On this day
April 9, 1990
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from April 9, 1990
Awaiting His Fate, His World Closes In
LEAD: On a rooftop overlooking the tenements of East Harlem, Kenneth Mendoza kicked at a blood-stained syringe yesterday, one of dozens that lay everywhere. For years, the 19-year-old said, he had used the roof to practice karate. But he stopped coming when the heroin and crack users moved in.
LOBBYING STEPS UP ON MILITARY BUYING AS BUDGET SHRINKS
LEAD: Military contractors, threatened as never before by shrinking Pentagon budgets, are responding with aggressive lobbying to protect weapons programs worth hundreds of billions of dollars.
Telescope Is Set to Peer at Space and Time >
LEAD: On the clearest of nights, high in the cool, dry mountain air, the unaided human eye can glimpse perhaps 6,000 objects in the sky: individual stars, a few planets and a multitude of galaxies composed of millions of stars but so far away that they appear as single points of light.
Greeks and Peruvians Give Leads to Rightists
LEAD: Greece's main conservative party won half the seats in Parliament, failing to secure an absolute majority but hoping to win independent support to form a government.
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 4, 1990, covering April 9, 1990.
- 1
Nick Of Time
Bonnie Raitt
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 52
- 2
Forever Your Girl
Paula Abdul
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 90
- 3
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 27
- 4
Soul Provider
Michael Bolton
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 4
- Weeks
- 38
- 5
Alannah Myles
Alannah Myles
- Last week
- 6
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 13
Notable Births
1990Kristen Stewart, American actress[†]
Kristen Jaymes Stewart is an American actress and director. She has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a César Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
1990Ryan Williams, American football player[†]
Ryan Gene Williams is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft. He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies.
Historical Events
1990An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR.[†]
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dominantly Catholic and dedicated to anti-imperialism through Irish republicanism, the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic free from British colonial rule.
1990The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement is signed for 180,000 square kilometres (69,000 sq mi) in the Mackenzie Valley of the western Arctic.[†]
The Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, is a comprehensive lands claim agreement between The Crown in the right of Canada and the Dene and Métis of the Sahtu area in the Northwest Territories. The agreement was signed by the Chiefs of the Sahtu Dene bands, the presidents of the Metis Locals, the Minister of Indian Affairs, and the Premier of the Northwest Territories on September 6, 1993, in Tulita and came into effect on June 23, 1994. The agreement is a Modern Treaty which is protected by Section 35 of the Constitution of Canada.
1990An Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 over Gadsden, Alabama, killing both of the Cessna's occupants.[†]
The Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia is a twin-turboprop 30-passenger commuter airliner designed and manufactured by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer.
Historical Context for April 9, 1990
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]