1990 in the United States

1990 in the United States
Events from the year 1990 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: George H. W. Bush (R-Texas)
Vice President: Dan Quayle (R-Indiana)
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist (Wisconsin)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tom Foley (D-Washington)
Senate Majority Leader: George J. Mitchell (D-Maine)
Congress: 101st
Events
January
January 2 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,800 for the first time ever.
January 3 – United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed "strongman of Panama", surrenders to American forces.
January 5 – The National Gallery of Art purchases The Fall of Phaeton by Peter Paul Rubens.
January 9–20 – The Space Shuttle Columbia flies STS-32.
January 10 – Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
January 13 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
January 15 – Martin Luther King Day Crash – Telephone service in Atlanta, St. Louis, and Detroit, including 9-1-1 service, goes down for nine hours, due to an AT&T software bug.
January 17 – Smith & Wesson introduce the .40 S&W cartridge.
January 18
In Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
In California, the McMartin preschool trial, the longest criminal trial in U.S. history, ends with all defendants being acquitted on charges of child molesting.
January 22 – Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. is convicted of releasing the Morris worm.
January 24
Richard Secord is sentenced to two years probation for lying to the United States Congress about the Iran–Contra affair.
In Miami, William Lozano, a Hispanic police officer, is sentenced to seven years in prison for shooting a black motorcyclist in 1989, an event that had set off three days of rioting.
January 25 – Avianca Flight 52 crashes into Cove Neck, Long Island, New York, killing 73, after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials.
January 28 – The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV.
January 29
The trial of Joseph Hazelwood, former skipper of the Exxon Valdez, begins in Anchorage, Alaska. He is accused of negligence that resulted in America's worst oil spill to date.
In Holmdel, New Jersey, scientists at Bell Labs announce they have created a digital optical processor that could lead to the development of superfast computers that use pulses of light rather than electric currents to make calculations.
January 31
President of the United States George H. W. Bush gives his first State of the Union address and proposes that the U.S. and the Soviet Union make deep cuts to their military forces in Europe.
Cold War: The first McDonald's in Moscow, Russia opens.
February
February 9 – The owners of Major League Baseball announce a lockout because of a salary dispute with players.
February 11 – James "Buster" Douglas knocks out Mike Tyson to win the World Heavyweight Boxing crown.
February 13 – Drexel Burnham Lambert files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
February 14 – The Pale Blue Dot picture was sent back from the Voyager 1 probe after completing its primary mission, it was about 6 billion km (3.7 billion miles) from Earth.
February 19 – The United Mine Workers reach a deal with the Pittston Company to end the Pittston Coal strike that had gone on since April 5, 1989; most striking coal miners return to work on February 26.
February 25 – A smoking ban takes effect on all domestic U.S. flights of less than six hours.
February 27 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on five criminal counts.
February 28
The Space Shuttle Atlantis begins STS-36.
The 5.7 Upland earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), causing $12.7 million in losses and 30 injuries.
March
March – Greyhound bus drivers strike for higher pay.
March 1
Steve Jackson Games is raided by the U.S. Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves a license for the long-delayed Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant.
March 6 – An SR-71 sets a U.S. transcontinental speed record of 1 hour 8 minutes 17 seconds, on what is publicized as its last official flight.
March 9 – Antonia Novello is sworn in as Surgeon General of the United States, becoming the first female and Hispanic American to serve in the position.
March 18
Twelve paintings, collectively worth from $100 to $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts by two robbers posing as police officers. It is the largest art theft, and the largest theft of private property, ever; the paintings have not been recovered.
Major League Baseball players and owners agree to a new four-year contract, ending the lockout begun on February 15.
March 22 – A jury in Anchorage, Alaska finds Joseph Hazelwood guilty of misdemeanor negligence for his role in the Exxon Valdez oil spill. He is sentenced to pay $50,000 in restitution and to spend 1,000 hours cleaning oily beaches.
March 25 – In New York City, a fire due to arson at an illegal social club called "Happy Land" kills 87.
March 26 – The 62nd Academy Awards, hosted by Billy Crystal, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, with Bruce Beresford's Driving Miss Daisy winning four awards out of nine nominations, including Best Picture. Jessica Tandy, at 80, becomes the oldest actress to win Best Actress and the oldest person to win for acting until 2012. Oliver Stone wins his second Best Director award for Born on the Fourth of July. The telecast garners over 40 million viewers.
March 27 – The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí to Cuba.
March 28 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
April
April 2 – The UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team defeats the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team to win the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
April 6 – Robert Mapplethorpe's "The Perfect Moment" show of nude and homosexual photographs opens at the Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, in spite of accusations of indecency by Citizens for Community Values.
April 7 – Iran-Contra Affair: John Poindexter is found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal; the convictions are later reversed on appeal.
April 8 – Ryan White, who made headlines after being expelled for contracting AIDS, dies from the disease at the age of 18.
April 9 – Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. is established.
April 17–18 – President Bush meets with representatives of 17 countries and two international organizations at the White House to discuss global warming and other environmental issues.
April 20 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.
April 23 – Lebanon hostage crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release American educator Robert Polhill, who had been held hostage since January 1987.
April 24 – Investor Michael Milken pleads guilty to six felonies and agrees to pay $600 million in fines and restitution.
April 25 – The Space Shuttle Discovery places the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit.
April 28 – A Chorus Line, the longest-running musical in Broadway history, closes after 6,137 performances.
April 30 – Lebanon hostage crisis: Lebanese kidnappers release American educator Frank H. Reed, who had been held hostage since September 1986.
May
May 13 – In the Philippines, gunmen kill two United States Air Force airmen near Clark Air Base on the eve of talks between the Philippines and the United States over the future of American military bases in the Philippines.
May 19 – The U.S. and the Soviet Union agree to end production of chemical weapons and to destroy most of their stockpiles of chemical weapons.
May 22 – Microsoft releases Windows 3.0.
May 24 – The Edmonton Oilers defeat the Boston Bruins in the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals for their fifth Stanley Cup.
May 30 – President Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev begin a four-day summit meeting in Washington, D.C.
June
June – The last month of the 1980s business cycle expansion, at the time the second-longest expansion in American history (the 1960s expansion was a year longer), comes to an end; the unemployment rate is 5.2%.
June 1
Cold War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign the Chemical Weapons Accord to end chemical weapon production and begin destroying their respective stocks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,900 for the first time ever.
June 2 – The Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak spawns 88 confirmed tornadoes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, killing 12; Thirty-seven tornadoes occur in Indiana, eclipsing the previous record of 21 during the 1974 Super Outbreak.
June 7
Nickelodeon Studios opens.
Universal Studios Florida opens to the public.
June 9 – Mega Borg oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, Texas.
June 11
Nolan Ryan pitches his sixth career no-hitter.
In United States v. Eichman, the Supreme Court overturns a 1989 federal law that made it illegal to burn the United States flag.
June 14 – 1990 NBA Finals: The Detroit Pistons defeat the Portland Trail Blazers.
June 17–30 – Nelson Mandela tours North America, visiting three Canadian cities and eight U.S. cities.
June 18 – James Edward Pough kills 10 and injures six before committing suicide at a General Motors car loan office in Jacksonville, Florida.
June 22 – The United States Fish and Wildlife Service declares the spotted owl a threatened species.
June 25 – In Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health, the Supreme Court allows public officials to intervene in questions of termination of life support in the absence of an advance healthcare directive.
June 26 – President George H. W. Bush reneges on his 1988 "no new taxes" campaign pledge in a statement accepting tax revenue increases as a necessity to reduce the budget deficit. This later becomes a factor in the 1992 presidential election.
June 28 – The Dart Man attacks begin in New York City.
July
July – The United States enters the early 1990s recession.
July 2 – A U.S. District Court acquits Imelda Marcos on racketeering and fraud charges.
July 4 – SK8-TV debuts on Nickelodeon.
July 9–11 – The 16th G7 Summit is held in Houston.
July 19 – Pete Rose is sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty to filing false tax returns.
July 20
A federal appeals court overturns three convictions of Oliver North.
William J. Brennan, Jr. resigns from the Supreme Court for health reasons.
July 25 – The United States Senate votes to reprimand Senator David Durenberger for improper financial dealings and orders him to pay restitution.
July 26
U.S. President George H. W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act, designed to protect disabled Americans from discrimination.
The United States House of Representatives votes to reprimand Rep. Barney Frank for conduct stemming from his relationship with a male prostitute.
July 28 – A fire at a generating plant knocks out power to 40,000 homes in Chicago's west side. Power is restored by July 31.
August
August 2
Gulf War: Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
Federal prosecutors indict Rep. Floyd H. Flake and his wife on 17 counts of conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion.
August 6 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to its invasion of Kuwait.
August 9 – Yosemite National Park closes temporarily because of forest fires.
August 10 – The Magellan enters orbit around Venus.
August 12 – "Sue", the best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex specimen ever found, is discovered near Faith, South Dakota by Sue Hendrickson.
August 18 – In New York City, a jury finds three teenagers guilty of raping and assaulting a woman in Central Park in April 1989. On September 11, they are sentenced to 5–10 years in prison.
August 19 – Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert, ending with Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
August 26–28 – In Gainesville, Florida, police find five murdered college students, apparently killed by a serial killer.
August 28 – The Plainfield Tornado (F5 on the Fujita scale) strikes the towns of Plainfield, Crest Hill, and Joliet, Illinois, killing 29 people (the strongest tornado to date to strike the Chicago Metropolitan Area).
September
September 8 – Fox Kids, a children's programming block, debuts on Fox.
September 9
President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev meet in Helsinki to discuss the Persian Gulf crisis.
After six years of renovations, Ellis Island reopens as an immigration museum.
Pete Sampras, age 19, wins the 1990 US Open, becoming the youngest person to ever win the event.
September 11 – Gulf War: President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait.
September 12 – Cold War: The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
September 14 – Scientists at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland begin the first gene therapy on a human patient.
September 17 – United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney fires Gen. Michael Dugan, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, for publicly discussing plans to bomb Iraq.
September 18
The International Olympic Committee awards the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta, Georgia.
Charles Keating is indicted on charges in connection with the 1989 failure of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association.
September 24 – President Bush meets with President of South Africa F. W. de Klerk at the White House, the first time a South African head of government had visited the U.S. since 1945.
September 26 – The Motion Picture Association of America replaces its X rating with a new NC-17 rating.
September 29 – Washington National Cathedral is completed after 83 years of construction.
September 30 – The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible is published in the United States.
October
October 2 – The Senate confirms David Souter to the Supreme Court; he takes his seat on October 9.
October 3 – In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a jury convicts a record store owner of obscenity for selling an album by 2 Live Crew. On October 20, a second jury finds 2 Live Crew not guilty of obscenity on charges stemming from a June 1990 performance.
October 5 – In Cincinnati, a jury finds an art museum and its art director innocent of breaking obscenity laws for displaying sexually explicit photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.
October 6 – STS-41: The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off and launches the Ulysses on a mission to study the sun.
October 6–8 – The federal government temporarily halts all non-essential services after Congress fails to enact a new budget and President Bush vetoes a stop-gap spending measure.
October 9 – Leonard Bernstein announces his retirement from conducting after 47 years. He dies five days later.
October 20 – The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Oakland Athletics, 4 games to 0, to win their 5th World Series Title.
October 22
President Bush vetoes a civil rights bill that would have strengthened federal protection against job discrimination, arguing that it would lead to race and gender-based quotas.
In Orange County, California, a judge denies a surrogate mother's request for parental rights to a child she bore for another couple.
October 24 – United States Secretary of Labor Elizabeth Dole announces her resignation.
October 25 – Evander Holyfield defeats James "Buster" Douglas to become the heavyweight boxing champion.
October 27 – Congress passes the Clean Air Act of 1990.
November
November – Rhode Island banking crisis begins.
November 5
President George H. W. Bush signs the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, which includes tax increases despite his "no new taxes" pledge.
Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
November 6
In the congressional elections, Democrats increase their majorities in both houses of Congress.
Sharon Pratt Kelly is elected Mayor of the District of Columbia, becoming the first black woman to head a major U.S. city. She takes office January 2, 1991.
November 8 – William Bennett resigns as Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
November 11 – Stormie Jones, the Texas girl who had been the world's first recipient of a simultaneous heart and liver transplant in 1984, dies at a Pittsburgh hospital at age 13.
November 15 – STS-38: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on a classified military mission.
November 16
President Bush leaves on a trip to Europe and the Middle East; he spends Thanksgiving with U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia.
Walt Disney Feature Animation's 29th feature film, The Rescuers Down Under, is released. A sequel to 1977's The Rescuers and the first theatrically-released Disney sequel, it received positive reviews but struggled at the box office as it opened the same day as Home Alone.
November 21 – Financier Michael Milken is sentenced to 10 years in prison.
November 27 – The National Football League fines the New England Patriots and three of its players for the sexual harassment of reporter Lisa Olson.
November 29 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes UN Security Council Resolution 678, authorizing military intervention in Iraq if that nation does not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
December
December – The unemployment rate rises to 6.3%, the highest since May 1987.
December 1 – Quarterback Ty Detmer of the BYU Cougars football wins the Heisman Trophy.
December 2 – STS-35: Space Shuttle Columbia begins a mission that ends on December 10, a day earlier than planned, ending a mission plagued with computer and plumbing problems.
December 2–8 – President Bush visits Brazil, Uruguay, Argentine, Chile, and Venezuela.
December 3 – At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 (a McDonnell Douglas DC-9) collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 (a Boeing 727) on the runway, killing eight passengers and four crew members on Flight 1482.
December 11 – A dense fog overwhelms an interstate near Calhoun, Tennessee, damaging ninety-nine vehicles, injuring forty-two people, and killing a dozen, making it one of the worst automobile accidents in American history.
December 11 – American mob boss John Gotti is arrested.
December 14 – President Bush names Lynn Morley Martin to replace Elizabeth Dole as Secretary of Labor.
December 17 – President Bush names Lamar Alexander as United States Secretary of Education, replacing Lauro Cavazos, who resigned on December 12.
December 25 – The Godfather Part III opens in theaters.
Date unknown
Center for Personalized Education for Physicians is established in Colorado.
EMBARC, a Motorola business enterprise is established.
Flometrics, a San Diego engineering solutions company is formed.
Outcomes Research Consortium, an international clinical research group is formed in California.
Paragon Innovations, a Richardson, Texas engineering firm is founded.
Silicon Valley Microelectronics is founded in California.
Songs of Hope Summer Camp is founded in Minnesota.
Uptown Station opens in Normal, Illinois.
Ongoing
Cold War (1947–1991)
Gulf War (1990–1991)
Births
January
January 1
Ashante "Thee" Adonis, wrestler
Xavier Avery, baseball player
January 3 – Dahmar Wartts-Smiles, hurdler
January 5 – Darvin Adams, football player
January 6 – Natalie Palamides, voice actress
January 7
Liam Aiken, actor
Camryn Grimes, actress
Michael Sam, football player
January 8 – Jeff Allen, football player
January 9
Justin Blackmon, football player
Melissa Ricks, Filipino-born actress
January 10 – John Carlson, ice hockey player
January 11 – Ryan Griffin, football player
January 14
Kacy Catanzaro, wrestler and gymnast
Grant Gustin, actor and singer
January 15
Chris Warren Jr., actor
Luke Willson, football player
January 18 – Zeeko Zaki, Egyptian-born actor
January 21
Kelly Rohrbach, model and actress
Jacob Smith, actor
January 22
Yousef Erakat, youtuber
Logic, rapper, singer/songwriter, and record producer
January 24 – Jahleel Addae, football player
January 25 – Daniel Hernández Jr., politician
January 26
Kherington Payne, dancer and actress
Christopher Massey, actor
January 29
Charlie Cipriano, lacrosse player
Nick Moody, football player
Brandon Taylor, football player
January 30
Eddy Alvarez, baseball player
Jazmyne Avant, soccer player
Ryan Scott Graham, bassist for State Champs
Anne Schleper, ice hockey player
Jake Thomas, actor
January 31
Conor Allen, ice hockey player
Nate Augspurger, rugby player
February
February 2 – Julia Fox, actress and model
February 3 – Sean Kingston, singer
February 4 – Zach King, internet personality, filmmaker, and illusionist
February 6 – Jermaine Kearse, football player
February 7 – Dalilah Muhammad, Olympic hurdler
February 8
Christian Madsen, actor
Ben Schnetzer, actor
Klay Thompson, basketball player
February 9 – Camille Winbush, actress
February 10 – Trevante Rhodes, actor
February 11 – Q'orianka Kilcher, German-born actress and activist
February 12 – Robert Griffin III, football player
February 14
Nancy Avesyan, American-born Armenian footballer
Jake Weary, actor
Emily Mae Young, actress
February 17 – Jamie Alvord, cyclist
February 18
Monica Aksamit, Olympic fencer
Scott Anderson, racing driver
February 20 – Derek Anderson, mixed martial artist
February 22
Kyle Greig, soccer player
Travis Releford, basketball player
February 23
Shelby Blackstock, race car driver
Tom Brandt, soccer player
Olivia Jean, singer
February 24
Dwayne Allen, football player
Jason Coats, baseball player
Caleb McSurdy, football player
Derek Wolfe, football player
February 25 – RaShaun Allen, football player
February 26 – Chris Banjo, football player
February 27
Lindsey Morgan, actress
Megan Young, Filipino-born actress, model, television host, and beauty contest title holder
February 28 – Ryan Allen, football player
March
March 4
Andrea Bowen, actress
Draymond Green, basketball player
March 6 – Demitrius Bronson, football player and pro wrestler
March 7 – Chase Owens, pro wrestler
March 8
Yvonne Anderson, basketball player
Kristinia DeBarge, singer/songwriter
Abigail and Brittany Hensel, conjoined twins
March 9 – YG, rapper and actor
March 10
Mike Adams, football player
Ryan Nassib, football player
March 11 – Reiley McClendon, actor
March 13 – Emory Cohen, actor
March 15
Nick Ahmed, baseball player
Lauren Barfield, volleyball player
Siobhan Magnus, singer
March 17 – Rizza Islam, conspiracy theorist
March 18
Michael J. Knowles, conservative political commentator
Luke Tarsitano, actor
March 22
Sophie Caldwell, cross-country skier
Claire Huangci, classical pianist
March 24
Lacey Evans, wrestler
JonTron, Youtuber/Reviewer
March 25 – Kiowa Gordon, actor
March 26
James Buescher, stock car driver
Carly Chaikin, actress
March 28 – Laura Harrier, actress and model
March 29 – Timothy Chandler, German-born soccer player
March 30
Connor Arendell, golfer
Corey Cott, actor and singer
Cassie Scerbo, actress, singer, and dancer
Thomas Rhett, singer/songwriter
Matt Simpson, Paralympic goalball player
April
April 1
Naser Jason Abdo, US Army soldier and convict terrorist
Justin Hamilton, Croatian-born football player
April 2
Roscoe Dash, rapper and singer
Madman Fulton, pro wrestler
April 3 – Madison Brengle, tennis player
April 4 – Matthew Aucoin, composer, conductor, pianist, and writer
April 6 – Charlie McDermott, actor
April 8
Chuggaaconroy, YouTuber
Kind Butler III, sprinter
TimTheTatman, livestreamer
April 9 – Kristen Stewart, actress and director
April 10 – Maren Morris, country singer
April 11 – Darrius Garrett, American-born Rwandan basketball player
April 14
Danny Agbelese, basketball player
Christian Alexander, Greek-born actor
April 16
Tony McQuay, Olympic sprinter
Lorraine Nicholson, actress
Travis Shaw, baseball player
April 17 – R. J. Allen, soccer player
April 18 – Britt Robertson, actress
April 21 – Bree Essrig, actress
April 22 – Machine Gun Kelly, actor, rapper, and singer
April 23 – Matthew Underwood, actor
April 24
Camille Ashton, soccer player
Carly Pearce, country singer
April 27 – Austin Dillon, stock car driver
April 28 – Chelsea Stewart, soccer player
April 29
Bradford Burgess, basketball player
Chris Johnson, basketball player
May
May 2
Paul George, basketball player
Kay Panabaker, actress
May 3
Harvey Guillén, actor
Brooks Koepka, golfer
May 5
Hannah Davis, model
Michele Fitzgerald, television personality
May 6
Moses Storm, writer and comedian
Caitlin Yankowskas, figure skater
May 7 – Jonathan Zlotnik, politician
May 8 – Kemba Walker, basketball player
May 9 – John McEntee, political advisor
May 10
Hannah Alcorn, voice actress
Brandun DeShay, rapper and record producer
Lauren Potter, actress
May 11 – Taylor Fletcher, Olympic Nordic combined skier
May 12
Etika, YouTuber, rapper, and model (d. 2019)
Jacory Harris, football player
Shungudzo, singer and television personality
May 14
Amber Portwood reality television personality and criminal
Sasha Spielberg, musician
May 16
I o, DJ and record producer (d. 2020)
Marc John Jefferies, actor
May 17
Will Clyburn, basketball player
Ross Butler, actor
Kree Harrison, singer
Leven Rambin, actress
May 18 – Luke Kleintank, actor
May 21 – Trevor Andrews, curler
May 22 – Kenny Anunike, football player and coach
May 24
Bryce Hirschberg, director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and musical artist
Joey Logano, race car driver
May 25
Bo Dallas, wrestler
Jarred Cosart, baseball player
Ryan Sherriff, baseball player
May 26 – Eric Griffin, basketball player
May 27 – Chris Colfer, actor
May 29 – Erica Garner, civil rights activist (d. 2017)
May 30 – Dean Collins, actor
May 31 – Phillipa Soo, actress and singer
June
June 2 – Brittany Curran, actress and singer
June 3 – Rachael Adams, volleyball player
June 4
Zac Farro, musician, singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and drummer for Paramore
Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc.
June 5 – Kyle Pavone, singer and co-frontman for We Came As Romans (d. 2018)
June 6
Mike G, rapper and member of Odd Future
Ryan Higa, YouTube personality
Anthony Rendon, baseball player
June 7 – Allison Schmitt, Olympic swimmer
June 9 – John Andreoli, baseball player
June 10 – Tristin Mays, actress and singer
June 12
Luís Arias, boxer
Jrue Holiday, basketball player
Kevin Wu, blogger, activist, and humanitarian
June 15 – Denzel Whitaker, actor
June 16 – Austin Krajicek, tennis player
June 18
Monica Barbaro, actress
Christian Taylor, Olympic triple jumper
June 19
Ashly Burch, actress, singer, and writer
Xavier Rhodes, football player
June 20
Colin Schmitt. politician
Jacob Wysocki, actor and comedian
June 21 – Ra'eese Aleem, boxer
June 22
Quinton Coples, football player
T. J. DiLeo, American-German basketball player
June 23
Cameron Artis-Payne, football player
Rodney McLeod, football player
June 27 – Bobby Wagner, football player
June 28 – Ape Drums, DJ and record producer
June 30
Cody Asche, baseball player and coach
David Wise, freestyle skier
July
July 2
ARTZ, rapper and songwriter
Kayla Harrison, judoka
Grey Henson, actor, dancer, and singer
July 4 – Kelsi Crain, model, Miss Louisiana 2010
July 5 – Nick Anderson, baseball player
July 6
Jourdana Phillips, model
Jeremy Suarez, actor
July 7 – Amadeus Serafini, actor
July 8 – Randy Brown, American-born Jamaican mixed martial artist
July 10
Robert Alon, racing driver
Mike LiPetri, politician
July 11
Dan Colman, poker player
Connor Paolo, actor
Patrick Peterson, football player
Kelsey Sanders, actress
July 12
Rachel Brosnahan, actress
Chasen Shreve, baseball player
July 13 – Brooke Ammerman, ice hockey player
July 15
Denico Autry, football player
Tyler Honeycutt, basketball player (d. 2018)
Damian Lillard, basketball player
July 16 – James Maslow, actor and singer
July 18
Jairo Aquino, soccer player
Mandy Rose, wrestler
July 19
Armond Rizzo, gay pornographic actor
Steven Anthony Lawrence, actor
Darlington Nagbe, Liberian-born soccer player
July 21 – Chris Amrhein, football player
July 24
Apo Avedissian, Iraqi-born artist
Daveigh Chase, actress
July 26 – Zach Kornfeld, internet personality
July 27
Victoria Aveyard, writer
Nick Hogan, television personality
July 28 – Soulja Boy, rapper
July 29
Matt Prokop, actor
Evan Edinger, blogger
July 30 – Molly McCook, actress
July 31 – Ruby Modine, actress, dancer, and singer
August
August 2
Marina Alex, golfer
Eddie Generazio, author and musician
August 3 – Anthony Arena, soccer player
August 5 – Patrick Reed, golfer
August 6
Evelyn Ashenbrucker, rugby player
JonBenét Ramsey, beauty queen and murder victim (d. 1996)
August 7 – Tate Forcier, football player
August 8 – Tommy Bracco, actor, reality television star, and Broadway performer
August 9 – Denicos Allen, football player
August 10
Will Brittain, actor
Sydney Lemmon, actress
Lucas Till, actor
August 13 – DeMarcus Cousins, basketball player
August 14
Kiko Alonso, football player
Miranda Rae Mayo, actress
August 15
Jennifer Lawrence, actress
Justin Pugh, football player
August 17 – Janelle Adams, basketball player
August 20 – Bradley Klahn, tennis player
August 21 – Bo Burnham, comedian and musician
August 22 – Adam Thielen, football player
August 23
Wesley Singerman, guitarist, record producer and child actor
Mike Yastrzemski, baseball player
August 24 – Jeffrey Vinokur, chemist and dancer
August 25 – Max Muncy, baseball player
August 27
Tori Bowie, Olympic long jumper and runner (d. 2023)
Adam Metzger, musician, member of AJR
August 29 – Nicole Gale Anderson, actress
September
September 1 – Christopher Agorsor, soccer player
September 3 – Keaton Pierce, singer and frontman for Too Close to Touch (d. 2022)
September 4
Tayshia Adams, television personality
Eric LeGrand, football player
September 6
Matt McAndrew, singer/songwriter
John Wall, basketball player
September 8
Matt Barkley, football player
Ella Rae Peck, actress
September 9 – Haley Reinhart, singer
September 10
Eddy Martin, actor
Chandler Massey, actor
September 11 – Shawn Armstrong, baseball player
September 12 – Tyler Acord, musician
September 13 – Jamie Anderson, Olympic snowboarder
September 14 – Cody Anderson, baseball player
September 15 – Matt Shively, actor
September 19 – Patrick Breeding, singer
September 20 – Phillip Phillips, singer
September 21
Al-Farouq Aminu, basketball player
Cory Wade Hindorff, model, actor, singer/songwriter, Gay activist, and spokesperson
Allison Scagliotti-Smith, actress
Christian Serratos, actress
September 27
C. J. Aiken, basketball player
Dion Lewis, football player
September 28 – Jasper Dolphin, rapper, actor, and stunt performer
September 29 – Doug Brochu, actor, comedian, and voice actor
September 30
Alyssa Anderson, Olympic swimmer
Shane Strickland, wrestler
October
October 1 – IDubbbz, youtuber
October 2
Brent Adams, lacrosse player
Barbi Hayden, wrestler
October 6
Quincy Acy, basketball player
Jordan Hamilton, basketball player
October 7 – Ayla Kell, actress
October 8 – Trent Harmon, singer
October 12 – Brock Coyle, football player
October 13 – Bailey Noble, actress
October 14 – Shaul Guerrero, wrestler
October 17
Alvester Alexander, football player
Dalya Attar, politician
Dora Madison, actress
October 18
Brittney Griner, basketball player
Carly Schroeder, actress
October 19
Jessica Meuse, singer
Samantha Munro, actress
Ciara Renée, actress
October 20
Galadriel Stineman, actress
Andrew Watt, record producer
October 22
Ashley Fiolek, motocross racer
Jonathan Lipnicki, actor
October 23
Gabriel Acevero, Trinidadian-born politician
Stevie Brock, singer
October 24 – Kirby Bliss Blanton, actress
October 25
Austin Peralta, jazz musician and composer
Ryan Preece, racing driver
October 29 – Carlson Young, actress
October 30 – George Abud, actor, playwright, and musician
October 31
JID, rapper
Lil' JJ, actor and comedian
November
November 2 – Kendall Schmidt, actor, singer, and guitarist
November 7 – Courtney Marie Andrews, singer/songwriter
November 8 – SZA, R&B singer
November 9
Hodgy, rapper
Christine Michael, football player
November 10
Emmanuel Acho, football player
David Arnold, basketball player
Aron Jóhannsson, soccer player
November 11 – Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir, basketball player
November 12
Carlos Alvarez, soccer player and coach
Adrianna Franch, soccer player
November 13 – Kathleen Herles, voice actress
November 14 – DJ Suede the Remix God, musician
November 17 – Shanica Knowles, actress and singer
November 18 – Carly Aquilino, comedian, actress, television host, and television personality
November 19
Brittany Altomare, golfer
Nick Andries, racing driver
November 20 – Zack Martin, football player
November 21 – Nickmercs, livestreamer
November 22 – Brock Osweiler, football player
November 23 – Nick Williams, football player
November 24 – Sarah Hyland, actress
November 25 –
Stephanie Hsu, actress
Rye Rye, rapper, dancer, and actress
November 27 – Blackbear, hip hop musician, singer, composer, and record producer
November 28 – Sena Acolatse, ice hockey player
November 29 – Sheldon Richardson, football player
December
December 1
24hrs, rapper
Chanel Iman, model
December 4 – Matt Amodio, game show contestant and winner
December 6
Rene Aranda, actress and singer
Elizabeth Bruenig, journalist
December 7 – Kwame Alexander, basketball player
December 9 – Shondel Archer, American-born Guyanese footballer
December 10 – Terrell Sinkfield, football player
December 11 – Derrick Nix, basketball player
December 13
Matt Atkins, golfer
Cody Calafiore, television personality
December 17
Jared Abbrederis, football player
Graham Rogers, actor
December 18 – Sierra Kay, singer/songwriter, model, and lead vocalist for VersaEmerge
December 20
JoJo, singer and actress
Trainwreckstv, Twitch streamer
December 22 – Josef Newgarden, race car driver
December 23 – Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, actress
December 24 – Marcus Jordan, basketball player
December 26
Jon Bellion, singer
Andy Biersack, singer/songwriter and frontman for Black Veil Brides
December 27 – Zelina Vega, wrestler and actress
December 28
David Archuleta, singer
Isaiah Armwood, basketball player
Full Date Unknown
Alexander Aciman, writer and journalist
Abbie Adams, artist
Nick Allen, politician
Asmongold, internet personality
Deaths
January
January 2 – Alan Hale Jr., American actor (b. 1921)
January 4 – Doc Edgerton, American electrical engineer (b. 1903)
January 5 – Arthur Kennedy, American actor (b. 1914)
January 7 – Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player (b. 1908)
January 9
Northern Calloway, American actor (b. 1948)
Spud Chandler, American baseball player (b. 1907)
January 10 – Lyle R. Wheeler, American art director (b. 1905)
January 18
Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1948)
Edouard Izac, American naval officer (b. 1891)
January 19 – Arthur Goldberg, Supreme Court justice (b. 1908)
January 20 – Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (b. 1907)
January 22 – Roman Vishniac, Russian-American photographer (b. 1897)
January 23 – Allen Collins, American musician (b. 1952)
January 24 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
January 25 – Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
January 26 – Lewis Mumford, American historian of science (b. 1895)
January 27 – Helen Jerome Eddy, American actress (b. 1897)
January 28 – Joseph Payne Brennan, American writer (b. 1918)
January 30 – John Rogers Cox, American painter (b. 1915)
February
February 2 – Mel Lewis, American jazz musician (b. 1929)
February 3 – Jane Novak, American actress (b. 1896)
February 5 – Joseph J. Nazzaro, Air Force general (b. 1913)
February 7
Nazarena of Jesus, American Roman Catholic nun and missionary (b. 1907)
Jimmy Van Heusen, American composer (b. 1913)
February 8 – Del Shannon, American musician and singer (b. 1934)
February 9 – Una Hanbury, British born sculptor (b. 1904)
February 10 – Bill Sherwood, American musician and director (b. 1952)
February 13 – Angela Gregory, American sculptor and professor (b. 1903)
February 14 – Jean Wallace, American actress (b. 1923)
February 15 – Henry Brandon, German Born actor (b. 1912)
February 16 – Keith Haring, American pop artist (b. 1958)
February 17 – Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906)
February 19 – Otto E. Neugebauer, Austrian-born American mathematician and historian of science (b. 1899)
February 22 – Stephen W. Burns, American actor (b. 1954)
February 23 – James M. Gavin, American army general (b. 1907)
February 24
Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (b. 1919)
Johnnie Ray, American singer (b. 1927)
February 27 – Nahum Norbert Glatzer, American scholar (b. 1903)
March
March 4 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
March 5 – Gary Merrill, American actor (b. 1915)
March 6
William Raborn, American Navy officer (b. 1905)
Joe Sewell, American baseball player (b. 1898)
March 12 – Gene Klein, American businessman (b. 1921)
March 13 – Bruno Bettelheim, American child psychologist (b. 1903)
March 14 – Harold Medina, American lawyer, teacher, and judge (b. 1888)
March 15 – Tom Harmon, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1919)
March 18 – Robin Harris, American actor, comedian and voice artist (b. 1953)
March 19
Neta Lohnes Frazier, American children's author (b. 1890)
Andrew Wood, American musician (b. 1966)
March 24 – Ray Goulding, American comedian (b. 1922)
March 26 – Halston, American fashion designer (b. 1932)
March 30 – Harry Bridges, Australian-born union leader (b. 1901)
April
April 3
Edna Reindel, Surrealist and American Regionalist painter and sculptor (b. 1894)
Sarah Vaughan, American jazz vocalist (b. 1924)
April 7 – Ronald Evans, American astronaut (b. 1933)
April 8 – Ryan White, American AIDS activist (b. 1971)
April 10 – Fortune Gordien, American Olympic athlete (b. 1922)
April 15 – Greta Garbo, Swedish-born actress (b. 1905)
April 17 – Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights activist (b. 1926)
Charles E. Sheedy, Catholic priest and professor dies in South Bend, Indiana (b. 1912)
April 18
Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and father of Eddie Guerrero (b. 1921)
Robert D. Webb, American film director (b. 1903)
April 22 – Albert Salmi, American actor (b. 1928)
April 23 – Paulette Goddard, American actress (b. 1910)
April 25 – Dexter Gordon, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1923)
April 27 – Bella Spewack, American songwriter (b. 1899)
April 30 – Joseph E. Johnson, American government official (b. 1895)
May
May 1 – Sunset Carson, American actor (b. 1920)
May 2
William L. Dawson, American composer, choir director, and professor (b. 1899)
David Rappaport, American actor (b. 1951)
May 6 – Charles Farrell, American actor (b. 1900)
May 10
Susan Oliver, American actress (b. 1932)
Walker Percy, American writer (b. 1916)
May 14 – Franklyn Seales, American actor (b. 1952)
May 16
Sammy Davis Jr., American actor, dancer, and singer (b. 1925)
Jim Henson, American puppeteer and filmmaker (b. 1936)
May 18 – Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)
May 22 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (b. 1919)
May 25 – Vic Tayback, American actor (b. 1930)
May 30 – Ora Mendelsohn Rosen, biomedical researcher (b. 1935)
June
June 2 – Rex Harrison, English actor (b. 1908)
June 3 – Robert Noyce, American businessman and inventor (b. 1927)
June 4
Stiv Bators, singer (The Dead Boys) (b. 1949)
Jack Gilford, American actor (b. 1908)
June 7 – Barbara Baxley, American actress (b. 1923)
June 12 – Laura Scales, American educator (b. 1879)
June 14 – Philip Henry Bridenbaugh, American football player and coach (b. 1890)
June 20 – Ina Balin, American actress (b. 1937)
June 22 – Mollie Moon, American civil rights activist (b. 1912)
June 27 – William Edward Davies, American geologist and speleologist (b. 1917)
June 29 – Irving Wallace, American writer (b. 1916)
July
July 4 – Phil Boggs, American Olympic diver (b. 1949)
July 7 – Bill Cullen, American game show host (b. 1920)
July 8 – Howard Duff, American actor (b. 1913)
July 13 – Lois Moran, American actress (b. 1909)
July 18 – Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist (b. 1893)
July 19 – Eddie Quillan, American actor (b. 1907)
July 21 – Joe Turner, American jazz pianist (b. 1907)
July 26 – Brent Mydland, American keyboard player (b. 1952)
August
August 6 – Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., 4-star general of the American Marine Corps (b. 1896)
August 9 – Dorothy Appleby, American film actress (b. 1906)
August 12 – Dorothy Mackaill, British-born American actress (b. 1903)
August 17 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
August 18 – B. F. Skinner, American psychologist (b. 1904)
August 23 – David Rose, British-born American songwriter, composer, and arranger (b. 1910)
August 25 – Willard L. Beaulac, American diplomat (b. 1899)
August 27
Raymond St. Jacques, American actor (b. 1930)
Stevie Ray Vaughan, American guitarist (b. 1954)
August 28 – Larry Jackson, American baseball player and politician (b. 1931)
September
September 4 – Irene Dunne, American actress (b. 1898)
September 6 – Tom Fogerty, American musician (b. 1941)
September 14 – Lotus Long, American actress (b. 1909)
September 19 – Hermes Pan, American choreographer (b. 1910)
September 22 – John A. Danaher, American politician (b. 1899)
September 23 – Betty Warfel, American professional baseball player (b. 1928)
October
October 1 – Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general (b. 1906)
October 7 – Grim Natwick, American animator (b. 1890)
October 8 – William H. Harrison, American politician (b. 1896)
October 13 – Douglas Edwards, American television news anchor (b. 1917)
October 14 – Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1918)
October 15 – Helen Bray, American actress (b. 1889)
October 16 – Art Blakey, American jazz musician (b. 1919)
October 20 – Joel McCrea, American actor (b. 1905)
October 26 – William S. Paley, American media executive (b. 1901)
October 27
Xavier Cugat, Catalan-born bandleader (b. 1900)
Elliott Roosevelt, American writer (b. 1910)
October 29
Herbert Brodkin, film and television director and producer (b. 1912)
William French Smith, American lawyer and former Attorney General of the United States (b. 1917)
November
November 3 – Mary Martin, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
November 5 – Meir Kahane, American rabbi and political figure (b. 1932)
November 11 – Elliott Chaze, American journalist and novelist (b. 1915)
November 12 – Eve Arden, American actress (b. 1908)
November 17 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
November 27 – David White, American actor (b. 1916)
December
December 2
Aaron Copland, American composer (b. 1900)
Robert Cummings, American actor (b. 1910)
December 7
Joan Bennett, American actress (b. 1910)
Dee Clark, American soul singer (b. 1938)
December 8 – Martin Ritt, American film director (b. 1914)
December 9 – Mike Mazurki, American actor and wrestler (b. 1909)
December 10 – Armand Hammer, American business tycoon (b. 1898)
December 13 – Alice Marble, American tennis champion (b. 1913)
December 15 – Edmund Parker, Kenpo founder (b. 1931)
December 16 – Douglas Campbell, World War I pilot (b. 1896)
December 18 – Anne Revere, American actress (b. 1903)
December 20 – Elmo Tanner, American singer and whistler (b. 1910)
December 28
Kiel Martin, American actor (b. 1944)
Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and film producer (b. 1946)
December 31 – George Allen, American football coach (b. 1918)
Undated
Caroline F. Ware, historian and New Deal activist (b. 1899)
See also
1990 in American television
List of American films of 1990
Timeline of United States history (1990–2009)
References
External links
1990s in the United States
United States
United States
Years of the 20th century in the United States