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1988 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season The 1988 Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse League season began on January 3, 1988 and concluded with the championship game on March 20. On May 15, 1988 the league was renamed Major Indoor Lacrosse League (MILL), a name the league would keep for the next ten years.
1988 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1988 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
1988 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship The 1988 World Men's Curling Championship took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1988. The Championship was won by the Norwegian Team with the following players; Eigil Ramsfjell, skip, Sjur Loen, Morten Soegaard, and Bo Bakke.
1988 Chicago Bears season The 1988 Chicago Bears season was their 69th regular season and 19th postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 12-4 record, winning the NFC Central for the fifth straight season, but lost in the NFC Championship Game.
1988 Italian Grand Prix The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was held on September 11, 1988 at Monza. It is remembered for the extremely improbable 1-2 finish for the Ferrari team, and the only race of the 1988 season that Team McLaren failed to win.
1988 Los Angeles Dodgers The 1988 Major League Baseball season was a Cinderella season for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers won the National League Western Division, finishing the regular season with a 94-67 (Win-Loss) record, seven games ahead of the second place Cincinnati Reds.
1988 massacre of Iranian prisoners In the summer on 1988, immediately after Iran accepted the cease-fire in the Iran-Iraq war, the Iranian government carried out a systematic slaughter of the political prisoners across the country (اعدام زندانیان سیاسی در تابستان 1988) especially those the government called "hypocrites" (Monafeghs).http://www.
1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis The 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis was a series of events that began with United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) general election in 1987 and ended with the suspension and the eventual removal of the Lord President of the Supreme Court, Tun Salleh Abas, from his seat. The Supreme Court in the years leading up to 1988 had been increasingly independent of the other branches of the government.
1988 Memorial Cup The 1988 Memorial Cup occurred May 7-May 14 at the Colisée de Chicoutimi in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Participating teams were the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Hull Olympiques, the QMJHL runner-up, the Drummondville Voltigeurs, as well as the winners of the Western Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League which were the Medicine Hat Tigers and Windsor Spitfires.
1988 National League Championship Series The 1988 National League Championship Series was played between the National League West champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the National League East champion New York Mets. The Dodgers won the Series 4 games to 3, en route to defeating the Oakland Athletics in five games in the 1988 World Series.
1988 NBA Playoffs The 1988 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1987-1988 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons four games to three in the Finals.
1988 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Notre Dame winning the National Championship. The Fighting Irish won the title via a 34-21 defeat of previously unbeaten West Virginia University in the national championship game, held in the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona.
1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 2, 1988, and ended with the championship game on April 4 in Kansas City, Missouri.
1988 October Riots The 1988 October Riots were a series of street-level disturbances and riotous demonstrations by Algerian youth, in the autumn of 1988, which indirectly led to the fall of the country's single-party system and the introduction of democratic reform, but also to a spiral of instability and increasingly vicious political conflict, ultimately fostering the Algerian Civil War.
1988 Pacific hurricane season The 1988 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 1988 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1988 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1988. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
1988 PBA season The 1988 PBA season was the fourteenth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). After Tanduay filed a leave of absence, some remnants were absorbed, along with several amateur prospects by Purefoods Corporation.
1988 Republican National Convention The 1988 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana from August 15 to August 18, 1988. The convention nominated Vice President George H.
1988 Spitak earthquake The Spitak Earthquake also called Leninakan Earthquake was a tremor with a moment magnitude of 7.2, that took place on December 7, 1988 at 11:41 local time (07:41 UTC) in the Spitak region of Armenia, then part of the Soviet Union.
1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying The qualifying round for the 1988 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into seven groups; three of four teams and four of five teams. West Germany qualified automatically as hosts of the competition.
1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and opened by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé. The Olympics were highly successful financially as they brought in million-dollar profits.
1988 World Series The 1988 World Series matched the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored A's to win the Series in five games, which is exactly the opposite result of their 1974 meeting (that series also went five games). The most memorable moment of the 1988 World Series was when injured Dodgers MVP Kirk Gibson hit a pinch-hit, game winning home run off of Athletics closer and future Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley in Game 1.
1988 Yerevan Demonstrations 1988 Yerevan Demonstrations (Armenian: ÔµÖ€Ö‡ŐˇŐ¶ Ô´ŐĄŐ´Ő¸Ő¶Ő˝ŐżÖ€ŐˇÖŐ«ŐˇŐ¶ŐĄÖ€Ő¨) took place when about 200,000 Armenians gathered around at Yerevan square demonstrating. Armenian Christians, wanted the Nagorno-Karabakh area of neighboring Azerbaijan to become part of their republic.
1988-89 NBA season The 1988-89 NBA Season was the 43rd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the "Bad Boys" of the Detroit Pistons winning the NBA Championship, sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals.
1988-89 United States network television schedule (Saturday morning) This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all three commercial television networks on Saturday mornings for the season beginning in the fall of 1988 and ending in the spring of 1989. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
1989 American League Championship Series The 1989 American League Championship Series was played between the Oakland Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays from October 3 to October 8. A dominant Oakland team took the Series 4 games to 1, en route to a sweep of their cross-bay rivals, the San Francisco Giants, in a World Series marred by the destructive Loma Prieta earthquake.
1989 Atlantic hurricane season The 1989 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1989, and lasted until November 30, 1989. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1989 Australian pilots' strike The 1989 Australian pilots' strike was one of the most expensive and dramatic industrial disputes in Australia's history. It was co-ordinated by the Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP) after a prolongued period of wage suppression, to support its campaign for a large pay increase (which it quantified at 29.
1989 English cricket season The 1989 English cricket season saw the re-emergence of Australia as a world-class team after it had struggled for most of the previous 12 years. Under the leadership of Allan Border, a very fine team had been forged that included Steve Waugh, Mark Taylor, Ian Healy, David Boon and Merv Hughes.
1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Athens, Greece from May 29 to June 3. The 28th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship The FIFA U-16 World Championship 1989 was held in the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Motherwell, Aberdeen, and Dundee in Scotland between 10 June and 24 June 1989. Players born after 1 August 1972 can participate in this tournament.
1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 17-26, 1989 in Lahti, Finland for a record fifth time (1926, 1938, 1958, 1978). The women's 5 km was not held after being reintroduced in the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
1989 French Grand Prix Results from the 1989 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Paul Ricard on July 9, 1989. The race is most famous for the multiple collision involving Nigel Mansell, Mauricio Gugelmin and other cars on the first lap, which resulted in a restart.
1989 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1989 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
1989 Kedah Madrasah fire inferno The 1989 Kedah Madrasah fire inferno took place on 22 September 1989 when the girls' hostel of Madrasah At Taufiqiah Al-Khairiah in Guar Chempedak, Kedah, Malaysia was destroyed by fire. About 27 of the students were killed including school girls.
1989 Memorial Cup The 1989 Memorial Cup occurred May 6-May 13 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Participating teams were the Western Hockey League champion Swift Current Broncos, the WHL hosts, the Saskatoon Blades, as well as the winners of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League which were the Laval Titan and Peterborough Petes.
1989 National League Championship Series The 1989 National League Championship Series was played between the National League West champion San Francisco Giants and the National League East champion Chicago Cubs. The Giants won the series 4 games to 1, en route to losing to the Oakland Athletics in four games in the 1989 World Series.
1989 NBA Playoffs The 1989 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1988-1989 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers four games to none in the Finals.
1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 1, 1989, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Seattle, Washington.
1989 Pacific hurricane season The 1989 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 1989 in the Eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1989 in the Central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1989. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
1989 PBA season The 1989 PBA season was the fifteenth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 1989 season was the third time a team won the grand slam, with the San Miguel Beermen winning all three conferences.
1989 Portuguese Grand Prix Results from the 1989 Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix held at Estoril on September 24, 1989. This race resulted in Onyx's only podium (and Stefan Johansson's last), the only lap ever lead by a Minardi, and saw 10 different teams in the top 10.
1989 riots in Argentina The 1989 food riots were a series of riots and related episodes of looting in stores and supermarkets in Argentina, during the last part of the presidency of RaĂşl AlfonsĂn, between May and June 1989. The riots were caused by the rampant hyperinflation and food shortage, and were associated with legal protests and demonstrations.
1989 world oil market chronology *March 23: Exxon tanker Valdez runs aground, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil in the waters of Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef. Oil prices react upward to news of the spill and to potential shortages on the west coast caused by refinery fires there.
1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 17 to October 1, 1989. The fifth edition of this competition, held a year after the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.
1989 World Series The 1989 World Series was played between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants, and is best remembered for the Loma Prieta earthquake which occurred on October 17 at the beginning of Game 3 of the series and which caused a 10-day disruption in play. The Series ran from October 15 through October 28, with the A's sweeping the Giants.
1989-2003 1989-2003 is a compilation CD released by Hedningarna in 2003 under the NorthSide label. The album is a retrospect of Hedningarnas entire career, and is like other Hedningarna albums a mixture of electronics, rock and elements from old Scandinavian folk music.
1989-90 NBA season The 1989-90 NBA Season was the 44th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Detroit Pistons winning their second-straight NBA Championship, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
1989-90 United States network television schedule This was the broadcast television schedule on all four United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1989. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
1989-90 United States network television schedule (Saturday morning) This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all three commercial television networks on Saturday mornings for the season beginning in the fall of 1989 and ending in the spring of 1990. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
198th (Canadian Buffs) Battalion, CEF The 198th (Canadian Buffs) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in that city.
1990 (breakdancing move) The 1990 is a breakdancing move which resembles a rapidly-spinning handstand. It is a type of spin in practice, but many consider it a power move because it is so flashy and is often begun with significant momentum like other power moves.
1990 American League Championship Series The 1990 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series that matched the Eastern Division champion Boston Red Sox against the Western Division champion Oakland Athletics. For the second time in three years, the Athletics swept the Red Sox 4 games to none.
1990 Asian Games The 11th Asian Games also known as XI Asiad were held from September 22, 1990 to October 7, 1990 in Beijing, China. It was the first large-scale international sports event to be held in the People's Republic of China.
1990 Atlantic hurricane season The 1990 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1990, and lasted until November 30, 1990. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1990 Central American and Caribbean Games The 16th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City the capital of Mexico from November 20 to December 3, 1990 and included a total amount of 4.206 competitors from 29 nations, the largest the games had ever seen.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 116 teams entered the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 24 spots in the final tournament. Italy, as the hosts, and Argentina, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 22 spots open for competition.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the North, Central American and Caribbean zone (CONCACAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.
1990 Golden Raspberry Awards The 11th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 24, 1991 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognise the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1990. A list of nominees follows, with recipients marked in bold.
1990 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1990 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
1990 Chicago Bears season The 1990 Chicago Bears season was their 71st regular season and 20th postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 11-5 record, and lost in the NFC Divisional playoffs to the New York Giants.
1990 ICC Trophy The 1990 ICC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament held in The Netherlands between 4 June and 23 June 1990. It was the fourth ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, and the first to be held outside England.
1990 Karak Highway crash The 1990 Karak Highway crash took places on 22 January, 1990 when 15 people were killed when the FRU riot police vehicles collided with tankers lorry, passenger bus and 10 cars at kilometre 31 of Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway not far from Genting Sempah Tunnel in Gombak, Selangor. Many vehicles to and from Kuala Lumpur were trapped in a massive jams during five hours.
1990 Memorial Cup The 1990 Memorial Cup occurred May 5-May 13 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. Participating teams were the Ontario Hockey League champion Oshawa Generals and runner-up Kitchener Rangers, as well as the winners of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Laval Titan and Kamloops Blazers.
1990 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey) The twelfth edition of the Champions Trophy took place from Saturday November 17 until Sunday November 25 1990 in the State Hockey Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Participating nations were: titleholders Australia, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Soviet Union en West-Germany.
1990 Minnesota Twins The 1990 Minnesota Twins, four years since their World Series title in 1987, fell to the bottom of the AL West once again. However, the season was not completely bad, as there were some bright spots: Pitchers Rick Aguilera and Scott Erickson.
1990 National League Championship Series The 1990 National League Championship Series was played between the Cincinnati Reds (91-71) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (95-67), with the Reds coming out on top in the series 4-2. The Reds went on to sweep the Oakland Athletics in the World Series in four games.
1990 NBA Playoffs The 1990 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1989-1990 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons successfully defending their championship by beating the Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers four games to one.
1990 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split championship and the ensuing controversy led to the creation of the Bowl Coalition, a precursor to the Bowl Championship Series. The title was split between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 2, 1990, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Denver, Colorado.
1990 NFL season The 1990 NFL season was the 71st regular season of the National Football League. To increase revenue, the league changed the regular season so that all NFL teams would play their 16-game schedule over a 17-week period.
1990 NHL Entry Draft The 1990 NHL Entry Draft was held June 16th at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is remembered as one of the deeper drafts in NHL history, with 14 of the 21 first round picks going on to careers of at least 500 games.
1990 PBA season The 1990 PBA season was the sixteenth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 1st Conference title series was marred by walkout by Anejo Rhum in the sixth game, giving Shell their first-ever PBA title.
1990 People's Movement The 1990 People's Movement (Nepali: Jana Andolan) was a multi party movement in Nepal that brought an end to absolute monarchy and the beginning of constitutional democracy. It also eliminated the Panchayat system.
1990 South American Games The IV South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 1990 in Lima, Peru, with some events in Arequipa and Trujillo. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).
1990 Thomas & Uber Cup The 1990 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 16th tournament of the Thomas Cup, and the 13th tournament of the Uber Cup, which are the major international team competitions in world badminton. The 1990 tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan, in May 1990.
1990 world oil market chronology *August: Crude and product prices soar upward; exchange markets react wildly to any Middle East news events; cash markets dominate prices after trading hours; jet fuel prices rise to record spreads over other products due to increase in defense demand. In late August, OPEC president fails to revive floundering attempts to organize a formal OPEC meeting to discuss crisis/production strategies.
1990 World Series The 1990 World Series matched the defending champion Oakland Athletics against the Cincinnati Reds, with the Reds sweeping the Series in four games. It is remembered for Billy Hatcher's seven consecutive hits.
1990-1995 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons The 1990-1995 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons ran year-round from July 1 to June 30 during each year between 1990 and 1995. Tropical cyclone activity in the Southern Hemisphere reaches its peak from mid-February to early March.
1990-91 NBA season The 1990-91 NBA Season was the 45th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Chicago Bulls winning their first NBA Championship, eliminating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
1990-91 United States network television schedule (Saturday morning) This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all four commercial television networks on Saturday mornings for the season beginning in the fall of 1990 and ending in the spring of 1991. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
1990s The 1990s decade refers to the years from the start of 1990 to the end of 1999. The 1990s were marked with rapid progression of globalization and global capitalism following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
1990s in fashion The 1990s in popular culture is typically referred to as the decade of "anti-fashion". In reality, anti-fashion was only one of many trends in fashion in the 1990s; however the fashion of the 1990s was characterized by minimalist styles.
1990s in Hong Kong The 1990s in Hong Kong was defined by the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, a statement that paved the way for a series of changes that would facilitate the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China (PRC).
1990s music groups In the 1990s, music had gone through the rap and house revolution, totally changing the landscape of music. While up to the 1980s, music seemed to get louder and louder, the 1990s music seemed to take a step back in rhythm, going from the aforementioned rap revolution, to the slower, romantic lyrics of late '90s bands, while also witnessing a rise in alternative rock, and a couple of attempts at bringing back '80s style of pop.
1990s UK local government reform The structure of local government in the United Kingdom underwent large changes in the 1990s. The system of two-tier local government introduced in the 1970s by the Local Government Act 1972 and the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 was abolished in Scotland and Wales on April 1, 1996, and replaced with unitary authorities.
1990s wrestling boom The 1990s Wrestling Boom (sometimes referred to as the 3rd Golden Age of Wrestling) was a period in professional wrestling in North America where it received unprecedented TV ratings, pay-per-view buys and media attention, perhaps even dwarfing the 1980s Wrestling Boom. It was characterised by edgier, darker, anti-authority characters and themes which often caused controversy and outcry among critics and the general public alike.
1991 (Izrael album) In April/May of 1990 Polish reggae band Izrael went to London to record its new album. The album, called "1991" was recorded at London's Ariwa Studio and it is regarded as one of the best LP's in Polish rock history.
1991 American League Championship Series The 1991 American League Championship Series was played between the Minnesota Twins and the Toronto Blue Jays from October 8 to October 13. The Twins defeated the favoured Blue Jays, winning the Series 4 games to 1.
1991 Atlantic hurricane season The 1991 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1991, and lasted until November 30, 1991. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1991 Australian Grand Prix Results from the 1991 Formula One Australian Grand Prix held at Adelaide on November 3, 1991. Torrential rain lead to the race being stopped and the result taken after 14 laps, with Nigel Mansell one of several drivers to crash on lap 15 but not lose their results due to result being taken back.
1991 Bangladesh cyclone On the night of 29 April, 1991 a powerful tropical cyclone struck the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph. The storm forced a 6 meter (20 foot) storm surge inland over a wide area, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless.
1991 BDO World Darts Championship The 1991 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country club in Frimley Green in Surrey from 4th-12th January 1991. Phil Taylor was the reigning World Champion and started off well in the early rounds, before losing in the quarter-finals to Dennis Priestley who took the title.
1991 Canada Cup The 1991 Canada Cup was a professional ice hockey world championships series in 1991. The finals took place in Montreal on September 15, 1991 and Hamilton, Ontario on September 16, 1991 and were won by Team Canada.
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North and Central America (CONCACAF). The last time the CONCACAF Championship was held was 1971, from that point on the first-place finishers of World Cup qualifying were considered continental champions.
1991 CONCACAF's Women's Championship The 1991 CONCACAF's Women's Championship, despite being an unofficial competition, determined the CONCACAF's single qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1991 — the winner the United States. The tournament took place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti between April 18 & 27, 1991 and consisted of 8 teams.
1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden from May 7 to 12. The 29th edition of the bi-annual competition, in which 191 fighters from 26 countries participated this time, was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
1988 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1988 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
1988 Hexagon World Men's Curling Championship The 1988 World Men's Curling Championship took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1988. The Championship was won by the Norwegian Team with the following players; Eigil Ramsfjell, skip, Sjur Loen, Morten Soegaard, and Bo Bakke.
1988 Chicago Bears season The 1988 Chicago Bears season was their 69th regular season and 19th postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 12-4 record, winning the NFC Central for the fifth straight season, but lost in the NFC Championship Game.
1988 Italian Grand Prix The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was held on September 11, 1988 at Monza. It is remembered for the extremely improbable 1-2 finish for the Ferrari team, and the only race of the 1988 season that Team McLaren failed to win.
1988 Los Angeles Dodgers The 1988 Major League Baseball season was a Cinderella season for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers won the National League Western Division, finishing the regular season with a 94-67 (Win-Loss) record, seven games ahead of the second place Cincinnati Reds.
1988 massacre of Iranian prisoners In the summer on 1988, immediately after Iran accepted the cease-fire in the Iran-Iraq war, the Iranian government carried out a systematic slaughter of the political prisoners across the country (اعدام زندانیان سیاسی در تابستان 1988) especially those the government called "hypocrites" (Monafeghs).http://www.
1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis The 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis was a series of events that began with United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) general election in 1987 and ended with the suspension and the eventual removal of the Lord President of the Supreme Court, Tun Salleh Abas, from his seat. The Supreme Court in the years leading up to 1988 had been increasingly independent of the other branches of the government.
1988 Memorial Cup The 1988 Memorial Cup occurred May 7-May 14 at the Colisée de Chicoutimi in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Participating teams were the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League champion Hull Olympiques, the QMJHL runner-up, the Drummondville Voltigeurs, as well as the winners of the Western Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League which were the Medicine Hat Tigers and Windsor Spitfires.
1988 National League Championship Series The 1988 National League Championship Series was played between the National League West champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the National League East champion New York Mets. The Dodgers won the Series 4 games to 3, en route to defeating the Oakland Athletics in five games in the 1988 World Series.
1988 NBA Playoffs The 1988 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1987-1988 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons four games to three in the Finals.
1988 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with Notre Dame winning the National Championship. The Fighting Irish won the title via a 34-21 defeat of previously unbeaten West Virginia University in the national championship game, held in the Fiesta Bowl in Tempe, Arizona.
1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 2, 1988, and ended with the championship game on April 4 in Kansas City, Missouri.
1988 October Riots The 1988 October Riots were a series of street-level disturbances and riotous demonstrations by Algerian youth, in the autumn of 1988, which indirectly led to the fall of the country's single-party system and the introduction of democratic reform, but also to a spiral of instability and increasingly vicious political conflict, ultimately fostering the Algerian Civil War.
1988 Pacific hurricane season The 1988 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 1988 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1988 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1988. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
1988 PBA season The 1988 PBA season was the fourteenth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). After Tanduay filed a leave of absence, some remnants were absorbed, along with several amateur prospects by Purefoods Corporation.
1988 Republican National Convention The 1988 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana from August 15 to August 18, 1988. The convention nominated Vice President George H.
1988 Spitak earthquake The Spitak Earthquake also called Leninakan Earthquake was a tremor with a moment magnitude of 7.2, that took place on December 7, 1988 at 11:41 local time (07:41 UTC) in the Spitak region of Armenia, then part of the Soviet Union.
1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying The qualifying round for the 1988 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into seven groups; three of four teams and four of five teams. West Germany qualified automatically as hosts of the competition.
1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and opened by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé. The Olympics were highly successful financially as they brought in million-dollar profits.
1988 World Series The 1988 World Series matched the Oakland Athletics against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Dodgers upsetting the heavily favored A's to win the Series in five games, which is exactly the opposite result of their 1974 meeting (that series also went five games). The most memorable moment of the 1988 World Series was when injured Dodgers MVP Kirk Gibson hit a pinch-hit, game winning home run off of Athletics closer and future Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley in Game 1.
1988 Yerevan Demonstrations 1988 Yerevan Demonstrations (Armenian: ÔµÖ€Ö‡ŐˇŐ¶ Ô´ŐĄŐ´Ő¸Ő¶Ő˝ŐżÖ€ŐˇÖŐ«ŐˇŐ¶ŐĄÖ€Ő¨) took place when about 200,000 Armenians gathered around at Yerevan square demonstrating. Armenian Christians, wanted the Nagorno-Karabakh area of neighboring Azerbaijan to become part of their republic.
1988-89 NBA season The 1988-89 NBA Season was the 43rd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the "Bad Boys" of the Detroit Pistons winning the NBA Championship, sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals.
1988-89 United States network television schedule (Saturday morning) This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all three commercial television networks on Saturday mornings for the season beginning in the fall of 1988 and ending in the spring of 1989. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
1989 American League Championship Series The 1989 American League Championship Series was played between the Oakland Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays from October 3 to October 8. A dominant Oakland team took the Series 4 games to 1, en route to a sweep of their cross-bay rivals, the San Francisco Giants, in a World Series marred by the destructive Loma Prieta earthquake.
1989 Atlantic hurricane season The 1989 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1989, and lasted until November 30, 1989. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1989 Australian pilots' strike The 1989 Australian pilots' strike was one of the most expensive and dramatic industrial disputes in Australia's history. It was co-ordinated by the Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP) after a prolongued period of wage suppression, to support its campaign for a large pay increase (which it quantified at 29.
1989 English cricket season The 1989 English cricket season saw the re-emergence of Australia as a world-class team after it had struggled for most of the previous 12 years. Under the leadership of Allan Border, a very fine team had been forged that included Steve Waugh, Mark Taylor, Ian Healy, David Boon and Merv Hughes.
1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Athens, Greece from May 29 to June 3. The 28th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship The FIFA U-16 World Championship 1989 was held in the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Motherwell, Aberdeen, and Dundee in Scotland between 10 June and 24 June 1989. Players born after 1 August 1972 can participate in this tournament.
1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 17-26, 1989 in Lahti, Finland for a record fifth time (1926, 1938, 1958, 1978). The women's 5 km was not held after being reintroduced in the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
1989 French Grand Prix Results from the 1989 Formula One French Grand Prix held at Paul Ricard on July 9, 1989. The race is most famous for the multiple collision involving Nigel Mansell, Mauricio Gugelmin and other cars on the first lap, which resulted in a restart.
1989 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1989 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners and nominees were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
1989 Kedah Madrasah fire inferno The 1989 Kedah Madrasah fire inferno took place on 22 September 1989 when the girls' hostel of Madrasah At Taufiqiah Al-Khairiah in Guar Chempedak, Kedah, Malaysia was destroyed by fire. About 27 of the students were killed including school girls.
1989 Memorial Cup The 1989 Memorial Cup occurred May 6-May 13 at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Participating teams were the Western Hockey League champion Swift Current Broncos, the WHL hosts, the Saskatoon Blades, as well as the winners of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Ontario Hockey League which were the Laval Titan and Peterborough Petes.
1989 National League Championship Series The 1989 National League Championship Series was played between the National League West champion San Francisco Giants and the National League East champion Chicago Cubs. The Giants won the series 4 games to 1, en route to losing to the Oakland Athletics in four games in the 1989 World Series.
1989 NBA Playoffs The 1989 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1988-1989 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers four games to none in the Finals.
1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 1, 1989, and ended with the championship game on April 3 in Seattle, Washington.
1989 Pacific hurricane season The 1989 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 1989 in the Eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1989 in the Central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1989. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
1989 PBA season The 1989 PBA season was the fifteenth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 1989 season was the third time a team won the grand slam, with the San Miguel Beermen winning all three conferences.
1989 Portuguese Grand Prix Results from the 1989 Formula One Portuguese Grand Prix held at Estoril on September 24, 1989. This race resulted in Onyx's only podium (and Stefan Johansson's last), the only lap ever lead by a Minardi, and saw 10 different teams in the top 10.
1989 riots in Argentina The 1989 food riots were a series of riots and related episodes of looting in stores and supermarkets in Argentina, during the last part of the presidency of RaĂşl AlfonsĂn, between May and June 1989. The riots were caused by the rampant hyperinflation and food shortage, and were associated with legal protests and demonstrations.
1989 world oil market chronology *March 23: Exxon tanker Valdez runs aground, spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil in the waters of Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef. Oil prices react upward to news of the spill and to potential shortages on the west coast caused by refinery fires there.
1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 17 to October 1, 1989. The fifth edition of this competition, held a year after the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.
1989 World Series The 1989 World Series was played between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants, and is best remembered for the Loma Prieta earthquake which occurred on October 17 at the beginning of Game 3 of the series and which caused a 10-day disruption in play. The Series ran from October 15 through October 28, with the A's sweeping the Giants.
1989-2003 1989-2003 is a compilation CD released by Hedningarna in 2003 under the NorthSide label. The album is a retrospect of Hedningarnas entire career, and is like other Hedningarna albums a mixture of electronics, rock and elements from old Scandinavian folk music.
1989-90 NBA season The 1989-90 NBA Season was the 44th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Detroit Pistons winning their second-straight NBA Championship, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
1989-90 United States network television schedule This was the broadcast television schedule on all four United States television networks for the fall season beginning in September 1989. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.
1989-90 United States network television schedule (Saturday morning) This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all three commercial television networks on Saturday mornings for the season beginning in the fall of 1989 and ending in the spring of 1990. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
198th (Canadian Buffs) Battalion, CEF The 198th (Canadian Buffs) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in that city.
1990 (breakdancing move) The 1990 is a breakdancing move which resembles a rapidly-spinning handstand. It is a type of spin in practice, but many consider it a power move because it is so flashy and is often begun with significant momentum like other power moves.
1990 American League Championship Series The 1990 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven series that matched the Eastern Division champion Boston Red Sox against the Western Division champion Oakland Athletics. For the second time in three years, the Athletics swept the Red Sox 4 games to none.
1990 Asian Games The 11th Asian Games also known as XI Asiad were held from September 22, 1990 to October 7, 1990 in Beijing, China. It was the first large-scale international sports event to be held in the People's Republic of China.
1990 Atlantic hurricane season The 1990 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1990, and lasted until November 30, 1990. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1990 Central American and Caribbean Games The 16th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mexico City the capital of Mexico from November 20 to December 3, 1990 and included a total amount of 4.206 competitors from 29 nations, the largest the games had ever seen.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 116 teams entered the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 24 spots in the final tournament. Italy, as the hosts, and Argentina, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 22 spots open for competition.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the African zone (CAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the North, Central American and Caribbean zone (CONCACAF). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone (CONMEBOL). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.
1990 Golden Raspberry Awards The 11th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 24, 1991 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognise the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1990. A list of nominees follows, with recipients marked in bold.
1990 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1990 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit received $5 000 dollars and a medal from the Governor General of Canada. The winners were selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts.
1990 Chicago Bears season The 1990 Chicago Bears season was their 71st regular season and 20th postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 11-5 record, and lost in the NFC Divisional playoffs to the New York Giants.
1990 ICC Trophy The 1990 ICC Trophy was a limited-overs cricket tournament held in The Netherlands between 4 June and 23 June 1990. It was the fourth ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, and the first to be held outside England.
1990 Karak Highway crash The 1990 Karak Highway crash took places on 22 January, 1990 when 15 people were killed when the FRU riot police vehicles collided with tankers lorry, passenger bus and 10 cars at kilometre 31 of Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway not far from Genting Sempah Tunnel in Gombak, Selangor. Many vehicles to and from Kuala Lumpur were trapped in a massive jams during five hours.
1990 Memorial Cup The 1990 Memorial Cup occurred May 5-May 13 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. Participating teams were the Ontario Hockey League champion Oshawa Generals and runner-up Kitchener Rangers, as well as the winners of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League which were the Laval Titan and Kamloops Blazers.
1990 Men's Champions Trophy (field hockey) The twelfth edition of the Champions Trophy took place from Saturday November 17 until Sunday November 25 1990 in the State Hockey Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Participating nations were: titleholders Australia, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Pakistan, Soviet Union en West-Germany.
1990 Minnesota Twins The 1990 Minnesota Twins, four years since their World Series title in 1987, fell to the bottom of the AL West once again. However, the season was not completely bad, as there were some bright spots: Pitchers Rick Aguilera and Scott Erickson.
1990 National League Championship Series The 1990 National League Championship Series was played between the Cincinnati Reds (91-71) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (95-67), with the Reds coming out on top in the series 4-2. The Reds went on to sweep the Oakland Athletics in the World Series in four games.
1990 NBA Playoffs The 1990 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1989-1990 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Detroit Pistons successfully defending their championship by beating the Western Conference champion Portland Trail Blazers four games to one.
1990 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split championship and the ensuing controversy led to the creation of the Bowl Coalition, a precursor to the Bowl Championship Series. The title was split between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 2, 1990, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in Denver, Colorado.
1990 NFL season The 1990 NFL season was the 71st regular season of the National Football League. To increase revenue, the league changed the regular season so that all NFL teams would play their 16-game schedule over a 17-week period.
1990 NHL Entry Draft The 1990 NHL Entry Draft was held June 16th at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is remembered as one of the deeper drafts in NHL history, with 14 of the 21 first round picks going on to careers of at least 500 games.
1990 PBA season The 1990 PBA season was the sixteenth season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 1st Conference title series was marred by walkout by Anejo Rhum in the sixth game, giving Shell their first-ever PBA title.
1990 People's Movement The 1990 People's Movement (Nepali: Jana Andolan) was a multi party movement in Nepal that brought an end to absolute monarchy and the beginning of constitutional democracy. It also eliminated the Panchayat system.
1990 South American Games The IV South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) were a multi-sport event held in 1990 in Lima, Peru, with some events in Arequipa and Trujillo. The Games were organized by the South American Sports Organization (ODESUR).
1990 Thomas & Uber Cup The 1990 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 16th tournament of the Thomas Cup, and the 13th tournament of the Uber Cup, which are the major international team competitions in world badminton. The 1990 tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan, in May 1990.
1990 world oil market chronology *August: Crude and product prices soar upward; exchange markets react wildly to any Middle East news events; cash markets dominate prices after trading hours; jet fuel prices rise to record spreads over other products due to increase in defense demand. In late August, OPEC president fails to revive floundering attempts to organize a formal OPEC meeting to discuss crisis/production strategies.
1990 World Series The 1990 World Series matched the defending champion Oakland Athletics against the Cincinnati Reds, with the Reds sweeping the Series in four games. It is remembered for Billy Hatcher's seven consecutive hits.
1990-1995 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons The 1990-1995 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons ran year-round from July 1 to June 30 during each year between 1990 and 1995. Tropical cyclone activity in the Southern Hemisphere reaches its peak from mid-February to early March.
1990-91 NBA season The 1990-91 NBA Season was the 45th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Chicago Bulls winning their first NBA Championship, eliminating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
1990-91 United States network television schedule (Saturday morning) This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all four commercial television networks on Saturday mornings for the season beginning in the fall of 1990 and ending in the spring of 1991. All times are Eastern and Pacific.
1990s The 1990s decade refers to the years from the start of 1990 to the end of 1999. The 1990s were marked with rapid progression of globalization and global capitalism following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War.
1990s in fashion The 1990s in popular culture is typically referred to as the decade of "anti-fashion". In reality, anti-fashion was only one of many trends in fashion in the 1990s; however the fashion of the 1990s was characterized by minimalist styles.
1990s in Hong Kong The 1990s in Hong Kong was defined by the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, a statement that paved the way for a series of changes that would facilitate the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China (PRC).
1990s music groups In the 1990s, music had gone through the rap and house revolution, totally changing the landscape of music. While up to the 1980s, music seemed to get louder and louder, the 1990s music seemed to take a step back in rhythm, going from the aforementioned rap revolution, to the slower, romantic lyrics of late '90s bands, while also witnessing a rise in alternative rock, and a couple of attempts at bringing back '80s style of pop.
1990s UK local government reform The structure of local government in the United Kingdom underwent large changes in the 1990s. The system of two-tier local government introduced in the 1970s by the Local Government Act 1972 and the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 was abolished in Scotland and Wales on April 1, 1996, and replaced with unitary authorities.
1990s wrestling boom The 1990s Wrestling Boom (sometimes referred to as the 3rd Golden Age of Wrestling) was a period in professional wrestling in North America where it received unprecedented TV ratings, pay-per-view buys and media attention, perhaps even dwarfing the 1980s Wrestling Boom. It was characterised by edgier, darker, anti-authority characters and themes which often caused controversy and outcry among critics and the general public alike.
1991 (Izrael album) In April/May of 1990 Polish reggae band Izrael went to London to record its new album. The album, called "1991" was recorded at London's Ariwa Studio and it is regarded as one of the best LP's in Polish rock history.
1991 American League Championship Series The 1991 American League Championship Series was played between the Minnesota Twins and the Toronto Blue Jays from October 8 to October 13. The Twins defeated the favoured Blue Jays, winning the Series 4 games to 1.
1991 Atlantic hurricane season The 1991 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1991, and lasted until November 30, 1991. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1991 Australian Grand Prix Results from the 1991 Formula One Australian Grand Prix held at Adelaide on November 3, 1991. Torrential rain lead to the race being stopped and the result taken after 14 laps, with Nigel Mansell one of several drivers to crash on lap 15 but not lose their results due to result being taken back.
1991 Bangladesh cyclone On the night of 29 April, 1991 a powerful tropical cyclone struck the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph. The storm forced a 6 meter (20 foot) storm surge inland over a wide area, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless.
1991 BDO World Darts Championship The 1991 Embassy World Darts Championship was held at the Lakeside Country club in Frimley Green in Surrey from 4th-12th January 1991. Phil Taylor was the reigning World Champion and started off well in the early rounds, before losing in the quarter-finals to Dennis Priestley who took the title.
1991 Canada Cup The 1991 Canada Cup was a professional ice hockey world championships series in 1991. The finals took place in Montreal on September 15, 1991 and Hamilton, Ontario on September 16, 1991 and were won by Team Canada.
1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North and Central America (CONCACAF). The last time the CONCACAF Championship was held was 1971, from that point on the first-place finishers of World Cup qualifying were considered continental champions.
1991 CONCACAF's Women's Championship The 1991 CONCACAF's Women's Championship, despite being an unofficial competition, determined the CONCACAF's single qualifier for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1991 — the winner the United States. The tournament took place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti between April 18 & 27, 1991 and consisted of 8 teams.
1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden from May 7 to 12. The 29th edition of the bi-annual competition, in which 191 fighters from 26 countries participated this time, was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
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