January 1990 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 1990 New York City MTA stops token redemption at subway stations
• 02 Jan 1990 Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen
• 03 Jan 1990 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces.
• 04 Jan 1990 Two trains collide in Sangi, Pakistan, killing between 200 and 300 people and injuring an estimated 700 others.
• 05 Jan 1990 J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of Canadian Football League.
• 06 Jan 1990 New York Lotto pays US$35 million to one winner (numbers are 18-25-26-32-42-44).
• 07 Jan 1990 Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far
• 09 Jan 1990 64th US manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit
• 10 Jan 1990 Les Miserables, opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore
• 11 Jan 1990 Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84
• 12 Jan 1990 Civil Rights activist Reverand Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
• 13 Jan 1990 1st elected US black Governor inaugurated
• 14 Jan 1990 Simpsons premiered on Fox-TV
• 15 Jan 1990 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins
• 17 Jan 1990 5th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin
• 18 Jan 1990 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
• 19 Jan 1990 Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, versus Australia at Adelaide.
• 20 Jan 1990 47th Golden Globes: Born on Fourth of July, Driving Miss Daisy win.
• 21 Jan 1990 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director.
• 22 Jan 1990 17th American Music Awards: Milli Vanilli.
• 23 Jan 1990 Allen Larkin Collins, guitarist, dies of pneumonia at age 37. Collins was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern US rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd.
• 24 Jan 1990 Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon.
• 25 Jan 1990 Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami Florida jail.
• 26 Jan 1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic.
• 28 Jan 1990 Independent on Sunday begins publishing in London
• 29 Jan 1990 Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill
• 31 Jan 1990 1st ever all-sports daily National begins publishing

Famous Birthday

• Liam Hemsworth

  Australian actor.

• JUL (rapper)
• Alizé Cornet

  French professional tennis player.

• Liam Aiken

  American actor.

• Grant Gustin

  TV Actor.

• Sergey Karjakin

  Ukrainian chess player.

• Helsinki (Finland)
• Peter Sagan
• Samantha Gradoville
• Anabela Belikova
• Luce Brunet
• Sergio Pérez
• Toni Kroos

  German footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga and the Germany national football team.

• Junho
• Yoseob

  Pop Singer.

• Eiza González
• Zoe Voss
• Samantha Potter
• Nam Ji-hyun
• Stefana Veljkovic
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Famous Deaths

• Ava Gardner

  American actress, onscreen from 1941 in a career of more than 60 movies.

• Charles Hernu

  French Minister of Defense 1981-1985 who ordered the sabotage of the Greenpeace ship in which one person was killed.

• Terry-Thomas

  British actor, comedian (Born 1911).

• Ian Charleson

  Scottish actor, best known for his work in the film "Chariots of Fire," 1981, which won an Academy Award for best picture.

• Juliet Berto

  Screenwriter / actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42.

• Allen Collins

  American guitarist and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd The Rossington-Collins Band and Allen Collins Band) (d. 1990).

• Gordon Jackson

  Scottish actor best known in the U.S.

• Arthur Kennedy

  Worcester, Massachusetts -- Actor (Fantastic Voyage, Peyton Place).

• Barbara Stanwyck [Ruby Stevens]

  American actress (Big Valley), dies at age 82 (born 1907).

• Helen Jerome Eddy

  Actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 92.

• Paul Amadeus Pisk

  Composer, dies at 96.

• Spud Chandler

  baseball player (Born 1907).

• Hayedeh

  Persian singer (Born 1942).

• Charles Boost

  Dutch film critic, dies at age 82.

• Gail Lucas

  Entertainer.

• Hans Jaray

  Actor (Lydia, Fedora).

• Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski

  football hall of famer, dies at age 81.

• Ian Dudley Hardy

  Entertainer.

• Laurence J Peter

  Author (Peter Princible), dies of a stroke at 70.

• Joseph Robbie

  lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at age 73.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise
2. Michael Bolton - How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
3. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
4. Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam
5. Linda Ronstadt - Don't Know Much

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
2. New Kids On The Block - Hangin' Tough
3. Cliff Richard - Saviour's Day
4. Kylie Minogue - Tears On My Pillow
5. Jason Donovan - When You Come Back To Me