"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 |