February 1990 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1990 Nintendo ships the Super Mario Bros. 3 video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US.
• 02 Feb 1990 Marina Ogilvy (daughter of Engl Princess Alexandra) weds Paul Mowatt
• 03 Feb 1990 New York Mets' Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Smither Center for alcohol rehabilitation.
• 04 Feb 1990 Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60 metre hurdles indoor (7.69).
• 05 Feb 1990 Notre Dame becomes first team to sell its game to a major network (NBC).
• 06 Feb 1990 Brett Hull becomes first son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50.
• 07 Feb 1990 Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood California scores 101 in 1st half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half and loses 102-24
• 08 Feb 1990 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine
• 09 Feb 1990 Bradys return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV
• 10 Feb 1990 6th Largest wrestling crowd
• 11 Feb 1990 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge.
• 12 Feb 1990 Carmen Lawrence becomes the first female Premier in Australian history when she becomes Premier of Western Australia.
• 13 Feb 1990 US, England, France and England give Germany OK to reunify
• 14 Feb 1990 Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system
• 15 Feb 1990 Baseball owners lock out players
• 16 Feb 1990 Keith Haring, American artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDS at age 31 (born 1954).
• 18 Feb 1990 Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament.
• 19 Feb 1990 Police kill eight demonstrators for multi-party system in Nepal.
• 21 Feb 1990 32nd Grammy Awards: "Wind Beneath My Wings", Nick of Time win.
• 24 Feb 1990 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Orix Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open.
• 25 Feb 1990 Nicaraguans votes out Sandinistas
• 26 Feb 1990 USSR agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July, 1991.
• 27 Feb 1990 Exxon Corp and Exxon Shipping are indicted on five criminal counts for the grounding and oil spill of the Exxon Valdez.
• 28 Feb 1990 US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit

Famous Birthday

• The Weeknd

  R&B Singer.

• Sean Kingston

  Jamaican/American singer/rapper.

• Klay Thompson

  Basketball Player.

• Park Shin-hye

  South Korean actress.

• Q'Orianka Kilcher
• Bethany Hamilton

  American professional surfer who survived a 2003 shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off.

• Laura Marling

  English singer-songwriter.

• Sooyoung
• Mamadou Sakho

  Soccer Player.

• Barbara Ogrinc
• Anna Abreu

  Finnish-Portuguese singer.

• Karen Kounrouzan
• Cory Kennedy
• Jules Pélissier
• Megan Young

  Reality Star.

• Chansung
• Steven Stamkos

  Hockey Player.

• Lindsey Morgan

  TV Actress.

• Naomi Broady

  English tennis player.

• Dominic Sherwood

  Movie Actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Del Shannon

  American singer, one of the early rockers who wrote his own material.

• Johnnie Ray

  American singer and songwriter of the pre-Elvis '50s, who specialized in heavy emoting with songs that earned him the title of Prince of...

• Tony Conigliaro

  American athlete, pro baseball player for the Boston Red Sox, outfielder and right handed batter who suffered multiple injuries that cut...

• James Gavin

  American general and diplomat United States Ambassador to France (d. 1990).

• Marc Clement

  Actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife).

• Deborra Hampton

  Actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30.

• Fabia Drake

  Actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86.

• John Merivale

  Actor (Caltiki).

• Nathan Wartels

  publisher (Crown), dies from pneumonia at age 88.

• Dom Heider Camara

  nonviolent/human rights Bishop of Brazil, dies.

• Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello

  Dutch Member of Parliament (Liberal), dies at age 53.

• Jose Napoleon Duarte

  President of Salvador (1984-89), dies at age 62.

• Scott Jarvis

  musician (Great Expectationa), dies.

• Maurine Stuart

  Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Association), dies.

• Cornell Gunther

  US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at age 53.

• Whipper Billy Watson

  Canadian professional wrestler (Born 1917).

• Alfredo M Santos

  Filipino military figure (Born 1905).

• Bill Sherwood

  American filmmaker/composer (Born 1952).

• Tony Holiday

  German singer (Born 1951).

• Henry Brandon

  English royalty, eldest son of Queen Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
2. Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract
3. Janet Jackson - Escapade
4. Seduction - Two To Make It Right
5. Roxette - Dangerous

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
2. Beats International featuring Lindy Layton - Dub Be Good To Me
3. Technotronic featuring Ya Kid K - Get Up (Before The Night Is Over)
4. Various Artists - The Brits 1990
5. Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You