What Happened in June 1990

Historical Events

  • Jun 1 "Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC after 56 performances
  • Jun 1 Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting
  • Jun 1 Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97
  • Jun 2 "Turtle Power" by Partners In Kryme hits #13
  • Jun 2 Seattle's Randy Johnson, no-hits Tigers, 2-0
  • Jun 3 3rd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $894,560
  • Jun 3 44th Tony Awards: "The Grapes of Wrath" (play) and "City of Angels" (musical) win
  • Jun 4 24th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton & Patty Loveless win

Event of Interest

Jun 4 Dr Jack Kevorkian assists an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die

  • Jun 4 Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy
  • Jun 4 LA Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves
  • Jun 4 NY Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917
  • Jun 6 2nd International Rock Awards
  • Jun 6 For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game
  • Jun 6 Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as NY Yankee manager

Music History

Jun 7 Michael Jackson enters St. John's Hospital and Health Center, near his home, for chest pains after a dance rehearsal and exercise session

Event of Interest

Jun 7 South African President F. W. de Klerk lifts 4 year state of emergency

  • Jun 8 "It's Garry Shandling's Show" last airs on Fox-TV
  • Jun 8 Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
  • Jun 9 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go & Go wins in 2:27.2

Baseball Record

Jun 9 Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with baseball's switch hit HRs in 10 games

French Open Women's Tennis

Jun 9 French Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles of Yugoslavia wins her first Grand Slam singles title; beats Steffi Graf 7-6, 6-4

  • Jun 9 Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage, in California

Red Hot + Blue

Jun 9 Red Hot Organization releases music album "Red Hot + Blue" featuring contemporary pop stars (including U2; Annie Lennox; Thompson Twins; Sinéad O'Connor; Tom Waits) performing songs of Cole Porter to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV

  • Jun 10 "Accomplice" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 52 performances
  • Jun 10 Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing
  • Jun 10 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland

French Open Men's Tennis

Jun 10 French Open Men's Tennis: Andres Gomez of Ecuador wins his 1st and only career Grand Slam title; beats American Andre Agassi 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

  • Jun 10 Musical "Meet Me In St Louis", based on the 1944 film, closes at Gershwin Theater, NYC, after 253 performances

Election of Interest

Jun 10 Peruvian general elections: Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa head of the Democratic Front loses to Alberto Fujimori, heading Cambio 90, in the second round

  • Jun 10 Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Florida for obscenity

Senior Players Championship

Jun 10 Senior Tournament Players Championship Men's Golf, Dearborn CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his second of 8 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Lee Trevino

  • Jun 11 Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress

Sports History

Jun 11 Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)

  • Jun 11 Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of US flag unconstitutional

Music History

Jun 11 UN appoints British-​Australian singer Olivia Newton-John as environmental ambassador

Mariah Carey Debut Album

Jun 12 "Mariah Carey" debut album by Mariah Carey is released

  • Jun 12 Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite the Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game
  • Jun 12 NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning

Baseball Record

Jun 12 NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves

Baseball Record

Jun 12 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases

Baseball Record

Jun 12 Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list

  • Jun 13 Boeing 767 sets non-stop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya
  • Jun 13 Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term
  • Jun 14 Date of the events in the movie Mr Destiny

NBA Finals

Jun 14 NBA Finals: Defending champion Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers, 92-90 in Game 5 for back-to-back titles; MVP: Isiah Thomas

  • Jun 14 NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season
  • Jun 14 Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional

Dick Tracy

Jun 15 Film "Dick Tracy" with Warren Beatty & Madonna premieres

  • Jun 16 "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer peaks at #8
  • Jun 16 Nelson & Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam
  • Jun 16 NHL Draft: Cornwall Royals (OHL) right wing Owen Nolan first pick by Quebec Nordiques
  • Jun 17 "Some Americans Abroad" closes at Vivian Beaumont NYC after 62 performances
  • Jun 17 "Zoya's Apartment" closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC after 45 performances

US Golf Open

Jun 17 US Open Men's Golf, Medinah CC: Hale Irwin wins his 3rd Open title; defeats Mike Donald at the 91st hole, the first in sudden-death, after tying the 18-hole Monday playoff

Sports History

Jun 19 Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al López's NL mark

Event of Interest

Jun 19 Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V., founded by Carlos Slim is listed on the Mexico Stock Exchange

  • Jun 20 Asteroid Eureka is discovered
  • Jun 20 Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of US
  • Jun 21 7.7 Manjil-Rudbar Earthquake with hundreds of aftershocks hits Iran; killing about 50,000
  • Jun 21 At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a NY Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!"

Music History

Jun 21 Little Richard [Penniman] gets a star on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame

  • Jun 21 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 4th victim, Larry Parham
  • Jun 21 Parliaments of W & E Germany recognize Oder-Neissegrens
  • Jun 21 US House of Representatives votes 254-177 to stop US flag burning, doesn't pass

Film & TV History

Jun 22 Adam Sandler joins "Saturday Night Live"

Music Concert

Jun 22 Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium, New York City

  • Jun 22 Florida passes a law which prohibits wearing a thong bathing suit
  • Jun 22 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England opens: The Cure, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo headline; other performers include Sinéad O'Connor, Neville Brothers, Ry Cooder, Del Amitri, Flaco Jiminez, Hothouse flowers, and World Party
  • Jun 22 Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns
  • Jun 22 MLB Atlanta Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox
  • Jun 22 Nelson Mandela addresses the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid in New York, saying that nothing has occurred in South Africa to reverse the ANC's position
  • Jun 23 A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty
  • Jun 23 African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela, on a US tour, receives a tumultuous welcome in Boston
  • Jun 23 Moldavia declares independence

Music History

Jun 23 Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home

TV Personality of Year

Jun 23 TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of year

  • Jun 23 Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 6 wickets to win ICC Trophy
  • Jun 25 "Dave Thomas Comedy Show" last airs on CBS-TV
  • Jun 25 120°F in Phoenix, Arizona
  • Jun 25 African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela meets with President George H. W. Bush at the White House
  • Jun 25 Anti-government riots break out in Lusaka, Zambia
  • Jun 25 NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days
  • Jun 25 Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known
  • Jun 26 122°F in Phoenix Arizona
  • Jun 26 8 Kansas & Oklahoma radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad
  • Jun 26 New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall

Contract of Interest

Jun 27 Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract

  • Jun 27 NBA Draft: Syracuse power forward Derrick Coleman first pick by New Jersey Nets

Event of Interest

Jun 27 Salman Rushdie, condemned to death by Iran, contributes $8600 to help their earthquake victims

Daytime Emmy Awards

Jun 28 Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time

Sports History

Jun 29 A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues

Film & TV History

Jun 29 Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M

  • Jun 29 NY Mets tie their team career high 11 game winning streak
  • Jun 29 World's first female diocesan Anglican bishop, Dr Penny Jamieson, appointed in New Zealand
  • Jun 30 East and West Germany merge their economies
1990 History

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 1 Carlota Ciganda, Spanish golfer (US Open 2018 3rd; 2 LPGA Tour titles), born in Pamplona, Spain
  • Jun 2 Brittany Curran, American actress
  • Jun 4 Evan Spiegel, American Internet entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Snapchat (Snap Inc.), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Jun 4 Zach Farro, American rock drummer, and songwriter (Paramore - "Misery Business"; "Brick By Boring Brick"), born in Voorhees Township, New Jersey
  • Jun 7 Iggy Azalea [Amethyst Kelly], Australian singer, rapper, and songwriter ("Fancy"; "Black Widow"), born in Sydney, Australia
  • Jun 9 Matthias Mayer, Austrian alpine ski racer (Olympic gold downhill 2014, Super-G 2018, 22), born in Sankt Veit, Kärnten, Austria
  • Jun 11 Paapa Essiedu, English actor (I May Destroy You), born in London, England
  • Jun 13 Aaron Johnson, British actor
  • Jun 15 Kaspar Uljas, Estonian jazz accordion and bandoneon player, born in Estonia
  • Jun 19 Mike Kerr, British rock lead vocalist and bassist (Royal Blood), born in Worthing, West Sussex, Engalnd
  • Jun 23 Inna Shevchenko, Ukrainian radical feminist activist (FEMEN), born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
  • Jun 23 Samuel Lee, FIFA 08 World Champion
  • Jun 24 Michael Del Zotto, Canadian ice hockey player
  • Jun 27 Aselin Debison, Canadian pop, country, and Celtic singer ("Bigger Than Me"), born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
  • Jun 27 Bobby Wagner, American NFL player (Seattle Seahawks), born in Los Angeles, California
  • Jun 28 Jasmine Richards, Canadian actress (Camp Rock), born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
  • Jun 29 Ryu So-yeon, South Korean golfer (US Open 2011, ANA Inspiration 2017), born in Seoul, South Korea
  • Jun 30 Daro Behroozi, American funk saxophonist and clarinetist (Lucky Chops), born in New York City
Born in 1990

Famous Weddings

  • Jun 9 Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) & Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed

Patrick Roy

Jun 9 NHL goaltender Patrick Roy (25) weds Michele Piuze at Saint-Sacrement Church in Quebec, Canada


Famous Deaths

  • Jun 1 Eric Barker, actor/writer (Carry on Sergeant, Roommates), dies
  • Jun 2 Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at 76

Rex Harrison (1908-1990)

Jun 2 English actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82

  • Jun 2 Robert Noyce, American inventor (co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968), dies at 62
  • Jun 2 Shriram Sharma, Indian spiritual leader and founder of "All World Gayatri Pariwar", dies at 78
  • Jun 2 Stuart Hall, actor (Cavalcade, Dawn Patrol), dies
  • Jun 2 Walter Davis Jr., American hard bop pianist (Davis Cup, Illumination), dies of liver and kidney disease at 57
  • Jun 3 Stiv Bators [Steven Bator], American punk rock singer and guitarist (The Dead Boys; The Lords of the New Church), dies from brain injury after being struck by a car in Paris, at 40
  • Jun 3 Tom Brown, American actor (Buck Privates Come Home, In Old Chicago), dies from cancer at 77
  • Jun 4 Jack Gilford, American comedic actor (Save the Tiger, Cocoon, Arthur 2), dies at 81 of stomach cancer
  • Jun 5 Jan Zeldenrust, Dutch pathologist and anatomist, dies at 83
  • Jun 5 Jim Hodder, American drummer, and singer (Steely Dan, 1972-74), drowns in his home swimming pool at 42
  • Jun 5 Vasily V Kuznetsov, President of USSR supreme soviet (1982-83, 85), dies
  • Jun 7 Barbara Baxley, American stage and screen actress and singer (Norma Rae; Nashville; Countdown), dies of a heart attack at 67
  • Jun 8 Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies
  • Jun 8 Jose Figueres, president of Costa Rica (1948-49, 53-58, 70-74), dies
  • Jun 11 Clyde McCoy, American jazz trumpeter ("Sugar Blues"; the wah-wah sound), bandleader and co-founder of "Down Beat" magazin, dies at 86
  • Jun 12 Glen Gorbous, Canadian MLB outfielder (record for longest throw of a regulation baseball [445' 10"]), dies at 59

Terence O'Neill (1914-1990)

Jun 12 Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (Ulster Unionist Party: 1963-69), dies of cancer at 75

  • Jun 14 Erna Berger, German lyric soprano, and voice teacher, dies at 89
  • Jun 15 Carlo Prosperi, Italian composer, dies at 69
  • Jun 15 George Nakashima, American furniture maker and architect (American Craft Movement), dies at 85
  • Jun 15 Leonard Sachs, British actor (The Good Old Days; John Wesley), dies of kidney failure at 80
  • Jun 16 Eva Turner, British operatic soprano, dies at 98
  • Jun 16 Thomas Cowling, British mathematician and astronomer, dies at 83
  • Jun 17 Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist and painter (Holland Festival), dies at 79
  • Jun 17 Palmira Henry, fashion designer, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 44
  • Jun 18 Dennis Dyer, South African cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies at 76
  • Jun 19 Antonio Martinez, Spanish rock guitarist (Los Bravos - "Black Is Black", dies in a motorcycle accident at 44
  • Jun 20 Ina Balin, actress (Patsy), dies at 52, of pulmonary hypertension
  • Jun 21 Cedric Belfrage, English writer and journalist (co-founder of National Guardian), dies at 85
  • Jun 21 June Christy, American jazz singer (Tampico), dies at 64
  • Jun 22 Ilya Mikhaylovich Frank, Russian Physicist and Nobel Laureate (Cherenkov radiation), dies at 81
  • Jun 24 Joseph Proce, American murder victim (3rd person attacked by NYC's Zodiac killer), dies in hospital at 78
  • Jun 25 Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Australian composer (Triad), dies at 77
  • Jun 26 Anni Blomqvist, Finnish novelist (b. 1909)
  • Jun 28 Estelle Lamont, entertainer, dies
  • Jun 29 Irving Wallace, American author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74
  • Jun 30 Dudu Pukwana [Mtutuzel], South African saxophonist and composer, dies at 51