At A Glance

25 October 1990 at a glance

Day of the week
25 October 1990 was a Thursday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “I Don't Have the Heart” by James Ingram.
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 25 October is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 October 1990 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 October 1990 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 25 October

  • 1973 Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339.
  • 1989 The first leg of the 1989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is held at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 1990 The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic declares its sovereignty from the Soviet Union.
  • 1997 After a civil war, Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.
  • 2001 Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems.

Famous people born on October 25

  • Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1984)
  • Shaun Wright-Phillips, English footballer (born 1981)
  • Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
  • Ciara, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (born 1985)

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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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Famous Faces Born in the 1990s

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