At A Glance
29 December 1990 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 29 December 1990 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Because I Love You (The Postman Song)” by Stevie B.
- 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 29 December is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 29 December 1990 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 29 December 1990 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 29 December
- 1989 Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.
- 1989 The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble.
- 1992 Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
- 1996 Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
- 2006 The UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
Famous people born on December 29
- Alison Brie, American actress (born 1982)
- Myles Garrett, American football player (born 1995)
- Jon Voight, American actor and producer (born 1938)
- The Wachowskis, American director, screenwriter and producer (born 1967)
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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