Page 17: Historical Events In 1990

Aug 27   Canadian Army ordered to use whatever force necessary to end standoff between Kanasetake Mohawks and Quebec police at Oka.   

Aug 27   Fifty-two Americans, previously held hostage by Iraq, reach freedom in Turkey   

Aug 27   Raymond St Jacques, actor/dir (Falcon Crest), dies of cancer at 60.   

Aug 27   WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude   

Aug 28   Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province   

Aug 28   Kuwait declared the 19th province of Iraq, by Saddam Hussein   

Aug 28   Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske and Wiske), dies.   

Aug 29   C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13.   

Aug 29   Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq   

Aug 29   Sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16   

Aug 31   Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies   

Sep 03   A Florida dentist dies of AIDS after allegedly infecting five of his patients with the AIDS virus   

Sep 03   David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients   

Sep 04   Henry Faas, [Wandelganger], Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies   

Sep 04   Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44172186.   

Sep 05   Beppo Brem, actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84.   

Sep 05   Iraqi Pres Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West   

Sep 06   Leonard Hutton, cricketer (79 Tests for England, 6971 runs), dies.   

Sep 07   Alan J P Taylor, British historian (Origins of WW II), dies   

Sep 08   Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Eliis Island, NYC.   

Sep 08   Gabriella Sabitini beats Steffi Graff to win the US Open   

Sep 09   Bush and Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait.   

Sep 09   Rimantas Antanas Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46   

Sep 10   19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open.   

Sep 10   George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki   

Sep 10   Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada.   

Sep 10   Iran and Iraq agree to resume full diplomatic ties with one another.   

Sep 10   Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated   

Sep 11   Ben Frank, actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of heart attack at 56   

Sep 12   Athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101.   

Sep 12   Full sovereignity handed back to the newly unified German state.   

Sep 12   US, England, France, USSR, East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing the 2 Germanys to merge   

Sep 13   Iraqi troops storm the residence of French ambassador in Kuwait   

Sep 13   Law and Order debuts on NBC-TV.   

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Jul 13   Matt weinberg: American actor   

Oct 23   Stevie brock: American singer   

Jan 01   Charles boost: Dutch film critic,   

Jan 02   Alan hale jr: Skipper on gilligan's island,    

Jan 03   Ken hill: Actor (cobra, protocol),   

Jan 04   Alberto lleras camargo: President of colombia (1945-46, 58-62),   

Jan 05   Arthur kennedy: Actor (air force),    

Jan 06   Hans jaray: Actor (lydia, fedora),    

Jan 07   Bronislau "bronko" nagurski: Football hall of famer,    

Jan 08   Terry thomas: Engl comic (heroes),