“Read my lips: no new taxes.” – George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) served as the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). He previously served as the 43rd Vice President (1981–1989), a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Massachusetts to Senator and investment banker Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Following the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, at the age of 18, Bush postponed going to college and became the youngest aviator in the US Navy at the time. He served until the end of the war, then attended Yale University. Graduating in 1948, he moved his family to West Texas and entered the oil business, becoming a millionaire by the age of 40.
Cost of Living Yearly inflation rate 5.39% Average cost of new house $123,000 Average income per year $28,960 Average monthly rent $465 Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.34 Price for a new Isuzu Rodeo $12,4900 IBM PS1 computer from $999 - $1,999
Events • Saddam Hussein orders Iraq invasion of neighboring Kuwait • Operation Desert Shield Begins as the United States and UK send troops to Kuwait • Lech Walesa becomes president of Poland • The Saturn range of cars are launched by GM • The most complete skeleton of a T-Rex (nicknamed Sue) is found in South Dakota • Earthquake in Iran kills 50,000 • Americas favorite animated family “The Simpsons “ is aired on Fox for the first time
1990 Ford Mustang
Operation Desert Shield begins. 1990 Pontiac Sunbird Concept • The U.S. enters a major recession • Nelson Mandella is released from prison in South Africa after 28 years • A fire at an unlicensed social club called “Happy Land” in New York City kills 87 • Opposition parties in South Africa are legalized Nelson Mandella released from prison and becomes leader of the African National Congress (ANC) • President George Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign a historic agreement to end production of chemical weapons • Throughout the year demonstrations are held in cities in the UK in protest at the new poll tax
Technology • The Space Shuttle Discovery places the Hubble space telescope in orbit revolutionizing astronomy • Tim Berners-Lee publishes a more formal proposal for the World Wide Web and the first web page is written • Microsoft Releases Windows 3.0 • A 16 megabit chip is shown for the first time • The first known case of AIDS is traced back to 1959 • The Space Probe Voyager
launched in 1977 photographed the solar system at a distance of 3.7 miles from the sun • 18 years after its launch the U.S. Space Probe Pioneer reaches a distance of 46.5 billion miles beyond all planetary orbits • Depletion of the ozone layer is discovered above the North Pole
1990 Camaro
“I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.” – George H. W. Bush Page 18 April 15, 2011 THE MILITARY PRESS
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Remember when . . .
“Pretty Woman” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” “The Hunt for Red October” “Total Recall” “Die Hard 2” “Dick Tracy” “Edward Scissorhands” “The Godfather Part III”
The Blues Brothers.
Popular Musicians Janet Jackson with “Black Cat” Jon Bon Jovi with “Blaze of Glory” Depeche Mode The Blues Brothers Garth Brooks Red Hot Chili Peppers Billy Joel Phil Collins Vanilla Ice with “Ice Ice Baby” Whitney Houston Aerosmith Cher Dannii Minogue Mariah Carey The B-52s
Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze in “Ghost,” which grossed over $550 million worldwide.
Musicians of the ’90s included Milli Vanilli, MC Hammer and Jon Bon Jovi.
Lamborghini Nelson Mandella, released from prison in 1990, realized the atrocities his wife committed while he was incarcerated, divorced her and put her in prison.
Popular Culture • The Sci/Fi Channel on cable TV starts transmitting • “Twin Peaks” premieres on ABC • The Milli Vanilli duo’s producer reveals that the Grammy winning pop duo were lip synching in the songs on the album which gained them the award
Popular Films “Home Alone” “Ghost” “Dances with Wolves”
Demi Moore stars in ‘Ghost’
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