At A Glance

18 June 1990 at a glance

Day of the week
18 June 1990 was a Monday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “It Must Have Been Love” by Roxette.
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 18 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 June 1990 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 June 1990 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 18 June

  • 1979 SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • 1981 The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
  • 1983 Space Shuttle program: STS-7, astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
  • 1984 A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of striking miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.
  • 2006 The first Kazakh space satellite, KazSat-1, is launched.

Famous people born on June 18

  • Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
  • Scooter Braun, American music executive (born 1981)
  • Kane Parsons, American YouTuber and filmmaker (born 2005)
  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born Gabonese footballer (born 1989)

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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.
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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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