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Tuesday August 28, 1990
US date format: 8/28/1990, UK date format: 28/8/1990
It was Tuesday, under the sign of Virgo (see birth chart on August 28, 1990). The US president was George H. W. Bush (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Bojan Krkic and Katie Findlay.
In that special week of August people in US were listening to If Wishes Came True by Sweet Sensation.
In UK The Joker by The Steve Miller Band was in the top 5 hits.
Uncle Buck, directed by John Hughes, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1990
while Coyote Waits by Tony Hillerman was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Parenthood.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday or Dead Heat Scramble.
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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Uncle Buck
Directed by: John Hughes
Starring: John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann
Country: United States of America
Memphis Belle
Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones
Starring: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney
Country: United States of America
Mister Johnson
Directed by: Bruce Beresford
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Edward Woodward, Maynard Eziashi, Beatie Edney
Slumber Party Massacre III
Directed by: Sally Mattison
Starring: Keely Christian, Brittain Frye, Michael Harris, David Greenlee
Cadence
Directed by: Martin Sheen
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Jay Brazeau, Matt Clark
Historical Events
Which were the important events of August 28, 1990?
- Many Christian churches: feast day of Saint Augustine of Hippo.
- Hong Kong: Liberation Day (1945)
Holidays
- Stefan Edberg (#1 seeded player) loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov
Events
- Bojan Krkic
- Katie Findlay: TV Actress.
- Rebecca Fox: Model.
- Eduardo Manon: YouNow Star.
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Famous Birthday
- Willy Vandersteen: Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske).
Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of August 28, 1990?
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Sweet Sensation - If Wishes Came True
- Jon Bon Jovi - Blaze Of Glory
- Poison - Unskinny Bop
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Wilson Phillips - Release Me
- Bell Biv DeVoe - Do Me!
- Janet Jackson - Come Back To Me
- Have You Seen Her - M.C. Hammer
- Mariah Carey - Vision Of Love
- The Time - Jerk Out
- New Kids On The Block - Tonight
Top #10 songs in the USA
- The Steve Miller Band - The Joker
- Bombalurina - Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
- Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart / What Is Love
- Four Bacharach And David Songs (EP) - Deacon Blue
- Maria McKee - Show Me Heaven
Top #5 songs in the UK
- Tony Toni Tone - Feels Good
- Janet Jackson - Come Back To Me
- Babyface - My Kinda Girl
- The Time - Jerk Out
- En Vogue - Lies
- Have You Seen Her - M.C. Hammer
- Innocent - The Whispers
- Bell Biv DeVoe - Do Me!
- The Boys - Crazy
- Prince - Thieves In The Temple
Top #10 R&B songs
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
Parenthood
Directed by: Ron Howard
The Last Laugh
Directed by: Kenny Young
Swamp Thing
Directed by: Wes Craven
Wish You Were Here
Directed by: Kieran Darcy-Smith
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in August 1990?
- LIFE: How Life Begins
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: War in the Gulf? -- Aug. 27, 1990
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.9240
- EW: Entertainment Weekly: no.28
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
Coyote Waits
By: Tony Hillerman
The car fire didn't kill Navajo Tribal Policeman Delbert Nez—a bullet did. And the old man in possession of the murder weapon is a whiskey-soaked shaman named Ashie Pinto.
September
By: Rosamunde Pilcher
A place you will never forgetRosamunde Pilcher's Scotland...where the fields flourish with greenery, the bills bloom with purple, and the lochs glitter with the bright blue of the sky.A
Message From Nam
By: Danielle Steel
As a journalist, Paxton Andrews would experience Vietnam firsthand. We follow her from high school in Savannah to college in Berkeley and then to work in Saigon.For
Men At Work
By: George F. Will
In his classic tribute to America's pastime—now with a new introduction—political commentator, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and lifelong sports enthusiast George F.
Memories of Midnight
By: Sidney Sheldon
In THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT, they played the ultimate game of love, lust, and death.Now, in MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT, the survivors meet to play one last time...Shadowed
Videogames
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