he had not been happy with his goal kicking on the tour) missed the conversion of his own try, but it wasn't a factor as the siren sounded to end the match seconds after the kick.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
After a number of tours where the Kangaroos played at least two games in the north-eastern British seaside city, this would be the only game of the tour that the Australian's played in Hull. Although Australian Brian Smith was still officially the Hull coach at this time, his assistant Noel Cleal (a member of the 1986 Kangaroos and a premiership winner with Manly-Warringah under Bob Fulton in 1987) was given the coaching duties for the game.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
Cleal would take over as Hull coach at the end of the season when Smith moved back to Sydney to coach St George and at the time of this game, Hull were on top of the RFL premiership ladder. In a post match interview, Cleal admitted that he was sitting on the fence in this game. As coach of Hull he wanted his side to win, but he also admitted that it was pleasing to see Australia playing so well with the Ashes decider to be played in 10 days time. Giant forward Mark Carroll returned to the side after suffering a knee injury during a team training session a few days before the first Ashes Test some 3 weeks earlier.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
The game against Widnes was shrouded in controversy. Midway through the second half Paul Sironen was taken from the field with an eye injury and Kangaroos team doctor Nathan Gibbs diagnosed a scratched retina. During the game, Australian captain Mal Meninga had reluctantly made a complaint to referee John Kedrew about Australian players being poked in the eyes when being tackled, as had happened to Sironen (the alleged culprit was Widnes captain Kurt Sorensen who later denied any deliberate wrongdoing). Kangaroos team management and coach Bob Fulton were furious about the incident after the game, although the matter went no further due to a lack of any conclusive video evidence. The injury put Sironen in doubt for the up-coming third and deciding Ashes test in Leeds.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Second Test
The game against the reigning World Club champions was a tight one on what proved to be the coldest day of the tour in England. Led by their inspirational 'Welsh Wizard' fullback, dual rugby international Jonathan Davies, Widnes pushed the Kangaroos to the closest club game score of the tour with the Kangaroos finally winning 15–8 thanks to tries to man of the match Gary Belcher (who also kicked a goal after Meninga had missed with his 3 attempts as well as adding the tour's only field goal), Dale Shearer and Greg Alexander. "Brandy" played the game at Naughton Park, the scene of Australia's last non-test loss in England back in 1978, on the wing with Shearer moved to the centres in place of Laurie Daley who was being kept under wraps until the third test due to his broken right hand.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Third Test
In the third and final test of The Ashes series, Australia kept alive their series streak (not having lost The Ashes since Great Britain won in Australia in 1970 and not having lost them in England since 1959), with a 14–0 win in front of a packed Elland Road in Leeds. Australia ran in three tries to nil with Mal Meninga, Andrew Ettingshausen and Benny Elias all crossing the line while the Lions rarely threatened the Kangaroos line in the wet and slippery conditions.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Third Test
Kangaroos captain Mal Meninga became just the third Australian to score a try in each test of an Ashes series following on from legendary try-scoring winger Ken Irvine in 1962 and 1963, and the most unlikely of the trio, front-row forward Sam Backo in 1988.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Third Test
Bob Fulton made only one change to his side from Old Trafford with David Gillespie coming onto the bench for John Cartwright. Mal Reilly did similar to his former Manly-Warringah teammate and only made changes to his bench with Jonathan Davies replacing Paul Loughlin and Mike Gregory returning to the side in place of Shaun Edwards.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Third Test
This test also doubled as a round game of the 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Third Test
The deciding test was played in wet and slippery conditions, though the Kangaroos handled the tricky conditions better than the home side.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Third Test
Australia's first try to Andrew Ettingshausen came when the Kangaroos caught the Lions short in their defensive line. Centre Carl Gibson had received a head knock and was in the hands of the trainers. Unfortunately he was still on the field which did not allow his replacement Jonathan Davies to come on and make up the numbers. Stuart's long pass to Ettingshausen allowed him to skirt around Martin Offiah to score in the corner for the only points of the first half after Meninga missed the difficult sideline conversion.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Third Test
Later in the second half, Meninga scored after Garry Schofield had raced out the Lions defensive line to try for an intercept. However the ball got to Cliff Lyons first and he immediately exploited the gap where Schofield should have been to send Meninga back inside to score untouched under the posts. In the Elland Road grandstand, Lions coach Mal Reilly and his assistant Phil Larder could only look on in disbelief.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Great Britain, The Ashes series, Third Test
Schofield, who was nicknamed "The Poacher" due to his habit of racing out of the line looking for intercepts, had been warned before the game by both Reilly and Larder (as well as his own club coach, former Lions captain David Ward) not to race out of the defensive line as the Australians were capable of exploiting any gap it created, which is exactly what happened. Meninga's easy conversion of his own try gave Australia what would be a match winning 10–0 lead in the conditions. With only minutes remaining, Elias put the result beyond doubt when he scooted out of dummy half and scored in the corner to give Australia a well earned 14–0 win.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, France
Australia: Greg Alexander, Dale Shearer, Brad Fittler, Chris Johns, Des Hasler, Kevin Walters, Allan Langer (c), Mark Sargent, Kerrod Walters, Martin Bella, Mark Carroll, Mark Geyer, David Gillespie


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, France
Australia: Greg Alexander, Gary Belcher, Brad Fittler, Chris Johns, Des Hasler, Kevin Walters, Allan Langer (c), Mark Sargent, Kerrod Walters, Martin Bella, Mark Carroll, Mark Geyer, David Gillespie


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, France
Fullback Greg Alexander (Test fullback Gary Belcher actually played on the wing) had a field day against the French B team in Lyon, crossing for 5 tries and kicking 13 goals from 13 attempts for a personal score of 46 points which saw him become the first player to score over 100 points on the tour (he ended the game with 104 points for the tour).


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, France, French Tests, First test
The Kangaroos easily accounted for a gallant, but out-classed French side in the first test in Avignon. Replacement halfback Greg Alexander, who came on after only 15 minutes of the first half for Ricky Stuart who left the field feeling ill, continued his good form in France and crossed for a hat-trick of tries. He also took over the goal kicking from Mal Meninga and kicked 7/8 giving him a personal points haul of 26 points as the Kangaroos won their 8th straight game against France 60–4.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, France, French Tests, First test
The only change to the Kangaroos line up from the third test against Great Britain was David Gillespie coming off the bench to replace an injured Bob Lindner, with giant Penrith back row forward Mark Geyer coming onto the bench for his test match debut.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, France, French Tests, First test
Australia: Greg Alexander, Dale Shearer, Chris Johns, Andrew Ettingshausen, Des Hasler, Brad Fittler, Allan Langer (c), Mark Sargent, Kevin Walters, Martin Bella, Mark Geyer, Mark Carroll, John Cartwright


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, France, French Tests, Second Test
Against an out-classed French team, Kangaroos coach Bob Fulton allowed himself the luxury of fiddling with the test side for the final game of the tour. Laurie Daley was ruled out with a hamstring injury which saw Dale Shearer move to the centres with Greg Alexander selected to play in the unfamiliar position of wing. Bob Lindner returned to the side which saw David Gillespie move back to the bench while Mark Geyer was also ruled out with injury and was replaced by speedy Brisbane Broncos outside back Chris Johns for his test debut.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, France, French Tests, Second Test
After scoring a first half try, Greg Alexander performed a gymnastic backflip (Alexander claimed he had wanted to do that during one of the English games but felt the timing hadn't been right given the circumstances with Australia under pressure due to their first test loss). The Kangaroos won the second test 34–10 against a much more committed French team at the Stade Gilbert Brutus in Perpignan.


1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France, Statistics
Bob Lindner was named the player's player of the tour.


1990 Kansas City Chiefs season
The 1990 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 21st season in the National Football League, the 28th as the Kansas City Chiefs and the 31st overall. The team improved from an 8–7–1 record to an 11–5 record and Wild Card spot in the 1991 playoffs. In Marty Schottenheimer's first playoff appearance with the Chiefs, they lost to the Miami Dolphins 17–16 in the Wild Card round. Starting with the home opener, the Chiefs began an NFL-record 19 consecutive seasons with every home game sold out. The streak was finally broken in the final home game of the 2009 Kansas City Chiefs season versus Cleveland.


1990 Kansas City Chiefs season, Season notes
The success of the 1989 season carried into 1990, and the Chiefs put together a successful season to return to the playoffs for only the second time since 1971. The season began on August 4 when Buck Buchanan, a key ingredient of the Chiefs' 1969 Super Bowl championship season was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


1990 Kansas City Chiefs season, Season notes
On opening day, The Chiefs beat the Minnesota Vikings 24–21. On September 17, Stephone Paige catches 10 passes for 206 yards, but the Chiefs still lost to the Denver Broncos, 24–23 on Monday Night Football.


1990 Kansas City Chiefs season, Season notes
On October 14, Barry Word rushes for a team-record 200 yards against the Detroit Lions at Arrowhead. Kansas City won 43–24 to give the Chiefs a 4–2 record. Word would eventually gain 1,021 yards rushing for the season while Paige caught 65 passes for 1,021 yards. Quarterback Steve DeBerg had his best season ever as a Chief as he passed for 3,444 yards and 23 touchdowns.


1990 Kansas City Chiefs season, Season notes
On November 11, Derrick Thomas who would get 20 quarterback sacks for the year, sacked Seattle Seahawks quarterback Dave Krieg an NFL-record seven sacks. On the game's last play, Derrick nearly had his 8th sack, but Krieg eluded him and threw a game-winning touchdown as the Seahawks won 17–16. Derrick Thomas later said himself that, "The thing I most remember about that game, is the sack I didn't get, that's the one that still haunts me." The great Derrick Thomas' record of seven sacks in one game is now seen as one of NFL's most "unbreakable records".


1990 Kansas City Chiefs season, Season notes
On December 9, the Chiefs had two big fourth-down calls and scored two touchdowns. Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer let his team make two big plays that ultimately led to Kansas City's 31–20 win over the Denver Broncos, which clinched a playoff spot.


1990 Kansas City Chiefs season, Season notes
The first big play was a fourth-and-goal at the Denver 1-yard line, and Barry Word carried the ball into the end zone to give the Chiefs a 17–13 lead. The second fourth-down attempt resulted in a 27-yard touchdown pass from Steve DeBerg to Robb Thomas and put the game away in the fourth quarter. DeBerg passed for 254 yards and three touchdowns in the game. Kansas City trailed 13–10 at the half but scored 21 second-half points to take control of the game.


1990 Kansas City Chiefs season, Season notes
The win improved their record to 9–4 and control of the AFC West Race. However, the next week the Chiefs lost to Houston, putting the Raiders Back into First place. The Chiefs won their next game at San Diego to Clinch an AFC playoff spot. The Chiefs then defeated the Chicago Bears 21-19 to finish 11–5, the team's best record since 1971. The Raiders held onto first winning in the final week. Defense carried the Chiefs to the playoffs thanks to Pro Bowlers Derrick Thomas, Albert Lewis and Kevin Ross.


1990 Kansas City Chiefs season, Season notes
Next was the Miami Dolphins in the AFC Wild-Card Playoff Game, a game they would lead 16-3 only to go on to lose, 17–16. Kicker Nick Lowery Missed a 52-yard FG in the final seconds that would have won the game.


1990 Kansas City Chiefs season, Postseason
In a scene that would be repeated throughout the 1990s the Chiefs had a great regular season but failed miserably in the post-season. In the Wild Card playoff game, the Chiefs blew a 16–3 lead as the Dolphins scored two touchdowns to take a lead. The Chiefs had one last chance for a win, but Christian Okoye's long run was called back due to a questionable holding call. Kicker Nick Lowery, who had 139 points all season and a Pro Bowl berth missed a 52-yard field goal, ending the Chiefs season.


1990 Kansas City Chiefs season, Postseason, Game summaries, AFC Wild Card Playoffs: at (4) Miami Dolphins
With 2:28 left in the game, the Dolphins capped an 85-yard drive with quarterback Dan Marino's winning 12-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Mark Clayton.


1990 Kansas City Royals season
The 1990 Kansas City Royals season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 6th in the American League West with a record of 75 wins and 86 losses.


1990 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason
Kansas City maintained their reputation as one of the American League West's top contenders throughout the late 1980s. The club posted a winning record in three of the last four seasons following their World Series championship season. The Royals finished the 1989 season with a 92–70 record (third best record in franchise history) and a second-place finish in the AL West seven games behind the season's World Series champion Oakland Athletics.


1990 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason
Though the team boasted a powerhouse rotation in the AL Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen (set franchise record with 23 wins in 1989), two time All-Star Mark Gubicza (15 game winner in 1989) and 1989 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up Tom Gordon (won 17 games in 1989), the organization felt they were still missing a few pieces that would give the Oakland Athletics a run for their money.


1990 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason
The Royals were left without a high-caliber closing pitcher when Dan Quisenberry, the team's All-Star ace closer for much of the 1980s, was dropped from the club in 1988. Mark Davis, last season's league leader in saves (44) and boasting a 1.85 earned run average with the San Diego Padres, became a free agent at the close of the 1989 season.


1990 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason
Kansas City had their eye on the 1989  National League Cy Young winner and back-to-back All-Star (1988, 1989), and after several attempts to acquire Davis, the organization was ultimately successful in signing him to a four-year $13 million contract (the largest annual salary in baseball history at the time). Several days earlier, the Royals bulked up their rotation by inking starting pitcher Storm Davis, who was enjoying a career-high 19 game win record (3rd best in the league) with the Athletics in 1989, on a three-year $6 million contract.


1990 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason
With a solid pitching rotation, which was now ranked among the best in the league, the team traded away starting pitcher Charlie Leibrandt and prospect Rick Luecken to the Atlanta Braves for 1988 All-Star first baseman Gerald Perry as an added offensive threat. The Royals filled in their fifth starting pitching slot by signing yet another free agent with veteran right-hander Richard Dotson. Kansas City concluded a milestone off-season as its biggest commitment to free agents in the club's entire history.


1990 Kansas City Royals season, Offseason
With the Royals pitching cominded with offensive talent the likes of future Hall of Famer George Brett, Bo Jackson (1989 All-Star), Kevin Seitzer (1987 MLB hits league leader), Kurt Stillwell (1988 All-Star), Danny Tartabull and Bob Boone, preseason writers predicted Kansas City as the shoo-in for the 1990 AL West title.


1990 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season
Despite the promising off-season moves, the team suffered critical bullpen injuries while the newly signed Davis hurlers both experienced lackluster performances throughout the season. The Royals concluded the 1990 campaign with a 75-86 finish and second-to-last place standing in the AL West (worst franchise record since 1970). Though the team would bounce back with winning records during the next several years, the disastrous season would symbolically come to mark the beginning of the end of Kansas City's relevance in professional baseball.


1990 Kansas City Royals 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 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 1990 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big 8 Conference and were coached by head coach Glen Mason. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas. The Jayhawks October 6 34–34 tie with Iowa State would be the final tie in program history due to the NCAA implementing overtime in 1996, eliminating the possibility of a tie.


1990 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 1990 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1990 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 5–6, and a 2–5 record in Big Eight Conference play. 1990 saw Kansas State finish with the same overall record and conference record it had in 1992.


1990 Kansas gubernatorial election
The 1990 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Hayden lost re-election to Democratic nominee Joan Finney.


1990 Kansas gubernatorial election
The State Treasurer at the time, Finney was elected governor over Hayden in 1990, giving Hayden the distinction of being the first incumbent governor of any state to lose to a woman. In addition to being Kansas's first female governor, she was Kansas' oldest governor (65) until Laura Kelly in 2019 at age 68, Kansas' first Roman Catholic Governor, and one of the few anti-abortion Democratic Governors at the time.


1990 Kansas gubernatorial election
As of 2021, this is the last time in which an incumbent Kansas Governor lost re-election.


1990 Kansas gubernatorial election, Background
Hayden was chosen as chair of the Republican Governors Association. His term saw tax cuts and programs to combat substance abuse. A split in the Kansas Republican Party between moderates and conservatives considerably reduced other accomplishments. He was perceived as a moderate; on abortion, for instance, he took a pro-choice position. Because of the legislative gridlock, he did not reinstate the death penalty.


1990 Kansas gubernatorial election, Background
It is speculated that Hayden lost his re-election bid primarily because of voter passage of a property reclassification amendment in Kansas which resulted in property reappraisals – the first in some cases in 20 years – and the resulting property tax increases when market values were applied to properties for tax purposes.


1990 Kazakh Supreme Soviet election
Supreme Soviet elections were held in Kazakhstan on 25 March 1990. Of the 360 seats, 270 were directly elected, whilst 90 were selected by public associations. The Communist Party of Kazakhstan won 342 of the 360 seats, with the remainder going to independents. Voter turnout was reported to be 84.0%.


1990 Kazakh presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kazakh SSR on 24 April 1990 to elect the president for a six-year term. Chairman of the Supreme Council Nursultan Nazarbayev was chosen to be the president by 317 of the 360 members. The election was uncontested.


1990 Kazakh presidential election, Background
On 24 April 1990, the Supreme Council adopted the law "On the establishment of the post of President of the Kazakh SSR and amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Kazakh SSR." The discussion of the establishment of the post took place. Some members of the council believed that the institution of the presidency would alienate the republic from the union center, create a legal framework for the complete independence of Kazakhstan, and could become the basis for authoritarianism. Others, on the contrary, unanimously supported the need to introduce the post of President in the republic, putting forward a variety of political and legal arguments.


1990 Kazakh presidential election, Background
317 members of the Surpeme Council elected its chairman Nursultan Nazarbayev to be the President while 18 were voted against. Nazarbayev from 1984 served as the Prime Minister of the Kazakh SSR. On 22 June 1989, he became the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan and then from 22 February 1990, he was chosen to the chairman of the Supreme Council.


1990 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election
The 1990 Kensington and Chelsea Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1990 Kent Cup
The 1990 Kent Cup was an invitational non-ranking snooker tournament held at the Yuetan Stadium in Beijing in 1990. Marcus Campbell won the event, defeating Tom Finstad 4–1 in the final. The tournament was promoted by Pro-Tex Sports Management, a Hong Kong company, working with the China Billiards and Snooker Association.


1990 Kent Cup
There were four groups of three players, with each group played on a round-robin, and the winner from each group progressing to the semifinals. The group matches were decided on the aggregate score across two frames. Of the group winners, the losing semi-finalists were Ken Doherty, who was the reigning IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship and IBSF World Snooker Championship holder; and Sakchai Sim-Ngam, who progressed from a group that included Jon Birch, the 1989 IBSF World championship runner-up. Campbell received US$8,000 prize money as champion, and Finstad received US$4,000. Doherty compiled the highest break of the event, 79.


1990 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 1990 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University  in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third and final season under head coach Dick Crum, the Golden Flashes compiled a 2–9 record (2–6 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for seventh place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 328 to 177.


1990 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The team's statistical leaders included Marcus Haywood with 672 rushing yards, Joe Dalpra with 1,533 passing yards, and Shawn Barnes with 483 receiving yards.


1990 Kentucky Derby
The 1990 Kentucky Derby was the 116th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 5, 1990, with 128,257 people in attendance.


1990 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 1990 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Curry, the Wildcats compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 against SEC opponents), finished in sixth place in the SEC, and were outscored by their opponents, 316 to 228. The team played its home games in Commonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.


1990 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The team's statistical leaders included Freddie Maggard with 1,055 passing yards, Al Baker with 780 rushing yards, and Phil Logan with 565 receiving yards.


1990 Kentucky Wildcats football team
Bill Curry had been the head football coach at Alabama from 1987 to 1989, compiling a 26-10 record with the Crimson Tide. He was the SEC Coach of the Year in 1989. He was hired by Kentucky in January 1990.


1990 Kids' Choice Awards
The 4th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on April 23, 1990, at Universal Studios Hollywood. The show was hosted by Dave Coulier, Candace Cameron and David Faustino. The now-familiar orange blimp-shaped trophy was first awarded at this show.


1990 Kids' Choice Awards, Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.


1990 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 1990 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 96th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board in 1887. The championship began on 28 April 1990 and ended on 7 October 1990.


1990 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Ballyhale Shamrocks were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by Fenians at the quarter-final stage.


1990 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
On 15 September 1990, Conahy Shamrocks were relegated from the championship following 4-10 to 1-09 defeat by Graigue-Ballycallan.


1990 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
On 7 October 1990, Glenmore won the championship after a 3-15 to 2-06 defeat of Clara in the final. It was their second championship title overall and their first title in three championship seasons.


1990 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Clara's Anthony Prendergast was the championship's top scorer with 5-48.


1990 King Cup
The 1990 King Cup was the 32nd season of the knockout competition since its establishment in 1956. Al-Hilal were the defending champions but they were eliminated by Al-Riyadh in the Round of 16. This season was the final season of the competition. The King Cup then returned under the name of King Cup of Champions in 2008.


1990 King Cup
Al-Nassr won their 6th title after defeating Al-Taawoun 2–0 in the final. By reaching the final Al-Taawoun became the second First Division side to reach the final after Al-Riyadh in 1978. As winners of the tournament, Al-Nassr qualified for both the 1991 Arab Cup Winners' Cup and the 1991–92 Asian Cup Winners' Cup.


1990 King Cup, Round of 16
The matches of the Round of 16 were held on 3 and 4 May 1990.


1990 King Cup, Quarter-finals
The matches of the Quarter-finals were held on 10 and 11 May 1990.


1990 King Cup, Semi-finals
The four winners of the quarter-finals progressed to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were played on 17 and 18 May 1990. All times are local, AST (UTC+3).


1990 King Cup, Final
The final was played between Al-Nassr and Al-Taawoun in the Youth Welfare Stadium in Jeddah. Al-Nassr were appearing in their 10th final while Al-Taawoun reached the final for the first time.


1990 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The 1990 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 28 July 1990. It was the 40th running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.


1990 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The winner was Sheikh Mohammed's Belmez, a three-year-old bay colt trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by Henry Cecil and ridden by Mick Kinane. Belmez's victory gave his owner, trainer and jockey their first win in the race.


1990 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The contenders
The race attracted a field of eleven runners, ten trained in the United Kingdom and one trained in France. The only French challenger was the favourite In The Wings, the winner of the Coronation Cup and the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. In The Wings' owner, Sheikh Mohammed, was represented by two runners trained in England by Henry Cecil: Old Vic, the winner of the Prix du Jockey Club and Irish Derby in 1989 and Belmez, the winner of the Chester Vase.