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"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