1990

July 1

• German Democratic Republic accepts the West German Deutsche Mark as its currency. [1] [37]
• In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal. [1]

July 2

• Imelda Marcos and Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering. [1]
• A stampede in a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mecca kills 1,426. [42]

July 5

• Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide at age 46 by hanging. [1]

July 6

• Jetson's the Movie with Tiffany, premieres. [1]
• In Java, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurs. At least 103 people injured and about 10,300 houses, mosques and public buildings damaged or destroyed. [53]

July 7

• Bill Cullen, American game show host (Price is Right), dies at age 70 of cancer (born 1920). [1] [42]
• Death of Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (born 1958). [42]

July 8

• 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890). [1]

July 9

• Howard Duff, actor, dies at age 76 of a heart attack. [1]

July 11

• New York City police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts). [1]

July 12

• Nintendo releases the Final Fantasy video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US. [9]

July 13

• In the Hindu Kush region, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurs. At least 43 mountain climbers killed on Pik Lenina, USSR by an avalanche triggered by the earthquake. [53]

July 15

• Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at age 22 from a fall. [1]
• Tamil Tigers kill 168 Muslims in Colombo, Sri Lanka. [42]
• Death of Margaret Lockwood, English actress (born 1916). [42]

July 16

• In Luzon, Philippine Islands, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurs. At least 1,621 people killed, more than 3,000 people injured. [1] [42] [53]
• New York City's Empire State Building catches fire; no fatalities. [1]

July 17

• Saddam Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq. [1]

July 18

• Buena Vista releases the Hollywood Pictures / Amblin Entertainment live-action feature film Arachnophobia to theaters. This is the first Hollywood Pictures' release. [6]
• Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at age 96 from cancer. [1]
• Death of Yun Po Sun, President of South Korea (born 1897). [42]
• Death of Yves Chaland, French cartoonist (born 1957). [42]

July 19

• BASF plant in Cincinnatti, Ohio, explodes in flames, one dies. [1] [37]
• Herbert Nelson, actor (Guiding Light), dies at age 76 of a stroke. [1]
• Johnny Wayne, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster), dies at age 72 of cancer (born 1918). [1] [42]
• Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California. [1]

July 20

• Justice William Brennan resigns from the US Supreme Court after 36 years. [1]

July 21

• Rock band Pink Floyds' "The Wall" is performed where the Berlin Wall once stood. [1] [37]

July 22

• Death of Manuel Puig, Argentinian writer (born 1932). [42]

July 23

• Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies at age 82 of cardiac arrest. [1]

July 25

• US Ambassador tells Iraq US won't take sides in Iraq-Kuwait dispute. [1]
• The Serbian Democratic Party declares the sovereignty of the Serbs in Croatia. [42]
• George Carey, Bishop of Bath and Wells, is named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury. [42]

July 26

• Death of Brent Mydland, American keyboard player (Grateful Dead) at age 38 (born 1952). [1] [42]
• U.S. President George H.W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination. [42]

July 27

• The last Citroën 2CV rolls off the production line at Mangualde, Portugal. [5]
• Bobby Day, rocker (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at age 60. [1]
• Kim Thomas-Friedland, news anchor (FNN), dies at age 32. [1]
• Belarus declares its sovereignty, a key step toward independence from the USSR. [42]
• The parliament building and a government television house in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago are stormed by the Jamaat al Muslimeen in a coup d'état attempt which lasts five days. Approximately 26 to 30 people are killed and several wounded (including Prime Minister, A.N.R. Robinson, who is shot in the leg). [42]

July 28

• Alberto Fujimori becomes president of Peru. [42]

July 29

• Death of Bruno Kreizky, chancellor (1970-83), in Vienna, Austria. [37]

July 30

• A Provisional Irish Republican Army car bomb kills British M.P. Ian Gow, a staunch unionist. [42]

August 1

• Iraq pulls out of talks with Kuwait. [1]

August 2

• Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait. [1] [42]

August 3

• Radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion. [1]
• US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions. [1]

August 4

• European community proposes a boycott of Iraq. [1]

August 6

• United Nations Security Council votes 13-0 (two abstentions Cuba and Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq in response to its invasion of Kuwait. [1] [42]

August 7

• Desert Shield begins - US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia. [1]
• Saudi Arabia allows US troops on their soil to stop an Iraqi invasion. [1]
• At 12:34:56 (both a.m. and p.m.) the time and date by British reckoning is 12:34:56 7/8/90. [42]

August 8

• Iraq annexes Kuwait. [1]

August 9

• Twelve Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia. [1]

August 10

• American Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus. [1] [5]

August 11

• Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion. [1]

August 12

• Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve the Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories. [1]
• The most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex ("Sue") is discovered near Faith, South Dakota. [5]
• Death of Dorothy Mackaill, British-born American actress (born 1903). [42]

August 15

• Death of Victor Tsoi, Russian singer, actor and poet (born 1962). [42]

August 16

• Iraq orders 4000 Britons and 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq. [1]

August 17

• "The Exorcist 3" premieres. [1]
• Pearl Bailey, American broadway actress/singer, dies at age 72 from a heart attack (born 1918). [1] [5] [42]
• Warner Bros. Pictures releases the film My Blue Heaven to theaters in the USA. [9]
• Buena Vista releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Taking Care of Business to theaters in the USA. [6]

August 18

• B.F. Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies from Leukemia at age 86 (born 1904). [1] [42]

August 19

• Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. [5] [42]

August 20

• Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields). [1]

August 22

• US President George Bush calls up military reserves. [1]

August 23

• East Germany and West Germany announce they will unite on October 3. [42]

August 24

• Northern Ireland writer Brian Keenan is released from Lebanon after being held hostage for nearly five years. [42]
• Iraqi troops surround US and other embassies in Kuwait City. [1]

August 25

• United Nations security council authorizes military action against Iraq. [1]

August 26

• Two slain college students found in Gainesville, Florida. [1]

August 27

• 52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq. [1]
• Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at age 35 (born 1954). [1] [42]
• WWF Summer Slam: Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude. [1]

August 28

• Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province. [1]
• Force 5 tornado strikes the towns of Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet, in Illinois, killing 29 people. Strongest tornado to date to strike the Chicago metropolitan area. [42]

August 29

• American C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, killing 13. [1] [37]
• Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq. [1]

September 2

• Transnistria declares its independence from the Moldavian SSR; however, the declaration is not recognized by any government. [42]

September 3

• David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDS after infecting five patients. [1]

September 4

• Irene Dunne, American actress (winner of five Oscars), dies of heart failure at age 91 (born 1898). [1] [42]
• Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186. [1]

September 5

• Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West. [1]

September 7

• Death of A. J. P. Taylor, English historian (born 1906). [42]

September 8

• Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Eliis Island, New York City. [1]

September 9

• Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia, captured and killed by rebels in a filmed execution. [1] [42]

September 10

• US President George Bush and Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki, Finland. [1]
• Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas, Nevada. [1]
• Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq. [1]

September 11

• US President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait. [42]

September 12

• US, England, France, USSR, East and West Germanys sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, allowing the two Germanys to merge. [1] [37] [42]

September 13

• Iraqi troops storm the residence of French ambassador in Kuwait. [1]

September 15

• Florida lottery goes over US$100,000,000. [1]
• France announce it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf. [1]

September 16

• 101-year-old Sam Ackerman weds 95-year-old Eva in New Rochelle, New York. [1]
• Iraq televises an 8-minute uncensored speech from US President George Bush. [1]

September 17

• Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep New York Post publishing. [1]
• Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties. [1]

September 18

• A 500-pound 6-foot chocolate Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, New York City. [1]

September 19

• The Provisional Irish Republican Army tries to assassinate Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry at his home near Stafford, England. Hit by at least nine bullets, he survives. [42]

September 20

• Both Germanys ratify reunification. [1] [37]
• Saddam Hussein demands US networks broadcast his message. [1]

September 22

• Saudi Arabia expells many Jordanian and Yemeni envoys. [1]
• In Canada, three people share a CDN$15 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot. [40.82]

September 23

• PBS begins an 11-hour miniseries on The US Civil War. [1]
• Saddam Hussein says he will destroy Israel. [1]

September 24

• South African President F.W. de Klerk meets President George Bush in Washington, DC. [1]
• US Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market. [1]

September 25

• Saddam Hussein warns US will repeat Vietnam experience. [1]
• United Nations Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq. [1]

September 26

• Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at age 82 (born 1907). [1] [42]
• Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating. [1]

September 27

• A gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkley, California. [1]
• Deposed emir of Kuwait address the United Nations General Assembly. [1]
• US Senate Judiciary committee approves David Souter's Supreme Court nomination. [1]

September 28

• Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame. [1]

September 29

• Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years. [1] [42]

September 30

• Death of Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912). [42]