A Look Back At
Born in 1990
What Was Life Like in 1990?
Who Was in Charge?
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Monarch
Elizabeth II
What Things Cost
Pint of Beer
£1.10
Loaf of Bread
55p
Petrol (per litre)
40p
Average House
£59,785
Weekly Wage
£271.00
Value of Money
£1 in 1990 would be worth approximately £2.70 in today's money.
Events of 1990 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1990 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – Television debut of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean in a Thames Television special.
- 4 January – Premiere of the BBC One television comedy One Foot in the Grave, which stars Richard Wilson and Annette Crosbie.
- 1 August – British Airways Flight 149 is seized by the Iraqi Army at Kuwait International Airport following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
- 3 September – The children's series Rosie and Jim debuts on Children's ITV.
- 22 September – John Banham, Director General of the Confederation of British Industry, warns that most of Britain is now affected by a recession and that there is worse to come.
- 29 October – Premiere of the BBC One television comedy Keeping Up Appearances, which stars Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift and Geoffrey Hughes.
- 2 November – British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) founded as a merger between Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting.
- 13 December – Poundland, a supermarket chain selling all items for £1, opens its first store at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire.
Popular Toys & Games
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Troll Dolls
- Super Soaker
UK No. 1 on 1 January 1990
Do They Know It's Christmas?
Band Aid II