Timeline Monday 31 December 1990

Events on Monday 31 December 1990 13

• 1978 – 1990 Literary Career Published prolifically from the hospital: a book of poems and paintings (1977), the novel Manhattan Suicide Addict (1978), and seven more novels through 1990, alongside her visual art practice.
• 1982 – 1990 News Anchor in Cincinnati Worked as a news anchor at WLWT in Cincinnati, winning several Regional Emmy Awards for his commentary segments.
• 1984 – 1990 Teaching and Early Burgdorf Novels Taught at the University of New Hampshire and then Eastern Washington University. Published Unearned Pleasures and Other Stories (1988) and Floating in My Mother's Palm (1990), set in the fictional German town of Burgdorf, near Dusseldorf.
• 1987 – 1990 Three Olivier Awards Won the Olivier Award for A View from the Bridge (1987) and Man of the Moment (1990), establishing himself as the dominant force in British theatre.
• 1988 – 1990 Rise to Supermodel Status Became one of the most in-demand models in the world, appearing on the covers of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Elle. Featured on Peter Lindbergh's legendary January 1990 British Vogue cover alongside Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford.
• 1990 1990: Ayrton Senna McLaren Senna won his second title, deliberately colliding with Prost at the first corner at Suzuka in a moment of retribution for the previous year's controversy.
• 1990 Freedom! '90 Music Video Appeared in George Michael's Freedom! '90 music video, directed by David Fincher, in one of the most iconic pop culture moments of the decade.
• 1990 It and The Hunt for Red October Terrified a generation of television viewers as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the ABC miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's It, creating one of the most iconic horror villains in pop culture. In the same year, took a subtler turn as the Soviet physician Dr. Petrov in The Hunt for Red October alongside Sean Connery.
• 1990 Marriage to Lizzie Spender Married his fourth wife, Lizzie Spender, daughter of poet Stephen Spender. The marriage lasted until his death.
• 1990 Nothing Compares 2 U Released the album I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, featuring her cover of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U, which reached number one worldwide. Named Rolling Stone's Artist of the Year in 1991.
• 1990 Retirement from the Stage Retired from the operatic stage after a career spanning 26 years, having performed at every major opera house in the world. Devoted her subsequent years to teaching and mentoring young singers including Angela Gheorghiu.
• 1990 The Beard Without a Beard While Gibbons and Hill became famous for their chest-length beards, Beard remained clean-shaven for decades — the man named Beard was the only one without one. He said he could still go to the supermarket without being recognised.
• 1990 Women Without Men Published Women Without Men, a short novel in the form of connected stories about five women seeking freedom from male domination. Its frank portrayal of female sexuality led to her arrest and imprisonment. The book was banned in Iran and became an underground classic.