1990 VFA season, Association membership, Sunshine Football Club
After having withdrawn is senior and reserves teams midway through the 1989 season, Sunshine intended to regroup and return to the Association in 1990. Although the club believed it had restored a financial position stronger than at least five other struggling clubs in the competition, it appeared unlikely that the club would be permitted to continue as a stand-alone entity, so it proposed a merger with Brunswick to form a new club which would have been known as the Sunshine Magpies; but, on 2 October, Brunswick voted instead to merge with Broadmeadows.


1990 VFA season, Association membership, Sunshine Football Club
A new opportunity for the club's survival emerged on 3 October, when it was announced that League clubs Fitzroy and Footscray were merging, with the new Fitzroy Bulldogs club to play at Princes Park, North Carlton; this temporarily made Sunshine the only League or Association football team remaining in the inner western suburbs, giving it the chance to win over former Footscray fans, or enter a partnership with a new Footscray-based Association club; however, there was a strong and successful fightback campaign from local residents and businesses which not only kept Footscray as an independent League club, but also drew attention and local support away from Sunshine's efforts to consolidate its own viability.


1990 VFA season, Association membership, Sunshine Football Club
On 25 October, two days after the Fitzroy Bulldogs merger collapsed, the Association terminated Sunshine's licence. The club continued preparations for the 1990 season in the hope that it could convince the Association to change its mind, but this did not happen, bringing an end to Sunshine's 31-year stint in the competition.


1990 VFA season, Premiership season
In the home-and-away season, each team played eighteen games; the top five then contested the finals under the McIntyre Final Five system. The primary finals venue was North Port Oval, and the Grand Final was played at Princes Park.


1990 VFA season, Grand final, Scheduling
The Grand Final was originally scheduled for Sunday, 23 September; this was intended to be a vacant day in the Australian Football League's finals fixture, meaning that the Association Grand Final was to be the premier football event in Melbourne on the day. However, these plans were disrupted on Saturday, 8 September, when the Australian Football League Qualifying Final between Collingwood and West Coast was drawn; it was replayed on Saturday, 15 September. As a result of the adjusted AFL finals fixture, the Association Grand Final was now scheduled to clash with the AFL Second Semi-Final. To overcome this, the Association pushed the date of the Grand Final back to Sunday, 30 September.


1990 VFA season, Grand final, Scheduling
Springvale was unhappy with the schedule change, because it meant that it now faced a three-week break between its Second Semi-Final victory on 9 September and the Grand Final on 30 September, which risking upsetting its form; to try to overcome the handicap, Springvale played a practice match on 23 September against the Carlton reserves – which was also forced to endure a three-week break following adjustments made to the AFL reserves finals fixture on account of the draw in the seniors. Williamstown, which qualified through the Preliminary Final on 16 September, faced a two-week break before the Grand Final.


1990 VFA season, Grand final, Match details
The match is famous for Williamstown's final quarter come-from-behind victory. After Williamstown led by 17 points at quarter-time, Springvale dominated the second quarter to take a 19-point lead at half-time; at three-quarter time, Springvale led by 28 points, and it kicked the first goal of the final quarter to lead by 34 points. From that point, Williamstown kicked 6.6 (42) to 1.0 (6) to recover and win the game by two points.


1990 VFA season, Grand final, Match details
Veteran and dual-Liston Trophy winner Bill Swan kicked the winning goal for Williamstown with fifty seconds remaining; Swan was not known for his long kicking, and most observers, including Swan, thought that the fifty metre set shot was well beyond his range. Springvale coach Phil Maylin said after the game that he thought the three-week break had contributed to his team's slow finish.


1990 VFA season, Grand final, Match details
The game is considered one of the most memorable in VFA history; and in 2008, it was named as one of Australian rules football's 150 greatest moments, selected to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport.


1990 VFA season, Notable events, Interleague matches
The Association played one interleague match, against the Australian Capital Territory, during the 1990 season. Phil Cleary (Coburg) was coach of the Association team, and Brett McTaggart (Williamstown) was captain.


1990 VIII ACB International Tournament "VII Memorial Héctor Quiroga"
The 1990 VIII ACB International Tournament "VII Memorial Héctor Quiroga" was the 8th semi-official edition of the European Basketball Club Super Cup. It took place at Pabellón Municipal de Puerto Real, Puerto Real, Spain, on 7, 8 and 9 September 1990 with the participations of POP 84 (champions of the 1989–90 FIBA European Champions Cup), FC Barcelona Banca Catalana (runners-up of the 1989–90 FIBA European Champions Cup and champions of the 1989–90 Liga ACB), Montigalà Joventut (champions of the 1989–90 FIBA Korać Cup) and Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (champions of the 1989–90 Premier League).


1990 Vancouver municipal election
The city of Vancouver, Canada, held municipal elections on November 17, 1990. Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the previous 30 days and a resident of B.C. for the previous six months, were able to vote for candidates in four races that were presented on one ballot. In addition, Canadian citizen non-resident property owners were eligible to vote. For the first time, the City used Provincial Voters List as basis for City's List of Electors. 133,107 out of 257,352 voters cast ballots for a turnout of 52%.


1990 Vancouver municipal election
Mayor Gordon Campbell, of the Non-Partisan Association (NPA) was elected for a third term. However, NPA's representation on council was reduced, tying with the Coalition of Progressive Electors for five seats each. NPA later regained control of council through a byelection in 1992. This was Campbell's final term as mayor, before entering provincial politics as leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party in 1993.


1990 Vancouver municipal election
A number of referendum was included on the ballot. Vancouver voters approved new funds for a new main library, parks and recreation facilities and public works, but rejected an initiative seeking $500,000 to build a new otter habitat at the Stanley Park zoo.


1990 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1990 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Commodores were led by head coach Watson Brown in his fifth season and final season at his Alma mater. With a record of one win and ten losses (1–10 overall, 1–6 in the SEC).


1990 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
This was Vanderbilt's 101st year of playing football. It took Vanderbilt 50 years to make it to the 100 loss mark, and in the next 50 years Vanderbilt, would lose another 300 football games. In Vanderbilt's 3rd game of the 1990 season they lost to Alabama for the school's 400th all time loss.


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


1990 Venetian regional election, Events
Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, but it was four seats short of an outright majority in the Regional Council. The Greens and the regionalist parties did surprisingly well.


1990 Venetian regional election, Events
After the election Christian Democrat Franco Cremonese formed a government comprising the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Republican Party and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. The government fell in 1992 in the verge of Tangentopoli scandals and was replaced by a succession of governments, which included both Venetian League and the Democratic Party of the Left, the successor party of the Communists.


1990 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1990 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Democratic Governor Madeleine Kunin did not seek re-election. Former Governor of Vermont, Republican Richard Snelling defeated Democratic former State Senate President pro tempore Peter Welch in the general election. This would be the last Republican victory in a Vermont gubernatorial election until 2002.


1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cavaliers offense scored 464 points while the defense allowed 227 points. Led by head coach George Welsh, the Cavaliers competed in the Sugar Bowl.


1990 Virginia Cavaliers football team
This Virginia team is noteworthy for having achieved a No. 1 national ranking in the Associated Press college football poll for three weeks during the season, starting on October 16 of that year. The Cavaliers held the nation's top spot through the poll of October 30, but then dropped 10 spots after a loss to eventual national co-champion Georgia Tech the next week and continued to fade after that. It was the first time in the program's history that Virginia had ever earned the No. 1 ranking.


1990 Virginia Slims of California
The 1990 Virginia Slims of California was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena in Oakland, California in the United States and was part of the Tier II category of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the 19th edition of the tournament ran from October 29 through November 4, 1990. Second-seeded Monica Seles won the singles title.


1990 Virginia Slims of California, Finals, Doubles
Meredith McGrath /  Anne Smith defeated  Rosalyn Fairbank-Nideffer /  Robin White 2–6, 6–0, 6–4


1990 Virginia Slims of Chicago
The 1990 Virginia Slims of Chicago was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois in the United States and was part of the Tier I  category of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the 19th edition of the tournament and was held from February 12 through February 18, 1990. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her 10th at the event and earned $100,000 first-prize money.


1990 Virginia Slims of Chicago, Finals, Doubles
Martina Navratilova /  Anne Smith defeated  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario /  Nathalie Tauziat 6–7(9–11), 6–4, 6–3


1990 Virginia Slims of Florida
The 1990 Virginia Slims of Florida was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida in the United States and was part of the Tier II category of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and ran from March 5 through March 11, 1990. First-seeded Gabriela Sabatini won the singles title.


1990 Virginia Slims of Florida, Finals, Doubles
Jana Novotná /  Helena Suková defeated  Elise Burgin /  Mary Joe Fernández 6–4, 6–2


1990 Virginia Slims of Houston
The 1990 Virginia Slims of Houston was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Westside Tennis Club in Houston, Texas in the United States that was part of the Tier III category of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from March 27 through April 1, 1990. Fourth-seeded Katerina Maleeva won the singles title and earned won $45,000 first-prize money.


1990 Virginia Slims of Indian Wells – Singles
Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1990 Virginia Slims of Indian Wells – Singles
Martina Navratilova won in the final 6–2, 5–7, 6–1 against Helena Suková.


1990 Virginia Slims of Indian Wells – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1990 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles
The 1990 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Manhattan Country Club in Manhattan Beach, California in the United States that was part of the Tier II category of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and was held from August 13 through August 19, 1990. Second-seeded Monica Seles won the singles title and earned $70,000 first-prize money.


1990 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles, Finals, Doubles
Gigi Fernández /  Jana Novotná defeated  Mercedes Paz /  Gabriela Sabatini 6–3, 4–6, 6–4


1990 Virginia Slims of Nashville
The 1990 Virginia Slims of Nashville was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Maryland Farms Racquet Club in Brentwood, Tennessee in the United States and was part of the Tier IV category of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and ran from October 29 through November 4, 1990. Unseeded Natalia Medvedeva won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


1990 Virginia Slims of Nashville, Finals, Doubles
Kathy Jordan /  Larisa Neiland defeated  Brenda Schultz /  Caroline Vis 6–1, 6–2


1990 Virginia Slims of New England
The 1990 Virginia Slims of New England was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Worcester, Massachusetts in the United States and was part of the Tier II of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the sixth and final edition of the tournament and was held from November 5 through November 11, 1990. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title.


1990 Virginia Slims of New England, Finals, Doubles
Gigi Fernández /  Helena Suková defeated  Mary Joe Fernández /  Jana Novotná 	3–6, 6–3, 6–3


1990 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma
The 1990 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at The Greens Country Club in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the United States and was part of the Tier IV category of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and ran from February 19 through February 25, 1990. Third-seeded Amy Frazier won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


1990 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma, Finals, Doubles
Mary-Lou Daniels /  Wendy White defeated  Manon Bollegraf /  Lise Gregory 7–5, 6–2


1990 Virginia Slims of Washington
The 1990 Virginia Slims of Washington was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the GWU Charles Smith Center in Washington, D.C. in the United States and was part of Tier II of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the 17th edition of the tournament and ran from February 19 through February 25, 1990. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title, her ninth at the event.


1990 Virginia Slims of Washington, Finals, Doubles
Zina Garrison /  Martina Navratilova defeated  Ann Henricksson /  Dinky Van Rensburg 6–0, 6–3


1990 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
The 1990 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.


1990 Virginia ballot measures
The 1990 Virginia State Elections took place on Election Day, November 5, 1990, the same day as the U.S. Senate and U.S. House elections in the state. The only statewide elections on the ballot were four constitutional referendums  to amend the Virginia State Constitution. Because Virginia state elections are held on off-years, no statewide officers or state legislative elections were held. All referendums were referred to the voters by the Virginia General Assembly.


1990 Virginia ballot measures, Question 1
This amendment asked voters to lower the personal property tax rates for residents who are at least 65 years old and for residents who are permanently and totally disabled.


1990 Virginia ballot measures, Question 2
This amendment asked voters to allocate the proceeds from private property seized and forfeited to the Commonwealth for drug law violations for funding law enforcement instead of being allocated to the Virginia Literacy Fund, which supports public education in the state.


1990 Virginia ballot measures, Question 3
This amendment asked voters to establish a county/local-level tax for the purpose of funding local transportation projects and would have authorized counties to establish a new category of local debt for the purposes of funding local transportation. Most counties in Virginia do not have any local taxes and voters rejected the amendment by a wide margin.


1990 Virginia ballot measures, Question 4
This amendment asked voters to increase state taxes for the purpose of funding state transportation projects and would have authorized the Virginia General Assembly to establish a new category of state debt for the purposes of funding transportation throughout Virginia. Like the previous question, this amendment was very unpopular and was also rejected by voters.


1990 Volkswagen Damen Grand Prix
The 1990 Volkswagen Damen Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts in Leipzig in Germany that was part of the Tier III category of the 1990 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from 24 September until 30 September 1990. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title and earned $45,000 first-prize money as well as 240 ranking points.


1990 Volkswagen Damen Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Gretchen Magers /  Lise Gregory defeated  Manon Bollegraf /  Jo Durie 4–6, 6–3, 6–1


1990 Volta a Catalunya
The 1990 Volta a Catalunya was the 70th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 7 September to 13 September 1990. The race started in Barcelona and finished in Girona. The race was won by Laudelino Cubino of the BH team.


1990 Volvo International
The 1990 Volvo International was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in New Haven, Connecticut in the United States and was part of the Championship Series of the 1990 ATP Tour. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and ran from August 13 through August 20, 1990. Derrick Rostagno won the singles title.


1990 Volvo International, Finals, Doubles
Jeff Brown /  Scott Melville defeated  Goran Ivanišević /  Petr Korda 2–6, 7–5, 6–0


1990 Volvo International – Doubles
Mark Kratzmann and Wally Masur were the defending champions but only Masur competed that year with Pat Cash.


1990 Volvo International – Doubles
Cash and Masur lost in the second round to Paul Annacone and David Wheaton.


1990 Volvo International – Doubles
Jeff Brown and Scott Melville won in the final 2–6, 7–5, 6–0 against Goran Ivanišević and Petr Korda.


1990 Volvo International – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1990 Volvo International – Singles
Brad Gilbert was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Cristiano Caratti.


1990 Volvo International – Singles
Derrick Rostagno won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Todd Woodbridge.


1990 Volvo International – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1990 Volvo San Francisco
The 1990 Volvo San Francisco (known as such in 1990 for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 101st edition of the event known that year as the Volvo San Francisco, and part of the ATP World Series, Free Week series of the 1990 ATP Tour. It took place at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, United States, from 5 to 11 February 1990.


1990 Volvo San Francisco, Finals, Doubles
Kelly Jones /  Robert Van't Hof defeated  Glenn Layendecker /  Richey Reneberg, 2–6, 7–6, 6–3


1990 Volvo San Francisco – Doubles
Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser were the defending champions, but decided to not compete this year after winning the Australian Open 2 weeks earlier.


1990 Volvo San Francisco – Doubles
Kelly Jones and Robert Van't Hof won the title by defeating Glenn Layendecker and Richey Reneberg 2–6, 7–6, 6–3 in the final.


1990 Volvo San Francisco – Singles
Brad Gilbert was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Gary Muller.


1990 Volvo San Francisco – Singles
Andre Agassi won the title by defeating Todd Witsken 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


1990 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles
The 1990 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States that was part of the World Series of the 1990 ATP Tour. It was the 64th edition of the tournament and was held from July 30 through August 5, 1990. First-seeded Stefan Edberg, who had been a runner-up in 1985, 1986 and 1987, won the singles title and earned $32,400 first-prize money.


1990 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles, Finals, Doubles
Scott Davis /  David Pate defeated  Peter Lundgren /  Paul Wekesa 3–6, 6–1, 6–3


1990 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles – Doubles
Martin Davis and Tim Pawsat were the defending champions, but none competed this year. Davis retired from professional tennis during this season.


1990 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles – Doubles
Scott Davis and David Pate won the title by defeating Peter Lundgren and Paul Wekesa 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 in the final.


1990 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles – Singles
Aaron Krickstein was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Todd Witsken.


1990 Volvo Tennis Los Angeles – Singles
Stefan Edberg won the title by defeating Michael Chang 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–6(7–3) in the final.


1990 Volvo U.S. National Indoor
The 1990 Volvo U.S. National Indoor (known as such in 1990 for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 20th edition of the event known that year as the Volvo U.S. National Indoor, and was part of the ATP World Series of the 1990 ATP Tour. It took place in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, from February 26 to March 4, 1990. Unseeded Michael Stich won the singles title.


1990 Volvo U.S. National Indoor, Finals, Doubles
Darren Cahill /  Mark Kratzmann defeated  Udo Riglewski /  Michael Stich, 7–5, 6–2


1990 Volvo U.S. National Indoor – Doubles
Paul Annacone and Christo van Rensburg were the defending champions. Annacone competed alongside Kelly Evernden but lost in the semifinals, while van Rensburg played with Kevin Curren and lost in the quarterfinals. Darren Cahill and Mark Kratzmann won the title, defeating Udo Riglewski and Michael Stich 7–5, 6–2, in the final.


1990 Volvo U.S. National Indoor – Singles
Brad Gilbert was the defending champion, but did not take part in the U.S. National Indoor tennis tournament that year. Michael Stich clinched his first career singles title in the final, defeating Wally Masur 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–1).


1990 Vrancea earthquakes
The 1990 Vrancea earthquakes were three earthquakes on 30 and 31 May 1990 with magnitudes of 7.0 Mw and 6.2 Mw  that struck the Romanian county of Vrancea, on two consecutive days. Severe damage in the Bucharest-Brăila-Brașov area was reported and dozens of casualties in Romania and neighbouring Moldova, Ukraine and Bulgaria.


1990 Vrancea earthquakes
The seismic doublet of May 1990 consisted of two mainshocks occurred at a distance of only 13 hours. The first mainshock took place in the afternoon of 30 May 1990, at 13:40:06 (local hour). The epicenter was located in the northeastern part of the Vrancea Mountains (), at a depth of 89 km. The earthquake had a magnitude of MGR = 6.7 or Mw = 6.9, the intensity in the epicentral area being of VIII degrees on the Mercalli intensity scale, and VII degrees in Bucharest.


1990 Vrancea earthquakes
On the morning of 31 May 1990, at 3:17 (local hour), occurred the second mainshock, at a depth of 79–86 km, having the magnitude MGR = 6.1 or Mw = 6.3. The event was felt in the epicentral area with an intensity of VII degrees on the Mercalli intensity scale, and VI degrees in Bucharest; likewise, the quake was felt strong enough in Dobruja.


1990 Vrancea earthquakes
In the USGS EXPO-CAT database it is estimated that during this earthquake 355,000 people were exposed to intensity VII, of which around 61% were in rural areas.


1990 Vrancea earthquakes, Aftershocks
The first mainshock was followed by several aftershocks with magnitudes ranging between 3–4.5 degrees on the Richter scale, reported in the afternoon and evening of 30 May.


1990 Vrancea earthquakes, Aftershocks
On the morning of 31 May 1990 continued the replicas of the two mainshocks. Thus, at 7:48 (local hour) occurred a replica of magnitude 4.7, felt in Bucharest with an intensity of IV degrees on the Mercalli intensity scale. Other replicas of lower magnitudes continued to occur in Vrancea until the end of June 1990, in the depth floor of 70–90 km. Secondary seismic movements, at the same depth, were recorded and later, until October 1990.


1990 Vrancea earthquakes, Damage
Economic losses have been reported by Munich Re to be in the region of 30 million US$. In Moldova, the earthquake caused damage to property worth 100 million rubles.


1990 Vrancea earthquakes, Casualties
According to data from the General Inspectorate of Police, the earthquake killed nine people. Two of the deaths occurred in Bucharest in the district of Colentina, when the heavy plasterboard of an 11-storey apartment block collapsed along the expansion joint, due to pounding between the two separate parts of the structure.


1990 Vrancea earthquakes, Casualties
Were injured in total 362 persons, including 100 severely, namely: Bucharest 35, Bacău 14, Brașov 3, Brăila 11, Dolj 1, Galați 12, Ialomița 4, Prahova 14, Vaslui 1, Vrancea 2. Were slightly injured 262 people, of which 103 in Bucharest, 16 in Bacău, 14 in Brașov, 47 in Brăila, 7 in Covasna, 20 in Dolj, 10 in Galați, 8 in Ialomița, 20 in Prahova, 1 in Vrancea. The injuries and deaths were a result of falling chimneys, pieces of construction materials from the upper floors of buildings.


1990 Vrancea earthquakes, Casualties
In Moldavia, four people died and dozens were injured, and in northern Bulgaria, one person died of a heart attack.


1990 Vuelta a Andalucía
The 1990 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 36th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía cycle race and was held on 6 February to 11 February 1990. The race started in Marbella and finished in Granada. The race was won by Eduardo Chozas.


1990 Vuelta a España
The 45th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 24 April to 15 May 1990. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,680 km (2,287 mi), and was won by Marco Giovannetti of the Seur cycling team.


1990 Vuelta a España
Defending champion Pedro Delgado was the principal favourite for the win of the race. Delgado was joined by a strong Banesto team that included Miguel Induráin and Julián Gorospe. The other Spanish favourites included 1986 winner Álvaro Pino as well as Anselmo Fuerte and 1982 winner Marino Lejarreta. Of the potential foreign winners were the strong Colombians which included Fabio Parra and Lucho Herrera.


1990 Vuelta a España
Pello Ruiz Cabestany won the opening time trial and took the first leader's jersey. The following day a breakaway got away and Viktor Klimov took the jersey. On the sixth stage a break won the day and took an advantage of over four minutes. Gorospe took the leader's jersey. However on the eleventh stage, Gorospe had a bad day and lost the jersey to Marco Giovannetti who had been second on the general classification and had been in the break that gained the time on the favourites. Delgado tried to close the gap to Giovannetti over the remainder of the race but could not. Giovannetti won his first and only grand tour ahead of Delgado and Anselmo Fuerte.


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11
The 1990 Vuelta a España was the 45th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Benicàssim, with an individual time trial on 24 April, and Stage 11 occurred on 4 May with a stage to San Isidro. The race finished in Madrid on 15 May.


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
24 April 1990 — Benicàssim to Benicàssim, 11.5 km (7.1 mi) (ITT)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2a
25 April 1990 — Oropesa to Castellón, 108 km (67 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2b
25 April 1990 — Benicàssim to Borriana, 36.3 km (22.6 mi) (TTT)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
26 April 1990 — Dénia to Murcia, 204.3 km (126.9 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
27 April 1990 — Murcia to Almería, 233.2 km (144.9 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
28 April 1990 — Almería to Sierra Nevada, 198 km (123 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
29 April 1990 — Loja to Ubrique, 195.2 km (121.3 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
30 April 1990 — Jerez to Seville, 187.3 km (116.4 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
1 May 1990 — Seville to Mérida, 199.6 km (124.0 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
2 May 1990 — Cáceres to Guijuelo, 192.7 km (119.7 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
3 May 1990 — Peñaranda de Bracamonte to León, 230 km (140 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
4 May 1990 — León to San Isidro, 203 km (126 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22
The 1990 Vuelta a España was the 45th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Benicàssim, with an individual time trial on 24 April, and Stage 12 occurred on 5 May with a stage from San Isidro. The race finished in Madrid on 15 May.


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 12
5 May 1990 — San Isidro to Naranco, 156 km (97 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 13
6 May 1990 — Oviedo to Santander, 193.3 km (120.1 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 14
7 May 1990 — Santander to Nájera, 207 km (129 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 15
8 May 1990 — Ezcaray to Valdezcaray, 24 km (15 mi) (ITT)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 16
9 May 1990 — Logroño to Pamplona, 165 km (103 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 17
10 May 1990 — Pamplona to Jaca, 151 km (94 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 18
11 May 1990 — Jaca to Cerler, 178 km (111 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 19
12 May 1990 — Benasque to Zaragoza, 223 km (139 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 20
13 May 1990 — Zaragoza to Zaragoza, 39 km (24 mi) (ITT)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 21
14 May 1990 — Collado Villalba to Palazuelos de Eresma, 188 km (117 mi)


1990 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 22
15 May 1990 — Segovia to Madrid, 176 km (109 mi)


1990 Vuelta a Murcia
The 1990 Vuelta a Murcia was the sixth edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 6 March to 11 March 1990. The race started in Águilas and finished in Murcia. The race was won by Tom Cordes.


1990 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 7–10 at the Special Events Center at the University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, Texas.


1990 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
UTEP defeated Hawaii in the championship game, 75–58, to clinch their fourth overall, and second consecutive, WAC men's tournament championship


1990 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The Miners, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the WAC regular season co-champions Colorado State and BYU, who both earned at-large bids (both teams lost their WAC quarterfinal games to lower seeds).


1990 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The tournament field remained fixed at nine teams, and teams were again seeded based on regular season conference records. All teams were entered into the quarterfinal round with the exception of the two lowest-seeded teams, who played in the preliminary first round to determine who would then play against the tournament's top seed.


1990 WAFU Club Championship
The 1990 WAFU Club Championship was the fourteenth football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up or third place of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by Ivory Coast's ASEC Abidjan after defeating Djoliba AC in the first match 1-0 as the second had a goal draw. A total of about 45 goals were scored. Originally a 26 match season, it was reduced to a 22 match season as the Invincible Eleven withdrew during the quarterfinals and then Ranchers Bees during the semis, neither club from the Gambia nor Mauritania participated. Sporting Bissau was the only club who abandoned the tournament during the second match.


1990 WAFU Club Championship, Quarterfinals
The match between Mogas 90 of Benin and the Invincible Eleven were not held as the Invincible Eleven withdrew.


1990 WAFU Club Championship, Semifinals
The matches between Djoliba AC and Ranchers Bees were cancelled as Ranchers Bees withdrew


1990 WASFL season
The 1990 WASFL season was the 106th season of senior Australian rules football in Perth, Western Australia. It saw the league, already realising that the damage from the admission to the VFL of West Coast would be permanent rather than temporary as was hoped in 1986, rebrand itself as the Western Australia State Football League, but the move was unsuccessful and reversed after a single season.


1990 WASFL season
The refusal of WASFL clubs to permit an Eagles reserves team in the WASFL and the WAFC's refusal to accept one in the AFL's reserve grade competition led to further problems when Claremont said they would not play West Coast discards in the league team and produced a short-lived draft for such players, whilst at the same time Claremont rejected a proposed draft for the numerous young footballers who came from Perth's private schools but when not boarding lived in rural areas.


1990 WASFL season
In anticipation of an AFL move planned in 1995 but not executed until 2000, the WASFL abolished the 50:50 sharing of gate revenue to allow the home team to keep all gate receipts. This helped some clubs like South Fremantle and Swan Districts, but along with the diversion of their former $250,000 league dividend to pay for the Eagles’ licence had a severe effect off-field for struggling Perth, who announced in June they had to raise $100,000 to avoid folding at the end of the season.


1990 WASFL season
The WASFL during the pre-season made a number of moves designed to resurrect its flagging appeal, including a television campaign aimed at the younger generation and a sponsorship deal with Pepsi. The league also adopted sponsorship naming for the first time and called itself the ‘Pepsi Cup’ for three seasons. To avoid conflict with television broadcasts of West Coast games, the WASFL played finals on Sunday for the first time, and the experiment was accepted despite attendances considered "poor".


1990 WASFL season
On the playing field, 1990 saw the Gerard Neesham-coached Claremont become the first team since South Fremantle between 1950 and 1953 to record four consecutive minor premierships, only to be beaten for the fourth time in five encounters by a Swan Districts team boosted by the return of John Todd who had coached the Swans to a hat-trick of premierships in the middle 1980s.


1990 WASFL season
East Perth, after five years with only twenty-four victories from 105 matches and being lucky to not suffer four wooden spoons, returned to their former home of Perth Oval, cleaned out many of their established senior players and rose to fifth in a season with such a pronounced gap between the finalists and also-rans that the four was mathematically sealed with three rounds to go.


1990 WASFL season
On the other hand, West Perth, after the previous season making only its third finals series since 1978, lost their entire ruck and most of their goal-to-goal line and plummeted to its first wooden spoon since 1974 and only its second since 1939. A controversy over the clearance of Stephen Walsey (whose application was rejected by WASFL commissioner Brian Sierakowski but transferred after a fee was negotiated), Angelo del Borello and Frank del Casale from East Perth did not help the Falcons, but they did win only their second – and last as of 2014 – Colts premiership.


1990 WASFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 18
After nagging injuries earlier in 1990, Scott Watters shows his best form for South Fremantle, and the Bulldogs move to within percentage of the double chance with the easiest draw of the three contenders.


1990 WASFL season, Home-and-away season, Round 19
Brian Peake becomes the second West Australian to reach 400 senior games, and has eleven possessions in the centre in the first quarter to inspire Perth to a superb display, before Claremont predictably overwhelm the Demons as Peake’s influence dwindles.


1990 WASFL season, Finals, First semi-final
Stan Magro’s gamble in playing four not-fully-fit players pays off, as Stevan Jackson and Glen Jakovich dominate the key forward positions and Peter Matera adds four more majors as the Sharks cannot counter the Bulldogs’ dominance of the central corridor.


1990 WASFL season, Finals, Second semi-final
In warm but slippery conditions, Gerard Neesham’s coaching skill and the long kicking of fringe Eagle Don Pyke has Swans virtually paralysed until the last fifteen minutes when four late goals flatter the black and whites.


1990 WASFL season, Finals, Preliminary final
Ken Bell keeps rookie ruckman Travis Edmonds in the reserves, and his triumph over formidable South pair Edwards and Nalder ensures a Grand Final berth.


1990 WASFL season, Finals, Grand Final
John Todd and semi-retired veterans Don Holmes, Don Langsford, Brett Hutton and Phil Narkle defeat Claremont for a third time in the Grand Final, two years after Swans were wooden spooners. The Simpson Medal goes to the son of Swans’ greatest player and then-president, Bill Walker.


1990 WASFL season, Notes
Brother of Essendon champion Michael Long. The sequence was the Royals’ longest losing sequence since their record of fifteen straight losses in 1929. Schmidt had actually trialled for Essendon in practice matches before the 1986 VFL season but his commitments made it impossible for him to sign a contract. Barry Cable was the first, in the nineteenth round of 1979. Both figures include games played for VFL clubs (North Melbourne and Geelong) Swans’ reserves lost to South Fremantle by two points in that grade's preliminary final.


1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 31st conference playoff in league history and 38th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 1 and March 12, 1990. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Four' matches were held at the Civic Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 8 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated. The top four seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.


1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The winners of the first round series advanced to the semifinal and championship rounds held at the Civic Center. All Final Four games used a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 4 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top remaining seed matched against lowest remaining seed in one semifinal game while the two other semifinalists meeting with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers competing in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1990 WNBL season
The 1990 WNBL season was the tenth season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 13 teams contested the league.


1990 WTA Tour
The 1990 WTA Tour (officially titled 1990 Kraft General Foods World Tour after its sponsor) was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 1990 tennis season. The 1990 WTA Tour calendar comprised the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V events. ITF tournaments were not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.


1990 WTA Tour, Schedule
The complete schedule of events on the 1990 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.


1990 WTA Tour, Rankings
Below are the 1990 WTA year-end rankings (November 26, 1990) in both singles and doubles competition:


1990 WTA Tour Championships
The 1990 Virginia Slims Championships was the season-ending women's tennis held at the Madison Square Garden in New York, United States between November 12 and November 18, 1990. Second-seeded Monica Seles won the singles title in the first five set women's final since Elisabeth Moore won the 1901 U.S. National Championships. Seles received $250,000 first-prize money. Martina Navratilova had qualified for the tournament but withdrew in order to undergo a knee operation.


1990 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Singles
Monica Seles defeated  Gabriela Sabatini, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2.


1990 WTA Tour Championships, Finals, Doubles
Kathy Jordan /  Elizabeth Sayers defeated  Mercedes Paz /  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 7–6(7–4), 6–4.


1990 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions, but Navratilova was forced to withdraw due to a knee surgery.


1990 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles
Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie won the title by defeating Mercedes Paz and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7–6(7–4), 6–4 in the final.


1990 WTA Tour Championships – Singles
Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Gabriela Sabatini.


1990 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1990 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Bill Dooley, the Demon Deacons compiled a 3–8 record and finished in last place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


1990 Wales rugby union tour of Namibia
The 1990 Wales rugby union tour of Namibia was a series of rugby union matches played between 23 May and 9 June 1990 in Namibia by the Wales national rugby union team. It was the first Welsh tour of Namibia and they won all six matches.


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


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


1990 Washington Commandos season
The 1990 Washington Commandos season was the third and final season for the Commandos. The team returned to the Washington name for their final season in 1990. They were coached by Hohensee, who had been promoted from his assistant position. The Commandos started the season 0-3. They finished with a record of 2–6.


1990 Washington Commandos season, Roster
Rookies in italics updated March 13, 201326 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 PS


1990 Washington Huskies football team
The 1990 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1990 Washington Huskies football team
The Huskies won their first conference championship since 1981 and defeated #17 Iowa in the Rose Bowl by twelve points, 46–34. It was the first victory in that game in nine years as well, when Washington crushed Iowa 28–0 in the 1982 game. The Huskies were led by head coach Don James, offensive coordinator Gary Pinkel, and defensive coordinator Jim Lambright. Pinkel left Washington after the season to become head coach at Toledo, where he stayed for a decade and then moved to Missouri. Lambright succeeded James as head coach of the Huskies in August 1993.


1990 Washington Huskies football team
Five Huskies were selected in the 1991 NFL draft, led by running back Greg Lewis and defensive back Charles Mincy. Sophomore defensive lineman Steve Emtman was the first overall pick in 1992.


1990 Washington Huskies football team, Season summary
The Huskies were ranked #20 in the 1990 pre-season, and started slowly with close wins over San José State at home and at Purdue. In the third game, #5 USC, in pursuit of a fourth straight Rose Bowl, entered Husky Stadium as a 5-point favorite with a four-game winning streak over UW, but was shut out 31–0 on a hot afternoon on the Seattle AstroTurf. The game started at 3:30 p.m. in the 92 °F (33 °C) heat and the opportunistic Huskies led 24–0 at the half. Sacked three times and under pressure all day, Trojan QB Todd Marinovich stated, "I just saw purple. That's all I saw. No numbers, no faces, just purple."


1990 Washington Huskies football team, Season summary
The Huskies suffered a letdown the following week, losing to #20 Colorado in Boulder by six. (Colorado would claim half of the 1990 national championship, tainted by the "fifth down" touchdown at Missouri the following week.) The UW Dawgs regrouped and rolled through the next five games, all in conference and by large margins, and climbed to 8–1 record; they clinched the league title and Rose Bowl berth on November 3 after a 54–10 drubbing of #23 Arizona.


1990 Washington Huskies football team, Season summary
The Huskies moved up five places to a #2 national ranking, behind Notre Dame, when UCLA visited the following week. In the wind and under dark but rainless skies on November 10, the 21-point underdog Bruins jumped out to an early lead with an 89-yard run. The game went back and forth, and was tied at 22 until a late field goal by UCLA ended UW's national title hopes. The Huskies took their frustration at the loss and their drop in ranking to #10 by crushing Washington State in Pullman to win the Apple Cup 55–10. The Cougars scored their touchdown on Husky reserves with less than three minutes remaining to close the margin to 45 points.


1990 Washington Huskies football team, Season summary
The #8 ranked Pac-10 champs then took on the Big Ten champions, #17 Iowa Hawkeyes, in the Rose Bowl, winning 46–34. Entering the fourth quarter with a 39–14 lead, reserves were entered into the game for the Huskies and promptly gave up two touchdowns; UW then scored its own touchdown to push the lead back to 46–26, answered by an Iowa TD and conversion to close the final score to a 12 point gap. The Huskies, like all Pac-10 teams in 1990, played an eight-game conference schedule. They did not play Oregon State, who finished last in the Pac-10 at 1–10 overall (1–7 in conference) and fired sixth-year head coach Dave Kragthorpe.


1990 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft
Five Huskies were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft, which lasted twelve rounds (334 selections).


1990 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft
Both 1990 Washington quarterbacks were selected in the 1993 NFL Draft. Sophomore starter Mark Brunell was taken by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round with the 118th pick. Brunell was a reserve for two seasons behind Brett Favre in Green Bay, then led the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995. Redshirt freshman Billy Joe Hobert was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the third round with the 58th pick.


1990 Washington Redskins season
The 1990 season was the Washington Redskins' 59th in the National Football League, their 54th representing Washington, D.C. and the tenth under head coach Joe Gibbs. The team matched on their 10–6 record from 1989, this time it was enough to earn them' their first playoff appearance since 1987. The Redskins season ended when they fell to the San Francisco 49ers 28–10 in the Divisional Playoffs.


1990 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1990 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Mike Price, the Cougars compiled a 3–8 record (2–6 in Pac-10, ninth), and were outscored by their opponents 381 to 286.


1990 Washington State Cougars football team
The team's statistical leaders included Drew Bledsoe with 1,386 passing yards, Shaumbe Wright-Fair with 739 rushing yards, and Phillip Bobo with 758 receiving yards.


1990 Washington State Cougars football team
WSU played three quarterbacks this season: senior Brad Gossen, redshirt sophomore Aaron Garcia, and true freshman Bledsoe, who started the final five games. The Cougars played their home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman; sand-filled Omniturf was installed prior to the season, and the offset double-support goal posts made their debut.


1990 Washington State Cougars football team
For the only time since 1935, Northwest foe Oregon was not on the Cougars' schedule (excluding the war years without a team (1943, 1944)).


1990 Washington State Cougars football team, NFL Draft
For the first time in fourteen years, no Cougars were selected in the 1991 NFL Draft; four were taken the following year.


1990 Washington, D.C. mayoral election
The 1990 Washington, D.C. mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 1990, with Democratic candidate Sharon Pratt Dixon defeating Republican Maurice Turner.


1990 Washington, D.C. mayoral election
Sharon Pratt Dixon announced at the 1988 Democratic National Convention that she would challenge incumbent mayor Marion Barry in the 1990 election. Pratt was the only candidate to have officially announced her plans to run for mayor when Barry was arrested on drug charges and dropped out of the race in early 1990. Shortly thereafter, the race was joined by longtime councilmembers John Ray, Charlene Drew Jarvis and David Clarke. Pratt criticized her three main opponents, referring to them as the "three blind mice" who "saw nothing, said nothing and did nothing as the city rapidly decayed." She was the only candidate who called on Barry to resign from office, and ran specifically as an outsider to his political machine with the campaign slogan of "Clean House."


1990 Washington, D.C. mayoral election
Following a series of televised debates during the last few weeks of the campaign, Pratt received the endorsement of The Washington Post. The day the endorsement appeared, her poll numbers skyrocketed, with many political observers attributing the rise specifically to the Post's backing. On the eve of the election, polls showed Councilmember John Ray holding the lead, but Pratt gaining ground fast and a large margin of undecided voters remaining. However, even with the smallest campaign staff and least money, Pratt won the election, defeating second-place Ray by 10%. As Washington is a heavily Democratic city, Dixon's victory over Republican former police chief Maurice T. Turner, Jr., in the November 6 general election was a foregone conclusion.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision
The 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision involved the collision of two Northwest Airlines jetliners at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on December 3, 1990. Flight 1482, a scheduled Douglas DC-9-14 operating from Detroit to Pittsburgh International Airport, taxied by mistake onto an active runway in dense fog and was hit by a departing Boeing 727 operating as Flight 299 to Memphis International Airport. One member of the crew and seven passengers of the DC-9 were killed.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, Accident
Northwest Airlines Flight 1482, a Douglas DC-9-14, was cleared from the gate toward Runway 03C, but it missed turning onto Taxiway Oscar 6 and instead entered the outer taxiway. To correct the error, the crew were instructed to turn right onto Taxiway X-ray, but they instead turned onto the active runway, 03C. They realized the mistake and contacted air traffic control, which instructed them to leave the runway immediately.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, Accident
Five seconds later (at 13:45 EST), the crew saw the Boeing 727, Northwest Flight 299 to Memphis, heading toward them on its takeoff roll. The 727's wing cut through the right side of the DC-9's fuselage just below the windows, then continued aft, finally cutting off the DC-9's right-side (#2) engine. The DC-9 caught fire and was destroyed.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, Accident
The captain of the DC-9 escaped from the aircraft through the left sliding window. Eighteen people escaped the plane from the left overwing exit, 13 people escaped through the left main boarding door and four people jumped from the right service door. The rear jumpseat flight attendant and a passenger died from smoke inhalation in the DC-9's tailcone; the tailcone release was not activated, and later investigation determined that the release mechanism was mechanically inoperable.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, Accident
Of the surviving passengers, the NTSB stated that 10 received serious injuries and 23 received minor or no injuries. The three surviving crew members received minor or no injuries. The NTSB added that it did not receive medical records for three passengers who were admitted to a burn center; for purposes of the report, the NTSB labeled their injuries as serious. The NTSB also did not receive medical records for the copilot and six passengers who were treated and released from area hospitals; for the purposes of the report, the NTSB assumed that they had received minor injuries.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, Accident
After the collision, the 727 flight crew immediately initiated a rejected takeoff and was able to stop the aircraft safely on the remaining runway. The captain then shut down all three engines and ascertained that no one on board had been injured and that the aircraft was only lightly damaged. Deciding that no immediate danger existed, he did not order an emergency evacuation, and the passengers and crew deplaned using the rear airstair after the aircraft was sprayed with fire retardant foam as a precaution. The 727 sustained a damaged wing and was later repaired.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, Aircraft and crew
The Douglas DC-9 operating Flight 1482, registered N3313L, was built in 1966 and had a total of 62,253 operating hours. The plane was delivered new to Delta, which sold it to Southern Airways in 1973, and it became part of Northwest's fleet after the 1986 acquisition of Southern's successor, Republic Airlines. It was declared a total loss and scrapped following this incident. The crew consisted of Captain William Lovelace (52), who had 23,000 flight hours with 4,000 hours in the DC-9, and First Officer James Schifferns (43), who had 4,685 flight hours with 185 hours in the DC-9.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, Aircraft and crew
The Boeing 727 operating Flight 299 was registered N278US and had been purchased by Northwest in 1975. It had 37,310 operating hours. The aircraft was repaired and continued in service for Northwest until 1995. N278US was flown by Kitty Hawk Aircargo before being scrapped in 2011. The crew consisted of Captain Robert Ouellette (42), who had 10,400 flight hours with 5,400 hours on the 727, First Officer William Hagedorn (37), who had 5,400 flight hours with 2,350 hours on the 727, and Flight Engineer Darren Owen (31), who had 3,300 flight hours with 900 hours on the 727.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, Investigation
The accident was investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board, which determined the probable cause of the accident to be:


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, Investigation
a lack of proper crew coordination, including a virtual reversal of roles by the DC-9 pilots, which led to their failure to stop taxiing their airplane and alert the ground controller of their positional uncertainty in a timely manner before and after intruding onto the active runway.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, Investigation
Contributing to the cause of the accident were (1) deficiencies in the air traffic control services provided by the Detroit tower, including failure of the ground controller to take timely action to alert the local controller to the possible runway incursion, inadequate visibility observations, failure to use progressive taxi instructions in low-visibility conditions, and issuance of inappropriate and confusing taxi instructions compounded by inadequate backup supervision for the level of experience of the staff on duty; (2) deficiencies in the surface markings, signage, and lighting at the airport and the failure of Federal Aviation Administration surveillance to detect or correct any of these deficiencies; and (3) failure of Northwest Airlines, Inc., to provide adequate cockpit resource management training to their line aircrews.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, Investigation
Contributing to the fatalities in the accident was the inoperability of the DC-9 internal tail cone release mechanism. Contributing to the number and severity of injuries was the failure of the crew of the DC-9 to properly execute the passenger evacuation.


1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, In popular culture
The accident is featured in the fourth episode of Season 20 of Mayday, also known as Air Crash Investigation. The episode is titled "Taxiway Turmoil."


1990 Welsh Professional Championship
The 1990 Senator Windows Welsh Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in February 1990.


1990 Welsh Professional Championship
Darren Morgan won the tournament defeating Doug Mountjoy 9–7 in the final.


1990 Wembley bombing
The Provisional IRA (IRA) planted a bomb underneath a minibus at an army recruiting centre in Wembley, northwest London on 16 May 1990, killing a soldier and injuring four others. The dead victim was the van's driver, 34-year-old Sergeant Charles Chapman from the Queen's Regiment, a father of two. The injured included his colleague, who got shrapnel wounds to his legs and right shoulder, and a burned face. The bomb was believed to have been 2 lb of Semtex and shattered nearby windows when it exploded around 5:15 pm.


1990 Wembley bombing
The van was an unmarked white Leyland Sherpa (registration O466 AGX) parked in an alleyway behind the office, which was checked by the two soldiers beforehand but the bomb was cleverly hidden, and detonated as Chapman turned on the ignition. The bomb could have caused more casualties had it exploded later when the van entered the busy street.


1990 Wembley bombing
Police were looking for a suspect on a motorbike, but no one was ever convicted of Chapman's murder. The next day the IRA claimed responsibility in a statement from Dublin: "While the British government persists in its continued occupation of the north of Ireland, the IRA will persist in attacking the British government and its forces in England". Five days prior, the IRA bombed the Royal Army Educational Corps headquarters in Eltham which injured five civilians. The attacks were part of the start of a new bombing campaign in London.


1990 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1990 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 3 and 4 at the Gersten Pavilion at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. This was the fourth edition of the tournament.


1990 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
During the first semi-final game on Sunday between top-seeded Loyola Marymount and #4 seed Portland, LMU forward Hank Gathers collapsed with 13:34 left in the first half. He had just scored a dunk on an alley-oop pass from point guard Terrell Lowery that put the Lions up 25–13. He fell a short distance from Pilots point guard Erik Spoelstra, attempted to get up, but shortly after stopped breathing. Transferred to nearby Daniel Freeman Marina Hospital, Gathers was pronounced dead less than two hours later; he was 23 years old.


1990 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The game and the rest of the tournament were subsequently cancelled, with regular season champion LMU awarded the WCC's berth in the 64-team NCAA Tournament. Seeded eleventh in the West regional, the Lions won three games and advanced to the Elite Eight; they lost to top seed UNLV, the eventual national champion.


1990 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1990 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 98th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 11th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7 overall).


1990 Western Isles Area Council election
The fifth election to the Western Isles Council was held on 3 May 1990 as part of the wider 1990 Scottish regional elections.


1990 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1990 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Al Molde, the Broncos compiled a 7–4 record (5–3 against MAC opponents), finished in third place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents, 249 to 218. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1990 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Brad Tayles with 2,397 passing yards, Corey Sylve with 840 rushing yards, and Allan Boyko with 792 receiving yards. Linebacker Sean Mulhearn was selected as the MAC defensive player of the year.


1990 Western Samoan constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Western Samoa on 12 November 1990. Voters were asked whether they approved of the introduction of universal suffrage and a second chamber of Parliament. The first change was approved by 52.6% of voters, but the second opposed by 60.7%. Voter turnout was 74.3% for the first question and 73.7% for the second.


1990 Western Samoan constitutional referendum
Although universal suffrage was introduced, candidates in elections still had to be part of the Matai.


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


1990 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1990.


1990 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to the Wigan council were held on Thursday, 3 May 1990, with one third of the seats up for election with an additional vacancy in Bryn. Previous to the election there had also been a by-election in Abram, which the Labour Party successfully defended. Despite a wider array of parties - mainly a product from the fractious SLD merger - contesting the election, in several ways it beat 1986's lows in participation.


1990 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
A record of six seats went uncontested as one quarter of the council's wards held no elections, with the Conservatives contesting one half of the wards (an all-time low) and the SLD one quarter (the lowest since 1979). The Greens repeated their last year's total of four candidates, but with only two in the same wards as previous. Elsewhere, Independent John Vickers fought his first of many elections in Hindley Green and the respective Social Democrat and Liberal sides opposed to Alliance merging into the SLD fielded a sole candidate each - the latter of which having previously came within a straw of winning Langtree for the SLD.


1990 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
The night seen numerous surprising gains, with Labour gaining another seat in the SLD bastion of Langtree, and for the first time, in the Conservative's bastion of Swinley, whilst the SLD managed its own breakthrough in the Labour territory of Hope Carr. With dwindling hopes of ever regaining Orrell, Swinley had become the Conservative's bulwark in recent years, and the Labour gain here raised the prospects of Conservative representation being removed altogether from the council.


1990 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
The loss of Hope Carr denied Labour a clean-sweep, but they managed an all-time high of winning all-but-one of the wards, and bettering their last year's record in voter share. Overall turnout in those wards contesting rose to a local elections high (with the 1979 election omitted for coinciding with the general election) of 39.4%.


1990 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


1990 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 1990 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as an independent during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 11th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with a record of 10–3 and ranked No. 7 in the final NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll. The Tribe qualified for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, beating UMass in the first round before losing to UCF in the quarterfinals.


1990 Wimbledon Championships
The 1990 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 104th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 25 June to 8 July 1990.


1990 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 1990 championships was £3,819,730. The winner of the men's title earned £230,000 while the women's singles champion earned £207,000.


1990 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Singles
Stefan Edberg defeated  Boris Becker, 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4


1990 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Rick Leach /  Jim Pugh defeated  Pieter Aldrich /  Danie Visser, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)


1990 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Jana Novotná /  Helena Suková defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Elizabeth Smylie, 6–4, 6–1


1990 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Rick Leach /  Zina Garrison defeated  John Fitzgerald /  Elizabeth Smylie, 7–5, 6–2


1990 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Sébastien Lareau /  Sébastien Leblanc defeated  Clinton Marsh /  Marcos Ondruska, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3


1990 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Karina Habšudová /  Andrea Strnadová defeated  Nicole Pratt /  Kirrily Sharpe, 6–3, 6–2


1990 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Invitation, Gentlemen's Invitation Doubles
Peter McNamara /  Paul McNamee defeated  Tim Gullikson /  Tom Gullikson, 6–7, 7–6, 13–11


1990 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Invitation, Ladies' Invitation Doubles
Wendy Turnbull /  Virginia Wade defeated  Rosemary Casals /  Sharon Walsh-Pete, 6–2, 6–4


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Sébastien Lareau and Sébastien Leblanc defeated Clinton Marsh and Marcos Ondruska in the final, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–3 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Leander Paes defeated Marcos Ondruska in the final, 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Karina Habšudová and Andrea Strnadová defeated Nicole Pratt and Kirrily Sharpe in the final, 6–3, 6–2 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles, Seeds
The top 2 seeds received a bye into the second round.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Andrea Strnadová successfully defended her title, defeating Kirrily Sharpe in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
John Fitzgerald and Anders Järryd were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Jonathan Canter and Bruce Derlin.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Rick Leach and Jim Pugh defeated Pieter Aldrich and Danie Visser in the final, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Stefan Edberg defeated the defending champion Boris Becker in the final, 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships.


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


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Aaron Krickstein withdrew due to injury. He was replaced in the draw by Qualifier Shuzo Matsuoka.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Jim Pugh and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Rick Leach and Zina Garrison.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Leach and Garrison defeated John Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Smylie in the final, 7–5, 6–2 to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Jana Novotná and Helena Suková successfully defended their title, defeating Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Smylie in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Martina Navratilova defeated Zina Garrison in the final, 6–4, 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships. This was Navratilova's ninth singles title at Wimbledon, which would be her 18th and final Grand Slam singles title, tying the then - Open Era record of Chris Evert. Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Zina Garrison. This was the first time since the 1987 Australian Open that Graf did not reach a Grand Slam final, ending a record of 13 consecutive major finals.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
By defeating Monica Seles in the quarterfinals, Garrison ended her 36-match winning streak, extending back to Miami earlier that year.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Mary Joe Fernández withdrew due to a knee injury. She was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Anna Ivan.


1990 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1990 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season was the 33rd season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 58th overall. The Blue Bombers finished in 1st place in the East Division with a 12–6 record, which was also the best record in the league that year. The Blue Bombers defeated the Toronto Argonauts in the East Final and then defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in the championship game to win the 78th Grey Cup in the first ever Grey Cup match-up of prairie teams.


1990 Winter Pan American Games
The 1990 Winter Pan American Games were held in Las Leñas, Argentina, from 16 September to 22 September 1990. They were the only Winter Pan American Games. 97 athletes from eight countries participated in one sport (alpine skiing).


1990 Winter Pan American Games, Venue
All sporting events took place at the Las Leñas Ski resort in Mendoza Province.


1990 Winter Pan American Games, Game highlights
In 1988, members of PASO voted to hold the first Pan American Winter Games at Las Leñas, Argentina in September 1989. It was further agreed that Winter Games would be held every four years. Lack of snow however, forced the postponement of the games until 16–22 September 1990 when only eight countries sent 97 athletes to Las Leñas. Of that total, 76 were from just three countries: Argentina, Canada, and the United States.


1990 Winter Pan American Games, Game highlights
On September 16, Néstor Lowel, president of Las Leñas received the Olympic Flag from Antonio Rodríguez, then president of the Argentine Olympic Committee. Aristeo Benavídez, alpine skier that represented Argentina at the 1952 Winter Olympics, lit the Olympic cauldron after Governor José Octavio Bordón declared the games officially opened. The skier Carolina Eiras, who had represented Argentina at the 1988 Winter Olympics and would be the flag bearer in 1992, made the Olympic Oath.


1990 Winter Pan American Games, Game highlights
Weather was unseasonably warm and again there was little snow, so only three Alpine Skiing events – the Slalom, Giant Slalom, and Super G were staged. The United States and Canada won all 18 medals.


1990 Winter Pan American Games medal table
The 1990 Winter Pan American Games, officially known as the I Winter Pan American Games, were a continental winter multi-sport event held in Las Leñas, Argentina, from September 16 to September 22, 1990. At the only Winter Games realized, 97 athletes selected from 8 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in events in 1 sport: alpine skiing. Only Canada and the United States earned medals during the competition.


1990 Winter Pan American Games medal table, Medal table
The ranking in this table is based on medal counts published by several media organizations. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals won by the athletes representing a nation. (In this context, a nation is an entity represented by a NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.


1990 Winter Pan American Games medal table, Medal table
To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the  icon next to the column title.


1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council in England. This election was held on the same day as other local elections.


1990 Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council election, Notes
• italics denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate


1990 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1990 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by first year head coach Barry Alvarez and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.


1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Republican governor Tommy Thompson won the election with 58% of the vote, winning a second term as Governor of Wisconsin. As of 2020, this is the last Wisconsin gubernatorial election in which the winner was of the same party as the incumbent president.


1990 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
The Council elections held in Wolverhampton on Thursday 3 May 1990 were one third, and 20 of the 60 seats were up for election.


1990 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
During the 1990 election the Conservative Party gained Tettenhall Regis from a Liberal candidate.


1990 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
1990 saw a huge decline in candidates from the rump SDP and Liberal Party, with only 1 from each standing. The Liberal Democrats contested most of the remaining wards. The Labour Party retained its majority and control of the council.


1990 Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council election
Prior to the election the constitution of the Council was:


1990 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1990 Hi-Tec British Open Squash Championships was held at the lambs Squash Club with the later stages being held at Wembley in London from 16–23 April 1990. The event was won for the seventh consecutive year by Susan Devoy who defeated Suzanne Horner (née Burgess) in the final.


1990 Women's British Open Squash Championship, Seeds
Lucy Soutter seed 11  Suzanne Horner (née Burgess) seed 12


1990 Women's European Cricket Cup
The 1990 Women's European Cricket Cup was an international cricket tournament held in England from 18 to 22 July 1990. It was the second edition of the Women's European Championship, and all matches at the tournament held One Day International (ODI) status.


1990 Women's European Cricket Cup
Four teams participated, with the hosts, England, joined by the three other European members of the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) – Denmark, Ireland, and the Netherlands. A round-robin format was used, with the top teams proceeding to the final. England was undefeated in the round-robin stage and beat Ireland by 65 runs in the final, winning the championship for a second consecutive time. England's Wendy Watson led the tournament in runs for a second year running, while Ireland's Susan Bray was the leading wicket-taker. The tournament was hosted by East Midlands Women's Cricket Association, a member of England's Women's Cricket Association, and matches were played at venues in three English counties (Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Nottinghamshire).


1990 Women's European Cricket Cup, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


1990 Women's European Cricket Cup, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


1990 Women's Hockey World Cup
The 1990 Women's Hockey World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It was held from 2 to 13 May in Sydney, Australia. It was won by the Netherlands, who defeated host nation Australia 3–1 in the final. It was the Netherlands fifth Women's Hockey World Cup title and their third consecutive title. South Korea beat England 3–2 to finish third.


1990 Women's Softball World Championship
The 1990 ISF Women's World Championship for softball was held July 13–21, 1990 in Normal, Illinois, United States. The host United States won their second straight title after the event's final was rained out. The U.S. was given the title due to a superior ranking than the other finalist, New Zealand, in pool play.


1990 Women's Softball World Championship, Medal round
The gold medal game was rained out. The United States was awarded the gold medal for a superior round robin record.


1990 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 1990 Mazda Women's World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1990 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The early stages of the event took place at the Thornleigh Squash Centre with the quarter finals onwards being held at the Homebush Sports Centre in Sydney, Australia between 6 March and 14 March 1990. Susan Devoy won her third World Open title, defeating Martine Le Moignan in the final.


1990 Women's World Open Squash Championship, See also, Notes
The early rounds of the championship were held at the Thornleigh Squash Centre with the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final played at the Homebush Sports Centre. The tournament had the largest ever entry for a world championship with 121 players entered.


1990 Women's World Snooker Championship
The 1990 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament. Sixty-six players entered the event, with the matches leading up to the semi-final being played at the Matchroom Club in Romford, England from 25 October and 4 November. The semi-finals and final were played at the Waldorf Hotel in London from 9–11 November, and received nine hours of television coverage on the European satellite channel Screensport. The competition was promoted by Barry Hearn's Matchroom organisation and sponsored by Trusthouse Forte and had a total prize fund of £30,000. Karen Corr, who had her 21st birthday on the day of her semi-final match, won in the final 7–4 against Stacey Hillyard. Following this tournament, losing finalist Hillyard replaced Allison Fisher as the top-ranked women's snooker player.


1990 Women's World Team Squash Championships
The 1990 Women's Mazda World Team Squash Championships were held in Sydney, Australia and took place from October 15 until October 21, 1990.


1990 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 17 and 18 February 1990 in Innsbruck at the Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck ice rink.


1990 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women
The 51st edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women took place on 10 and 11 February 1990 in Calgary at the Olympic Oval ice rink.


1990 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women
This was the first time that the world championships for women had been held in an indoor stadium.


1990 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals
The 1990 World Badminton Grand Prix was the eighth edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. It was held in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, from December 12 to December 16, 1990.


1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled
1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled  were held in Assen, Netherlands, 14 28  July 1990.


1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled
More than 2000 athletes from 48 countries participated in 16 sports. The athletes village was built at one of the Royal Netherlands military bases and it accommodated 1300 beds.


1990 World Championships and Games for the Disabled
Sports program included: archery, athletics, basketball, boccia, cycling, fencing, judo, powerlifting, shooting, soccer, swimming, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.


1990 World Cup (men's golf)
The 1990 World Cup took place  at the Grand Cypress Resort Golf Club in Orlando, Florida, United States. It was the 36th World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 32 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The German team of Bernhard Langer and Torsten Giedeon won by three strokes over the England team of Mark James and Richard Boxall and the Ireland team of David Feherty and Ronan Rafferty in a share of second place. The victory was the first international sports victory for the united country of Germany, since the reunification of East and West Germany a month earlier. The individual competition was won by Payne Stewart, United States.


1990 World Cup (snooker)
The 1990 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament played at the Bournemouth International Centre. British Car Rental sponsored this last one in its original form.


1990 World Cup (snooker)
England with Steve Davis, Jimmy White and John Parrott lost their first round match to the Republic of Ireland, who then lost to Northern Ireland in the semi-finals.


1990 World Cup (snooker)
The Northern Ireland team of captain Dennis Taylor, Alex Higgins and Tommy Murphy became more remembered behind the scenes, with infighting between Higgins and Taylor fighting over the captaincy that erupted into a number of arguments, culminating in Higgins infamously threatening to have Taylor shot; this incident, along with a number of offences at the World Championship a month later, resulted in Higgins being banned from the game for the rest of 1990 and all of 1991. They went on to lose to Canada in the final 5–9 in which Cliff Thorburn lead a new look team with Bob Chaperon and Alain Robidoux.


1990 World Fencing Championships
The 1990 World Fencing Championships were held in Lyon, France. The event took place from July 8 to July 16, 1990.


1990 World Field Archery Championships
The 1990 World Field Archery Championships were held in Loen, Norway.


1990 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1990 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Canada from  March 6 to 11. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1990 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 1990 Embassy World Indoor Bowls Championship  was held at Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, from 20 February - 4 March 1990. In the Singles John Price won the title beating Ian Schuback in the final. In the Pairs David Bryant and Tony Allcock secured their fourth world title.


1990 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The second Women's Indoor World Championship sponsored by Volkswagen took place at the Guernsey Bowling Club from April 21–22 and was won by Fleur Bougourd.


1990 World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships
The 1990 ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships were the 3rd edition of the ICF World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships. The event took place in Tavanasa, Switzerland from 13 to 22 July 1990 under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation (ICF).


1990 World Junior Canoe Slalom Championships
Seven medal events took place. The C2 team event was not held. It was the first time that team events were part of the world junior championships.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 3rd World Junior Championships in Athletics was the 1990 edition of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on 8–12 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation
According to an unofficial count through an unofficial result list, 987 athletes from 86 countries participated in the event. The number of athletes is in agreement, but there is one country less than the official number of 87 as published.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres
The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk
The men's 10,000 metres walk event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres walk, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


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


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 55 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August. 106.7cm (3'6) (senior implement) hurdles were used.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


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


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 40 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run
The men's 20 kilometres road run event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on 12 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres road run, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


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


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 38 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 12 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.


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


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 68 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


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


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 62 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.


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


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.


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


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 9 and 11 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


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


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 48 athletes from 36 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 and 9 August. Senior implements (106.7cm (3'6) hurdles, 7257g shot, 2kg discus) were used.


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


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 and 9 August. A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 August. A 7257g (senior implement) hammer was used.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 and 12 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 19 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 9 and 10 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.


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


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 and 9 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August. A 7257g (Senior implement) shot was used.


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


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 and 12 August.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.


1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 August.