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For advertising information, call (858) 537-2280 • [email protected] February 1, 2015 THE MILITARY PRESS 13
TV shows• Twin Peaks• Law & Order• Beverly Hills, 90210• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air• The Flash
BORN THIS YEAR: Jennifer Lawrence, actress.Above left: Liam Hemsworth, actor;
Emma Watson, actress; Robert Griffin III,athlete; Kristen Stewart, actress.
• Income per year .... $29,960• Minimum wage ........... $3.80• New house ......... $150,000• Monthly rent ................. $465• New car ................. $12,500• Gallon of gas ............... $1.34• Dozen eggs ................. $1.00• Gallon of milk ............... $2.78• Loaf of bread .................. 70¢• First-class stamp ........... 25¢• Movie ticket ................. $4.25
AVERAGE COSTOF LIVING
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Music• “Hold On,” Wilson Phillips• “It Must Have Been Love,”
Roxette• “Nothing Compares 2 U,”
Sinead O’Connor• “Poison,” Bell Biv Devoe• “Vogue,” Madonna• “Vision of Love,” Mariah Carey• “Another Day in Paradise,” Phil Collins
• “Hold On,” En Vogue• “Cradle of Love,” Billy Idol• “Blaze of Glory,” Jon Bon Jovi
1990 Ferrari F40
1990 Chevrolet Corvette12 February 1, 2015 THE MILITARY PRESS www.MilitaryPress.com • [email protected]
George H.W. Bush41st President of the U.S.
Served from Jan. 20, 1989 to Jan. 20, 1993
World events• Saddam Hussein
orders Iraq invasion of neighboring Ku-wait
• Operation Des-ert Shield begins as the U.S. and the UK send troops to Kuwait
• Earthquake in Iran kills 50,000
• Nelson Man-della is released from prison in South Africa after 28 years
• Margaret Thatcher an-nounces her resignation as British PM after John Major is chosen to lead the country and conservative party
• Opposition parties in South Africa are legalized and Nelson Man-della becomes leader of the African National Congress (ANC)
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety con-cerns of it falling over
Web and the first web page is written• Microsoft releases Windows 3.0• Space Probe Voyager, launched in
1977, photographed the solar system at a distance of 3.7 miles from the sun
• 18 years after its launch, space probe Pioneer reaches a distance of 46.5 billion mikes beyond all planetary orbits
• Depletion of the ozone layer is discovered above North Pole
• First in-car satellite navigation sys-tem is sold by Pioneer
Popular films• Home Alone• Ghost• Pretty Woman• Mutant Ninja Turtles• Total Recall• Die Hard 2• Edward Scissorhands
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Dan Quayle44th Vice President of the U.S.Served from Jan. 20, 1989 to Jan. 20, 1993
“We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what’s right. Freedom is right.”– George
H.W. Bush
U.S. news• GM launches the
Saturn model cars• The most complete
skeleton of a T-Rex, named Sue, is found in South Dakota
• America’s favorite animated family, “The Simpsons,” is aired on Fox for the first time
• U.S. enters a major recession
• A fire at an unlicensed social club called “Happy Land” in NYC kills 87
• President George Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a historic
agree- ment to end production of chemical weapons
Technology• Space Shuttle Discovery places
the Hubble Telescope in orbit, revolu-tionizing astronomy
• Tim Berners-Lee publishes a more formal proposal for the World Wide
Info & timeline for
Sue the T. Rex One of the largest and most well-preserved Tyran-
nosaurus Rex fossilized skeletons is found by paleontologist Sue Hendrickson near Faith, South Dakota in August of 1990.
The skeleton was named “Sue” after the person who discovered it. “Sue” was over 90 percent complete and measured about thirteen feet all and forty feet long. A team of six uncovered the skeleton over about seventeen days to remove “Sue” from the bluff where she was discovered. Chicago’s Field
Museum eventually purchased the specimen for over 8 million dollars and spent tens of thousands of
hours preserving and assembling one of the most important dinosaur discoveries to
ever be seen.
1990 Chevrolet Camaro
