Page 17: Historical Events In 1990

Aug 16   Iraq orders 4000 Britons and 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq   

Aug 17   "The Exorcist 3" premiers.   

Aug 17   Pearl Bailey broadway actress/singer, dies at 72 from a heart attack   

Aug 17   Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72.   

Aug 17   Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment   

Aug 18   B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86   

Aug 19   Ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies at 80   

Aug 20   George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner   

Aug 20   Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields)   

Aug 20   Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies   

Aug 21   Gang of convicts from Siberian labour camp overpower guards aboard Aeroflot passenger flight, hijack plane to Pakistan and seek political asylum   

Aug 21   George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya.   

Aug 22   Merlin Marston, actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 45   

Aug 22   Pres Bush calls up military reserves.   

Aug 22   Scores of angry smokers block street near Moscow's Red Square for hours to protest summer-long cigarette shortage   

Aug 23   David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80.   

Aug 24   Iraqi troops surround US and other embassies in Kuwait City   

Aug 25   UN security council authorizes military action against Iraq.   

Aug 26   2 slain college students are discovered in Gainesville Florida.   

Aug 27   52 Americans arrive in Turkey from Iraq.   

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.   

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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),