At A Glance
11 June 1990 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 June 1990 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Hold On” by Wilson Phillips.
- Top Film of 1990
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1990 was Ghost.
- Bestselling Novel of 1990
- “The Plains of Passage” by Jean M. Auel was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1990.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Cheers” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1990–91 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 June 1990 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 June 1990 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 11 June
- 1978 Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
- 1987 Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
- 1998 Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
- 2002 Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
- 2004 Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe.
Famous people born on June 11
- Shia LaBeouf, American actor (born 1986)
- Peter Dinklage, American actor and producer (born 1969)
- Gene Wilder, American actor, director, and screenwriter (1933–2016)
- Hugh Laurie, English actor and screenwriter (born 1959)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1990 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1990 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 10 – Time Warner is formed from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc.
- February 14 – The Pale Blue Dot picture is sent back from the Voyager 1 probe after completing its primary mission; it was about 6 billion km (3.7 billion miles) from Earth.
- 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.
Life in the US in 1990
President
George H. W. Bush
Gas (per gallon)
$1.16
Loaf of Bread
$0.78
Average House
$122,900
Weekly Wage
$409
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