1990 in Michigan

1990 in Michigan
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Events from the year 1990 in Michigan.

Top Michigan news stories

Broadcast and newspaper members of the Associated Press voted on the top news stories in Michigan for 1990 as follows:[1]

  1. On November 6, 1990, State Senator John Engler upset incumbent Governor James Blanchard in the closest gubernatorial election in Michigan history. Engler received 1,279,745 votes, and Blanchard received 1,260,611 votes.[2] A poll by The Detroit News, released two days before the election, showed Blanchard with 54% to 40% for Engler.[3]
  2. On June 3, 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a retired pathologist living in Royal Oak, assisted Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old Alzheimer's patient from Oregon, to end her life using his homemade suicide machine.[4] On December 3, 1990, Kevorkian was charged with murder for his role in Adkins' death.[5] The charges were dismissed 10 days later when an Oakland County judge ruled that the legal status of assisted suicide was unclear.[6]
  3. In November 1990, as part of the Keating Five investigation, the U.S. Senate Ethics Committee conducted hearings into ties between Senator Donald Riegle and former thrift operator Charles Keating, a central figure in the savings and loan crisis of the late 1980s.[7] The committee ultimately concluded that Riegle and the other four senators "broke no laws or Senate ethics rules, but were aggressive in their actions on behalf of Charles Keating."
  4. In August 1990, Governor James Blanchard dropped 78-year-old Lieutenant Governor Martha Griffiths as his running mate.
  5. A new law took effect in Michigan requiring girls 17 and younger to obtain parental consent to abortions.
  6. In June 1990, Lawrence DeLisle was convicted by a jury of murder in connection with the deaths of his four children for driving the family's station wagon into the Detroit River in Wyandotte.
  7. On September 18, 1990, the M. V. Jupiter, a 393-foot tanker carrying a million gallons of gasoline, exploded and burned at a dock on the Saginaw River in Bay City. One crewman was killed.
  8. Former Detroit deputy police chief Kenneth Weiner was tried for fraud. He was convicted in January 1991.
  9. The search for a low-level radioactive waste dump.
  10. On December 3, 1990, in the 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision, two Northwest Airlines planes collided on the ground in dense fog. Eight persons were killed.[8]

Office holders

State office holders
Gov. Blanchard

Mayors of major cities

Federal office holders
Sen. Riegle
Sen. Levin

Population

In the 1990 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 9,295,29 persons, ranking as the eighth most populous state in the country. By 2000, the state's population had grown by 6.9% to 9,938,444 persons.

Cities

The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 50,000 based on 1990 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1980 and 2000 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.

1990
Rank		 City County 1980 Pop. 1990 Pop. 2000 Pop. Change 1990-2000
1DetroitWayne1,203,3681,027,974951,270−7.5%
2Grand RapidsKent181,843189,126197,8004.6%
3WarrenMacomb161,134144,864138,247−4.6%
4FlintGenesee159,611140,761124,943−11.2%
5LansingIngham130,414127,321119,128−6.4%
6Sterling HeightsMacomb108,999117,810124,4715.7%
7Ann ArborWashtenaw107,969109,592114,0244.0%
8LivoniaWayne104,814100,850100,545−0.3%
9DearbornWayne90,66089,28697,7759.5%
10WestlandWayne84,60384,72486,6022.2%
11KalamazooKalamazoo79,72280,27776,145−5.1%
12SouthfieldOakland75,60875,74578,3223.4%
13Farmington HillsOakland58,05674,61182,11110.1%
14TroyOakland67,10272,88480,95911.1%
15PontiacOakland76,71571,16666,337−6.8%
16TaylorWayne77,56870,81165,868−7.0%
17SaginawSaginaw77,50869,51261,799−11.1%
18St. Clair ShoresMacomb76,21068,10763,096−7.4%
19Royal OakOakland70,89365,41060,062−8.2%
20WyomingKent59,61663,89169,3688.6%
21Dearborn HeightsWayne67,70660,83858,264−4.2%
22RosevilleWayne54,31151,41248,129−6.4%
23East LansingIngham51,39250,67746,525−8.2%

Counties

The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 150,000 based on 1990 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1980 and 2000 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Counties that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.

1990
Rank		 County Largest city 1980 Pop. 1990 Pop. 2000 Pop. Change 1900-2000
1WayneDetroit2,337,8912,111,6872,061,162−2.4%
2OaklandPontiac1,011,7931,083,5921,194,15610.2%
3MacombWarren694,600717,400788,1499.9%
4KentGrand Rapids444,506500,631574,33514.7%
5GeneseeFlint450,449430,459436,1411.3%
6WashtenawAnn Arbor264,748282,937322,89514.1%
7InghamLansing275,520281,912279,320−0.9%
8KalamazooKalamazoo212,378223,411238,6036.8%
9SaginawSaginaw228,059211,946210,039−0.9%
10OttawaHolland157,174187,768238,31426.9%
11BerrienBenton Harbor171,276161,378162,4530.6%
12MuskegonMuskegon157,589158,983170,2007.1%
13JacksonJackson151,495149,756158,4225.8%

Sports

Baseball

American football

Basketball

Ice hockey

Music and culture
Madonna performing with a Dick Tracy lookalike during the Blond Ambition World Tour, 1990
  • January 18 - Estonian conductor Neeme Järvi was hired as the 11th music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.[15] He remained in that position until 2005.
  • March 27 - Madonna's single Vogue was released. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was No. 5 on the year-end chart.
  • April to August - Madonna conducted her Blond Ambition World Tour. Rolling Stone called it an "elaborately choreographed, sexually provocative extravaganza" and proclaimed it "the best tour of 1990".[16] The tour generated strong negative reaction from religious groups for her performance of "Like a Virgin", during which two male dancers caressed her body before she simulated masturbation.[17] The tour was later the subject of the documentary film, Madonna: Truth or Dare.
  • June 15 - The film Dick Tracy was released featuring Madonna as Breathless Mahoney.
  • October 30 - Madonna's single Justify My Love was released. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Chronology of events

June
  • June 3 - Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a retired pathologist living in Royal Oak, assisted Janet Adkins, a 54-year-old Alzheimer's patient from Oregon, to end her life using his homemade suicide machine. On December 3, 1990, Kevorkian was charged with murder for his role in Adkins' death. The charges were dismissed 10 days later when an Oakland County judge ruled that the legal status of assisted suicide was unclear.

September
  • September 18 - The M. V. Jupiter, a 393-foot tanker carrying a million gallons of gasoline, exploded and burned at a dock on the Saginaw River in Bay City. One crewman was killed.

November
  • November 6 - State Senator John Engler upset incumbent Governor James Blanchard in the closest gubernatorial election in Michigan history. Engler received 1,279,745 votes, and Blanchard received 1,260,611 votes. A poll by The Detroit News, released two days before the election, showed Blanchard with 54% to 40% for Engler.

December

Births
  • Draymond Green
  • Denard Robinson

Deaths
  • Del Shannon
  • Tom Harmon
  • Bennie Oosterbaan

See also

References
  1. "Top Stories". Detroit Free Press. December 29, 1990. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Upset, but he's not bitter". Lansing State Journal. November 8, 1990. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Blanchard well ahead, 54% to 40%". The Detroit News and Free Press. November 4, 1990. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Death is another part of life, doctor says". Detroit Free Press. June 7, 1990. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Doctor who provided 'suicide machine' jailed". Detroit Free Press. December 4, 1990. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Suicide doctor cleared; judge calls for new laws". Detroit Free Press. December 14, 1990. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Crises don't rattle political veteran". Detroit Free Press. November 11, 1990. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Metro jets collide; 8 die". Detroit Free Press. December 4, 1990. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "1990 Detroit Tigers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  10. "1990 Detroit Lions Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  11. "1990 Michigan Wolverines Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  12. "1990 Michigan State Spartans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  13. "1989–90 Detroit Pistons Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  14. "1989–90 Detroit Red Wings Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
  15. "Jarvi arrives, signs and praises DSO, Orchestra Hall". Detroit Free Press. January 19, 1990. p. 1F – via Newspapers.com.
  16. Walters, Barry (June 1, 2006). "Crucifixes, Leather and Hits". Rolling Stone. 1067 (56). ISSN 0035-791X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  17. Smith, Neil (May 24, 2004). "Show Stealer Madonna on Tour". BBC. Retrieved February 12, 2008.
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