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- in 1990, Czech and Slovak politicians "fought" the Hyphen War, a political battle over whether "Czechoslovakia" should be spelled with a hyphen?
- the Florida Lottery's Lotto game was the first single-state lottery in the United States to have a jackpot over US$100 million, on the September 14, 1990 drawing?
- in 1990 Cecil Fielder became the first Detroit Tiger since Hank Greenberg (in 1938) to slug over 50 home runs in a season?
- Sano Fusako was kidnapped in Niigata, Japan in 1990 at age 10 and was not freed until nine years and two months later?
- Pat "Gravy" Patterson, the head coach of the Louisiana Tech University from 1968 to 1990, was the winningest baseball coach in the state's history?
- Bill Ranford, who won the 1990 Conn Smythe Trophy as NHL playoff MVP, later appeared in the movie Miracle, as Team USA goaltender Jim Craig?
More interesting facts on 1990
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Question 1: ________ – A stampede in a pedestrian tunnel leading to Mecca kills 1,426.
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Question 2: ________ – Sadi Irmak, Turkish politician, former Prime Minister (b.
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Question 3: July 7 – ________, American game show host (b.
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Question 4: ________ – Michael Stewart, British politician, former Foreign Secretary (b.
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Question 5: December 10 – ________, American business tycoon (b.
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Question 6: Approximately 26 to 30 people are killed and several wounded (including then ________, A. N. R. Robinson, who is shot in the leg).
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Question 8: ________ – Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist (b.
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Question 10: September 8 – ________, American football player
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