NEWS: 1990
NEWS BY YEAR Home
Explanatory Notes
October 20th News
Baltimore Photos
OldBaltimoreWeather
Johnnycake Elementary
JohnnycakeElemMemories
Guest Book
| Jan. 1, 1990 | As 1990 begins, it's raining and 40 degrees F at Baltimore's weather station (at BWI Airport). The wind is from the west-northwest at 5 miles an hour. It's the beginning of International Literacy Year, as proclaimed by the United Nations. Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, becoming clear; rain in the early morning; windy/breezy from mid-morning onward (24 mph sustained wind and 39-mph gust at 2:00 pm); High temp. 47 F; Low temp. 33 F; Precipitation: 0.15 inch. No snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 2, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear; breezy at times in the early morning and early afternoon; High temp. 46 F; Low temp. 24 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 3, 1990 | Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. forces just outside the Apostolic Nunciature, the Holy See's embassy in Panama. (The ousted Panamanian leader took sanctuary there on December 24, 1989, on the fifth day of the U.S. invasion of Panama.) Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then mostly cloudy to partly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 50 F; Low temp. 25 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 4, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, becoming cloudy; light rain in the late morning; High temp. 54* F; Low temp. 26 F; Precipitation: 0.06 inch. |
| Jan. 5, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; breezy from mid-morning to early afternoon (23-mph gusts at 10:00 and 11:00 am); High temp. 49 F; Low temp. 39 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 6, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy with light rain, becoming clear; breezy in the afternoon; High temp. 48 F; Low temp. 31 F; Precipitation: Trace. |
| Jan. 7, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, becoming cloudy; High temp. 43 F; Low temp. 24 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 8, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, becoming clear; snow (0.5") and rain from late morning to mid-evening; High temp. 37 F; Low temp. 30 F; Precipitation: 0.81 inch (liquid). A trace of snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 9, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly to mostly cloudy, then cloudy; breezy at times in the evening; High temp. 46 F; Low temp. 28 F; Precipitation: None. No snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 10, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy to mostly cloudy with light rain, then partly cloudy; windy/breezy from mid-morning onward (25-mph sustained wind and 37-mph gust at 1:00 pm); High temp. 50 F; Low temp. 38 F; Precipitation: Trace. |
| Jan. 11, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Mostly cloudy, then clear, then partly cloudy to cloudy; breezy in the early morning and from late morning onward; High temp. 51 F; Low temp. 30 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 12, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Clear, then partly cloudy to cloudy with a trace of snow; windy most of the day (28-mph sustained wind and 39-mph gusts at 1:00 and 2:00 pm); High temp. 46 F; Low temp. 31 F; Precipitation: Trace (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 13, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 37° F; Low temp. 24° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jan. 14, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: A trace of snow; High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 22° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 15, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain with a trace of snow; High temp. 51° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: 0.07 inch (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 16, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jan. 17, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jan. 18, 1990 | The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 68 degrees F, a tie for the highest-ever temperature in Baltimore on any January 18th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. This high temperature ties the 68 F that was recorded in Baltimore on January 18, 1986. Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jan. 19, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 49° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jan. 20, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain; High temp. 41° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: 0.06 inch. |
| Jan. 21, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jan. 22, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 51° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jan. 23, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 54° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jan. 24, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Light rain; High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: 0.02 inch. |
| Jan. 25, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Rain; High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 47° F; Precip.: 1.08 inches. |
| Jan. 26, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Rain with a trace of snow; High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: 0.56 inch (liquid).. No snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 27, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 51° F; Low temp. 24° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jan. 28, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jan. 29, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Rain; High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: 0.90 inch. |
| Jan. 30, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 48° F; Low temp. 39° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jan. 31, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: None. The total precipitation for Baltimore during January 1990 is 3.71 inches, including melted snow and ice, above the normal of 3.08 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during January 1990 is 51.3 degrees F, well above the normal of 43.2 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during January 1990 is 32.6 degrees F, well above the normal of 25.4 degrees. A total of 0.5 of an inch of snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station during January 1990, well below the normal amount of 6.4 inches. |
| Feb. 1, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 2, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 3, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 4, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 5, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 6, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 7, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 8, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 9, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 10, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 11, 1990 | Nelson Mandela, a Black activist in South Africa, is freed from captivity after 27 years. He had been captured by South African police on August 5, 1962. |
| Feb. 12, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 13, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 14, 1990 | The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 70 degrees F, the highest temperature on any February 14th in Baltimore (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1870. |
| Feb. 15, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 16, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 17, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 18, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 19, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 20, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 21, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 22, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 23, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 24, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 25, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 26, 1990 | The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 13 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any February 26th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. |
| Feb. 27, 1990 | ... |
| Feb. 28, 1990 | The total precipitation for Baltimore during February 1990 is 1.48 inches, including melted snow and ice. This amount is about half the normal amount for February. |
| Mar. 1, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 2, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 3, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 4, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 5, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 6, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 7, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 8, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 9, 1990 | Dr. Antonia Novello is sworn in as the U. S. Surgeon General. She is the first woman and the first Hispanic to hold this position. |
| Mar. 10, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 11, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 12, 1990 | The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 86 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded in Baltimore on any March 12th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. |
| Mar. 13, 1990 | The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 85 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded in Baltimore on any March 13th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. |
| Mar. 14, 1990 | The Soviet Congress of People's Deputies elects Mikhail Gorbachev the new president of the USSR. |
| Mar. 15, 1990 | José Antonio Bottiroli dies at age 70 in Rosario, Argentina. He was an Argentinean classical music composer. He was born on January 1, 1920, also in Rosario. |
| Mar. 16, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 17, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 18, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 19, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 20, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 21, 1990 | Namibia becomes an independent nation after 75 years of South African rule. |
| Mar. 22, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 23, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 24, 1990 | Baltimore receives 1.4 inches of snow in a midday storm that also includes sleet and rain. |
| Mar. 25, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 26, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 27, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 28, 1990 | U.S. President George H.W. Bush presents a Congressional Gold Medal to Minnie Ruth Solomon, widow of U.S. Olympic star Jesse Owens. |
| Mar. 29, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 30, 1990 | ... |
| Mar. 31, 1990 | The total precipitation for Baltimore during March 1990 is 2.54 inches, including melted snow and ice. |
| Apr. 1, 1990 | This is Census Day in the United States. The population of the United States is 248,709,873 -- an increase of 9.78 percent since 1980. The population of Maryland is 4,781,468 -- an increase of 13.39 percent since 1980. The population of Baltimore (city) is 736,016 -- a decrease of 6.4 percent since 1980. The population of Baltimore County is 692,134 -- an increase of 5.8 percent since 1980. The population of Catonsville is 35,233 -- an increase of 6.1 percent since 1980. |
| Apr. 2, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 3, 1990 | Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan dies at age 66 in Hidden Hills, California, near Los Angeles. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One," she won four Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Critic Scott Yanow wrote that she had "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century." Sarah was born on March 27, 1924 in Newark, New Jersey. |
| Apr. 4, 1990 | Bernhard Rensch dies at age 90 in Münster, Germany. He was an evolutionary biologist and ornithologist who did field work in Indonesia and India. Starting his scientific career with pro-Lamarckian views, he shifts to selectionism and became one of the architects of the modern synthesis in evolutionary biology, which he popularized in Germany. He was born on January 21, 1900 in Thale, Germany. |
| Apr. 5, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 6, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 7, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 8, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 9, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 10, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 11, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 12, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 13, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 14, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 15, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 16, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 17, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 18, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 19, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 20, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 21, 1990 | R. B. Brathwaite dies at age 90 in Cambridge, England. He was a philosopher who specialized in the philosophy of science, ethics, and religion. He was born Richard Bevan Brathwaite on January 15, 1900, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. |
| Apr. 22, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 23, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 24, 1990 | The Hubble Space Telescope is launched into Earth orbit from U.S. space shuttle Discovery. |
| Apr. 25, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 26, 1990 | The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 92 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any April 26th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. |
| Apr. 27, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 28, 1990 | The original Broadway production of the musical "A Chorus Line" has its last performance. The 6,137 performances of this show make it the longest-running Broadway show in history, up to this point. (It is surpassed in 1997 by "Cats.") |
| Apr. 29, 1990 | ... |
| Apr. 30, 1990 | The total precipitation for Baltimore during April 1990 is 4.23 inches. |
| May 1, 1990 | ... |
| May 2, 1990 | ... |
| May 3, 1990 | ... |
| May 4, 1990 | ... |
| May 5, 1990 | ... |
| May 6, 1990 | ... |
| May 7, 1990 | ... |
| May 8, 1990 | ... |
| May 9, 1990 | ... |
| May 10, 1990 | ... |
| May 11, 1990 | ... |
| May 12, 1990 | ... |
| May 13, 1990 | ... |
| May 14, 1990 | ... |
| May 15, 1990 | ... |
| May 16, 1990 | ... |
| May 17, 1990 | ... |
| May 18, 1990 | ... |
| May 19, 1990 | ... |
| May 20, 1990 | ... |
| May 21, 1990 | ... |
| May 22, 1990 | Rocky Graziano dies at age 71 in New York, NY. He was a boxer, and was World Middleweight Champion in 1947. He had a total of 83 bouts with 67 wins, 10 losses, and 6 draws. After his boxing career, he cohosted a short-lived television series, The Henny and Rocky Show (1955) with famous comedian Henny Youngman. He was a semi-regular on The Martha Raye Show, as Raye's boyfriend (1954-1956). He appeared as a regular on the United Artists first-run syndicated TV series Miami Undercover for its entire run (aired in 1961), and appeared in several series and shows, including The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom; Car 54, Where Are You?; I've Got a Secret; and Naked City. He portrayed Packy, an ex-boxer, in the 1967 film Tony Rome. In the 1960s he opened a pizza restaurant, Rocky Graziano's Pizza Ring, on Second Avenue in Kips Bay, Manhattan, creating a modest franchise for the restaurant in the New York City area. He briefly operated a bowling alley in North Babylon, NY. He was born Thomas Rocci Barbella in Brookly, New York, NY, on January 1, 1919. |
| May 23, 1990 | The Orioles beat the A's, 9-1, to snap a 9-game losing streak, the Orioles' longest of this season. |
| May 24, 1990 | ... |
| May 25, 1990 | ... |
| May 26, 1990 | ... |
| May 27, 1990 | ... |
| May 28, 1990 | ... |
| May 29, 1990 | ... |
| May 30, 1990 | ... |
| May 31, 1990 | The total precipitation for Baltimore during May 1990 is 4.92 inches. |
| Jun. 1, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 2, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 3, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 4, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 5, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 6, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 7, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 8, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 9, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 10, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 11, 1990 | Three members of the rap group 2 Live Crew are arrested in Hollywood, Florida, after performing songs that officials said violated obscenity laws. (In an adults-only nightclub concert, they performed songs from their album "As Nasty As They Wanna Be," which Federal judge Jose Gonzalez in Florida had previously ruled violated community standards regarding obscenity.) |
| Jun. 12, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 13, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 14, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 15, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 16, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 17, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 18, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 19, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 20, 1990 | South African Black nationalist Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, arrive in New York, NY, for a ticker-tape parade in their honor as they begin an eight-city U.S. tour. |
| Jun. 21, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 22, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 23, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 24, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 25, 1990 | The U.S. Supreme Court, in its first "right-to-die" decision, rules that family members could be barred from ending the lives of presistently comatose relatives who had not made their wishes known conclusively. |
| Jun. 26, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 27, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 28, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 29, 1990 | ... |
| Jun. 30, 1990 | The total precipitation for Baltimore during June 1990 is 2.55 inches. |
| Jul. 1, 1990 | Andy Hawkins of the New York Yankees pitches the sixth no-hitter in the major leagues this season and the third in less than 48 hours, but loses 4-0 to the Chicago White Sox on two outfield errors in the 8th inning. It's the most runs ever allowed by a major-league pitcher while pitching a no-hitter. (But this no-hitter is later ruled unofficial because Andy Hawkins pitched only 8 innings.) |
| Jul. 2, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 3, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 4, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 5, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 6, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 7, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 8, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 9, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 10, 1990 | In the 1990 Major League Baseball All Star Game, the American League defeats the National League 2-0. The game is played at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, and the attendance is 39,071. For the American League, Julio Franco of the Texas Rangers hits a double and drives in both runs of the game. He is named the Most Valuble Player of this All Star Game. The National League gets only two base hits, both singles, against a total of six American League pitchers. |
| Jul. 11, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 12, 1990 | Melido Perez of the Chicago White Sox pitches the record-tying seventh MLB no-hitter of the season as the White Sox defeat the New York Yankees 8-0 in a game shortened to six inning by rain. This is one inning longer than a rain-shortened 5-inning no-hitter pitched by Melido's brother Pascual, who watches from the Yankees' bench. |
| Jul. 13, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 14, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 15, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 16, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 17, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 18, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 19, 1990 | Major League Baseball's all-time leader in base hits, Pete Rose, is sentenced to five months in prison for tax evasion. |
| Jul. 20, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 21, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 22, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 23, 1990 | U.S. President George H.W. Bush announces his choice of Judge David Souter of New Hampshire to succeed the retiring Justice William J. Brennan on the US. Supreme Court. |
| Jul. 24, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 25, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 26, 1990 | U.S. President George H.W. Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act. |
| Jul. 27, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 28, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 29, 1990 | ... |
| Jul. 30, 1990 | George Steinbrenner is forced to resign as general manager of the New York Yankees by Fay Vincent, the Commissioner of Major League Baseball. |
| Jul. 31, 1990 | Pitcher Nolan Ryan., age 43 of the Texas Rangers wins the 300th game of his major-league career, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3. The total precipitation for Baltimore during July 1990 is 5.68 inches. |
| Aug. 1, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 2, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 3, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 4, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 5, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 6, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 7, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 8, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 9, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 10, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 11, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 12, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 13, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 14, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 15, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 16, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 17, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 18, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 19, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 20, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 21, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 22, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 23, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 24, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 25, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 26, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 27, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 28, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 29, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 30, 1990 | ... |
| Aug. 31, 1990 | The total precipitation for Baltimore during August 1990 is 6.17 inches, nearly double the normal amount for August. |
| Sep. 1, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 2, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 3, 1990 | Pitcher Bobby Thigpen of the Chicago White Sox sets a major-league record with his 47th save in a 4-2 Chicago victory over the Kansas City Royals at Comiskey Paek in Chicago. Thigpen breaks the record set by Dave Righetti of the New York Yankees in 1986. |
| Sep. 4, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 5, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 6, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 7, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 8, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 9, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 10, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 11, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 12, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 13, 1990 | The television police/legal/mystery series "Law & Order" debuts. (It lasts 20 seasons on NBC for a total of 456 episodes. Its final first-run episode is shown on May 24, 2010.) |
| Sep. 14, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 15, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 16, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 17, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 18, 1990 | The movie "GoodFellas," a drama about organized crime, directed by Martin Scorsese, has its U.S. premiere in New York, NY. The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 41 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any September 18th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. |
| Sep. 19, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 20, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 21, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 22, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 23, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 24, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 25, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 26, 1990 | The NC-17 movie rating is introduced by the Motion Picture Association of America to replace the X rating. |
| Sep. 27, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 28, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 29, 1990 | ... |
| Sep. 30, 1990 | The total precipitation for Baltimore during September 1990 is 1.07 inches, about 1/3 of the normal amount for September. |
| Oct. 1, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 2, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 3, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 4, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 5, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 6, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 7, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 8, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 9, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 10, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 11, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 12, 1990 | A fired auto mechanic shot and killed two people, then killed himself, at the service department of the Fox Chevrolet auto dealership on Security Boulevard in Gwynn Oak/Woodlawn. |
| Oct. 13, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 14, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 15, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 16, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 17, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 18, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 19, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 20, 1990 | In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 3 members of the rap group 2 Live Crew are acquitted by a jury of violating obscenity laws. (In an adults-only nightclub concert in nearby Hollywood, Florida, on June, 11, 1990, they performed songs from their album "As Nasty As They Wanna Be," which Federal judge Jose Gonzalez in Florida had previously ruled violated community standards regarding obscenity.) |
| Oct. 21, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 22, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 23, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 24, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 25, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 26, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 27, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 28, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 29, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 30, 1990 | ... |
| Oct. 31, 1990 | The total precipitation for Baltimore during October 1990 is 2.57 inches. |
| Nov. 1, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 2, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 3, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 4, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 5, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 6, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 7, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 8, 1990 | |
| Nov. 9, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 10, 1990 | Baltimore receives 1.71 inches of precipitation, the most in Baltimore on any November 10th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. |
| Nov. 11, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 12, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 13, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 14, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 15, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 16, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 17, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 18, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 19, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 20, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 21, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 22, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 23, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 24, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 25, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 26, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 27, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 28, 1990 | The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 73 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any November 28th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. |
| Nov. 29, 1990 | ... |
| Nov. 30, 1990 | The total precipitation for Baltimore during November 1990 is 2.10 inches, including melted snow and ice. |
| Dec. 1, 1990 | The Channel Tunnel becomes completely dug through as British and French tunnelers break through to each other about halfway across the English Channel. |
| Dec. 2, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 3, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 4, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 5, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 6, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 7, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 8, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 9, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 10, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 11, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 12, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 13, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 14, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 15, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 16, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 17, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 18, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 19, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 20, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 21, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 22, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 23, 1990 | The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 69 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any December 23rd (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. |
| Dec. 24, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 25, 1990 | Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, and staff achieve success in getting an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) computer client to communicate with a computer server through the Internet. This type of computer-to-computer communication is the foundation of the World Wide Web, which will begin on August 6, 1981. |
| Dec. 26, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 27, 1990 | BWI Airport gets 4.8 inches of snow, the greatest snowfall on one day for BWI Airport in 1990. |
| Dec. 28, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 29, 1990 | ... |
| Dec. 30, 1990 | The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 68 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any December 30th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. |
| Dec. 31, 1990 | Baltimore weather at BWI Airport: Cloudy, becoming clear; a light rain shower in the early morning; windy/breezy most of the day (31-mph sustained wind and 56-mph gust at 2:00 am); High temp. 62 F; Low temp. 29 F; Precipitation: 0.06 inch. The total precipitation for Baltimore during December 1990 is 4.86 inches, including melted snow and ice. Total precipitation for Baltimore in 1990 is 41.88 inches, which is normal. |
| **** | There was a television commerical that showed a closeup of a woman talking. At the bottom of the screen were the words Ginkgo Biloba. With the sound muted, I (jokingly) thought to myself: "Ginkgo Biloba? What an odd name for a person!" |