BY JENNIFER BRADBURY
IT was a good year for future South African leader Nelson Mandela, who walked free after 27 years behind bars for fighting apartheid.
But it wasn’t so good for Maggie Thatcher who resigned from No 10.
It was a great time for supermodels who refused to get out of bed for less than £10,000. David Hasselhoff was enjoying himself overseeing those scantily-clad women running up and down the beach saving lives as Baywatch hit the small screen.
In sport West Germany beat Argentina 1-0 in Rome to lift the World Cup. And fellas were ogling glamour girls like Gaynor Goodman.
It’s back to 1990 . . .
NEWS:MORE than 100,000 Iraqi soldiers, backed up by 700 tanks, invaded the Gulf state of Kuwait. Iraqi forces established a provisional government and their leader Saddam Hussein threatened to turn Kuwait City into a “graveyard“ if any other country dared to challenge the “take-over by force”.
A WEATHER station in Leicestershire recorded the highest temperature ever in Britain. The figure of 37.1C, or 99F, reached at Nailstone, was one degree Fahrenheit higher than the previous record set in 1911.
UP to 1,000 prisoners ran amok in Strangeways Prison in Manchester during a violent riot in which two men—one prisoner and one prison officer—died. The rioting began during a service in the prison chapel, attended by about 300 inmates. Prisoners quickly gained access to the chapel roof and broke into the living accommodation in the main prison. Inmates took up positions on the main prison roof, tearing off slates and pelting prison officers, police and emergency services with them. The riot turned into a siege lasting 25 days—the longest in British penal history. The prison was damaged so badly it cost £55 million to rebuild. It has since been renamed HMP Manchester.
SPORT:AT Italia 90, the late Bobby Robson came within a whisker of guiding England to the World Cup final. The Three Lions lost on penalties to old foes West Germany in the semi-final. POLICE in Joha-nnes- burg broke up a demo against rebel cricketers who were defying a ban on playing in segregated South Africa. Several hundred protesters, gathered in the arrivals hall at Jan Smuts airport to wait for the 15 England tourists led by Mike Gatting.
STEPHEN Hendry replaced Alex Higgins as snooker’s youngest world champion, winning the title aged 21. Hendry beat Jimmy White 18-12 in the final at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre. If the tournament marked the beginning of Hendry’s period of dominance, it also marked the end for Higgins. He announced his retire- ment during a rambling speech which followed his first round defeat to Steve James.
MUSIC:A MASSIVE tribute concert is held at Wembley Stadium for recently freed anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, who made a 45-minute speech at the event. Performers included Anita Baker, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel and Neil Young.
IT was the 20th anniversary of the Glastonbury Festival. 70,000 attended and watched acts including, The Cure, Happy Mondays and Sinead O’Connor. But unfortunately the festival ended with a confrontation between the security teams and travellers who were looting the emptying Somerset site. It resulted in 235 arrests and £50,000 worth of damage to property.
TORONTO cops threaten to arrest Madonna if she performed her simulated masturbation scene during her performance of Like a Virgin on her Blonde Ambition tour. The star refused to change her show, and the police decided not to press charges, later denying that they had ever threatened to, a claim refuted by footage captured during the filming of Madonna’s 1991 documentary Truth or Dare. |
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