What Happened in September 1990

Historical Events

  • Sep 1 "Heidi Chronicles" closes at Plymouth Theater, NYC, after 621 performances

Jerome Robbins' Broadway

Sep 1 "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" closes at Imperial theater, NYC. after 634 performances

  • Sep 1 Toronto Argonauts beat BC Lions 68-43 at the Skydome in Toronto for the highest combined score (111) in Canadian Football League history

The Grapes of Wrath

Sep 2 Frank Galati's adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel "The Grapes of Wrath" closes at Cort Theater, NYC. after 188 performances

  • Sep 2 Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, San Francisco
  • Sep 2 Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dave Stieb throws MLB record 9th no-hitter of the season; beats Cleveland, 3-0
  • Sep 3 Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)

Telethon

Sep 3 Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186

Baseball Record

Sep 3 White Sox closer Bobby Thigpen tops Dave Righetti's MLB record with 47th save in Chicago's 4-2 win v Royals; Thigpen finishes season with 57 saves

Venice Film Festival

Sep 4 47th Venice Film Festival: "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" directed by Tom Stoppard wins the Golden Lion

US Men's Tennis Open

Sep 5 #12 seed Pete Sampras ends #3 Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight US Open final with classic 6-4, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 quarter final win; goes on to win 1st career Grand Slam title

Event of Interest

Sep 5 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West

  • Sep 6 US citizen is shot in Kuwait; oil markets surge on aggressive US statements toward Iraq
  • Sep 7 Marjorie Judith Vincent (Ill), 25, crowned 64th Miss America 1991

Music History

Sep 7 New York City Opera's production of Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes' "Street Scene" opens at NY State Theater, NYC; runs for 6 performances

  • Sep 8 Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Ellis Island NYC

US Open Women's Tennis

Sep 8 US Open Women's Tennis: Gabriela Sabatini becomes only Argentine woman to win a Grand Slam singles event; beats Steffi Graf 6-2, 7-6

  • Sep 9 George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki & urge Iraq to leave Kuwait
  • Sep 9 Liberia president Samuel K Doe is captured by Mr Johnson's forces
  • Sep 9 Oakland beats NY 7-3 to complete a 12-game sweep of Yankees this year
  • Sep 9 US Open Men's Tennis: 19-year-old Pete Sampras wins his first Grand Slam title; beats fellow American Andre Agassi 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; Sampras youngest male US Open winner
  • Sep 10 1st time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0
  • Sep 10 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different

Event of Interest

Sep 10 Basilica of Our Lady of Peace consecrated by Pope John Paul II in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, as the largest church in the world at 30,000 square metres (320,000 sq ft)

  • Sep 10 Ellis Island reopens as a museum
  • Sep 10 Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Sep 10 Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq
  • Sep 10 Mariner Matt Young becomes 21st AL'er to strike out 4 in 1 inning
  • Sep 12 US, United Kingdom, France, USSR, East & West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge

Law and Order

Sep 13 "Law and Order" created by Dick Wolf first premieres on NBC

  • Sep 13 Commuter train at Johannesburg South Africa attacked, 36 die
  • Sep 13 Iraqi troops storm residence of French ambassador in Kuwait
  • Sep 13 Robert E Nederlander appointed NY Yankee managing general partner
  • Sep 13 Senate Judiciary Com opens hearing on confirmation of David Souter
  • Sep 14 Ken Griffey, Sr & Jr, hit back-to-back HRs in 1st inning
  • Sep 15 15th Toronto International Film Festival: "Cyrano de Bergerac" directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau wins the People's Choice Award
  • Sep 15 Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves
  • Sep 15 Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000
  • Sep 15 France announce it will send 4,000 troops to Persian Gulf
  • Sep 16 42nd Emmy Awards: LA Law, Murphy Brown, Peter Falk & Patricia Wettig win

Event of Interest

Sep 16 Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George H. W. Bush

  • Sep 16 Pirate Radio NY International begins transmissions on WWCR
  • Sep 17 Newspaper Guild votes 242-35 to keep NY Post publishing
  • Sep 17 Soviet Union & Saudi Arabia restore diplomatic ties
  • Sep 18 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at 1 Times Square, NYC
  • Sep 18 Atlanta is chosen to host 1996 (centennial) Summer Olympics
  • Sep 18 Crude prices outpace increases in product prices and there is talk of cutting refinery runs
  • Sep 18 Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.

Goodfellas

Sep 19 American gangster film "Goodfellas", directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Ray Liotta, premieres

  • Sep 20 Both East and West Germany ratify reunification
  • Sep 20 South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia
  • Sep 20 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
  • Sep 21 MLB Commissioner Faye Vincent turns down Chicago White Sox bid to reinstate 68-year-old Minnie Miñoso
  • Sep 21 Oakland A's Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years
  • Sep 21 Pirate Bobby Bond is 2nd to hit 30 HRs & steal 50 bases in a season (so he can play in 6 decades) because it is a publicity stunt
  • Sep 21 Reports that US refinery problems will lead to a loss in capacity and aggressive remarks by Saddam Hussein send crude prices to new highs

Baseball Record

Sep 22 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base & is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits

  • Sep 22 Saudi Arabia expels many Jordanian & Yemeni envoys
  • Sep 23 PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on Civil War
  • Sep 23 Saddam says he will destroy Israel
  • Sep 24 East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact

Event of Interest

Sep 24 Iraq invades the French and Dutch missions in Kuwait; French President François Mitterrand calls the action a violation of international law; US warship boards an Iraqi-flagged tanker bound for the port of Basrah

  • Sep 24 Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn
  • Sep 24 Saddam Hussein states his willingness to strike first and his intention to damage oil fields in the region if Iraq does strike
  • Sep 24 South African President F. W. de Klerk meets US President George H. W. Bush in Washington, D.C.
  • Sep 24 Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market
  • Sep 24 West German President Richard von Weizsaecker signs reunification treaty
  • Sep 25 1st 8 NY Yankees hit safely vs Baltimore Orioles to tie record
  • Sep 25 Oakland A's clinch 3rd straight AL West title
  • Sep 25 Saddam Hussein warns that US will repeat Vietnam experience
  • Sep 25 UN Security Council vote 14-1 to impose air embargo against Iraq
  • Sep 26 Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating
  • Sep 27 American punk rocker Dee Dee Ramone arrested for marijuana possession in Washington Square Park, NYC
  • Sep 27 Deposed emir of Kuwait address UN General Assembly
  • Sep 27 Gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkeley Calif
  • Sep 27 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court

Greg LeMond Honored

Sep 27 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House

  • Sep 27 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
  • Sep 28 Exiled emir of Kuwait visits White House

Music History

Sep 28 Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame

  • Sep 29 "Love & Affection" by Nelson peaks at #1 on pop singles chart

Millie's Book

Sep 29 "Millie's Book" written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush for president's dog is a best-selling non-fiction book

  • Sep 29 "Street Scene" closes at NY State Theater NYC after 6 performances
  • Sep 29 Reds are 1st NL team to clinch title, staying in 1st place all year
  • Sep 29 The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time
  • Sep 29 US Secretary of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister
  • Sep 29 Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years
  • Sep 30 MLB Chicago White Sox beat Seattle Mariners 2-1 in last game at Comiskey Park, Chicago
  • Sep 30 MLB Pittsburgh Pirates win NL East title

Tribute to Human Rights

Sep 30 The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights monument in Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario [1]


1990 History

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 2 Marcus Ericsson, Swedish auto racer (Indianapolis 500 2022, runner-up 2023; Formula BMW UK 2007; All-Japan Formula 3 C'ship 2009), born in Kumla, Sweden
  • Sep 4 James Bay, British singer-songwriter (Chaos and the Calm), born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
  • Sep 5 Jeremy Snider, American actor (Eric Jr-Bold & Beautiful), born in California
  • Sep 5 Kim Yu-Na, Korean figure skater, born in Wonmi-gu, South Korea
  • Sep 6 DPR Ian [Christian Yu], Australian singer, rapper and director (So Beautiful), born in Sydney, Australia
  • Sep 6 Jay Weinberg, American rock drummer (E Street Band, 2009; Slipknot, 2014-23), born in New Jersey
  • Sep 6 John Wall, American basketball point guard (2010 NBA Draft: #1 pick Washington Wizards), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Sep 7 Tanja Kolbe, German ice dancer, born in Berlin, Germany
  • Sep 8 Gerrit Cole, American MLB player (NY Yankees), born in Newport Beach, California
  • Sep 8 Jos Buttler, English cricket wicketkeeper (HS 152; Somerset CCC, Lancashire CCC, Rajasthan Royals, Sydney Thunder), born in Taunton, England
  • Sep 8 Matt Barkley, American NFL football quarterback (Buffalo Bills), born in Newport Beach, California
  • Sep 8 Matthew Dellavedova, Australian basketball player (Cleveland Cavaliers), born in Maryborough, Australia
  • Sep 9 Magnus Larsson, Danish rock bassist (Lukas Graham - "7 Years"), born in Denmark
  • Sep 9 Melody Klaver, Dutch actress, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Sep 9 Shaun Johnson, New Zealand Rugby League halfback (Auckland Warriors, Cronulla Sharks), born in Auckland, NZ
  • Sep 10 Chandler Massey, American actor (Days of our Lives), born in Atlanta, Georgia
  • Sep 11 Iskra Lawrence, English model and internet personality, born in Worcester, England
  • Sep 14 Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer (Juventus), born in Sapucaia do Sul, Brazil
  • Sep 14 Paula Carregosa, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist (Detonator, Panndora), born in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Sep 18 Michael Smith, English darts player (World C'ship, Grand Slam of Darts 2022), born in St. Helens, England
  • Sep 19 Kieran Trippier, English footballer (Newcastle United, England), born in Bury, England
  • Sep 19 Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress (Yatterman), born in Kumamoto, Japan

John Tavares (33 years old)

Sep 20 Canadian ice hockey player (New York Islanders), born in Mississauga, Ontario

  • Sep 20 Marilou [Bourdon], Canadian pop singer and cookbook author (Three Times a Day), born in Longueuil, Quebec
  • Sep 21 Allison Scagliotti, American actress
  • Sep 21 Christian Serratos, American actress
  • Sep 21 Rob Cross, English darts player (PDC World Champion 2018), born in Pembury, England
  • Sep 25 Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater, born in Nagoya, Japan
  • Sep 27 Kylee Lin, American beauty pageant winner
Born in 1990

Famous Weddings

  • Sep 16 Sam Ackerman (1010) weds Eva Powers (95) in New Rochelle, New York
  • Sep 29 Brook Yeaton weds Traci Lords

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 2 John Bowlby, British psychologist, dies at 83
  • Sep 3 David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients
  • Sep 4 Henry Faas [Wandelganger], Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies

Irene Dunne (1898-1990)

Sep 4 American actress (Cimarron, Theodora Goes Wild), dies of heart failure at 91

  • Sep 5 Beppo Brem, German actor (Frontgockel), dies of heart failure at 84
  • Sep 5 Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1896)
  • Sep 6 Issan Dorsey, American founder of the Hartford St Zen Center in San Francisco, dies of AIDS at 57
  • Sep 6 Len Hutton, English cricket batsman (79 Tests, 19 x 100, HS 364, BA 56.67; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 74

Tom Fogerty (1941-1990)

Sep 6 American rhythm guitarist (Creedence Clearwater Revival), and singer-songwriter, dies of tuberculosis at 48

A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990)

Sep 7 English historian (The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918, Origins of the Second World War), dies at 84

  • Sep 8 Denys Watkins-Pitchford, British writer and illustrator (The Little Grey Men), dies at 85
  • Sep 9 Rimantas Stankevičius, Lithuanian cosmonaut, dies at 46
  • Sep 9 Samuel Doe, Liberian politician (b. 1951)
  • Sep 10 Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated
  • Sep 11 Ben Frank, American actor (Don't Answer the Phone), dies of a heart attack at 56
  • Sep 11 Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist, stabbed to death by Guatemalan military for criticising the government at 40
  • Sep 12 Athene Seyler, English actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101
  • Sep 13 Samuel S. Stratton, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 73
  • Sep 14 Wime de Craene, Flemish singer and composer, dies at 40
  • Sep 15 G. M. J. Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA), dies at 69
  • Sep 15 Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Soviet-Russian 'lost' cosmonaut who was dismissed for disciplinary reasons, dies at 60
  • Sep 16 Loretta Tupper, radio/TV entertainer, dies of cancer at 84
  • Sep 16 Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of a heart attack at 71
  • Sep 19 Werner Janssen, American conductor and composer (New Years Eve in NY), dies at 91
  • Sep 20 Jackie Moran, American actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65
  • Sep 24 Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34
  • Sep 26 Alberto Moravia [Pincherle], Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82
  • Sep 27 Matvey Isaakovich Blanter, Russian-Soviet composer of popular songs and film music ("Katyusha"), dies at 87
  • Sep 28 Lawrence F. O'Brien, American political strategist (Watergate conspirators broke into his office, in-charge of JFK's presidential campaign), dies at 73 [1]
  • Sep 30 Alice Parizeau, Polish-born Quebec writer and journalist, dies at 60
  • Sep 30 Liesbeth de Uyl, Dutch feminist and wife of PM Joop du, dies at 66
  • Sep 30 Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist and writer, dies at 89
  • Sep 30 Patrick White, Australian writer and playwright (Nobel Prize for Literature 1973), dies at 78