
"Where Do I Go Now?"
What events shaped our 3 years at Dupont High School? Here is a small list of events around the world that could have in any way been a part of our daily lives and changed the world we lived in.
| 1989 | |
| Jan 2,1989 | Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship |
| Feb 10,1989 | Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV |
| March 24,1989 | Worst US oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska |
| April 2,1989 | Wrestlemania V at Trump Plaza, Hulk Hogan beats "Macho Man" Savage |
| May 11,1989 | 217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired |
| June 16,1989 | "Ghostbusters II" premieres |
| July 23, 1989 | FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America's Most Wanted) |
| Aug 22,1989 | Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson) |
| Sept 1989 | Dupont High School Class of 1992 starts first day of school |
| Oct 24,1989 | After a weeks delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played |
| Nov 10,1989 | Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped |
| Dec 17,1989 | The longest-running American sitcom The Simpsons had its debut. |
| 1990 | |
| Jan 28,1990 | Superbowl XXIV: SF 49ers beat Denver Broncos, 55-10 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB |
| Feb 11,1990 | Nelson Mandela (political prisoner-27 years) freed in South Africa |
| March 12,1990 | LA Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland |
| Apirl 29,1990 | Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate |
| May 20,1990 | Hubble Space Telescope sends 1st photograph's from space |
| June 16,1990 | "U Can't Touch This" by MC Hammer peaks at #8 |
| July 24,1990 | US warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait |
| August 7,1990 | Desert Shield begins - US deploys troops to Saudi Arabia |
| Sept 26,1990 | Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating |
| Oct 20,1990 | Cincinnati Reds sweep Oakland A's in 86th World Series |
| Nov 13,1990 | The World Wide Web first began. |
| Dec 31,1990 | Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting |
| 1991 | |
| Jan 23,1991 | "Seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV |
| Feb 27,1991 | Gulf War ends after Iraqi troops retreated & Kuwait is re-taken by the US |
| March 15,1991 | 4 LA police are charged with beating Rodney King |
| April 1,1991 | US minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour |
| May 9,1991 | Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer |
| June 14,1991 | "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" opens |
| July 31,1991 | MTV announces it will split into 3 channels in 1993 |
| Aug 25,1991 | Linux was born when Linus Torvalds sent off the email announcing his project to create a new operating system. |
| Sept 24,1991 | Doogie Howser loses his virginity |
| Oct 27,1991 | Minnesota Twins beat Altanta Braves 1-0 in 10 to win World Series in 7 |
| Nov 7,1991 | Magic Johnson announces he has HIV virus & retires from LA Lakers |
| Dec 6,1991 | "Star Trek VI-Undiscovered Country" premieres |
| 1992 | |
| Jan 13,1992 | Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins |
| Feb 8,1992 | "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred peaks at #1 |
| March 6,1992 | The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers. |
| April 6,1992 | Microsoft announced Windows 3.1, upgrading Windows 3.0 |
| May 9,1992 | Final episode of "Golden Girls" airs on NBC-TV |
| June 1992 | Dupont High school Class of 1992 graduation Charleston Municipal Auditorium 7 PM |
| July 23,1992 | Bruce Springsteen begins a world tour |
| Aug 24,1992 | 1st structural steel beams are erected at Gateway (Jacobs Field) |
| Sept 10,1992 | Lucy in Peanuts comics raises her Pyschiatric Help from 5 cents to 47 cents |
| Oct 1,1992 | Cartoon Cable Network premieres |
| Nov 3,1992 | Bill Clinton (D) wins US presidential election over Pres Bush (R) |
| Dec 9,1992 | Cin Red owner Marge Schott apologizes for racist remarks |