| January 1 | David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City |
| January 1 | FCC implements "SYNDEX" giving independent stations more rights over cable TV outlets for exclusive syndicated programs |
| January 1 | Mitsuko Nishiwaki beats Nakano to become Japan Women wrestling champ |
| January 1 | New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority stops token redemption at subway stations |
| January 1 | Sports News Network begins operation on cable TV |
| January 2 | Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15) |
| January 2 | Sting joins wrestlings 4 Horsemen (Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson) |
| January 3 | Panama's leader General Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. authorities |
| January 5 | J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL |
| January 6 | New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (18-25-26-32-42-44) |
| January 7 | Lynn Jennings runs world record 5K indoor at 15:22.64 |
| January 7 | Tower Of Pisa closed to the public after leaning too far |
| January 9 | 64th U.S. manned space mission STS-32 (Columbia 10) launches into orbit |
| January 9 | Boston Celtics worst ever (6 pts in 2nd vs New Jersey Nets) and lose 87-78 |
| January 9 | Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame |
| January 9 | Supreme Court strikes down Dallas' ordinance imposing strict zoning on sexually oriented businesses |
| January 10 | China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre) |
| January 10 | "Les Miserables," opens at Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore |
| January 10 | NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players |
| January 11 | 200,000 demand return of Lithuania's independence |
| January 11 | Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 |
| January 11 | Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229) |
| January 11 | Pat Lafontaine sets New York Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight |
| January 12 | Civil Rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Bkln |
| January 12 | Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so) |
| January 13 | 1st elected U.S. black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia) |
| January 14 | 11th ACE Cable Awards |
| January 14 | Perez de Cuellar says he has lost all hope for peace in Gulf |
| January 14 | "Simpsons" premiered on Fox-TV |
| January 15 | 42 year old George Foreman KOs George Cooney in 2 rounds |
| January 15 | 6th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Knots Landing wins |
| January 15 | AT&T experiences long distance problems due to a computer glitch |
| January 15 | Blue Jay Cecil Fielder signs with Detroit as a free agent |
| January 15 | New York Knicks Trent Tucker scores with 1/10 sec, beats Bulls, 109-106 |
| January 16 | 2 Bank of Credit and Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering |
| January 17 | 5th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Awards: Bobby Darin |
| January 17 | Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract |
| January 17 | Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| January 17 | Who, Simon and Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & |
| January 18 | South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress |
| January 18 | Washington D.C., Mayor Marion Barry arrested in drug enforcement sting |
| January 19 | Test debut of Mushtaq Ahmed, vs. Australia at Adelaide |
| January 20 | 47th Golden Globes: Born on 4th of July, Driving Miss Daisy win |
| January 20 | U.S. 64th manned space mission STS-32 (Columbia 10) returns from space |
| January 21 | 41st NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh |
| January 21 | Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director |
| January 21 | John McEnroe becomes 1st ever expelled from Australian Open |
| January 21 | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic |
| January 22 | 17th American Music Award: Milli Vanilli |
| January 22 | Wasim Akram scores Test century (123) at Adelaide |
| January 22 | Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with San Francisco Giants |
| January 23 | Dean Jones scores twin Test tons vs. Pakistan at Adelaide Oval |
| January 24 | Japanese MUSES-A (Hiten) launched towards moon |
| January 25 | Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel and crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die |
| January 25 | Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail |
| January 25 | West-Europe's strongest hurricane |
| January 26 | Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic |
| January 26 | Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asstistant General Manager (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office) |
| January 27 | 64th Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (63 64) |
| January 28 | 78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret) |
| January 28 | "Independent on Sunday" begins publishing in London |
| January 28 | Superbowl XXIV: San Francisco 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, quarterback |
| January 29 | Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood goes on trial due to oil spill |
| January 31 | 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing |
| January 31 | 1st McDonalds in Russia opens in Moscow, world's biggest McDonalds |
| January 31 | Jushin "Thunder" Liger beats Naoki Sano to become New Japan IWGP champ |
| February 2 | Marina Ogilvy, daughter of English princess Alexandra, weds Paul Mowatt |
| February 2 | South Africa's President FW de Klerk promises to free Nelson Mandela and legalizes ANC and 60 other political orgs |
| February 3 | Darryl Strawberry enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation |
| February 3 | Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race |
| February 3 | New York Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center |
| February 4 | 10 Israeli tourists murdered near Cairo |
| February 4 | Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81) |
| February 4 | Danny Everett runs world record 400m indoor (45:04) |
| February 4 | Lyudmila Narozhi-Lenko runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.69) |
| February 4 | NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-21 |
| February 4 | Pat Bradley wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic |
| February 4 | Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar) |
| February 4 | St. Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship |
| February 5 | Notre Dame becomes 1st team to sell its game to a major network (NBC) |
| February 6 | Brett Hull becomes 1st son of NHL 50 goal scorer (Bobby) to score 50 |
| February 6 | Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium |
| February 6 | Steve Briers of Wales recited the entire lyrics of Queen's album "A Night At The Opera" in 9 minutes and 58.44 seconds backwards! |
| February 7 | Karachi police kill 22 anti-nationalistic demonstrators |
| February 7 | Lisa Leslie of Morningside HS in Inglewood California scores 101 in 1st half, South Torrance HS decides not to play 2nd half and loses 102-24 |
| February 7 | U.S.S.R. Communist party agrees to allow opposition political parties |
| February 8 | "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine |
| February 8 | David Hares "Racing Demon," premieres in London |
| February 9 | "Bradys" return to TV for 6 episodes on CBS TV |
| February 9 | Doina Melinte runs world indoor record 1.5k (4:00:27) and mile (4:17:13) |
| February 9 | Galileo flies by Venus |
| February 9 | Namibia's constitution ratified |
| February 10 | 6th Largest wrestling crowd (63,900-Tokyo Dome) |
| February 10 | Buster Douglas KOs Mike Tyson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
| February 10 | Pierrer Water pulls product from shelf due to benzine in water |
| February 10 | South Africa President de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be free Feb 11th |
| February 10 | U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary |
| February 11 | 40th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 130-113 at Miami |
| February 11 | James "Buster" Douglas KOs Mike Tyson to win heavyweight boxing crown |
| February 11 | Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa |
| February 11 | U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge |
| February 13 | 50 killed at Inkatha-UDF battle in Natal, South Africa |
| February 13 | Larry Bird (Celtics) ends NBA free throw streak of 71 games |
| February 13 | U.S., England, France and England give Germany OK to reunify |
| February 14 | Alan Ayckbourn's "Man of the Moment," premieres in London |
| February 14 | Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some |
| February 14 | Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system |
| February 15 | Baseball owners lock out players |
| February 18 | Jane Crafter wins LPGA Phar-Mor at Inverrary Golf Tournament |
| February 19 | Police kill 8 demonstrators for multi party system in Nepal |
| February 19 | Soyuz TM-9 lands |
| February 21 | 32nd Grammy Awards: Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time wins |
| February 22 | 1st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland New Zealand 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps |
| February 23 | Ian Smith 173* New Zealand vs. India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat |
| February 24 | Beth Daniel wins LPGA Orix Hawaiia Ladies Golf Open |
| February 25 | Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup |
| February 25 | Nicaraguans votes out Sandinistas |
| February 25 | On a BBC taped interview, rock star Stevie Nicks breaks down, saying that she will never have children and no man can stand her for long |
| February 26 | U.S.S.R. agrees to withdraw all 73,500 troops from Czechoslovakia by July, 1991 |
| February 27 | Exxon Corp and Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez) |
| February 27 | No one elected to Hall of Fame for 2nd time in 3 years |
| February 28 | Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine |
| February 28 | U.S. 65th manned space mission STS-36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit |
| March 1 | Benin nullifies its constitution |
| March 1 | Luis Alberto Lacelle sworn in as president of Uruguay |
| March 2 | Greyhound Bus goes on strike |
| March 2 | Mark Tewsksbury swims world record 50m backstroke (25.06 sec) |
| March 3 | Carole Gist, 20, (Michigan 1st black), crowned 39th Miss USA |
| March 4 | 20th Easter Seal Telethon |
| March 4 | Beth Daniel wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open |
| March 4 | U.S. 65th manned space mission STS-36 (Atlantis 6) returns from space |
| March 6 | SR-71 sets a transcontinental record, flying 2,404 miles in 1:08:17 |
| March 7 | 3 passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia |
| March 7 | H. Wayne Huizenga buys Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30M |
| March 9 | Dr. Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female U.S. surgeon general |
| March 10 | 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally |
| March 10 | Ice Dance Championship at Halifax won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (URS) |
| March 10 | Ice Pairs Championship at Halifax won by Gordeeva and Grinkov (URS) |
| March 10 | Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA) |
| March 10 | Lieutenant General Avril resigns as President of Haiti |
| March 10 | Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN) |
| March 10 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| March 11 | 16th People's Choice Awards |
| March 11 | Lithuania declares it's Independence |
| March 11 | Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International |
| March 12 | Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland |
| March 13 | Nicholoas Braithwaite elected premier of Grenada |
| March 14 | 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson |
| March 14 | Mikhail S Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress |
| March 15 | Fernando Collor de Mello sworn in as President of Brazil |
| March 17 | PBA National Championship Won by Jim Pencak |
| March 18 | 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists |
| March 18 | 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends |
| March 18 | A Tampa little leaguer, dies, after being struck by a pitch |
| March 18 | Biggest U.S. art robbery, $100's millions at Gardner Museum, Boston |
| March 18 | Colleen Walker wins Circle K Tucson LPGA Golf Open |
| March 19 | 1st world ice hockey tournament for women held (Ottawa) |
| March 20 | Los Angeles Lakers retires Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's #33 |
| March 20 | Singer Gloria Estefan breaks her collarbone in a bus accident |
| March 21 | "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City for 149 performances |
| March 21 | Namibia becomes independent of South Africa, Sam Nujoma becomes president |
| March 21 | "Normal Life" starring Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa premieres on CBS-TV |
| March 21 | "Sydney" starring Valerie Bertinelli premieres on CBS-TV |
| March 22 | Anchorage jury finds Captain Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill |
| March 22 | "Grapes of Wrath" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 188 performances |
| March 22 | "Les Miserables," opens at Shunert Theatre, Boston |
| March 22 | The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games |
| March 23 | Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill |
| March 24 | Indian troops leave Sri Lanka |
| March 24 | Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec) |
| March 25 | 10th Golden Raspberry Awards: Star Trek V wins |
| March 25 | Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87 |
| March 25 | "Lettice and Lovage" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 284 performances |
| March 25 | Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic |
| March 26 | 62nd Academy Awards - "Driving Miss Daisy," D Day-Lewis, J Tandy win |
| March 27 | Bus accidentally touches high voltage wire in Karagpur India; 21 die |
| March 27 | NSW beat Queensland by 345 runs to win Sheffield Shield Final |
| March 28 | Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient |
| March 28 | Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 points in a game |
| March 28 | President Bush awards Jesse Owen the Congressional Gold Medal |
| March 30 | Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament |
| March 31 | "Carol and Company" starring Carol Burnette premieres on NBC-TV |
| March 31 | Dionisio Castro cycles world record 20km (57:18.4) |
| March 31 | Riots began in London over the new poll tax laws |
| April 1 | 19th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King |
| April 1 | 2nd Seniors Golf Tradition: Jack Nicklaus wins |
| April 1 | 9th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Auburn 88-81 |
| April 1 | CBS fires sportscaster Brent Mussburger |
| April 1 | Guns and Roses' Duff divorces Mandy Brix, lead singer for Lame Flames |
| April 1 | "Ha!" comedy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting |
| April 1 | It becomes illegal in Salem Oregon to be within 2' of nude dancers |
| April 1 | Jack Nicklaus wins 1st start on Senior PGA tour |
| April 1 | Wrestlemania VI, 67,678 in Toronto, Ultimate Warrior beats Hulk Hogan |
| April 2 | 52nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73 |
| April 4 | Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident |
| April 4 | "Martian Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV |
| April 4 | Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody |
| April 5 | John Stockton reaches 1000-assist mark for NBA record 3 years in a row |
| April 5 | New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 2-1 in 1st game of preliminary |
| April 5 | Paul Newman wins a court victory over Julius Gold, to keep giving all profits from Newman foods to charity |
| April 7 | BPAA U.S. Open by Ron Palombi Jr |
| April 7 | Farm Aid IV concert |
| April 7 | Fire kills 110 on a ferry in Norway, in an unrelated event, 30 die in a ferry flip over in Burma |
| April 7 | John Poindexter (National Security Advisor) found guilty on Iran-Contra scandal |
| April 7 | Michael Milken pleads innocent to security law violations |
| April 7 | New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 5-2, Rangers lead 2-0 in preliminary |
| April 8 | 54th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 278 |
| April 8 | "Aspects of Love" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 377 performances |
| April 8 | King Birendra of Nepal lifts 30-year ban on political parties |
| April 8 | Kris Monaghan wins LPGA Red Robin Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic |
| April 8 | Norwegian Scandinavian Star catches fire; about 170 die |
| April 8 | "Twin Peaks" with Peggy Lipton premieres on ABC-TV |
| April 9 | "Capital News" starring Lloyd Bridges premieres on ABC-TV |
| April 9 | Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees |
| April 9 | New York Islanders beat New York Rangers 4-3 in double overtime-Rangers lead 2-1 |
| April 9 | World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City |
| April 10 | CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan |
| April 10 | Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown |
| April 11 | Angels Mark Langston and Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0 |
| April 11 | New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51) |
| April 11 | New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary |
| April 12 | 1st meeting of East German democratically elected parliament, acknowledges responsibility for Nazi holocaust and asks for forgivenesss |
| April 12 | Greyhound Bus hires new drivers to replace strikers |
| April 12 | James Brown moves to a work-release center after serving 15 months |
| April 13 | 4th largest NBA crowd (45,458) see Orlando play at Minneapolis |
| April 13 | Final episode of Pat Sajak's late night TV show on CBS |
| April 13 | New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-5, Rangers win preliminary, 4-1 |
| April 15 | Greenidge and Haynes make 298 opening stand (v Eng), their best |
| April 15 | "In Living Color" premieres on FOX-TV |
| April 16 | 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23 |
| April 16 | 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19 |
| April 16 | Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week |
| April 16 | "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 320 performances |
| April 16 | Supreme Court rejects appeal from retarded man, Dalton Prejean, condemned to death for murdering a Louisiana state trooper in 1977 |
| April 17 | Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die |
| April 18 | Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines |
| April 18 | Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF |
| April 19 | Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas and incoming government agree to truce |
| April 19 | Marla Maples appears on ABC's Prime-Time |
| April 19 | Pistons and 76'ers get into a fight accruing $162,500 fines (NBA record) |
| April 19 | Truce in Nicaragua's civil war |
| April 20 | 8 2/3 inning perfect game pitched by Brian Holman of Oakland A's is spoiled by a home run hit by Ken Philips |
| April 20 | Pete Rose pleads guilty to hiding $300,000 in income |
| April 21 | "Cartoon All Stars to Rescue" shown on all 4 TV networks |
| April 21 | National League umpire is arrested for stealing baseball cards |
| April 21 | Reds win running their record to 9-0, best start in club history |
| April 22 | Lebanon release U.S. hostage Robert Polhill after 39 months |
| April 22 | "Truly Blessed" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 33 performances |
| April 23 | 11th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
| April 24 | Brian Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa," premieres in Dublin |
| April 24 | Security law violator Michael Milken pleads guilty to 6 felonies |
| April 24 | U.S. 66th manned space mission STS-31 (Discovery 10) launches into orbit |
| April 24 | West and East Germany agree to merge currency and economies on July 1st |
| April 25 | 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black and Kathy Mattea win |
| April 25 | Hubble space telescope is placed into orbit by shuttle Discovery |
| April 25 | Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins a 6 year term as Nicaragua's president |
| April 26 | 126 die in a (6.9) earthquake in China |
| April 26 | "Accomplice" opens at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City for 52 performances |
| April 26 | Danny Wood of New Kids, steps on a stuffed animal and twists his ankle |
| April 26 | New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case |
| April 26 | Nolan Ryan ties Bob Feller's record of pitching 12 1-hitters |
| April 27 | 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held in Michigan |
| April 27 | Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery |
| April 27 | Villanova's women set a 6,000 m relay world record of 17:18:10 |
| April 28 | Boston Celtics score most points in a playoff, beat New York Knicks 157-128 |
| April 28 | "Chorus Line" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 6,137 performances |
| April 28 | Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Dave Ferraro |
| April 28 | Guns and Roses' Axl marries Erin Everly (annulled same year) |
| April 28 | Last issue of Dutch communist daily De Waarheid (The Truth) |
| April 29 | "Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 16 performances |
| April 29 | Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement |
| April 29 | STS-31 (Discovery 10) lands |
| April 29 | Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate |
| April 30 | As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score |
| April 30 | Seattle's Brian Holman's perfect game broken up with 2 outs in 9th |
| April 30 | U.S. 66th manned space mission STS-31 (Discovery 10) returns from space |
| April 30 | U.S. hostage Frank Reed freed after 4 years in hands of pro-Iranians |
| May 1 | "Prelude to a Kiss" opens at Helen Hayes Theater New York City |
| May 2 | "Some Americans Abroad" opens at Vivian Beaumont New York City for 62 performances |
| May 2 | South Africa and African National Congress open talks to end apartheid |
| May 4 | Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger |
| May 4 | Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence |
| May 4 | Oriole Gregg Olson sets relief pitcher rec of 41 cons scoreless inns |
| May 4 | Pakistan beat Australia by 36 runs to win Austral-Asia Cup, Sharjah |
| May 5 | 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02 |
| May 5 | ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Chris Warren |
| May 5 | Paul Hogan and Linda Koslowski wed in Byron Bay, Eastern Australia |
| May 6 | Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic |
| May 6 | Former president PW Botha quit South Africa's ruling National Party |
| May 8 | Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway |
| May 9 | New York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur |
| May 9 | Sampdoria wins 30th Europe Cup II |
| May 10 | French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph |
| May 10 | Howard Stern holds a mock funeral for rival John DeBella |
| May 10 | "Zoya's Apartment" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 45 performances |
| May 11 | New York Yankees trade Dave Winfield to Angels for Mike Witt |
| May 12 | 3rd time Saturday Night Live uses time delay (Andrew Dice Clay hosts) |
| May 12 | Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million |
| May 12 | Nora Dunn and Sinead O'Connor boycott Saturday Night Live to protest Andrew "Dice" Clay's hosting |
| May 13 | "Change in the Heir" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 16 performances |
| May 13 | Dottie Mochrie wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic |
| May 14 | 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos) |
| May 14 | Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,821.53 |
| May 15 | "Cemetery Club" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 56 performances |
| May 15 | Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45 |
| May 15 | Edmonton Oiler Klima beats Boston Bruins in 6th period |
| May 15 | Mona Grudt, 19, of Norway, crowned 39th Miss Universe |
| May 15 | "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million |
| May 16 | Dominican Republic President Joaquin Ricardo Balaguer re-elected |
| May 16 | Juventus wins 19th UEFA Cup in Avellino |
| May 17 | Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI |
| May 17 | Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71 |
| May 17 | European court rules pension rights for both men and women |
| May 17 | WIBC Bowling Queens won by Patty Ann |
| May 18 | 2 Germanys sign a monetary union treaty |
| May 18 | Cubs Ryne Sandberg ends 2nd baseman record 123 errorless game streak |
| May 18 | Judy Carne arrested at JFK airport on an 11 year old drug warrant |
| May 18 | Return To Green Acres TV movie airs |
| May 19 | 116th Preakness: Pat Day aboard Summer Squall wins in 1:53.6 |
| May 19 | General Elvis, TV Drama last airs on ABC |
| May 20 | Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Golf International |
| May 20 | Hubble Space Telescope sends 1st photograph's from space |
| May 20 | "Truly Blessed" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 33 performances |
| May 21 | Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68 |
| May 21 | Last episode of "Newhart" airs on CBS-TV |
| May 22 | Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally walked 5 times |
| May 22 | Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23 |
| May 22 | Final episode of "Newhart" airs |
| May 22 | Microsoft releases Windows 3.0 |
| May 22 | North and South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen |
| May 23 | A. C. Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna |
| May 23 | Cost of rescuing savings and loan failures is put at up to $130 billion |
| May 23 | Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26 |
| May 23 | New York Yankees hit 6 home runs to beat Minnesota Twins 12-0 |
| May 24 | Andre Dawson receives a record 5 intentional walks in a game |
| May 24 | Stanley Cup: Edmonton Oilers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 1 |
| May 26 | China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC |
| May 26 | Philadelphia Phillies retire Mike Schmidt's uniform #20 |
| May 27 | 74th Indianapolis 500 runs |
| May 27 | Cesar Gaviria Trujillo chosen President of Colombia |
| May 27 | Jan Stephenson wins J C Penney LPGA Golf Skins Game |
| May 27 | Pat Bradley wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
| May 27 | Radical Democratic Party holds 1st political meetings in Moscow |
| May 28 | Cesar Gaviria Trujillo installed as president of Colombia |
| May 28 | Dave Thomas Comedy Show, debuts on CBS-TV |
| May 28 | Eugenia Charles' Dom'n Freedom Party wins election in Dominica |
| May 28 | Longest wheelie (David Robilliard with 5h12m33s (Channel Islands) |
| May 29 | An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56 |
| May 29 | Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic |
| May 29 | Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49 |
| May 29 | Mets replace manager Davey Johnson with Buddy Harrelson |
| May 29 | New York Mets fire manager Davey Johnson and hire Bud Harrelson |
| May 29 | Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record |
| May 30 | 135 die in a (6.4) earthquake in Peru |
| May 30 | Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,878.56 |
| May 30 | Earthquake hit Peru, killing 135 |
| May 31 | 63rd National Spelling Bee: Amy Marie Dimak wins spelling fibranne |
| May 31 | BPAA U.S. Women's Bowling Open won by Dana Miller-Mackie |
| May 31 | Seinfeld starring Jerry Seinfeld, debuts on NBC as Seinfeld Chronicles |
| June 1 | "Cemetery Club" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City after 56 performances |
| June 1 | Cowboy Channel on cable TV begins transmitting |
| June 1 | Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland for 1st time since 1974 |
| June 1 | Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97 |
| June 2 | Seattle's Randy Johnson, no-hits Tigers, 2-0 |
| June 2 | "Turtle Power" by Partners In Kryme hits #13 |
| June 3 | 3rd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $894,560 |
| June 3 | 44th Tony Awards: Grapes of Wrath and City of Angels win |
| June 3 | Cathy Gerring wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open |
| June 4 | 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Patty Loveless |
| June 4 | Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die |
| June 4 | Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy |
| June 4 | Los Angeles Dodger Ramon Martinez strikes out 18 Atlanta Braves |
| June 4 | New York Telephone company announces that it wants Bronx area code 917 |
| June 5 | South African troops plunder Mandela's dwelling |
| June 6 | 2nd International Rock Awards |
| June 6 | For 2nd time this season, Cecil Fielder belts 3 home runs in a game |
| June 6 | Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as New York Yankee manager |
| June 7 | Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains |
| June 7 | South Africa President F W de Klerk lifts 4 year of state of emergency |
| June 8 | "It's Garry Shandling's Show," last airs on Fox-TV |
| June 8 | Phil Bradley hits 18th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history |
| June 9 | 122nd Belmont: Michael Kinane aboard Go and Go wins in 2:27.2 |
| June 9 | 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64) |
| June 9 | Czechoslovakia beats U.S. 5-1 in World Cup soccer |
| June 9 | Dodger Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with switch hit home runs in 10 games |
| June 9 | Kerry Kennedy (daughter of Robert) and Andrew Coumo (Mario's son) wed |
| June 9 | Michael Jackson is hospitalized with inflamed rib cartilage |
| June 9 | Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf for French Open title |
| June 10 | 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64) |
| June 10 | 8th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus |
| June 10 | "Accomplice" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City after 52 performances |
| June 10 | Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing |
| June 10 | Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland |
| June 10 | "Meet Me in St. Louis" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City after 253 performances |
| June 10 | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship |
| June 10 | Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Florida for obscenity |
| June 11 | Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress |
| June 11 | Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson and Willie Randolph (all ex Yankees) |
| June 11 | Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional |
| June 11 | U.N. appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador |
| June 12 | Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Netherlands 1-1 in World Cup game |
| June 12 | New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning |
| June 12 | New York Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves |
| June 12 | Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases |
| June 12 | Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list |
| June 13 | Boeing 767 sets nonstop commercial flight, Seattle to Narobi Kenya |
| June 13 | "Les Miserables," opens at S Alberta Jubilee Centre, Calgary |
| June 13 | Nelson and Winnie Mandela welcomed in New York City |
| June 13 | Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry announces he will not seek a 4th term, |
| June 14 | 44th NBA Championship: Det Pistons beat Por Trailblazers, 4 games to 1 |
| June 14 | NL announces plans to expand from 12 to 14 teams for 1993 season |
| June 14 | Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional |
| June 15 | "Dick Tracy" with Warren Beatty and Madonna premieres |
| June 16 | Nelson and Winnie Mandela visit Leidseplein, Amsterdam |
| June 17 | 90th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 280 at Medinah CC in Medinah Il |
| June 17 | Chris Johnson wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic |
| June 17 | "Some Americans Abroad" closes at Vivian Beaumont New York City after 62 performances |
| June 17 | "Zoya's Apartment" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 45 performances |
| June 18 | 1st ever loss for Cameroon in Soccer World Cup, U.S.S.R. - 4 Cameroon - 0 |
| June 18 | 1st sudden death U.S. Open Golf Championship is won by Hale Irwin |
| June 19 | Gary Carter catches his 1,862nd career game breaks Al Lopez's NL mark |
| June 20 | 50,000 die in a 7.6 earthquake in Iran |
| June 20 | Nelson Mandela lands in New York City to begin a tour of U.S. |
| June 21 | At Yankee Stadium rally, Nelson Mandela dons a New York Yankee baseball cap and proclaims "I am a Yankee!" |
| June 21 | Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame |
| June 21 | Parliament of W and E Germany recognize Oder-Neissegrens |
| June 21 | U.S. House of Representatives vote 254-177 to stop U.S. flag burning, doesn't pass |
| June 22 | Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium |
| June 22 | Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with General Manager Bobby Cox |
| June 22 | Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit |
| June 22 | Longest game in Toronto, Yankees beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns |
| June 23 | A rally to save Alien Nation from cancellation held at Statue of Liberty |
| June 23 | Moldavia declares independence |
| June 23 | Police find marijuana at Chuck Berry's home |
| June 23 | TV Guide selects Arsenio Hall as TV personality of year |
| June 23 | Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 6 wickets to win ICC Trophy |
| June 24 | Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International |
| June 25 | 120 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona |
| June 25 | "Dave Thomas Comedy Show," last airs on CBS-TV |
| June 25 | NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days |
| June 25 | Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known |
| June 26 | 122 degrees F in Phoenix, Arizona |
| June 26 | 8 KS and OK radio stations boycott k d lang, due to her anti-meat ad |
| June 26 | New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fall |
| June 27 | Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract |
| June 28 | 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards |
| June 28 | Emmy 17th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 11th time |
| June 29 | A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays and Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St. Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues |
| June 29 | Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M |
| June 29 | New York Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak |
| June 30 | East and West Germany merge their economies |
| July 1 | 11th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Lee Trevino |
| July 1 | 18th du Maurier Golf Classic: Cathy Johnston |
| July 1 | 1st Zen winter session in Sydney Zen Center's Gorrick's Run Zendo |
| July 1 | Despite Andy Hawkins no-hitting White Sox, Yankees lose 4-0 |
| July 1 | Dordrecht '90 soccer team forms in Dordrecht |
| July 1 | FC Swells soccer team forms in Swells |
| July 1 | German Democratic Republic accepts Deutsche Mark as its currency |
| July 1 | In Victoria, Australia, helmetless bike riding becomes illegal |
| July 1 | New York Yankee Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in Comiskey Park, losing 4-0 |
| July 2 | Imelda Marcos and Adnan Khashoggi found not guilty of racketeering |
| July 2 | Panic in tunnel of Mecca, 1,426 pilgrims trampled to death |
| July 3 | Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida |
| July 4 | 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA" the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner and Gettysburg Address |
| July 4 | 400 New Kids on the Block fans treated for heat exhaustion in Minn |
| July 4 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| July 4 | Wrestler Brutus Beefcake injured during para-sailing |
| July 5 | Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbledon semi-finals |
| July 6 | After pitching a no-hitter lose, New York Yankee Andy Hawkins pitches a complete 12 inn game and loses 2-0 |
| July 6 | "Jetson's the Movie" with Tiffany, premieres |
| July 7 | 97th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Zina Garrison (64 61) |
| July 7 | New Jersey Devils sign Russians Viacheslav Fetisov and Sergei Starikov |
| July 8 | 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890) |
| July 8 | Brewers beat Angels 20-7, including 13 in 5th inning |
| July 8 | Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome |
| July 8 | Greg Lemond wins his 3rd Tour de France (90:43:20 avg 23.3 mph) |
| July 8 | Italy beats England in soccer's World Cup consolation game |
| July 8 | Tina Purtzer wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic |
| July 8 | Trailing 7-0, Brewers tie Angels and then score 13 in 5th to win 20-7 |
| July 9 | 104th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats B Becker (62 62 36 36 64) |
| July 9 | Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts |
| July 10 | 61st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-0 at Wrigley Field, Chicago |
| July 10 | All star MVP: Julio Franco (Texas Rangers) |
| July 10 | Andrew Dice Clay cries on Arsenio Hall Show |
| July 10 | Last day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee |
| July 11 | New York City police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts) |
| July 12 | Boris Yeltsin quits Soviet Communist Party |
| July 12 | Chicago White Sox Melido Perez no-hits Yankees 8-0 in a rain shortened 6 inning game at Yankee Stadium (7th no-hitter of 1990) |
| July 12 | "Les Miserables," opens at National Theatre, Washington |
| July 14 | "Howard Stern's Summer Show" premieres on WWOR-TV (New York City) |
| July 14 | Sara Martin, of Illinois, crowned America's Junior Miss |
| July 15 | 45th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy King |
| July 16 | 400 die in a, 7.7, earthquake in Philippines |
| July 16 | Bridgette LeAnn Wilson, 17, of Oregon, 8th crowned Miss Teen USA |
| July 16 | New York City's Empire State Building catches fire - no fatalities |
| July 16 | Rick Dee's "Into the Night," premieres on ABC-TV |
| July 16 | Ukraine declares independence |
| July 17 | Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims Kuwait stole oil from Iraq |
| July 17 | Minn Twins become 1st team to turn 2 triple plays in a game but lose to Boston Red Sox 1-0 |
| July 17 | New York Yankee Deion Sanders hits an inside park homer |
| July 17 | PLO-leader Jasser Arrafat marries Soha Tawil in Tunis |
| July 19 | BASF plant in Cincinnati explodes in flames, 1 person dies |
| July 19 | Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentence to 5 months for tax evasion |
| July 19 | Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a New York Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a New York Yankee |
| July 19 | Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California |
| July 20 | Justice William Brennan resigns from Supreme Court after 36 years |
| July 21 | Goodwill Games opens in Seattle, Washington |
| July 21 | Pink Floyds' "Wall" is performed where Berlin Wall once stood |
| July 22 | 119th British Golf Open: Nick Faldo shoots 270 at St. Andrews Scotland |
