Timeline Monday 1 January 1990

Events on Monday 1 January 1990 15

• 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 – 2000 Acting and Friendship with Dupieux Met future filmmaker and musician Quentin Dupieux as a teenager. Began his career as an actor, appearing in Dupieux's experimental medium-length film Nonfilm (2002) and later in his feature Steak (2007).
• 1990 – 1992 Captain Hook — Daytime Emmy Voiced Captain Hook in the animated series Peter Pan and the Pirates, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series.
• 1990 Dinkins becomes NYC mayor First Black mayor of New York City David N. Dinkins was inaugurated as the first African American mayor of New York City on January 1, 1990.
• 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 – 2010 Jazz Unites, Inc. Founded and led Jazz Unites, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to the growth and appreciation of jazz and educating people through the art form. Continued performing, mentoring young musicians and organising concerts throughout Chicago.
• 1990 Marriage to Lizzie Spender Married his fourth wife, Lizzie Spender, daughter of poet Stephen Spender. The marriage lasted until his death.
• 1990 – 1996 Music and Poetry Fusion Released albums including Us an Dem and Back to Roots, blending dub poetry with reggae, hip hop and spoken word. Performed poetry on stages from the Royal Albert Hall to community centres.
• 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 Simpsons Season 1 airs Landmark animated show launches The first full season of The Simpsons aired in January 1990, having debuted in December 1989. The show quickly became a cultural phenomenon and the longest-running American animated series.
• 1990 – 1995 Slowness and Later French Works Published Immortality (1990) and Slowness (1995), his first novel written entirely in French, completing his transition from Czech to French literary identity.
• 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.