Penny Marshall's 1990 film Awakenings, which was nominated for several Oscars, is based on neurologist Oliver Sacks ' 1973 account of his psychiatric patients at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx who were paralyzed by a form of encephalitis but briefly responded to the drug L-dopa.

" The gesture made it into films of the time: the title character played by Julia Roberts did it in a polo scene in Pretty Woman ( 1990 ), and characters played by Penny Marshall and Michael J.

* Penny Bae Bridges ( born 1990 ), American actress

* In 1990, Penny Jamieson was ordained a bishop in New Zealand for the Diocese of Dunedin.

* 1990: Penny Ante: The Motion Picture … Aunt

Like most expansion franchises, the Magic struggled for several seasons, and as a result were awarded high draft picks in several consecutive years, including Dennis Scott in 1990, Shaquille O ' Neal in 1992, and Chris Webber, who was traded for a package including Penny Hardaway in 1993.

Mulligan first ran for the was Illinois House of Representatives in 1990, losing the Republican primary to conservative incumbent Penny Pullen by five votes.

* Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less ( TV movie )-Writer ( teleplay ) 1990

Penny Bae Bridges ( born July 29, 1990 ) is an American actress.

* Craig Jamieson ( 1979 head prefect ), the first Natal rugby captain to lift the Currie Cup ( 1990 ), 1995 Rugby World Cup Tournament manager

The AIX family of operating systems debuted in 1986, became the standard operating system for the RS / 6000 series on its launch in 1990, and is still actively developed by IBM.

After World War II, this formerly agrarian region saw striking growth and became the district with the largest and densest population in the Canton ( 110, 000 in 1990, 715 persons per km2 ).

On 3 October 1990, the two parts of Germany were reunified as the Federal Republic of Germany, and Berlin again became the official German capital.

Adam Bosworth initiated and headed up the Quattro project until moving to Microsoft later in 1990 to take over the project which eventually became Access.

After a decade as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, he entered parliament as a Labor MP at the 1980 federal election and became Prime Minister within three years, leading Labor to victory at four consecutive federal elections: 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1990.

In 1990, at the age of 20, Lara became Trinidad and Tobago's youngest-ever captain, leading them that season to victory in the one-day Geddes Grant Shield.

On 17 August 1990, the Serbs began what became known as the Log Revolution, where barricades of logs were placed across roads throughout the South as an expression of their secession from Croatia.

In 1990 Alston's bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House.

In 1990 Alston's bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr. ( 1970 ), became the first image of an African American displayed in the White House.

Consequently, military aggression that results in territorial annexation became increasingly likely to prompt international condemnation, diplomatic censure, a reduction in international aid or the introduction of economic sanction, or, as in the case of 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq, international military intervention to reverse the territorial aggression.

After the Nicaraguan Revolution resulted in the overthrow and exile of the Somoza's government in 1979, Ortega became a member of the ruling multipartisan Junta of National Reconstruction and was later elected president, serving from 1985 to 1990.

The ideas therein became widely used, and were eventually incorporated into the 1990 standard by way of intrinsic inquiry functions.

In 1977, Rau became Chairman of the North Rhine-Westphalia SPD, and in 1978 Minister President of the state, were he remained until 1998, with four successful elections for the SPD, which became strongest party in the Landtag each time and gained an absolute majority three times, in 1980, 1985, 1990 and finally 1995.

In May 1990, he moved out of his grandmother's house for the last time and into an apartment that later became infamous: Apartment 213, 924 North 25th Street, Milwaukee.

He became a Commander of the British Empire CBE in 1990, and a member of the Companions of Honour in 2003.

She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman ( 1990 ), which grossed $ 464 million worldwide.

This objective became particularly important after 1990, when it was learned that Gorbachev had negotiated an agreement with Chevron, an American oil company, to develop Kazakhstan's Tengiz oil fields.

The game, which became a hit, was produced by Activision ; a similar later game, whose title features similar alliteration, is Bonanza Bros. ( 1990 ).

An Interim Government of National Unity ( IGNU ) was formed in Gambia under the auspices of ECOWAS in October 1990 and Dr. Amos Sawyer became President.

In 1990, in a reorganization of the Lucas companies, the Games Division of Lucasfilm became part of the newly created LucasArts Entertainment Company, together with Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound.

Najibullah even tried to portray his government as Islamic, and in the 1990 constitution the country officially became an Islamic state and all references of communism were removed.

In 1990 Magdeburg became the capital of the new state of Saxony-Anhalt within reunified Germany.

In 1990 he became leader of the Labour Party and consequently Prime Minister for a few months, convincing the Labour caucus that, while he could not win the election for Labour, he would help save more seats than staying with the incumbent, Geoffrey Palmer.

By a law that took effect in April 1990, the EPS became subordinate to President Chamorro as commander in chief.

The word Applet was first used in 1990 in PC Magazine.

* 1990 – The " Doctor of Death ", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.

Hanjour first came to the United States in 1990.

The first usage of Liebeslieders for the Quintet came during the 1990 New York Opera production.

AMOS is a descendant of STOS BASIC for the Atari ST. AMOS BASIC was first produced in 1990.

The first emissions trading market was established in the United States by enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

After the fall of the communism in 1990, the former communist party changed to Bulgarian Socialist Party ( BSP ) and won the first post-communist elections for the new constitution in 1990 with a small majority.

Meanwhile, Zhelyu Zhelev, a communist-era dissident from the new democratic party-Union of Democratic Forces, was elected President by the Assembly in 1990, and in 1992 won Bulgaria's first presidential elections and served as president until 1997.

Unlike the communist parties in most other East European states, the BCP ( changing its name to Bulgarian Socialist Party ) retained majority power after the transition in Bulgaria by winning the first free national elections in June 1990.

In 1990, the Popular Front held its first National Congress, which formed a committee to draft a national constitution.

This was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1990 to 1992, the first building outside the United States to break the 305 m ( 1, 000 ft ) mark, and the first composite space frame high-rise building.

During the off-season the club hired Leigh Matthews, who in 1990 had delivered Collingwood its first premiership since 1958.

The first reforms were implemented in three rounds – 1974 – 1983, 1985, and 1990.

On 22 April and 7 May 1990, the first free multi-party elections were held in Croatia.

Following the collapse of the ruling Communist Party in Yugoslavia, Croatia adopted a new constitution in 1990 – which replaced the 1974 constitution adopted by the Socialist Republic of Croatia – and organised its first multi-party elections.

Their first single, titled " Retard Girl ," was issued in early 1990.

Under Palmer, the team advanced to the playoffs for the first time since 1990 in the 2005 season, which also was the first time the team had a winning percentage above. 500 since 1990.

The 1982 Chinese Census was much more thorough and well-conducted than the first two, and similar censuses have been conducted decennially in 1990, 2000, and 2010.