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| 1st African American Governor Wilder, Douglas |  |
| 26th Jan Virginia Douglas Wilder, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, launches his successful campaign to become the first elected black Governor of a USAstate |
| Award Wonder Wonder, Stevie | |
| Stevie Wonder is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |
| Chairman JCS Powell, Colin | |
| Appointed Chairman of the Joint-Chief-of-Staff |
| Democratic National Committee Brown, Ron | |
| 10th Feb Ron Brown is elected Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first black to head a major USApolitical party |
| Diplomacy Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| 4th Jan The USANavy F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean |
| 6th Jan The United States presented photographic evidence to the UN Security Council to justify its shootdown of two Libyan jet fighters as self-defense, evidence the Libyan ambassador said was faked |
| 2nd Feb President Bush meets the Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, after which both leaders sounded upbeat about U.S-Japanese relations |
| 2nd Oct Bush Issues a National Security Directive to resume normal relations with Iraq |
| Diplomacy Quayle, Dan | |
| 1st Feb In his first diplomatic mission of the Bush administration, Vice President Dan Quayle begins a trip to Venezuela and El Salvador |
| Discovery of Cancer Genes Varmus, Harold | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology, discovers defective genes which cause cancer |
| Discovery of RNA Altman, Sydney | |
| Altman & Cech Discover the catalytic properties of RNA |
| Discovery of RNA Cech, Thomas | |
| Altman & Cech Discover the catalytic properties of RNA |
| Dismissal North, Oliver | |
| Dismissed for obstructing Congress & destroying documents & taking bribes |
| Economy Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| 9th Feb President Bush, in his first major speech to Congress , proposes a $1.16 trillion "common sense" budget for fiscal 1990 |
| Election Rice, Condoleezza | |
| Appointed Adviser to the Bush administration on foreign policy and military issues |
| Inauguration of Bush Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| 19th Jan Inaugurated President of the USA |
| Invention Stealth Bomber Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| 17th July 1st Test flight of USAstealth-bomber |
| Marriage of Griffith, Melanie Griffith, Melanie | |
| 26th June Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for 2nd time |
| Marriage of Johnson, Don Johnson, Don | |
| 26th June Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for 2nd time |
| National Security Council Rice, Condoleezza | |
| 15th Jan From 1989 through March 1991 serves in President Bush's administration as Director then Senior Director, of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council, and a Special Assistant to the President |
| National Security Directive Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| 2nd Oct Bush Issues a National Security Directive to resume normal relations with Iraq |
| Nobel Prize Altman, Sydney | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry |
| Nobel Prize Bishop, Michael | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology, discovers defective genes which cause cancer |
| Nobel Prize Cech, Thomas | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry |
| Nobel Prize Dehmelt, Hans | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics |
| Nobel Prize Ramsay, Norman | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics |
| Nobel Prize Varmus, Harold | |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology, discovers defective genes which cause cancer |
| Pardon of Steinbrenner Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| 14th Jan Pres Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon |
| President Bush, George Herbert Walker | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 41st President |
| 12th Jan President-elect Bush completes the selection of his Cabinet, naming retired Adm. James D. Watkins secretary of energy and former education secretary William J. Bennett drug Czar |
| Resignation of Reagan Reagan, Ronald Wilson | |
| 11th Jan President Reagan bids the nation farewell in an address from the Oval Office |
| 14th Jan Washington President Reagan delivers his 331st and last weekly radio address, telling listeners, "Believe me, Saturdays will never seem the same. I'll miss you" |
| Tour de France LeMond, Greg | |
| Shot and seriously injured in a hunting accident, taking two years to recover before returning to win the Tour again in 1989 |
| Trial of North North, Oliver | |
| Fined $150,000 |
| 31st Jan Jury selection begins in the trial of former National Security Council aide Oliver North, charged in connection with the Iran-Contra affair |
| 12th Feb The special prosecutor in the Iran-Contra case and the Justice Department reaches an agreement on protecting classified materials aimed at allowing the trial of Oliver North to proceed |
