Historical Events In 1990

Apr 01 Ottawa signs final land claim agreement with Yukon First Nations; gives them surface title to 41,000 sq km; of land, plus mineral rights and $232 million cash.

Apr 25 Dexter Gordon jazz saxophonist, dies at 67 in Philadelphia

Apr 26 Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal & twists his ankle

Apr 07 John Poindexter (Natl Sec Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal

Apr 18 On the Minahassa Peninsula a 7.4 quake resulted in at least 3 people killed and 25 people injured. More than 1,140 houses damaged in the Bolaang-Gorontalo area

Apr 06 Lady Nancy Hawkes (1946 best dress woman) dies at 73

Apr 04 Sarah Vaughn jazz singer, dies at 68

Apr 24 West & East Germany agree to merge currency & economies on July first

Apr 08 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger

Apr 05 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminaries

Apr 26 NY court of appeals ends 2« year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of the case

Apr 21 "Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks

Apr 01 CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger

Apr 07 Farm Aid IV concert

Apr 20 Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income

Apr 06 Liberals and Parti Quebecois team up to pass motion rejecting any modifications to Meech Lake accord; hours before Newfoundland rejection.

Apr 26 In the Qinghai Province, Chinaa 6.9 quake resulted in at least 126 people killed, many injured, extensive damage and landslides in the Gonghe-Xinghai area

Nov 08 100,000 additional US troops are sent to the Persian gulf

Nov 19 The owners of Guinness Beer hoisted a toast on this day to celebrate their $1 billion purchase of Spain's biggest brewer, La Cruz del Campo (Cruzcampo)

Nov 18 Saddam offers to free an estimated 2,000 men held in Kuwait

Nov 19 Iraq announces it will free all German hostages

Nov 27 Britain's conservatives chose John Major to succeed Margaret Thatcher

Nov 20 Layne Halls of Silver Creek, New York, died at the age of 105, according to his death certificate. Halls had the distinction of being the oldest licensed driver in the United States at the time

Nov 25 Bill Vukovich Indie 500 driver, dies in crash at 27

Nov 08 Saddam fires his army chief & threatens to destroy Arabian peninsula

Nov 26 Matsushita purchases MCA for $6.6 billion

Nov 20 Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership

Nov 30 Bush proposes US-Iraq meeting to avoid war

Nov 30 Actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke

Nov 15 President Bush signs the Clear Air Act of 1990

Nov 26 Mikhail Gorbachev tells Iraq to get out of Kuwait

Nov 14 Michael Heseltine contests Thatcher's leadership of the party

Nov 20 Chief Justice Bertha Wilson (Supreme Court of Cda.) announces her retirement after 9 years

Nov 10 Lebanon releases 2 French hostages (Camille Sontag & Marcel Coudari)

Nov 04 Secretary of State James Baker visits US troops in Saudi Arabia

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