1990 Mexican Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
At the front of the grid, Gerhard Berger took pole from Riccardo Patrese, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Thierry Boutsen, Jean Alesi, Pierluigi Martini, Nelson Piquet, Satoru Nakajima, and Stefano Modena, with championship contender Alain Prost, not happy with the qualifying set up of his Ferrari so deciding instead to qualify with his race set up, 13th. Roberto Moreno was disqualified for receiving a push start in qualifying.


1990 Mexican Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Sunshine greeted the drivers on race day and at the start it was Patrese who got away from Senna, Berger, Boutsen, and Piquet. Senna and Berger both passed Patrese on lap 2, and the McLaren drivers opened a significant lead over the rest of the field. Prost was charging through the field from his poor grid position, while Piquet moved up to third.


1990 Mexican Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Berger's run in second place came to an early end when he had to stop for new tyres on lap 13, leaving Piquet in second but under pressure from his former team-mate Nigel Mansell, who was able to pass him soon afterwards. Prost continued his charge through the field, eventually taking second from Mansell with 15 laps to go. Prost proceeded to set off after Senna, who was beginning to slow with tyre problems. The Brazilian had gambled on tyre durability by not making a stop for fresh rubber.


1990 Mexican Grand Prix, Race, Race report
On lap 60, Prost got past Senna with a simple move and three laps later Senna's rear tyre exploded, forcing him to retire from his 100th Grand Prix. As he had completed over 90% of the race, he was classified as a finisher in 20th place, the lowest classified result of his career. The battle for second place between Mansell and Berger culminated in Mansell passing around the outside of Berger going into the ultra-fast Peraltada corner. Mansell thus finished second behind Prost, with Berger third from Alessandro Nannini, Boutsen, and Piquet.


1990 Miami Dolphins season
The 1990 Miami Dolphins season was the team's twenty-first season in the National Football League and twenty-fifth overall. After four seasons out of the playoffs with a combined record of 30 wins and 31 losses, the Dolphins returned to postseason play for the first time since 1985 with twelve wins and four losses. They defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card Game before being knocked out of contention by the eventual AFC champions, the Buffalo Bills, in the Divisional Playoff Game.


1990 Miami Dolphins season
1990 marked the first time since their record 1972 perfect season that the Dolphins played the New York Giants, and merely the second in team history. The reason for this is that before the admission of the Texans in 2002, NFL scheduling formulas for games outside a team's division were much more influenced by table position during the previous season. Also, the scheduled game between the Giants and Dolphins in 1987 was cancelled due to a players' strike.


1990 Miami Dolphins season
As of 2020, this was also the last time the Dolphins finished with at least 12 wins.


1990 Miami Dolphins season, Playoffs, AFC Wild Card Game
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 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 1990 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 65th season of football. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. Coming off the school's third National Championship in six years in 1989, Miami came in to the 1990 season favored by most experts to repeat as National Champions. However, a season opening loss to BYU and a later defeat by Notre Dame dashed those chances and the Canes finished the season 10–2 overall. They were invited to the Cotton Bowl where they defeated Texas, 46-3.


1990 Miami Redskins football team
The 1990 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its first season under head coach Randy Walker, the team compiled a 5–5–1 record (4–3–1 against MAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 225 to 200.


1990 Miami Redskins football team
The team's statistical leaders included Jim Clement with 1,184 passing yards, Terry Carter with 858 rushing yards, and Milt Stegall with 590 receiving yards.


1990 Michigan Attorney General election
The 1990 Michigan Attorney General election was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Democrat Frank J. Kelley defeated Republican nominee Clifford W. Taylor with 63.73% of the vote.


1990 Michigan Secretary of State election
The 1990 Michigan Secretary of State election was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Democrat Richard H. Austin defeated Republican nominee Judy Miller with 60.63% of the vote.


1990 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1990 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1990 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Gary Moeller. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium. The team won the third of five consecutive Big Ten championships. They were co-champions with Michigan State, Iowa and Illinois.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
Michigan was ranked #4 and played #1 ranked Notre Dame in South Bend. The Wolverines fell behind 14-3 after one quarter, then rallied to take a 24-14 lead after three quarters on an Allen Jefferson 1 yard run and Desmond Howard's two TD catches from Elvis Grbac. The Fighting Irish rallied in the 4th quarter, cutting the lead to 24-21 on a Rodney Culver 1 yard run, then scored the game winner with 1:40 left in the game on a Rick Mirer 18 yard TD pass to Adrian Jarrell.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Notre Dame
After a Notre Dame interception of Grbac on the first play after the touchdown, the Wolverine defense forced a three and out and regained possession with 15 seconds left. Grbac threw two incompletions and the Fighting Irish held on for the 28-24 victory. Jon Vaughn ran for 201 yards and Howard caught 6 passes for 133 yards for Michigan.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, UCLA
Jon Vaughn ran for 288 yards and three touchdowns as #7 ranked Michigan routed the UCLA Bruins, 38-15, at Michigan Stadium. The Wolverines totaled 456 yards on the ground while holding UCLA to 44 yards rushing. The Bruins did dent the Wolverine defense for 353 yards passing. Of Vaughn's three scores, one was a 63 yard burst to seal the victory for Michigan. Allen Jefferson and Burnie Legette each ran for a touchdown for the Wolverines. Erick Anderson and Lance Dottin each had interceptions for the defense.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Maryland
Martin Davis returned an interception 27 yards for a touchdown and Michigan never looked back as they beat the Terrapins 45-17 at Michigan Stadium. Vada Murray and Lance Dottin each had interceptions and the defense held Maryland to 93 yards rushing. Jon Vaughn ran for two touchdowns, while Desmond Howard, Kevin Owen and Jarrod Bunch each caught touchdown passes. Michigan had 352 yards of total offense.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Wisconsin
Desmond Howard caught two touchdown passes from Elvis Grbac as the Wolverines opened up a 17-0 halftime lead. Grbac threw an 8 yard TD pass to Derrick Walker and Ricky Powers and Jon Vaughn ran for touchdowns as Michigan routed Wisconsin 41-3 at Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers kicked a 33 yard field goal with over 4 minutes left to avoid the shutout. The Wolverines rolled up 534 yards of total offense, while holding Wisconsin to 189 yards.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
Michigan came into the game ranked #1 in the country. With six seconds left, Elvis Grbac threw a touchdown pass to Derrick Alexander to make it 28–27 Michigan State. Michigan coach Gary Moeller elected to go for a two point conversion for the win. Grbac threw an incomplete pass to Desmond Howard, but the play was controversial since a Spartan defender appeared to have interfered with Howard. A columnist in The Detroit News wrote: "Michigan State cornerback Eddie Brown had tripped him. No discussion. No debate.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Michigan State
It was a clear and obvious foul that a million and one eyes in the stands and on national television could see, but somehow not one single referee in this joint managed to catch a glimpse of." The Wolverines then attempted an onside kick, which they recovered. Grbac scrambled and threw a Hail Mary that was tipped and intercepted to end the game.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Iowa
Michigan took a 20-10 lead into the 4th quarter, but the Hawkeyes rallied with 14 fourth-quarter points to upset the Wolverines, 24-23 at Michigan Stadium. Dave Ritter blocked an Iowa punt and Dwayne Ware returned it 7 yards for a touchdown for the Wolverines. The 2 point conversion failed. Matt Rodgers sneaked in from 1 yard out for the Hawkeyes and on the ensuing possession, the Hawkeyes drove down the field and Paul Kujawa ran in from 1 yard out with 1:09 left in the game to hand Michigan its first Homecoming loss since 1967.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Indiana
Michigan raced to a 31–7 halftime lead on the way to a 45–19 victory over Indiana. The Wolverines ran for 295 yards and Jon Vaughn, Jarrod Bunch and Ricky Powers each ran for a touchdown. Elvis Grbac passed for 166 yards and threw 3 touchdown passes, one each to Desmond Howard, Derrick Alexander and Dave Diebolt. Lance Dottin, Dwayne Ware and Tripp Welborne each had an interception.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Purdue
Michigan fell behind 6-0 midway through the first quarter, then ripped off 31 straight points to take a 31-6 lead into halftime behind Allen Jefferson's two touchdown runs and Dwayne Ware's 17 yard return of a blocked punt. Jefferson added a 1 yard run in the 4th quarter as Michigan left West Lafayette with a 38-13 victory. Jon Vaughn led the Wolverines with 131 yards rushing and Elvis Grbac passed for 160 yards.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Illinois
John Carlson kicked five field goals to lead the Wolverines to a 22-17 victory over Illinois. Ricky Powers ran for 113 yards and a touchdown as the Wolverines rushed for 303 yards. Elvis Grbac completed 10 of 18 passed for 129 yards. Vada Murray had an interception for the defense.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Minnesota
Michigan trailed 10-7 at halftime, but rallied in the 2nd half with 28 points on the way to a 35-18 victory over the Golden Gophers at the HHH Metrodome. Ricky Powers ran for 127 yards and a touchdown while Elvis Grbac threw for 126 yards and three touchdown passes. Grbac's TD throws went to Desmond Howard, Derrick Alexander and Jarrod Bunch. Howard had 8 catches for 86 yards. Lance Dottin and Neil Simpson had interceptions for the Wolverine defense.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
J.D. Carlson kicked a 37 yard field goal as time expired to give Michigan a 16-13 win. In the third quarter, things weren't going all that well for the Wolverines. Greg Frey completed a 12 yard touchdown pass to Jeff Graham and Ohio State took a seven-point lead. Momentum changed quickly when Derrick Alexander took the ensuing kickoff back inside the Ohio State 40 yard line. Then Elvis Grbac found Desmond Howard on a 12 yard post pattern to tie the score, and it remained tied well into the fourth quarter.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Ohio State
Late in the fourth quarter, Ohio State went for it on fourth and less than a yard to go from the Ohio State 30. On fourth down, the Wolverines stuffed Frey at the 29, and took possession there. Michigan moved the ball carefully, methodically, and with time for one final play, a field goal attempt.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Gator Bowl
After both teams exchanged early turnovers, Michigan opened the scoring when Elvis Grbac threw deep down the right side of the field to Desmond Howard, for a career-long 63-yard touchdown reception. J.D. Carlson's extra point gave Michigan a 7-0 lead with 1:04 left in the first quarter. Mississippi scored its only points of the game in the second quarter when Brian Lee kicked a career-long and Gator Bowl record 51-yard field goal to trim the margin to 7-3.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Gator Bowl
Following a 32 yard Howard return of the ensuing kickoff, Jon Vaughn sprinted around left end for a gain of 37 yards and a first down at the Rebel 31. Five plays later, Grbac threw seven yards to Jarrod Bunch for a 14-3 halftime lead. Grbac's touchdown pass, his 19th of the season, broke Jim Harbaugh's Michigan single-season record for touchdown passes thrown (18 in 1985).


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Gator Bowl
Early in the third quarter, Grbac threw a screen pass to Howard who eluded the Mississippi defense en route to a 50-yard touchdown reception and a 21-3 Michigan lead with 10:53 left in the third quarter. Later in the quarter, Ole Miss quarterback Tom Luke was intercepted by Todd Plate at the Michigan 37. After a three-yard Ricky Powers run and an 11-yard Grbac-to-Howard completion, the Wolverines had a first down on the Ole Miss 49 yard line.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Season summary, Gator Bowl
On the next play, Powers blasted up the middle for a gain of 44 yards and a first down at the Rebel five. Bunch pounded into the end zone on the next play, giving Michigan a comfortable 28-3 lead. As the third stanza was nearing completion, Grbac connected with Derrick Alexander over the middle for a 33-yard touchdown--Grbac's fourth of the game, and a Michigan single bowl record. That closed the scoring, giving Michigan a resounding 35-3 win. Offensive linemen Dean Dingman, Tom Dohring, Greg Skrepenak, Matt Elliott and Steve Everitt were named the game's Most Valuable Players for leading the offense to a Michigan single-game record 715 total yards.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical achievements
Desmond Howard was the Big Ten receiving statistical champion for conference games with 5.5 receptions per contest, Northwestern's Richard Buchanan won the title for all games. Additionally, he won the first of two Big Ten receiving yardage champion for all games with 85.4 yards per game, but he lost the conference games yardage championship to Ohio State's Jeff Graham. J.D. Carlson won the Big Ten scoring championship with a 7.9 points per game average for all games, although he lost the conference per game championship to Michigan State's Hyland Hickson. Elvis Grbac won his first of three consecutive Big Ten passing statistical championships (137.1 passing efficiency in all games), Matt Rodgers of Iowa won the title for conference games.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical achievements
The team led the Big Ten in rushing offense for all games (264.6 yards per game), although Michigan State won the title for conference games. They also led in passing efficiency for all games (137.7) although Iowa led for conference games. They were the conference leader in total offense for all games (432.5 yards per game), although Iowa won the title for conference games. The 715 yards of total offense in the January 1, 1991 Gator Bowl against Ole Miss stood as the school record until October 17, 2009.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical achievements
The team earned the first of four consecutive and six 1990s Big Ten rushing defense statistical championships for all games by holding opponents to 104.7 yards per game. Iowa won the title for conference games. The team led the conference in total defense for conference games (289.4), while Iowa led for all games. The team led the Big Ten Conference in scoring defense for conference games (16.9 points per game) and all games (16.5). They were the conference leaders in quarterback sacks for conference games (3.6 sacks per game) and all games (3.6 sacks per game).


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical achievements
They led the conference in turnover margin (+0.92) in all games, while Illinois led for conference games. They led the conference in punt return average in conference games (17.4 yards per return) and all games (15.2). The season marked the third consecutive year that the team led the conference in kick return average in conference games (26.5 yards per return) and all games (27.3).


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical achievements
Jon Vaughn set the current school record for career yards per carry (6.29, min 200 carries), eclipsing Rob Lytle's 16-year-old record. Vaughn opened the 1990 season by posting 201 rushing yards on September 15, 1990, against University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish and following it up with 288 rushing yards against the University of California, Los Angeles Bruins on September 22, 1990, at the Big House. This feat made him the first Michigan back to rush for 200 yards in consecutive games, a feat not duplicated until Mike Hart did so in 2004.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Statistical achievements
Grbac became the fourth Wolverine to post a 4-touchdown pass performance against Mississippi State, he would become the first to post two the following season and later in his career would post a third such performance. Grbac became the first single-season 20-touchdown passer with 21, eclipsing Jim Harbaugh's 18 in 1985, a record he would extend to 25 the following year.


1990 Michigan Wolverines football team, Awards and honors
The individuals in the sections below earned recognition for meritorious performances.


1990 Michigan gubernatorial election
The 1990 Michigan gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of the state of Michigan. John Engler, a member of the Republican Party and State Senate majority leader, was elected over Democratic Party nominee, incumbent governor James Blanchard, who was seeking his third term.


1990 Michigan gubernatorial election
In what turned out to be one of the closest elections in recent Michigan history, Engler defeated Blanchard by 17,000 votes and a 0.7% margin. Engler's victory was considered a major upset and became infamous among pollsters. The final Detroit News poll showed Engler trailing by 14 points, and the final Detroit Free Press poll showed Engler behind by 4 points. A retrospective of the polling suggests the News poll may have had questions that favored Blanchard and too heavily incorporated the opinions of registered voters rather than likely voters, and thus failed to correctly gauge turnout. The voter turnout was 38.6%. As of 2021, this is the last gubernatorial election in Michigan in which the winner was of the same party as the incumbent president.


1990 Michigan gubernatorial election, Republican Primary
State Senate Majority Leader John Engler faced nominal opposition in the primary, easily defeating retired General Motors engineer and perennial political candidate John Lauve. Engler then chose state Sen. Connie Binsfeld as his running mate.


1990 Michigan gubernatorial election, Democratic Primary
James Blanchard, a two-term incumbent, won the Democratic primary unopposed. He created controversy in the summer 1990 with speculation that he might drop Lt. Gov. Martha Griffiths from the Democratic ticket. There was speculation that Blanchard was positioning to appoint himself to replace Sen. Donald W. Riegle Jr. should Riegle have to resign due to his involvement in the Keating Five scandal and being under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee and wanted a younger running mate to take over as governor.


1990 Michigan gubernatorial election, Democratic Primary
After weeks of speculation, Griffiths, 78, offered to remove herself from the ticket and not formally seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor at the Michigan Democratic Convention. Olivia Maynard, who was the Director of the Michigan Office of Services to the Aging, was ultimately chosen as Blanchard's running mate. Ultimately, Riegle survived the scandal but the scandal along with the unpopularity of President Bill Clinton, led to Riegle announcing that he would not seek re-election and he left the Senate at the end of his term on January 3, 1995.


1990 Micronesian Constitutional Convention election
Constitutional Convention elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 9 January 1990, following the approval of the election in a 1989 referendum. All candidates ran as independents.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election
The Mid Staffordshire constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament held a by-election on 22 March 1990. The result was the election of Labour candidate Sylvia Heal to succeed the previous Conservative Member of Parliament John Heddle, who had precipitated the byelection by committing suicide.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Background
John Heddle was first elected to Parliament in the 1979 general election when he had gained the Lichfield and Tamworth constituency from Labour. After boundary changes, he represented Mid Staffordshire from 1983. He was a popular extrovert at Westminster but in the late 1980s he found himself with severe financial problems due to the property price crash, and on 19 December 1989 he was found dead in his Jaguar car in an isolated spot near Chartham, Kent. At the previous general election in 1987 the result had been:


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Candidate selection, Conservative
Reports in the press indicated that the local Conservative Association was reported to be in 'some disarray' at the start of the byelection campaign; an experienced agent was sent up from London to run the campaign. The party received 250 applications to stand as candidate, among whom were said to be Lady Olga Maitland; the Conservatives denied rumours that Jeffrey Archer was hoping to stand. On 2 February the Conservatives selected Charles Prior, a 43-year-old chartered accountant from Newbury who was a former member of Berkshire county council and a member of the Bow Group. Prior, managing director of a publishing and training company, was the nephew of former Northern Ireland Secretary James Prior, and beat former MP Richard Ottaway in the final selection.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Candidate selection, Labour
Following criticism of Labour candidates for previous byelections, the party had set up a panel of five senior members to draw up shortlist of approved candidates, from which the local Constituency Labour Party would make the final selection. Deputy Leader Roy Hattersley was in charge of the process. A shortlist was drawn up during January, with some concerns being reported about whether the candidate from the 1987 election, Crispin St Hill, would be on it. St Hill was a black community worker from Brent and previous byelections had seen the party resist selecting black candidates for byelections.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Candidate selection, Labour
He did secure a place on the shortlist but the local party selected Sylvia Heal, who had made a prominent speech at the 1989 party conference supporting the leadership's change of policy on nuclear disarmament from unilateral disarmament to a multilateralist approach. Heal was a social worker and magistrate from Egham, Surrey, who had not previously fought an election.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Candidate selection, Other parties
The first party to announce a candidate was the Social Democratic Party who confirmed on 23 January 1990 that Ian Wood, a 33-year-old solicitor from Lichfield, would stand for them. The Liberal Democrats, although expecting the SDP to stand, were not pleased because they feared being marginalised if the two parties opposed each other. They chose Tim Jones (aged 38), a barrister who had fought the seat in two previous elections and lived in the constituency in Rugeley.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Candidate selection, Other parties
The Green Party candidate Robert Saunders was 29 years old and had lost his job as a buyer in an engineering firm at the start of the campaign. Jim Bazeley, a former Mayor of Lichfield and Conservative leader on Lichfield district council who had fought in 1987 as an Independent Conservative, declared that he would stand again as an 'anti-Thatcher Conservative'.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Candidate selection, Other parties
On 6 March the newly formed NHS Supporters Party announced that its candidate would be Dr Christopher Abell, a 34-year-old General practitioner from East Dereham in Norfolk; the party had hoped to find a local candidate and blamed the political connections of the chairman of the Staffordshire Family Practitioner Committee, who was also chairman of Mid Staffordshire Conservative Association.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Candidate selection, Other parties
When nominations closed on 8 March there were seven further candidates. Screaming Lord Sutch of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, a frequent byelection candidate, was nominated under the name 'Lord David Sutch' after changing his name by deed-poll. He chose the description 'Monster Raving Loony Green Teeth' but was faced with a rival: Stuart Hughes, who was a member of a breakaway group, stood as a Raving Loony Green Giant Supercalifragilistic candidate with the assistance of election agent Danny Bamford. John Hill was the candidate of the National Front while David Black stood as 'Christian Patriotic Alliance Save Britain Campaign' and Nicholas Parker-Jervis stood as 'Against Immigration Conservative Green'.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Candidate selection, Other parties
Lindi St Clair, nicknamed "Miss Whiplash" and famous for running a brothel in London where she claimed there were many MP clients, stood as the "National Independent Correct Edification - NICE" candidate. She campaigned for 'nicer and more mature European attitudes towards sexuality.' Finally, Bernard 'Smiley' Mildwater, protesting Citroën's decision to cease production of the 2CV car, stood as a 'Save the 2CV' candidate. He had resigned from the RAF to fight the election.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign
Polling day was inevitably going to come around the time of the budget, which had been set for 20 March, and initially it was expected that it would be timed to take place before the budget. However Margaret Thatcher decided, in conjunction with Conservative Party chairman Kenneth Baker and Chief Whip Tim Renton to "take it on the chin" and hold the byelection two days after the budget. The byelection was formally called by Renton moving the writ in the House of Commons on 28 February.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign
At the first Labour campaign press conference on 1 March, Roy Hattersley made an outspoken personal attack on Thatcher for being "arrogant, autocratic and unscrupulous in the pursuit of power", and claimed the main issue of the campaign would be the new local government Community Charge or 'Poll Tax' which was shortly to come into effect. Charles Prior supported the principle of the new tax and blamed the Labour controlled Staffordshire county council and Cannock Chase district council for higher than expected tax levels in Rugeley.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign
When he launched his campaign together with his uncle, Prior visited an old people's home in Rugeley and was reportedly delighted to find may residents agreed with his view; his uncle attacked the Labour alternative tax while expecting that the Government's scheme would eventually be altered. Labour also attempted to focus on the Conservative proposals for the National Health Service, challenging Prior to say whether he supported them and the rise in prescription charges.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Opinion polling
The Sunday Times commissioned an opinion poll from Mori in the constituency which was published on 4 March. It found that Labour was leading with 50%, the Conservatives had 36% support, and the other parties were trailing: Liberal Democrats 5%, SDP 4% and Green Party 4%. The poll also found that four out of five voters thought the poll tax was the main issue in the election. Labour downplayed the poll. Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown highlighted the fact that their candidate, alone among the main parties, was local and had not been "chosen in London and parachuted in". He believed Labour's alternative local government 'roof tax' was ridiculous and that his own party's proposal of a local income tax would win votes.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Opinion polling
A second poll undertaken by the Birmingham Post was published on 8 March. It also showed a Labour lead, although narrower with Labour at 49% and the Conservatives at 41%. The Green Party and Social Democrat were put at 4% and the Liberal Democrats 2%. On the day it was published the Shadow Chancellor John Smith distanced the party from violent protests against the poll tax but doubted that the Militant tendency (whom the Conservatives were blaming for poll tax disruption) could be behind peaceful protests in places like Barnet and Windsor and Maidenhead.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Opinion polling
Militant set up public meetings in Rugeley and Lichfield to oppose the poll tax and distributed flyers advertising the All Britain Anti- Poll Tax Federation rally in London planned for 31 March; in reaction Labour rushed out a leaflet based on a speech by party leader Neil Kinnock denouncing 'toytown revolutionaries'. The Conservatives denounced 'rent-a-mob Militants' but pointed to the Labour MPs who had declared that they would refuse to pay the poll tax, demanding that Kinnock remove the party whip.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Michael Heseltine
Labour noted that Staffordshire police's budget for vehicle replacement had been cut by £1m which meant that the force could not update its motorway patrol cars although they had done 250,000 miles and were on their second engines. David Icke visited on 11 March to assist the Green Party campaign, prompting an attack on the party by the Liberal Democrats who claimed their solution for every problem was to set up a committee.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Michael Heseltine
On 12 March the Conservative campaign had to explain that invitations to join the campaign had been sent by the candidate's minder Gerald Howarth to nearly every Conservative MP but had not yet been delivered to former Defence Secretary Michael Heseltine, who was unofficially known to be keen to challenge Thatcher's leadership. Charles Prior was reported to look 'flustered' but insisted that Heseltine would be a tremendous asset if he came to the constituency. Heseltine arrived on 14 March, drawing a far greater number of Conservative activists than had campaigned with Cecil Parkinson three nights previously.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Labour campaign
The Labour campaign was very tightly controlled by the party officials, under the director of communications Peter Mandelson. Heal held no public meetings and the morning press conferences were limited to 20 minutes (with senior party figures often replying rather than Heal); most of her campaign was conducted on personal appearances in pubs and clubs and 'Red Rose Rallies'.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Labour campaign
The other parties were angered by this approach, with Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown denouncing the way Sylvia Heal was "packaged and handled .. as if she was some Walworth Road barbie woman", and that her leaflets said nothing about her ideas or Labour policies. After initially implying that Heal was a 'birdbrain', the Conservatives switched to claiming her control by the party was done in order to conceal Labour policies. The Daily Mail sent a reporter armed with a long list of questions to try to get answers from Heal, but her minder Peter Snape determined to stop him. The Conservatives noted that at the 1989 Labour Party conference Heal had supported a motion to cut defence spending by £5 billion.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Labour campaign
A further Birmingham Post poll on 15 March showed an increased Labour lead with Labour on 50%, the Conservatives on 38%, the Green Party and SDP on 4%, Liberal Democrats on 3% and Independents at 1%, while polls in the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail put the Labour lead at 20% and 25% respectively. Charles Prior responded to poor polls by issuing a warning that a Labour win in the byelection would damage the Pound. Labour leader Neil Kinnock visited the campaign in Lichfield on 16 March, forecasting victory which he said would be a notice to quit for Thatcher.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Labour campaign
The Guardian reporter Ian Aitken found the Liberal Democrat campaign a 'pale shadow' of those run by its former campaign director Andy Ellis. However the party held off Labour to retain a local council seat in Western Springs ward, part of Rugeley, on 14 March. A poll by Mori for The Times published on 19 March showed that the poll tax was identified by 88% of voters as one of the three most important issues. The only other issues scoring significantly were mortgage and interest rates and the National Health Service, which each had 31%. Voting intentions were Labour 55%, Conservatives 29%, Liberal Democrats 9%, Green Party 3%, SDP 2% and Others 2%.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Budget reaction
A protest meeting was organised in the constituency by Staffordshire Police Federation on 19 March, to protest at changes to police housing allowances which they accused the Government of having imposed despite an agreement to abide by arbitration; the organisers invited Labour police spokesperson Barry Sheerman. The Budget, two days before polling day, announced help to poll tax rebates and was praised by Charles Prior as "a highly responsible yet imaginative Budget".


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Budget reaction
However Prior's relaxed manner in the last week of the campaign was taken by The Times correspondent as an indication that he knew the election was lost and hoped instead to regain the seat at the following general election. The Guardian's Patrick Wintour thought that one of Prior's faults was being too nice, and too rarely giving "the impression of a man willing to go for the jugular".


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Campaign, Budget reaction
As the campaign ended Sylvia Heal allowed herself to be "somewhat optimistic" and concentrated on appealing to their supporters against complacency. The party claimed its canvass had shown more than 50% support, and Roy Hattersley appealed for a resounding Labour victory to force changes in the poll tax.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Results
Shortly after voting ended, two exit polls conducted for broadcasters found that Labour was on course for victory. Harris, for ITN, gave Labour 50%, Conservatives 32% and Liberal Democrats 11%, while NOP for the BBC found Labour on 51%, the Conservatives 32% and the Liberal Democrats 10%. Labour were so confident of winning that a champagne celebration was held for the benefit of news photographers who would have deadlines long before the result was declared. It was 3:30 AM before the Returning Officer announced the actual result.


1990 Mid Staffordshire by-election, Aftermath
The result was reported as a "spectacular defeat" for Thatcher, and renewed speculation about whether there would be an attempt by Conservative MPs to remove her. Indeed, after her victory, Sylvia Heal declared that the "dark age of Thatcherism is drawing to a close". The result would prove to be the second of seven Conservative by-election losses in the 1987-1992 Parliament, but all would be regained by the Party in 1992.


1990 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
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1990 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 Mid-Continent Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–7, 1990 at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa. This was the seventh edition of the tournament for the AMCU-8/Mid-Con, now known as the Summit League.


1990 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
The 1990 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season


1990 Midland Bank Championships
The 1990 Midland Group Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England that was part of the Tier II of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was held from 23 October until 28 October 1990. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her third consecutive at the event and fourth in total, and earned $70,000 first-prize money.


1990 Midland Bank Championships, Finals, Doubles
Helena Suková /  Nathalie Tauziat defeated  Jo Durie /  Natasha Zvereva 6–1, 6–4


1990 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 8–10 at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio.


1990 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Dayton defeated Xavier in the championship game, 85–78. The win, on Dayton's home court, denied the Musketeers a fifth consecutive MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament title. It was Dayton's first MCC/Horizon League tourney title.


1990 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Flyers received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Tournament as the #12 seed in the Midwest region. Xavier, the regular season conference champions, received an at-large bid as the #6 seed in the Midwest region.


1990 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All eight conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records.


1990 Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces
The 9th Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway League Aces was the 1990 version of the Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces. It took place on March 25 in the Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland.


1990 Mieczysław Połukard Criterium of Polish Speedway Leagues Aces, Heat details
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1990 Milan–San Remo
The 1990 Milan–San Remo was the 81st edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 17 March 1990. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Gianni Bugno of the Chateau d'Ax team.


1990 Milan–San Remo
As of 2019, the 1990 race remains the fastest edition of Milan–San Remo at an average speed of 45.806 km/h (28.463 mph).


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September)
The 1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on September 9, 1990, at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. This race spanned 300 miles or 480 kilometres on a permanent oval track.


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September)
This was the last fall day race at Richmond until rain post-poned the 2008 event to Sunday.


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September), Background
In 1953, Richmond International Raceway began hosting the Grand National Series with Lee Petty winning that first race in Richmond. The original track was paved in 1968. In 1988, the track was re-designed into its present D-shaped configuration


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September), Background
The name for the raceway complex was "Strawberry Hill" until the Virginia State Fairgrounds site was bought out in 1999 and renamed the "Richmond International Raceway".


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September), Race report
There was a starting grid of 36 American-born drivers; J.D. McDuffie, Jack Pennington, and Kerry Teague failed to qualify for this race. Rob Moroso, Greg Sacks, and Derrike Cope had to start at the back of the field because of going to backup cars after crashing in practice. Harry Gant was credited as the last-place finisher after an engine failure at lap 12 of this 400-lap racing event. Jimmy Spencer was the last driver to finish the race; being 82 laps off the lead lap. Dale Earnhardt would defeat Mark Martin by 0.90 seconds in this three-hour race. Earnhardt's victory made him the first driver to win at Richmond on both the traditional layout and the contemporary layout.


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September), Race report
This race was Darrell Waltrip's first race back after the injuries he suffered at 1990 Pepsi 400.


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September), Race report
Chad Little hit the wall hard; forcing him out of the race after recording 239 laps. Brett Bodine also crashed into the wall around that time. There was a red flag for about 30 minutes after the Jarrett/Moroso crash because Jarrett plowed into the inside retaining wall, which was still made of the old boiler plate at the time. Crews had to repair the wall as Jarrett put a good dent into it.


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September), Race report
Mark Martin was the fastest car toward the end of the race, after pitting for a splash and go to ensure he'd finish the race with enough fuel. He was tearing through the field up until the final restart. Earnhardt restarted first and Martin second, in the running order. NASCAR officials gave the one-to-go with 5 laps to go, and cars were three-wide trying to figure out where to restart, including the lapped cars.


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September), Race report
NASCAR did not wave off the restart; instead, they waved the green with four to go, and Earnhardt not only obviously jumped the start but the lapped and damaged #12 car being driven by Harry Gant in relief of Hut Stricklin was between the 3 and 6 in the outside lane. The only action that was taken because of this was the #12 was moved to the bottom car one lap down, instead of the first car one lap down.


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September), Race report
Several accidents and debris caused nine caution flags. Meanwhile, Rusty Wallace and Dale Earnhardt were showing off some fantastic side-by-side racing during the final 100 laps. Mark Martin briefly gained the lead on lap 347 but his racing skill was not enough to hold back Dale Earnhardt; who took back the lead on lap 376. Ernie Irvan, Alan Kulwicki, Mark Martin, and Ken Schrader would duke it out for supremacy during the opening 101 laps of the event.


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September), Race report
This was apparently Barry Dodson's last race as the crew chief for Rusty Wallace. Blue Max Racing was shutting down at the end of 1990, so Dodson left to work on building Team III Racing that he led in 1991.


1990 Miller Genuine Draft 400 (September), Race report
Ron Esau would retire from the NASCAR Cup Series after this race. Earnhardt would walk away from this race taking home $59,225 ($117,319 when adjusted for inflation) while Harry Gant had to take home $8,855 ($17,541 when adjusted for inflation).


1990 Milwaukee Brewers season
The Milwaukee Brewers' 1990 season involved the Brewers' finishing 6th in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses.


1990 Milwaukee Brewers 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 Milwaukee Brewers season, Farm system
The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1990. The Brewers operated a Dominican Summer League team as a co-op with the Toronto Blue Jays. The Stockton Ports won the California League championship, and the AZL Brewers won the Arizona League championship.


1990 Mindanao crisis
The 1990 Mindanao crisis began when Col. Alexander Noble and his supporters seized two military garrisons in Cagayan de Oro and Butuan without firing a shot and unilaterally proclaimed the independence of the Federal Republic of Mindanao on October 4, 1990. The proclaimed state according to Noble has a civilian-military junta as government. Noble later announced the next day that he is calling for dialogue with the Philippine government.


1990 Mindanao crisis, Government response
Corazon Aquino urged the country's security forces to stop the rebellion initiated by Noble. The Armed Forces of the Philippines was put into red alert. Hundreds of troops were stationed near the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Manila due to a military report months before the rebellion warning of a coup attempt would follow an uprising in Mindanao. Troops with anti-aircraft weaponry were stationed around the military compound while troops with anti-tank weaponry and machine gun stationed within the walled compound and outside its gates. Aquino's military advisor, Mariano Adalem in a briefing for foreign diplomats that Noble's actions in Mindanao may be a distraction, and his actions in Mindanao is a regional destabilization effort leading to a coup de etat.


1990 Mindanao crisis, Government response
On October 5, two T-28 planes from Mactan Air Base in Cebu bombed the occupied garrison in Butuan forcing the occupiers to evacuate the garrison.


1990 Mindanao crisis, Government response
On October 6, Noble unconditionally surrendered to Sen. Aquilino Pimentel in Cagayan de Oro at 3:00 am. Reuben Canoy, Noble's primary civilian ally and leader of the Mindanao Independence Movement was also arrested. Noble was escorted to Manila by military officials led by Brig. Gen Arturo Enrile, superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy. Despite the arrest, Noble says that he is successful in his goal into bringing attention to the issues affecting Mindanao.


1990 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1990 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach John Gutekunst, the Golden Gophers compiled a 6–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 281 to 224.


1990 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Center Chris Thome was named All-Big Ten first team. Offensive tackle Mike Sunvold and defensive back Sean Lumpkin were named All-Big Ten second team. Punter Brent Herbel was named Academic All-American. Quarterback Scott Schaffner and linebacker Joel Staats were named Academic All-Big Ten.


1990 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Mike Sunvold was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award and Carl Eller Award. Quarterback Marquel Fleetwood was awarded the Bruce Smith Award. Cornerback Kenneth Sebree was awarded the Bobby Bell Award. Cornerback Frank Jackson was awarded the Butch Nash Award. Running back Jim King was awarded the Paul Giel Award.


1990 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
Total attendance for the season was 243,511, which averaged out to 40,585 per game. The season high for attendance was against the Iowa.


1990 Minnesota House of Representatives election
The 1990 Minnesota House of Representatives election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 1990, to elect members to the House of Representatives of the 77th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 11, 1990.


1990 Minnesota House of Representatives election
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 8, 1991.


1990 Minnesota Senate election
The 1990 Minnesota Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on November 6, 1990, to elect members to the Senate of the 77th Minnesota Legislature. A primary election was held on September 11, 1990.


1990 Minnesota Senate election
The Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) won a majority of seats, remaining the majority party, followed by the Independent-Republicans of Minnesota. The new Legislature convened on January 8, 1991.


1990 Minnesota Twins season
The 1990 Minnesota Twins, three years after their World Series title in 1987, fell to the bottom of the AL West once again. However, the season was not completely bad, as there were some bright spots that included pitchers Rick Aguilera and Scott Erickson. Aguilera converted from starter to closer and recorded 32 saves, while Erickson was promoted to the Twins in June from AA and went 8-4 with a 3.27 ERA.


1990 Minnesota Twins season
During Fan Appreciation Day on October 3, Outfielder Dan Gladden made a prediction saying that even though we finished in last place this season, we're going to improve next season and if we did, they could potentially bring another World Series championship to Minnesota. That prediction proved accurate the next year.


1990 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Defense
The highlight of the season came on July 17, in Boston, when the Twins turned 2 triple plays. In the 4th inning, with the bases loaded and Scott Erickson pitching, former Twin Tom Brunansky hit a sharp grounder to Gary Gaetti at third base, who stepped on the bag for the force out, fired to Al Newman at second, whose relay to Kent Hrbek was in time to get Brunansky at first. In the 8th inning, with John Candelaria pitching and runners on first and second, Jody Reed hit a one-hopper at Gaetti who again started a 5-4-3 triple play. This was the first time in MLB history that two triple plays were recorded in a game, a feat that has not been duplicated since.


1990 Minnesota Twins season, Regular season, Defense
The following night, still in Boston, both teams combined for an MLB-record-tying ten double plays. Boston tied an American League record by grounding into six DPs in the game, only escaping the twin killings in the sixth and seventh innings.


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


1990 Minnesota Vikings season
The 1990 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 30th in the National Football League. Under head coach Jerry Burns, they finished with a 6–10 record and missed the playoffs for the first time since 1986. The Vikings went 1–6 through their first seven games, including a five-game losing streak. They then won their next five (including a 41–13 win over the eventual NFC Central champion Chicago Bears in Week 12) to get back to 6–6 and give themselves a shot at a wild card spot in the playoffs; however, the Vikings lost their final four games to finish at 6–10. While their overall record was tied with three other teams in the division, the Vikings' 4–8 record against fellow NFC teams meant they finished bottom of the NFC Central. It was the first time since 1984 Minnesota finished last in the division, and the second since 1968.


1990 Minnesota Vikings season
Notable additions to the team this season were wide receiver Cris Carter and undrafted defensive lineman John Randle, both of whom would go on to have Hall of Fame careers.


1990 Minnesota Vikings season
Injuries to the defense and a lackluster season from Herschel Walker were the story of the team's season.


1990 Minnesota gubernatorial election
The 1990 Minnesota gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990. Independent-Republican Party candidate and challenger Arne Carlson defeated then Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Governor Rudy Perpich.


1990 Minnesota gubernatorial election
The Independent-Republicans initially nominated businessman Jon Grunseth. Just over three weeks before the election, two women alleged that, in 1981, Grunseth had requested they swim nude during an Independence Day party at his home and, when they refused, he attempted to forcibly remove their swimsuits. The girls were 12 and 13 years old at the time of the incident. In response, Carlson — the runner-up in the Independent-Republican primary — announced a write-in candidacy, backed by US Senator Rudy Boschwitz. Despite denying the allegations (but admitting to past extramarital affairs), Grunseth dropped out of the race on October 28, just over a week before election day. The Independent-Republicans replaced him on the ballot with Carlson that day.


1990 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
The 1990 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Rockey Felker was fired after the season, the Bulldogs' fourth consecutive losing season.


1990 Missouri Tigers football team
The 1990 Missouri Tigers football team represented the University of Missouri in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Tigers offense scored 278 points while the defense allowed 360 points. Led by head coach Bob Stull, the Tigers finished the season unranked.


1990 Missouri Tigers football team, Fifth Down Game
The Fifth Down Game is the name of a college football game that included a play that the crew officiating the game permitted to occur in error. That play enabled the Colorado Buffaloes to defeat the Missouri Tigers by scoring a touchdown on the last play of their game on October 6, 1990. The ensuing controversy cast doubt on Colorado's claim to NCAA Division I-A's 1990 national championship. It has been called one of the top memorable moments and blunders in college football history.


1990 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played after the conclusion of the 1989–1990 regular season at Redbird Arena on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois.


1990 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Illinois State Redbirds defeated the Southern Illinois Salukis in the championship game, 81-78, and as a result won their 2nd MVC Tournament title and earned an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Tournament.


1990 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Moldavian SSR in February and March 1990 to elect the 380 members of the Supreme Soviet. They were the first and only free elections to the Supreme Soviet of the MSSR, and although the Communist Party of Moldova was the only registered party allowed to contest the election, opposition candidates were allowed to run as independents. Together with affiliated groups, the Popular Front of Moldova won a landslide victory. Candidates who were openly supporters of the Popular Front won about 27% of seats; together with moderate Communists, mainly from rural districts, they commanded a majority.


1990 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election
On 5 June the Supreme Soviet renamed the Moldavian SSR the "Soviet Socialist Republic of Moldova" and issued a Declaration of Sovereignty on 23 June. It subsequently removed references to socialism and soviets on 23 May 1991 by adopting the name "Republic of Moldova", and declared full independence from the Soviet Union on 27 August 1991. The next legislature was elected as the Parliament of Moldova in 1994.


1990 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election, Results
All 380 deputies were elected in uninominal constituencies. The first sitting of the parliament was held on April 17, 1990.


1990 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election, Aftermath
The Popular Front of Moldova gained complete control once Gagauz and Transnistrian deputies walked out in protest over Romanian-oriented cultural reforms. One leader of the Popular Front of Moldova, Mircea Druc, formed the new government. The Popular Front saw its government as a purely transitional ministry; its role was to dissolve the Moldavian SSR and join Romania.


1990 Molde FK season
The 1990 season was Molde's 16th season in the top flight of Norwegian football. This season Molde competed in Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Cup.


1990 Molde FK season
In Tippeligaen, Molde finished in 3rd position, four points behind winners Rosenborg.


1990 Molde FK season
Molde participated in the 1990 Norwegian Cup. They reached the fourth round where they were knocked out by Kongsvinger after losing 1–0 at away ground.


1990 Molde FK season, Squad
Source:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1990 Molise regional election
The Molise regional election of 1990 took place on 6 and 7 May 1990.


1990 Molise regional election, Events
Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, gaining more than four times the share of vote of the Italian Communist Party, which came distantly second.


1990 Molise regional election, Events
After the election Christian Democrat Enrico Santoro was elected President of the Region. In 1992 Santoro was replaced by fellow Christian Democrat Luigi Di Bartolomeo and later by Giovanni Di Giandomenico.


1990 Monaco Grand Prix
The 1990 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 27 May 1990 at Monaco. It was the fourth race of the 1990 Formula One World Championship and the 48th Monaco Grand Prix. The race was held over 78 laps of the 3.32-kilometre (2.06 mi) circuit for a race distance of 259 kilometres (161 mi).


1990 Monaco Grand Prix
The race was won by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Senna started from pole position, led every lap and set the fastest race lap, en route to his second consecutive Monaco win and third in all. French driver Jean Alesi finished second in a Tyrrell-Ford, with Senna's Austrian teammate Gerhard Berger third.


1990 Monaco Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
The four successful pre-qualifiers in the one-hour Thursday morning session were the same four drivers as at the previous race at Imola, in the same order. The Larrousse-Lola cars finished first and second for the third time in a row, with Éric Bernard again outpacing his teammate Aguri Suzuki. The Osella of Olivier Grouillard was third fastest, followed by Roberto Moreno in the EuroBrun.


1990 Monaco Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
The AGS drivers were frozen out in fifth and sixth, with Gabriele Tarquini considerably faster than Yannick Dalmas on this occasion. Seventh was Claudio Langes in the second EuroBrun, six seconds off Bernard's pace. The other two runners were far behind; Bertrand Gachot was over twelve seconds adrift in the Coloni after another engine failure, with the team now in some disarray, but still nearly two seconds faster than the Life, driven again by Bruno Giacomelli. This time, however, the Italian managed to complete a stint of seven laps and return to the pits without breaking down. Well off the pace, Giacomelli went back out on to the circuit and completed another lap before the W12 engine failed.


1990 Monaco Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
There were no surprises in qualifying with Ayrton Senna taking pole from his rival Alain Prost. Jean Alesi continued to impress in his Tyrrell, qualifying third ahead of Riccardo Patrese. Row three was formed of Gerhard Berger and Thierry Boutsen; Nigel Mansell lined up seventh alongside the Minardi of Pierluigi Martini, while Emanuele Pirro and Nelson Piquet rounded out the top ten. Young Australian driver David Brabham qualified in 25th, thus making his first Formula One race start.


1990 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Race report
At the start there was an overly long delay between the red and green lights, which caused the drivers to be a little more agitated than usual, resulting in an accident between Prost and Berger at the Mirabeau corner. The track was blocked and the race had to be stopped. At the second start everything went to plan and Senna led from Prost, Alesi, Berger, Patrese and Boutsen, with Pirro being the first retirement when his engine blew on the opening lap.


1990 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Eighth-placed Nigel Mansell was the centre of action in the early stages, quickly passing Martini before setting off after Boutsen, but his overtaking attempt on the Belgian was unsuccessful as he touched the back of the Williams at the seafront chicane and had to limp back to the pits for a new front wing. At the front Senna led comfortably, even more so after Prost retired on lap 30 with battery problems. On lap 35, Piquet spun approaching Loewes Hairpin and stalled his engine; he received a push start from the marshals and was disqualified as a result.


1990 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Race report
While Senna maintained his lead, there was action further back where Mansell was charging through the field. First he disposed of Derek Warwick and then managed to successfully pass Boutsen for fourth, as Alesi and Berger fought over second place. In the late stages Senna started to slow, which allowed Alesi and Berger to close up on him, but Senna's McLaren survived to the finish for his third career win at Monaco.


1990 Monaco Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Alesi was second, followed by Berger, Boutsen, Alex Caffi and the only other survivor, Éric Bernard, who had taken sixth place in the late stages after he had forced himself past Gregor Foitek's Onyx by pushing him into the wall. In doing so, Bernard earned his first point in Formula One. Despite not finishing the race, Foitek was classified seventh, his best F1 result.


1990 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three
Results from the 1990 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three held at Monte Carlo on May 26, 1990, in the Circuit de Monaco.


1990 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three, Classification
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1990 Mongolian National Championship
The 1990 Mongolian National Championship was the twenty-sixth recorded edition of the Mongolian National Championship for football, with the first tournament taking place in 1955 and no tournament held in 1965 or apparently in 1977. It would appear however that championships were contested between 1956 and 1963, as sources note that a team called Aldar, the Mongolian Army Sports Club, won the title on numerous occasions during that time. Nonetheless, the 1990 national championship was won for the second time by Khuch, also known as Dynamo Ulan Bator, a team representing the Police Sports Society.


1990 Mongolian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Mongolia in 1990. The State Great Khural was elected on 22 June 1990, with a second round on 29 June, at which time the Little Khural, the new second chamber, was also elected.


1990 Mongolian legislative election, Background
In 1989 the Mongolian People's Republic witnessed a series of demonstrations against the government by the coalition group the Mongolian Democratic Union, a group formed on December 10 of that year by intellectuals under the influence of similar movements in Eastern Europe. Jambyn Batmönkh promised reform to placate the growing demonstrations and met with the MDU leaders, although Dumaagiin Sodnom and other leading Politburo members felt that a gradual five-year plan for reforms could be undertaken. Demonstrations continued however, with Batmönkh announcing his resignation on March 4, followed by the rest of the Politburo eight days later. Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat became chairman of the Hural with Sharavyn Gungaadorj appointed as Prime Minister, although it was agreed that the Hural would meet again in May to discuss constitutional change, making these appointments temporary.


1990 Mongolian legislative election, Background
The demonstrations continued, however, (largely as a consequence of the lack of funding and media access for the newly formed opposition parties in contrast to the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party) and the army was used against the demonstrators in April. Meetings were held with the opposition on April 30 and free elections to the Hural were agreed on May 14.


1990 Mongolian legislative election, Election campaign
The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) registered as a political party on May 24 and others followed suit, including the Mongolian Democratic Party (1990), the Mongolian Green Party, the Mongolian National Progress Party and the Mongolian Social Democratic Party. However the MPRP soon took the lead by promising to cancel some debts, lower the cost of heating and provide higher wages for the poor and students. They combined this with the removal of their links to the security forces and army in order to prevent a threatened opposition boycott.


1990 Mongolian legislative election, Election campaign
Primary elections were held on June 25 with 2,400 candidates put forward to chase 799 available full candidatures for the Great Hural's 430 seats. Ultimately around 100 opposition candidates advanced, with the system criticized for favouring rural areas where the MPRP were strongest.


1990 Mongolian legislative election, Results
The MPRP took 60% of the vote but won 358 seats (86%), with the opposition only managing 14% of the seats despite winning 40% of the vote. Due to election irregularities, 28 seats were held up. As a consequence of the results, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat was confirmed as President whilst Dashiin Byambasüren was appointed as Prime Minister. Gonchigdorj, leader of the small Mongolian Social Democrat Party, was appointed Vice president as part of an effort by the MPRP to cooperate with the opposition. Davaadorjiin Ganbold, prominent economist and the leader of the Mongolian National Progress Party was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister.


1990 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1990 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Big Sky Conference. The Grizzlies were led by fifth-year head coach Don Read and played their home games on campus in Missoula at Washington–Grizzly Stadium. They finished the season with a 7–4 record, 4–4 in the Big Sky.


1990 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1990 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State University in the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth season under head coach Earle Solomonson, the Bobcats compiled a 4–7 record (3–5 against Big Sky opponents) and finished fifth out of nine teams in the Big Sky.


1990 Monte Carlo Open
The 1990 Monte Carlo Open, also known by its sponsored name Volvo Monte Carlo Open, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 84th edition of the Monte Carlo Open, and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1990 ATP Tour. It took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco, 23 April until 29 April 1990. The men's field was headlined by Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker. Andrei Chesnokov, who was seeded 12th, won the singles title.


1990 Monte Carlo Open, Finals, Doubles
Petr Korda /  Tomáš Šmíd defeated  Andrés Gómez /  Javier Sánchez 6–4, 7–6


1990 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles
In the 1990 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles, Tomáš Šmíd and Mark Woodforde were the defending champions, but Woodforde did not participate this year. Šmíd partnered Petr Korda.


1990 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles
Korda and Šmíd won the title, defeating Andrés Gómez and Javier Sánchez 6–4, 7–6 in the final.


1990 Monte Carlo Open – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1990 Monte Carlo Open – Singles
Alberto Mancini was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.


1990 Monte Carlo Open – Singles
Andrei Chesnokov won the title, defeating Thomas Muster 7–5, 6–3, 6–3 in the final.


1990 Monte Carlo Open – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1990 Montenegrin general election
General elections were held in Montenegro on 9 December 1990, with a second round of the presidential election held on 23 December. Momir Bulatović of the League of Communists of Montenegro won the presidential election, whilst his party emerged as the largest in Parliament, winning 83 of the 125 seats.


1990 Montenegrin general election, Results, President
In order to be elected in the first round, a candidate had to cross a threshold of 50% of the registered voters. Although incumbent President of the Presidency Momir Bulatović received 62% of the valid votes, this was only 42.2% of the registered voters. However, he went on to win the second round convincingly against Ljubiša Stanković of the Union of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia, becoming the first elected President of Montenegro.


1990 Montreal Expos season
The 1990 Montreal Expos season was the 22nd season in franchise history. An 85-77 record was good enough to put them in 3rd place and 10 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates.


1990 Montreal Expos season, Spring training
The Expos held spring training at West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida – a facility they shared with the Atlanta Braves. It was their 14th season at the stadium; they had conducted spring training there from 1969 to 1972 and since 1981.


1990 Montreal Expos 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 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1990 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1990 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1990 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1990 Montreal municipal election
The 1990 Montreal municipal election took place on November 4, 1990, to elect a mayor and city councillors in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Jean Doré was elected to a second term as mayor by a significant margin.


1990 Montreal municipal election
All mayoral candidates were also permitted to run for seats on council in tandem with "co-listed candidates." In this way, all unsuccessful mayoral candidates could serve on council by assuming the seat of their co-lister (provided, of course, that the co-lister was elected).


1990 Montreal municipal election, Results (incomplete)
The party colours do not indicate affiliation with or resemblance to any other municipal, provincial, or federal party.


1990 Montreal municipal election, Elections in suburban communities (incomplete), Dorval
Sources: "West Island vote brings new faces into municipal politics," Montreal Gazette, November 6, 1990, A5; "Two newcomers victorious in Pointe Claire election," Montreal Gazette, November 8, 1990, G2.


1990 Montreal municipal election, Elections in suburban communities (incomplete), Montréal-Nord
Sources: Mike King, "Battling 272 years of experience; Mayor and his team have been in power since 1963," Montreal Gazette, 21 October 1994, A4; Mike King, "Ryan wins again; Ninth straight victory for patriarch of local mayors," Montreal Gazette, November 7, 1994, A5. The former source indicates that Lessard, Morin, Belanger, Gibeau, and Nadeau were incumbents in 1994. The latter source indicates the scale of Ryan's victory in 1990, although it does not indicate the council winners.


1990 Montreal municipal election, Elections in suburban communities (incomplete), Montréal-Nord
All of the Renouveau municipal councillors listed above were members of the Montréal-Nord city council during the 1986–90 term, and all except Armand Nadeau (who did not seek re-election in 1994) served during the 1994–98 term. Given the overwhelming dominance of the Renouveau municipal party in Montréal-Nord and the generally low rates of council turnover in this period, it may be safely assumed that all were re-elected in 1990.


1990 Montreal municipal election, Results in other Montreal-area communities, Longueuil
The governing Parti municipal de Longueuil was returned to office. Party leader Roger Ferland was re-elected to a second term as mayor, and the party won seventeen out of twenty seats on council. The remaining three seats were won by the opposition Parti civique de Longueuil.


1990 Montreal municipal election, Results in other Montreal-area communities, Longueuil
Sources: Mike King, "Two mayors unseated on South Shore," Montreal Gazette, November 5, 1990, A5; Mike King, "Ferland outlasts foe in Longueuil race; Municipal Party keeps control with 17 of 20 seats on council," Montreal Gazette, November 8, 1990, G1; , Société historique et culturelle du Marigot, accessed February 19, 2014.


1990 Moroccan protests
The 1990 Moroccan protests was a mass uprising and popular movement that consisted of violent demonstrations and massive anti-Gulf War protests in 1990–1991 in Morocco. Protesters rallied in cities nationwide, starting in Fez, where protesters marched in rioting against bread prices and the gulf war. Tens of thousands took to the streets in organised protests and planned strike actions, protests rallied that quickly turned into an uprising and popular Riots, calling on the fall of the regime. 5 days of massive demonstrations swept small cities in Morocco as they rose up to inflation and high prices.


1990 Moroccan protests
In Tangier, 20 days of strikes and general strikes was pulled out by thousands of workers calling on better wages. No deaths of fatalities was reported during the mass protests in Tangier. Huge student-led anti-government demonstrations and anti-Kuwait invasion protests was sweeping the Arab world, starting in Egypt and inspired protesters in Morocco. 33 were killed during the rioting and the protests was quickly suppressed by the army and the army was deployed to patrol the streets in case of any protest actions and movement. 127-240 were injured during the echoes of anger in the country. Huge marches in support of both sides of the Iraq-Kuwait conflict was held in January–February; at least 100,000+ protesters marched. After the December rioting in Fez, curfews was imposed to quell the mass uprising.


1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade
The Moscow Victory Day Parade of 1990 was held on May 9, 1990  to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War. The parade was inspected by the USSR Minister of Defense Marshal Dmitry Yazov, and was commanded by the Commander of the Moscow Military District Colonel general Nikolai Vasilyevich Kalinin.


1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Overview
12.5 thousand people and 429 units of equipment took part in the parade. It was the last parade in the USSR on Red Square, dedicated to the victory in the Great Patriotic War. This is the first Victory Day parade which does not depict Vladimir Lenin's portrait on the Red Square and this practice continues to the present. This parade also featured a float featuring the Soldier-liberator Statue, the first-of-its-kind for a Soviet Victory Day Parade. On the eve of the parade, Gorbachev laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. A small parade featuring the Waltham American Legion Band was also held on Red Square following the massive parade, becoming the first American Band to ever play in Moscow.


1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Full order of the marchpast, Ground column
During the transition period from the ground to mobile columns, 30 cadets from the Suvorov and Nakhimov schools marched to the grandstand to bring flowers to the Soviet leadership who attended.


1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Full order of the marchpast, Music
The military band of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union was commanded by Major General Nikolay Mikhailov.


1990 Moscow Victory Day Parade, Other parades held in other cities
For many republics, this was the last parade held before the independence day of their republic. Among these was the Latvian SSR, whose parade of the Baltic Military District took place on the bank of the Daugava in Riga, being received by Colonel General Fyodor Kuzmin, the commander of the district's troops. Parades were also held in cities such as Minsk (Belarusian SSR) and Kiev Ukrainian SSR).


1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series
The 1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series was an Australian motor racing competition open to Formula Ford cars. It was the 21st Australian national series for Formula Fords.


1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series
The series was won by Russell Ingall driving a Van Diemen RF90.


1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, Schedule
The series was contested over seven rounds with one race per round.


1990 Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series, Points system
Series points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten positions at each round.


1990 Mr. Olympia
The 1990 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held on September 15, 1990, at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago, Illinois.


1990 Mr. Olympia, Results
The total prize money awarded reached $200,000 for the first time ever.


1990 Ms. Olympia
The 1990 Ms. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition was held on November 24, 1990, in New York City, New York. It was the 11th Ms. Olympia competition held.


1990 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1990 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final was a hurling match played on Sunday 15 July 1990 at Semple Stadium. It was contested by Cork and Tipperary. Cork captained by Kieran McGuckin claimed the title beating defending champions Tipperary on a scoreline of 4–16 to 2–14.


1990 Myanmar general election
General elections were held in Myanmar on 27 May 1990, the first multi-party elections since 1960, after which the country had been ruled by a military dictatorship. The elections were for a parliament-sized constitutional committee to draft a new constitution.


1990 Myanmar general election
The result was a landslide win for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), which won 392 of the 492 seats. However, the military junta refused to recognise the results, and subsequently ruled the country as the State Peace and Development Council until 2011. Voter turnout was 72.6%.


1990 Myanmar general election, Background
The aftermath of the uprising in 1988 and the rise of leader Aung San Suu Kyi placed worldwide media attention on the political situation in Myanmar. In September 1988, the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC, the predecessor to the State Peace and Development Council), in its Declaration No. 1, had set four goals for the country: to maintain law and order, improve transportation, improve the humanitarian situation and hold multi-party elections. It also stated that the military would not "cling to power for long".


1990 Myanmar general election, Background
Suu Kyi had been calling for dialogue between the SLORC and the citizens of Myanmar. In May 1989, the government reopened universities that had been involved in the uprising the previous year. At the same time, the government conceded and a date for the election was set for May 1990 with political parties registering for the election immediately. The date, 27 May 1990, was chosen for its auspicious nature surrounding the number 9; 27 May (2+7=9), and on the fourth Sunday of the fifth month (4+5=9).


1990 Myanmar general election, Parties and campaigning
93 political parties presented a total of 2,297 candidates to contest the 492 constituencies, with at least 2 candidates per constituency. Of the 93, 19 different ethnic parties also took part in the election. The National Unity Party (NUP) was favoured by the military to win. Suu Kyi, a popular opposition figure, ran against General Ne Win's largely disliked associate, Sein Lein. The symbol for the NUP was a sheaf of rice stalks, and the NLD's was a straw hat. Some people took to wearing rice stalks around their bare feet, a grave insult in a Buddhist country.


1990 Myanmar general election, Parties and campaigning
Although election campaigning was underway, the government placed restrictions on opposition politicians. U Aung Gyi, a former member of the junta, was expected to lead a weak coalition that would not challenge the interests of the army. He was imprisoned in 1988 for his outspoken views against the regime, but criticised Suu Kyi for being a "radical manipulated by Communists". Former Prime Minister U Nu remained under house arrest during the election process, as was Suu Kyi since 20 July 1989, without trial. Throughout campaigning, the government kept its restrictions on public gatherings and political meetings, and required all political literature to be approved by the SLORC prior to publication; however political parties defied the ruling. Two days before the election, visas for 61 foreign journalists were unexpectedly issued to cover the vote.


1990 Myanmar general election, Results
The National League for Democracy (NLD) won 392 of the 492 contested seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw (Legislature), which would have given it an overwhelming majority had the chamber convened. The National Unity Party (NUP), which was favoured by the incumbent military junta, came second in terms of vote share with 21% of the vote and fourth in terms of seats, with only 10 seats in the chamber. The remaining seats in the chamber were won by a mixture of ethnic parties and independents.


1990 Myanmar general election, Aftermath
Initially, the SLORC said it would honour the results of the election to the Pyithu Hluttaw (Legislature). However, later the government, surprised at the outcome, annulled the results and many MPs elected were arrested or went into exile. Some later formed the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma. Two months after the election, the SLORC issued Order 1/90, explaining it had legitimacy to rule as it was recognised by the United Nations and individual countries, as well as ensuring it would prevent the break-up of the Union. It required all parties to recognise and accept the Order, and many opposition figures who refused were arrested.


1990 NAIA Division I football season
The 1990 NAIA Division I football season was the 35th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 21st season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.


1990 NAIA Division I football season
The season was played from August to November 1990 and culminated in the 1990 NAIA Champion Bowl playoffs and the 1990 NAIA Champion Bowl, played this year on December 8, 1990 at Ralph Stocker Stadium in Grand Junction, Colorado, on the campus of Mesa State College.


1990 NAIA Division I football season
Central State (OH) defeated Mesa State in the Champion Bowl, 38–16, to win their first NAIA national title. The Marauders won the championship after winning all three games on the road.


1990 NAIA Division II football season
The 1990 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1990 college football season in the United States and the 35th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 21st season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.


1990 NAIA Division II football season
The season was played from August to November 1990 and culminated in the 1990 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played in Omaha, Nebraska near the campus of Peru State College.


1990 NAIA Division II football season
Peru State defeated two-time defending champion Westminster (PA) in the championship game, 17–7, to win their first NAIA national title.


1990 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 53rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series
The 1990 NASCAR Busch Series began February 17 and ended October 28. Chuck Bown of Hensley Motorsports won the championship.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Goody's 300
The Goody's 300 was held February 17 at Daytona International Speedway. Darrell Waltrip won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Goody's 300
Did not qualify: Randy MacDonald (#16), Rick Ware (#62), Billy Standridge (#47), Bobby Dotter (#08), Mike Porter (#35), Ben Hess (#9), Joe Thurman (#24), Rich Bickle (#00), Patty Moise (#45), Geoff Bodine (#01), Randy LaJoie (#71), Steve Park (#84).


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Pontiac 200
The Pontiac 200 was held February 24 at Richmond International Raceway. Michael Waltrip won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Pontiac 200
Did not qualify: Steve Grissom (#31), Frank Fleming (#33), Clifford Allison (#34).


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Goodwrench 200
The Goodwrench 200 was held March 3 at North Carolina Speedway. Harry Gant won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Miller Classic
The Miller Classic was a 200 lap race held March 11 at Martinsville Speedway. Tommy Ellis won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Mountain Dew 400
The Mountain Dew 400 was held March 25 at Hickory Motor Speedway. Chuck Bown won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Pontiac 200
The Pontiac 200 was held March 31 at Darlington Raceway. Kenny Wallace won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Budweiser 250
The Budweiser 250 was held April 7 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Bobby Labonte won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, U-Can-Rent 200
The U-Can-Rent 200 was held April 28 at Lanier National Speedway. Chuck Bown won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Roses Stores 200
The Roses Stores 200 was held May 5 at South Boston Speedway. Jimmy Hensley won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Pontiac 300
The Pontiac 300 was held May 12 at Nazareth Speedway. Davey Allison won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Granger Select 200
The Granger Select 200 was held May 19 at Hickory Motor Speedway. Chuck Bown won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Champion 300
The Champion 300 was held May 26 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Dick Trickle won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Champion 300
Did not qualify: Jack Ingram (#11), Bobby Dotter (#08), Ward Burton (#9), Jeff McClure (#83), Ken Bouchard (#72), Jeff Berry (#61), Todd Taylor (#29), Ed Berrier (#4).


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Budweiser 200
The Budweiser 200 was held June 2 at Dover International Speedway. Bobby Labonte won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Budweiser 200
Did not qualify: Ed Berrier (#4), Dave Lind (#10), Dale Jarrett (#32), Kyle Petty (#42), Rick Carelli (#46), Mike McLaughlin (#51), Jimmy Spencer (#58), Randy LaJoie (#71), Dennis Curtis (#81), Stanley Smith (#94).


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Roses Stores 200
The Roses Stores 200 was held June 9 at Orange County Speedway. Jeff Burton won the pole. The race was televised by SportsChannel.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Firecracker 200
The Firecracker 200 was held June 23 at Volusia County Speedway. Chuck Bown won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Carolina Pride / Budweiser 200
The Carolina Pride / Budweiser 200 was held June 30 at Myrtle Beach Speedway. Tommy Ellis won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, True Value Oxford 250
The True Value Oxford 250 was a 250 green flag lap race held July 8 at Oxford Plains Speedway in Oxford, Maine. Joey Kourafas won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, True Value Oxford 250
Did not qualify: Wes Rosner (#4), Barney McRae (#5), Bob Brunell (#17), Davey Johnson (#26), Ed St. Angelo (#33), Patty Moise (#45), Mike McLaughlin (#51), Bruce Haley (#52), Mike Olsen (#61), Dean Chrystal (#65), Dave Smith (#84), Joe Nemechek (#87), Larry Caron (#88)


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, True Value Oxford 250
NOTE:  This is a joint Busch/Busch North series race. Under the rules of Oxford Plains Speedway for the Oxford 250, only green flag laps count towards the 250-lap distance.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Budweiser 300
The inaugural Budweiser 300 was held July 15 at New Hampshire International Speedway. The #25 of Jimmy Hensley won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Budweiser 300
Did not qualify: Joey Kourafas (#01), Joe Bessey (#09), Steve Park (#84), Mike Rowe (#15), Herb Simpson (#03), Jeff Barry (#23), Larry Brolsma (#18), Dave Davis (#21), Barney McRae (#5), Dale Shaw (#60), Ricky Miller (#06), Stub Fadden (#16), Gary Schwab (#89), Dave Lind (#0), Alan Strobridge (#6), Mike Weeden (#35), Bobby Gada (#36), Patty Moise (#45), Donny Ling Jr. (#66).


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Coors 200
The Coors 200 was held July 21 at South Boston Speedway. The #25 of Jimmy Hensley won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Granger Select 200
The Granger Select 200 was held July 28 at New River Valley Speedway in Dublin, Virginia. Steve Grissom won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Kroger 200
The Kroger 200 was held August 4 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The #25 of Jimmy Hensley won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Texas Pete 200
The Texas Pete 200 was held August 11 at Orange County Speedway. The #33 of Ed Berrier won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Jay Johnson 250
The Jay Johnson 250 was held August 24 at Bristol Motor Speedway. The #44 of Bobby Labonte won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Jay Johnson 250
Did not qualify: Harry Gant (#7), Morgan Shepherd (#9), Jack Ingram (#11).


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Gatorade 200
The Gatorade 200 was held September 1 at Darlington Raceway. The #17 of Greg Sacks won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Autolite 200
The Autolite 200 was held September 8 at Richmond International Raceway. Michael Waltrip won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Ames/Splitfire 200
The Ames/Splitfire 200 was held September 15 at Dover International Speedway. The #99 of Tommy Ellis won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Zerex 150
The Zerex 150 was held September 22 at Martinsville Speedway. The #22 of Rick Mast won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, All Pro 300
The All Pro 300 was held October 6 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The #63 of Chuck Bown won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, NE Chevy 250
The inaugural NE Chevy 250 was held October 14 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Ricky Craven won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, AC-Delco 200
The AC-Delco 200 was held October 20 at North Carolina Speedway. Dave Mader III won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, AC-Delco 200
Did not qualify: Richard Lasater (#05), Rich Burgess (#37), Barry Bostick (#39), Jimmy Spencer (#75), Joe Nemechek (#87), Randy Baker (#88).


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Winston Classic
The Winston Classic was a 200 lap race held October 28 at Martinsville Speedway. The #63 of Chuck Bown won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Winston Classic
Did not qualify: Mark Prestwood (#77), Jeff Gordon (#67), Doug Didero (#70).


1990 NASCAR Busch Series, Rookie of the Year
Joe Nemechek was named the 1990 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year, posting two top-five finishes and garnering a seventeenth-place points finish despite missing three races. The top runner-up was Bobby Moon, followed closely Ward Burton and Dana Patten, the only other candidates to try a full schedule. Among the other rookies in 1990 were Jack Sprague, Dave Mader III, and Clifford Allison.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 42nd season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 19th modern-era Cup Series. It began on Sunday, February 11, and ended on Sunday, November 18. Because of a highly controversial penalty to Mark Martin early in the season, Dale Earnhardt with Richard Childress Racing was crowned the Winston Cup champion for the fourth time, edging out Martin by 26 points.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Busch Clash
The exhibition Busch Clash race, for drivers who have won a pole position in the previous season or have won the event before, was held on February 11 at Daytona International Speedway. Jimmy Hensley drew the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Gatorade Twin 125s
The Gatorade Twin 125s qualifying for the Daytona 500 was held on February 15 at Daytona International Speedway.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Daytona 500
The 32nd annual Daytona 500 was held on February 18 at Daytona International Speedway. Ken Schrader won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Daytona 500
Failed to qualify: 0-Delma Cowart, 13-Mike Potter, 19-Chad Little, 29-Joe Booher, 34-Charlie Glotzbach, 35-Bill Venturini, 37-Dennis Langston, 39-Blackie Wangerin, 44-Jim Sauter, 48-Trevor Boys, 59-Mark Gibson, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 72-Stan Barrett, 77-Ken Ragan, 82-Mark Stahl, 85-Bobby Gerhart, 89-Rodney Combs, 96-Phillip Duffie, 01-Mickey Gibbs


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pontiac Excitement 400
The Pontiac Excitement 400 was held on February 25 at Richmond International Raceway. Ricky Rudd won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, GM Goodwrench 500
The GM Goodwrench 500 was held on March 4, 1990, at North Carolina Motor Speedway. Kyle Petty won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Motorcraft Quality Parts 500
The Motorcraft Quality Parts 500 was held on March 18 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Motorcraft Quality Parts 500
Failed to qualify: 14-A. J. Foyt, 46-Greg Sacks, 70-J. D. McDuffie


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, TranSouth 500
The TranSouth 500 was held on April 1 at Darlington Speedway. Geoff Bodine started on the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Valleydale Meats 500
The Valleydale Meats 500 was held on April 8 at Bristol International Raceway. The No. 4 of Ernie Irvan won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, First Union 400
The First Union 400 was held at North Wilkesboro Speedway on April 22, 1990. Mark Martin was the polesitter.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Hanes Activewear 500
The Hanes Activewear 500 was held on April 29 at Martinsville Speedway. Geoff Bodine won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Winston 500
The Winston 500 was held on May 6 at Talladega Superspeedway. The No. 9 of Bill Elliott won the pole. *


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Winston 500
Failed to qualify: 70-J. D. McDuffie, 80-Jimmy Horton, 82-Mark Stahl, 85-Bobby Gerhart


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Winston Open
The Winston Open, a shootout race for drivers who are normally not eligible for The Winston, was held May 20 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with the winner transferring to The Winston later in the day. Ernie Irvan was on the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, The Winston
The Winston was held May 20 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Dale Earnhardt started on pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Coca-Cola 600
The Coca-Cola 600 was held May 27 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The No. 25 of Ken Schrader won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Coca-Cola 600
Failed to qualify:0-Delma Cowart, 35-Bill Venturini, 36-H. B. Bailey, 38-Dick Johnson, 52-Jimmy Means, 53-Jerry O'Neil, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 74-Mike Potter, 82-Mark Stahl, 01-Mickey Gibbs, 04-Bill Meacham, 48-Robin Best


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Budweiser 500
The Budweiser 500 was held at Dover Downs International Speedway on June 3, 1990. Dick Trickle won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Banquet Frozen Foods 300
The Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was held June 10 at Sears Point Raceway. Ricky Rudd won the pole. Top Ten Results


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Banquet Frozen Foods 300
Failed to qualify: 52-Jimmy Means, J. C. Danielson, St. James Davis, Mike Hickingbottom


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Miller Genuine Draft 500
The Miller Genuine Draft 500 was held at Pocono International Raceway on June 17, 1990. Ernie Irvan started on the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Miller Genuine Draft 400
The Miller Genuine Draft 400 was held at Michigan International Speedway on June 24, 1990. Mark Martin won the pole via points as qualifying was rained out.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pepsi 400
The Pepsi 400 was held at Daytona International Speedway on July 7, 1990. Greg Sacks won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pepsi 400
Failed to qualify: 70-J. D. McDuffie*, 72-Tracy Leslie, 80-Jimmy Horton*


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, AC Spark Plug 500
The AC Spark Plug 500 was held July 22 at Pocono Raceway. Mark Martin qualified on the top spot.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, AC Spark Plug 500
Did not start: 50-Rich Vogler (credited with 40th place finish)


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, AC Spark Plug 500
Failed to qualify: 2-Troy Beebe, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 85-Bobby Gerhart


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Diehard 500
The Diehard 500 was held July 29, 1990, at Talladega Superspeedway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Diehard 500
Failed to qualify: 0-Delma Cowart, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 77-Ken Ragan


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Budweiser at The Glen
The Budweiser at The Glen was held at Watkins Glen International on August 12, 1990. Dale Earnhardt won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Champion Spark Plug 400
The Champion Spark Plug 400 was held on August 19, 1990, at Michigan International Speedway. The No. 7 of Alan Kulwicki won the pole.


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Champion Spark Plug 400
Failed to qualify: 34-Charlie Glotzbach, 36-H. B. Bailey, 70-J. D. McDuffie, 72-Tracy Leslie


1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Busch 500
The Busch 500 was held August 25, 1990, at Bristol International Raceway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole.