1. By: Tiffany Brooks

2. o Jan 1 st – Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV o Jan 2 nd – Dow Jones hits record 2,800 o Jan 9 th – 64 th US manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit o Jan 20 th – US 64 th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space o Feb 5 th – Notre Dame becomes 1 st team to sell its game to a major network, NBC o March 19 th – 1 st world ice hockey tournament for women held in Ottawa o April 24 th – US 66 th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit HISTORICAL EVENTS

3. o May 14 th – Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,821.53 o May 30 th – 135 die in a 6.4 earthquake in Peru o June 4 th – Greyhound Bus files for bankruptcy o June 14 th – Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional o July 16 th – 400 die in a 7.7 earthquake in Philippines o July 25 th – US performs nuclear test at Nevada test site o July 30 th – 1 st Saturn automobile rolls off the assembly line o Nov 13 th – World Wide Web 1 st began o December 2 nd - 1 st time 12 people in space o December 31 st – Iraq begins a military draft of 17 year olds CONTINUED..

4. o Yearly Inflation Rate – 5.39% o Average cost of a new house - $123,000 o Average income per year - $28,960 o Cost of a gallon of gas - $1.34 COST OF LIVING: 1990

5. o The Space Shuttle Discovery places the Hubble Space Telescope in orbit revolutionizing astronomy. o 16 megabit chip is shown for the first time. o 1 st known AIDS case is traced back to 1959. o 18 years after its launch the US Space Probe Pioneer reaches a distance of 46.5 billion miles beyond all planetary orbits. o Depletion of the Ozone Layer is discovered above the North Pole. o The 1 st in-car Satellite Navigation System is sold by Pioneer. o Tim Berners-Lee publishes a more formal proposal for the World Wide Web and the 1 st web page is written o Microsoft releases Windows 3.o TECHNOLOGY

6. o The Sci/Fi channel on cable TV starts transmitting o Twin Peaks premiers on ABC o The Milli Vanilli duo’s producer reveals that the Grammy winning pop duo were lip synching the songs on the album which gained them an award POP CULTURE

7. o Home Alone o Ghost o Dances with Wolves o Pretty Woman o Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles o The Hunt for Red October o Total Recall o Die Hard 2 o Dick Tracy o Edward Scissorhands o The Godfather Part III POPULAR FILMS

8. o Tears for Fears o Kylie Minogue o Janet Jackson o Jon Bon Jovi o Rod Stewart o The Blues Brothers o Garth Brooks o The B-52’s o Red Hot Chili Peppers o Billy Joel o Phil Collins o Vanilla Ice o Whitney Houston o Aerosmith o Cher o Mariah Carey POPULAR MUSICIANS

9. o Mr. Bean o Law and Order o America’s Funniest Home Videos o Beverly Hills 90210 o Cheers o Roseanne TELEVISION