World Events

World Statistics

Population: 5.276 billion
population by decade

Nobel Peace Prize:
Mikhail S. Gorbachev (USSR)

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• General Manuel Noriega surrenders in Panama (Jan. 3).
• Yugoslav Communists end 45-year monopoly of power (Jan. 22).
• Communist Party relinquish sole power in Soviet government (Feb. 7). Background: Dissolution of the USSR
• South Africa frees Nelson Mandela, imprisoned 27½ years (Feb. 11).
• US-Soviet summit reaches accord on armaments (June 1).
• Western Alliance ends Cold War and proposes joint action with Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (July 6).
• Iraqi troops invade Kuwait, setting off the Persian Gulf War (Aug. 2 et seq.). Background: The Persian Gulf War
• East and West Germany reunited (Aug. 31 et seq.).
• Margaret Thatcher resigns as British Prime Minister (Nov. 22); John Major succeeds her (Nov. 28).
• Lech Walesa wins Poland's runoff Presidential election (Dec. 9).

U.S. Events

U.S. Statistics

President: George Bush
Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle
Population: 249,438,712
Life expectancy: 75.4 years
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 58.2
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 50.9

• US Supreme Court upsets law banning flag burning (June 11).
• US Appeals Court overturns Oliver North's Iran-Contra conviction (July 20).
• Republicans set back in midterm elections (Nov. 8).

Economics

US GDP (1998 dollars):   $5,743.80 billion
Federal spending:   $1252.52 billion
Federal debt:   $3206.6 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars):  $29,943
Consumer Price Index:   130.7
Unemployment:   5.6%
Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.25

Sports

Sports Links

Pro Football Summary

Pro Basketball Summary

Pro Baseball Summary

Super Bowl

San Francisco d. Denver (55-10)

World Series

Cincinnati d. Oakland A's (4-0)

NBA Championship

Detroit d. Portland (4-1)

Stanley Cup

Edmonton d. Boston (4-1)

Wimbledon

Women: Martina Navratilova d. Z. Garrison (6-4 6-1)
Men: Stefan Edberg d. B. Becker (6-2 6-2 3-6 3-6 6-4)

Kentucky Derby Champion

Unbridled

NCAA Basketball Championship

UNLV d. Duke (103-73)

NCAA Football Champions

Colorado (AP, FW, NFF) (11-1-1) & Georgia Tech (UPI) (11-0-1)

World Cup

W. Germany d. Argentina (1-0)

Entertainment

Entertainment Awards

Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Oscar Hijeulos
Music: Duplicates: A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Mel Powell
Drama: The Piano Lesson, August Wilson

Oscars awarded in 1990
Academy Award, Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy, Richard D. Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck, producers (Warner Bros.)

Nobel Prize for Literature: Octavio Paz (Mexico)

1990 Emmy Awards

1990 Tony Awards

Grammys awarded in 1990
Record of the Year: "Wind Beneath My Wings," Bette Midler
Album of the Year: Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt (Capitol)
Song of the Year: "Wind Beneath My Wings," Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar, songwriters

Miss America: Debbye Turner (MO)

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Events

• The X rating is replaced by NC-17 (no children under 17).
• Ninety-nine percent of U.S. households have at least one radio, with the average owning five.
• The Simpsons debuts on Fox and becomes an instant hit.
• Euro dance band Milli Vanilli admits to lip-synching hits such as "Girl You Know Its True," and has its Grammy award revoked.
• Seinfeld debuts on NBC.
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