July 1990 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1990 11th US Seniors Golf Open: Lee Trevino
• 02 Jul 1990 Panic in tunnel of Mecca: 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death
• 03 Jul 1990 Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida
• 04 Jul 1990 2 Live Crew release Banned in the USA the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address
• 05 Jul 1990 Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbeldon semi-finals.
• 06 Jul 1990 After pitching a no-hitter lose, New York Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game and loses 2-0
• 07 Jul 1990 97th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Z Garrison
• 08 Jul 1990 12:34:56 on 7 / 8 / 90
• 09 Jul 1990 104th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats B Becker
• 10 Jul 1990 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
• 11 Jul 1990 New York City police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts).
• 12 Jul 1990 Les Miserables, opens at National Theatre, Washington
• 13 Jul 1990 An earthquake with its epicentre in Afghanistan results in the greatest number of fatalities in a mountaineering accident in High Asian mountains when an avalanche kills 43 climbers in Camp I on Pik Lenina (Lenin Peak).
• 16 Jul 1990 400 die in a (7.7) earthquake in Philippines
• 17 Jul 1990 Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0
• 19 Jul 1990 Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a New York Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a New York Yankee
• 20 Jul 1990 Justice William Brennan resigns from the US Supreme Court after 36 years.
• 21 Jul 1990 Goodwill Games opens in Seattle, Washington.
• 22 Jul 1990 119th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots 270 at St. Andrews Scotland
• 23 Jul 1990 Rosie Jones, (St. Louis), 26, crowned 22nd Miss Black America
• 24 Jul 1990 Ms. Magazine hits newstands again after an 8 month hiatus
• 25 Jul 1990 Les Miserables, opens at Princess Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver
• 26 Jul 1990 General Hospital tapes its 7,000th episode
• 27 Jul 1990 White-Russia declares independence
• 28 Jul 1990 Blackout hits Chicago
• 29 Jul 1990 26th Curtis Cup: US wins 14-4
• 30 Jul 1990 5 Bank of Credit and Commerce members found guilty of money
• 31 Jul 1990 Bosnia-Hercegovina declares independence

Famous Birthday

• Margot Robbie

  Movie Actress.

• Miami (Florida)
• Soulja Boy

  Rapper.

• Caroline Wozniacki

  Danish tennis player.

• Indiana Evans

  TV Actress.

• San Diego (California)
• James Maslow

  American singer and actor (Big Time Rush).

• Daveigh Chase

  American actress.

• Coco Sumner

  Italy-born English singer-songwriter and guitarist, daughter of Sting.

• Marie-Ange Casta
• Connor Paolo

  American actor.

• Rosie Jones (model)
• Leïla (Nouvelle Star)
• Anna Selezneva

  Russian model.

• Alexiane Castel
• Kat Dahlia

  Rapper.

• Damian Lillard

  Basketball Player.

• Kriti Sanon

  Movie Actress.

• Ian Nepomniachtchi
• Bruna Sottili
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Famous Deaths

• Karl Weber

  German businessman, statistician, research astrologer and author, data collector.

• Gerry Boulet

  Canadian musician, a song-writer and lead singer of "Offenbach," a major Quebec rock group.

• Georges Flamant

  Actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86.

• Georges Dargaud

  French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78.

• Eddie Quillan

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Actor (Julia, Hell Town).

• Howard Duff

  American actor, onscreen from 1947, working steadily for 50 years but never quite breaking through to stardom.

• Elizabeth Allan

  Actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head).

• Ludi Claire Hugo

  Entertainer, dies at 70.

• Snooky Lanson

  American singer (Born 1914).

• Lois Moran Young

  Dies of cancer at 81.

• Margaret Mary Lockwood

  Actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73.

• Bernard Cowan

  TV announcer, dies of kidney disease at 68.

• Sara Heyblom

  Dutch actress (Obsessions, Pygmalion).

• Sacha Piteoff

  Dies of heart failure at 70.

• Dallas Alinder
• Richard R Briggs

  Dies after short illness at 71.

• Irene Champlin

  Dies after long illness at 59.

• Armando Frid

  Of Argentina (Born May 24, 1866 Guin rec), dies at 124.

• Nick Pippins

  Actor (Simon), dies of AIDS at 35.

• Robert Sommer

  Singer, dies of liver failure at 42.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. New Kids On The Block - Step By Step
2. Glenn Medeiros - She Ain't Worth It
3. Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
4. En Vogue - Hold On
5. Mariah Carey - Vision Of Love

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Elton John - Sacrifice / Healing Hands
2. Craig McLachlan & Check 1-2 - Mona
3. Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma
4. Partners In Kryme - Turtle Power
5. FAB featuring MC Parker - Thunderbirds Are Go