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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in September 1990.
The US president was George H. W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on September 1990: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of September 1990?


Events

  • 01 Sep 1990 Heidi Chronicles closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 621 performances
  • 02 Sep 1990 Grapes of Wrath closes at Cort Theater NYC after 188 performances
  • 03 Sep 1990 9th no-hitter of 1990: Blue Jay Dave Steib beats Cleveland 3-0
  • 04 Sep 1990 Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186.
  • 05 Sep 1990 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West.
  • 06 Sep 1990 In Burma, the State Law and Order Restoration Council orders the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi and five other political dissidents.
  • 07 Sep 1990 Street Scene opens at New York State Theater NYC for 6 performances
  • 08 Sep 1990 104th US Womens Tennis: Gabriela Sabatini beats Steffi Graf
  • 09 Sep 1990 110th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi
  • 10 Sep 1990 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different
  • 11 Sep 1990 Cold War: The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
  • 12 Sep 1990 Les Miserables, opens at Cirkus Theater, Stockholm
  • 13 Sep 1990 Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die
  • 14 Sep 1990 Ken Griffey, Sr and Jr, hit back-to-back HRs in 1st inning
  • 15 Sep 1990 42nd Emmy Awards - LA Law and Murphy Brown win
  • 16 Sep 1990 42nd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Murphy Brown, Peter Falk and Patricia Wettig
  • 17 Sep 1990 Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep New York Post publishing.
  • 18 Sep 1990 Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics
  • 20 Sep 1990 Saddam Hussein demands US networks broadcast his message.
  • 21 Sep 1990 Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 HRs and steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt
  • 22 Sep 1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 home runs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits.
  • 23 Sep 1990 Nancy Lopez wins MBS LPGA Golf Classic
  • 24 Sep 1990 East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact
  • 25 Sep 1990 Saddam Hussein warns that US will repeat Vietnam experience
  • 26 Sep 1990 Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating.
  • 27 Sep 1990 Dee Dee Ramone arrested on marijuana possession
  • 28 Sep 1990 Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House
  • 29 Sep 1990 Love & Affection by Nelson peaks at #1 on pop singles chart
  • 30 Sep 1990 Chicago White Sox beat Seattle 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park

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Music charts

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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - If Wishes Came Trueyoutube
  2. - Blaze Of Glory
  3. - Release Meyoutube
  4. - (Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection
  5. - Close To You

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - The Joker
  2. - Show Me Heaven
  3. - Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
  4. - Blue Velvet
  5. - Groove Is In The Heart / What Is Love

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Goodfellas

Goodfellas

Release year: 1990

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco

Country: United States of America

Miller's Crossing

Miller's Crossing

Release year: 1990

Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden

Country: United States of America

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

Release year: 1990

Directed by: Tom Stoppard

Starring: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Livio Badurina

The Field

The Field

Release year: 1990

Directed by: Jim Sheridan

Starring: Richard Harris, John Hurt, Sean Bean, Frances Tomelty

'Non', ou A Vã Glória de Mandar

'Non', ou A Vã Glória de Mandar

Release year: 1990

Directed by: Manoel de Oliveira

Starring: Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, Miguel Guilherme, Luís Lucas

Books

Which were the most popular books released in September 1990?
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Darkness Visible by William Styron

Darkness Visible

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This bestseller is Styron’s honest account of his descent into crippling, almost suicidal depression. It is a work of remarkable personal courage.

Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard

Get Shorty

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"A Hollywood hit ....Taut with inimitable prose, characters who could only have sprung out of the mind of Elmore Levy." --Detroit NewsElmore Leonard has been called "the coolest and hottest writer in Chicago" by the Chicago Tribune

An Inconvenient Woman by Dominick Dunne

An Inconvenient Woman

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Jules Mendelson has a lot of wealth. Astrologically so. His wife, he leads a high-society, charity-giving, art-filled life.

Four Past Midnight by Stephen King

Four Past Midnight

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The #1 New York Times Bestseller--four chilling novellas by Stephen King that will "grab" you (The Washington Post). One Past Midnight: "The Langoliers," a red-eye flight between Los Angeles and Boston, into an unfriendly sky.

September by Rosamunde Pilcher

September

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You will never forget Rosemunde Pilcher's Scotland...where greenery flourishes, bills are purple and the lochs sparkle with the bright blue sky.