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  • U.S.
    1990
    Chris McCandless: Into the Wild

    Travels

    U.S.
    1990

    By the end of summer in 1990, McCandless had driven his Datsun through Arizona, California, and South Dakota, where he worked at a grain elevator in Carthage. A flash flood disabled his car, at which point he removed its license plates, took what he could carry, and kept moving on foot. His car was later found, repaired, and put into service as an undercover vehicle for the local police department.




  • Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
    1990
    Nike, Inc.

    Nike Moved Into Its Eight-Building World Headquarters Campus

    Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
    1990

    In 1990, Nike moved into its eight-building World Headquarters campus in Beaverton, Oregon.




  • U.S.
    1990
    Internet

    ARPANET's goals had been fulfilled

    U.S.
    1990

    By 1990, ARPANET's goals had been fulfilled and new networking technologies exceeded the original scope and the project came to a close. New network service providers including PSINet, Alternet, CERFNet, ANS CO+RE, and many others were offering network access to commercial customers. NSFNET was no longer the de facto backbone and exchange point of the Internet. The Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX), Metropolitan Area Exchanges (MAEs), and later Network Access Points (NAPs) were becoming the primary interconnections between many networks.




  • U.S.
    Apr, 1990
    Tony Hawk

    Marriage

    U.S.
    Apr, 1990

    In April 1990, Hawk married Cindy Dunbar, whom he began dating in high school.




  • Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
    Apr, 1990
    Donald Trump

    Taj Mahal

    Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
    Apr, 1990

    Trump acquired a third casino in Atlantic City, the Taj Mahal, in 1988 in a highly leveraged transaction. It was financed with $675 million in junk bonds and completed at a cost of $1.1 billion, opening in April 1990.




  • Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
    1990
    Chris McCandless: Into the Wild

    University Graduation

    Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
    1990

    McCandless graduated from Emory University in May 1990, with a bachelor's degree in the double majors of history and anthropology. After graduating, McCandless donated his college savings of $24,000 to OXFAM and adopted a vagabond lifestyle, working when necessary as a restaurant food preparer and farmhand. An avid outdoorsman, McCandless completed several lengthy wilderness hiking trips and paddled a canoe down a portion of the Colorado River before hitchhiking to Alaska, in April 1992.




  • Redmond, Washington, U.S.
    Friday May 11, 1990
    Microsoft

    Windows 3.0

    Redmond, Washington, U.S.
    Friday May 11, 1990

    On May 22, Microsoft launched Windows 3.0, featuring streamlined user interface graphics and improved protected mode capability for the Intel 386 processor.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday May 29, 1990
    Warren Buffett

    A Billionaire

    U.S.
    Tuesday May 29, 1990

    Buffett became a billionaire when Berkshire Hathaway began selling class A shares on May 29, 1990.


  • U.S.
    Monday Jun 4, 1990
    Marlon Brando

    Son murdering daughter's boyfriend

    U.S.
    Monday Jun 4, 1990

    Later Life Brando had Fewer roles seemed to be in retirement. However, He experienced a tragedy case that his son killed his daughter's boyfriend.


  • U.S.
    Jun, 1990
    Central Park Jogger Case

    Central Park Five

    U.S.
    Jun, 1990

    In June 1990, Antron McCray, (15 African-American), Yusef Salaam, 15 (African-American), Korey Wise (then known as Kharey Wise), 16, (African-American) Raymond Sanana, 14 (African-American) Kevin Richardson 14 (Hispanic), they came to trial and faced prosecutors, with no previous arrest record, they were all found guilty based on evidence and recorded confessions. Years later, another man Michael Briscoe, 17 (African American) was identified as the rapist.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1990
    Library of Congress

    The National Digital Library

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1990

    American Memory created in 1990, which became The National Digital Library in 1994, providing free access online to digitized American history and culture resources with curatorial explanations for K-12 education.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 11, 1990
    Gulf War

    Speech in US Congress

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 11, 1990

    The US and the UN gave several public justifications for involvement in the conflict, the most prominent being the Iraqi violation of Kuwaiti territorial integrity. In addition, the US moved to support its ally Saudi Arabia, whose importance in the region, and as a key supplier of oil, made it of considerable geopolitical importance. Shortly after the Iraqi invasion, US Defense Secretary Dick Cheney made the first of several visits to Saudi Arabia where King Fahd requested US military assistance. During a speech in a special joint session of the US Congress given on 11 September 1990, US President George Bush summed up the reasons with the following remarks: "Within three days, 120,000 Iraqi troops with 850 tanks had poured into Kuwait and moved south to threaten Saudi Arabia. It was then that I decided to act to check that aggression".


  • U.S.
    Monday Oct 15, 1990
    Apple Inc.

    Macintosh Classic

    U.S.
    Monday Oct 15, 1990

    The Macintosh Classic is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from October 1990 to September 1992. It was the first Macintosh to sell for less than US$1,000.


  • California, United States
    1990
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix was spokesperson for a campaign for Gap

    California, United States
    1990

    In 1990, Phoenix was photographed by Bruce Weber for Vogue and was a spokesperson for a campaign for Gap.


  • Portland, Oregon, U.S.
    Nov, 1990
    Nike, Inc.

    The First Nike Retail Store

    Portland, Oregon, U.S.
    Nov, 1990

    The first Nike retail store, dubbed Niketown, opened in downtown Portland in November 1990.


  • California, U.S.
    1990
    Cameras

    Dycam Model 1

    California, U.S.
    1990

    The first commercially available portable digital camera in the United States was the Dycam Model 1, first shipped in November 1990. It was originally a commercial failure because it was black-and-white, low in resolution, and cost nearly $1,000 (equivalent to $2,000 in 2019). It later saw modest success when it was re-sold as the Logitech Fotoman in 1992. It used a CCD image sensor, stored pictures digitally, and connected directly to a computer for download.


  • New Jersey, U.S.
    Thursday Nov 8, 1990
    Bin Laden

    Failed plan

    New Jersey, U.S.
    Thursday Nov 8, 1990

    On November 8, 1990, the FBI raided the New Jersey home of El Sayyid Nosair, an associate of al-Qaeda operative Ali Mohamed. They discovered copious evidence of terrorist plots, including plans to blow up New York City skyscrapers.


  • Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    1990
    Xerox

    Xerox common stock (XRX) was listed on the Chicago Stock Exchange

    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    1990

    Xerox common stock (XRX) was listed on the Chicago Stock Exchange in 1990.


  • U.S.
    1990
    Xerox

    Paul Allaire became Xerox executive

    U.S.
    1990

    In 1990, Paul Allaire, a Xerox executive since 1966, succeeded David Kearns, who had reached mandatory retirement age. Allaire disentangled Xerox from the financial services industry.


  • U.S.
    1990
    Xerox

    Xerox released the DocuTech Production Publisher Model 135

    U.S.
    1990

    Development of digital photocopiers in the 1990s and a revamp of the entire product range again gave Xerox a technical lead over its competitors. In 1990, Xerox released the DocuTech Production Publisher Model 135, ushering in print-on-demand. Digital photocopiers were essentially high-end laser printers with integrated scanners. Soon, additional features such as network printing and faxing were added to many models, known as Multi-Function Machines, or just MFMs, which were able to be attached to computer networks. Xerox worked to turn its product into a service, providing a complete document service to companies including supply, maintenance, configuration, and user support.


  • U.S.
    1990
    Chris McCandless: Into the Wild

    Travels

    U.S.
    1990

    By the end of summer in 1990, McCandless had driven his Datsun through Arizona, California, and South Dakota, where he worked at a grain elevator in Carthage. A flash flood disabled his car, at which point he removed its license plates, took what he could carry, and kept moving on foot. His car was later found, repaired, and put into service as an undercover vehicle for the local police department.


  • Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
    1990
    Nike, Inc.

    Nike Moved Into Its Eight-Building World Headquarters Campus

    Beaverton, Oregon, U.S.
    1990

    In 1990, Nike moved into its eight-building World Headquarters campus in Beaverton, Oregon.


  • U.S.
    1990
    Internet

    ARPANET's goals had been fulfilled

    U.S.
    1990

    By 1990, ARPANET's goals had been fulfilled and new networking technologies exceeded the original scope and the project came to a close. New network service providers including PSINet, Alternet, CERFNet, ANS CO+RE, and many others were offering network access to commercial customers. NSFNET was no longer the de facto backbone and exchange point of the Internet. The Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX), Metropolitan Area Exchanges (MAEs), and later Network Access Points (NAPs) were becoming the primary interconnections between many networks.


  • U.S.
    Apr, 1990
    Tony Hawk

    Marriage

    U.S.
    Apr, 1990

    In April 1990, Hawk married Cindy Dunbar, whom he began dating in high school.


  • Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
    Apr, 1990
    Donald Trump

    Taj Mahal

    Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
    Apr, 1990

    Trump acquired a third casino in Atlantic City, the Taj Mahal, in 1988 in a highly leveraged transaction. It was financed with $675 million in junk bonds and completed at a cost of $1.1 billion, opening in April 1990.


  • Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
    1990
    Chris McCandless: Into the Wild

    University Graduation

    Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
    1990

    McCandless graduated from Emory University in May 1990, with a bachelor's degree in the double majors of history and anthropology. After graduating, McCandless donated his college savings of $24,000 to OXFAM and adopted a vagabond lifestyle, working when necessary as a restaurant food preparer and farmhand. An avid outdoorsman, McCandless completed several lengthy wilderness hiking trips and paddled a canoe down a portion of the Colorado River before hitchhiking to Alaska, in April 1992.


  • Redmond, Washington, U.S.
    Friday May 11, 1990
    Microsoft

    Windows 3.0

    Redmond, Washington, U.S.
    Friday May 11, 1990

    On May 22, Microsoft launched Windows 3.0, featuring streamlined user interface graphics and improved protected mode capability for the Intel 386 processor.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday May 29, 1990
    Warren Buffett

    A Billionaire

    U.S.
    Tuesday May 29, 1990

    Buffett became a billionaire when Berkshire Hathaway began selling class A shares on May 29, 1990.


  • U.S.
    Monday Jun 4, 1990
    Marlon Brando

    Son murdering daughter's boyfriend

    U.S.
    Monday Jun 4, 1990

    Later Life Brando had Fewer roles seemed to be in retirement. However, He experienced a tragedy case that his son killed his daughter's boyfriend.


  • U.S.
    Jun, 1990
    Central Park Jogger Case

    Central Park Five

    U.S.
    Jun, 1990

    In June 1990, Antron McCray, (15 African-American), Yusef Salaam, 15 (African-American), Korey Wise (then known as Kharey Wise), 16, (African-American) Raymond Sanana, 14 (African-American) Kevin Richardson 14 (Hispanic), they came to trial and faced prosecutors, with no previous arrest record, they were all found guilty based on evidence and recorded confessions. Years later, another man Michael Briscoe, 17 (African American) was identified as the rapist.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1990
    Library of Congress

    The National Digital Library

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1990

    American Memory created in 1990, which became The National Digital Library in 1994, providing free access online to digitized American history and culture resources with curatorial explanations for K-12 education.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 11, 1990
    Gulf War

    Speech in US Congress

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Sep 11, 1990

    The US and the UN gave several public justifications for involvement in the conflict, the most prominent being the Iraqi violation of Kuwaiti territorial integrity. In addition, the US moved to support its ally Saudi Arabia, whose importance in the region, and as a key supplier of oil, made it of considerable geopolitical importance. Shortly after the Iraqi invasion, US Defense Secretary Dick Cheney made the first of several visits to Saudi Arabia where King Fahd requested US military assistance. During a speech in a special joint session of the US Congress given on 11 September 1990, US President George Bush summed up the reasons with the following remarks: "Within three days, 120,000 Iraqi troops with 850 tanks had poured into Kuwait and moved south to threaten Saudi Arabia. It was then that I decided to act to check that aggression".


  • U.S.
    Monday Oct 15, 1990
    Apple Inc.

    Macintosh Classic

    U.S.
    Monday Oct 15, 1990

    The Macintosh Classic is a personal computer designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from October 1990 to September 1992. It was the first Macintosh to sell for less than US$1,000.


  • California, United States
    1990
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix was spokesperson for a campaign for Gap

    California, United States
    1990

    In 1990, Phoenix was photographed by Bruce Weber for Vogue and was a spokesperson for a campaign for Gap.


  • Portland, Oregon, U.S.
    Nov, 1990
    Nike, Inc.

    The First Nike Retail Store

    Portland, Oregon, U.S.
    Nov, 1990

    The first Nike retail store, dubbed Niketown, opened in downtown Portland in November 1990.


  • California, U.S.
    1990
    Cameras

    Dycam Model 1

    California, U.S.
    1990

    The first commercially available portable digital camera in the United States was the Dycam Model 1, first shipped in November 1990. It was originally a commercial failure because it was black-and-white, low in resolution, and cost nearly $1,000 (equivalent to $2,000 in 2019). It later saw modest success when it was re-sold as the Logitech Fotoman in 1992. It used a CCD image sensor, stored pictures digitally, and connected directly to a computer for download.


  • New Jersey, U.S.
    Thursday Nov 8, 1990
    Bin Laden

    Failed plan

    New Jersey, U.S.
    Thursday Nov 8, 1990

    On November 8, 1990, the FBI raided the New Jersey home of El Sayyid Nosair, an associate of al-Qaeda operative Ali Mohamed. They discovered copious evidence of terrorist plots, including plans to blow up New York City skyscrapers.


  • Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    1990
    Xerox

    Xerox common stock (XRX) was listed on the Chicago Stock Exchange

    Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
    1990

    Xerox common stock (XRX) was listed on the Chicago Stock Exchange in 1990.


  • U.S.
    1990
    Xerox

    Paul Allaire became Xerox executive

    U.S.
    1990

    In 1990, Paul Allaire, a Xerox executive since 1966, succeeded David Kearns, who had reached mandatory retirement age. Allaire disentangled Xerox from the financial services industry.


  • U.S.
    1990
    Xerox

    Xerox released the DocuTech Production Publisher Model 135

    U.S.
    1990

    Development of digital photocopiers in the 1990s and a revamp of the entire product range again gave Xerox a technical lead over its competitors. In 1990, Xerox released the DocuTech Production Publisher Model 135, ushering in print-on-demand. Digital photocopiers were essentially high-end laser printers with integrated scanners. Soon, additional features such as network printing and faxing were added to many models, known as Multi-Function Machines, or just MFMs, which were able to be attached to computer networks. Xerox worked to turn its product into a service, providing a complete document service to companies including supply, maintenance, configuration, and user support.


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