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Thursday January 18, 1990
US date format: 1/18/1990, UK date format: 18/1/1990
It was Thursday, under the sign of Capricorn (see birth chart on January 18, 1990). The US president was George H. W. Bush (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Nacho and Shawna Howson.
In that special week of January people in US were listening to How Am I Supposed To Live Without You by Michael Bolton.
In UK Hangin' Tough by New Kids On The Block was in the top 5 hits.
Love at Large, directed by Alan Rudolph, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1990
while Among Schoolchildren by Tracy Kidder was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Hotel Paradies.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin or Bakushō! Star Monomane Shitennō.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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Love at Large
Directed by: Alan Rudolph
Starring: Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer, Kate Capshaw
Tremors
Directed by: Ron Underwood
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross
Country: United States of America
Brain Dead
Directed by: Adam Simon
Starring: Bill Pullman, Bill Paxton, Bud Cort, Nicholas Pryor
Everybody Wins
Directed by: Karel Reisz
Starring: Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton, Judith Ivey
Internal Affairs
Directed by: Mike Figgis
Starring: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf
Country: United States of America
Historical Events
Which were the important events of January 18, 1990?
- Winnie The Pooh Day (In observance of the birthday of Alan Alexander Milne, 1882.)
- Christian ecumenism - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
Holidays
- Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
Events
- Shawna Howson: YouTube Star.
- Nacho : Spanish footballer.
- Hayle Ibrahimov: Ethiopian-Azerbaijani runner.
- Brett Lawrie: Canadian baseball player.
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Famous Birthday
- Melanie Appleby: rocker (Mel and Kim), dies of liver...
- Rusty Hamer: American actor and singer (d. 1990).
Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of January 18, 1990?
- Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
- Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
- Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
- Jody Watley - Everything
- Rod Stewart - Downtown Train
- Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
- Lou Gramm - Just Between You And Me
- Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
- Seduction - Two To Make It Right
- Tesla - Love Song
Top #10 songs in the USA
- I'll Be Good To You - Quincy Jones Featuring Ray Charles & Chaka Khan
- Regina Belle - Make It Like It Was
- By All Means - Let's Get It On
- Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly - Silky Soul
- Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
- Skyy - Real Love
- Entouch Featuring Keith Sweat - All Nite
- Sybil - Walk On By
- Serious Hold On Me - The O'Jays
- Calloway - I Wanna Be Rich
Top #10 R&B songs
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
Hotel Paradies
The Sweet Life
Directed by: Rob Spera
The Simpsons
Written by: James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith
Country: United States of America
Mr. Bean
Starring: Rowan Atkinson
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Tarrant on TV
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in January 1990?
- LIFE: Year In Pictures
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Antarctica -- Jan. 15, 1990
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9207
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
Among Schoolchildren
By: Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder -- the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of a New Machine and the extraordinary national bestseller House -- spent nine months in Mrs.
Straight
By: Dick Francis
A jockey becomes the sole inheritor of his late brother's business, horse, mistress, and enemies.
All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten
By: Robert Fulghum
Twenty-five years ago, Robert Fulghum published a simple credo—a credo that became the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.
Videogames
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