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==People==
==People==
* [[Ken Lass]] became sports anchor for [[WVTM]].
* [[Ron Blankenship]] served 7 months for 3rd degree assault.
* [[Ron Blankenship]] served 7 months for 3rd degree assault.
* [[Gayle Cunningham]] became executive director of the [[JCCEO]].
* [[Gayle Cunningham]] became executive director of the [[JCCEO]].
* Guitarist [[Eric Essix]] entered the Berklee School of Music.
* Guitarist [[Eric Essix]] entered the Berklee School of Music.
* [[Stephen Rolfe Powell]] became an instructor at the Muhkina Glass Institute in Leningrad.
* [[Paul Cordes Wilm]] and his brother [[Peter Wilm|Peter]] entered the [[University of Montevallo]].
* [[Hank Hartsfield]] became Deputy Manager for Operations in the Space Station Projects Office at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
* [[Hank Hartsfield]] became Deputy Manager for Operations in the Space Station Projects Office at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
* [[Jack Fields]] joined the staff of the [[BJCC]].
* [[Jack Fields]] joined the staff of the [[BJCC]].
* [[Karen Graffeo]] began teaching at the [[University of Montevallo]].
* [[Karen Graffeo]] began teaching at the [[University of Montevallo]].
* [[Ralph Langley]] served as interim pastor at [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]] following the retirement of [[James A. Newell]].
* [[Ralph Langley]] served as interim pastor at [[Dawson Memorial Baptist Church]] following the retirement of [[James A. Newell]].
* [[Ken Lass]] became sports anchor for [[WVTM]].
* [[Tom Owen]] resigned as director of [[The King's Ranch]] after admitting to an extra-marital affair.
* [[Edward Partridge]] was named director of the UAB Division of Gynecologic Oncology.
* [[Edward Partridge]] was named director of the UAB Division of Gynecologic Oncology.
* [[Stephen Rolfe Powell]] became an instructor at the Muhkina Glass Institute in Leningrad.
* [[Samford University]] debate coach [[William Slagle]] was convicted of murdering a student, [[Rex Copeland]].
* [[Samford University]] debate coach [[William Slagle]] was convicted of murdering a student, [[Rex Copeland]].
* [[Louis Willie]] became the first black member of the [[Shoal Creek|Shoal Creek Golf Club]].
* [[Bill West]] succeeded [[Jerry Haynes]] as Chief of the [[Homewood Police Department]].
* [[Bill West]] succeeded [[Jerry Haynes]] as Chief of the [[Homewood Police Department]].
* [[Annetta Verin]] joined the [[Jefferson County District Attorney]]'s office as a prosecutor.
* [[Annetta Verin]] joined the [[Jefferson County District Attorney]]'s office as a prosecutor.
* [[Louis Willie]] became the first black member of the [[Shoal Creek|Shoal Creek Golf Club]].
* [[Paul Cordes Wilm]] and his brother [[Peter Wilm|Peter]] entered the [[University of Montevallo]].


===Births===
===Births===

Revision as of 14:02, 30 October 2013

1990 was the 119th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Media

Sports

Works

Books

  • Early Barefootz, collected comic strips by Howard Cruse.
  • Tender, novel by Mark Childress
  • History of the Shelby Iron Company 1862-1868 by Joyce Jackson (reprint of her 1948 master's thesis)
  • MINE by Robert R. McCammon
  • Hugo L. Black and the Dilemma of American Liberalism by Tony Allen Freyer
  • srebmun by Mary Ann Sampson

Buildings

Music

People

Births

Awards

Graduations

Retirements

Deaths

See also List of Jefferson County homicides in 1990

See also

Context

In 1990 Time Inc. and Warner Communications merged to form Time Warner. Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry was arrested in a drug sting. The San Francisco 49ers won Super Bowl XXIV. The first McDonald's in Russia opened. Nelson Mandela was released from prison in South Africa. The Hubble Space Telescope was launched. West Germany won the FIFA World Cup. The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed. Iraq invaded Kuwait and triggered the Gulf War. Mikhail Gorbachev won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. The first World Wide Web page was authored.

Notable films of 1990 included Best Picture Dances With Wolves and top grosser Home Alone. Other notable films included Ghost, Pretty Woman, Goodfellas and The Bonfire of the Vanities.

Actress Emma Watson and murder victim JonBenét Ramsey were born. Notable deaths included those of Ava Gardner, Keith Haring, Sarah Vaughan, Greta Garbo, Ralph Abernathy, Sammy Davis, Jr, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Leonard Bernstein, Roald Dahl, and Aaron Copland.

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