1990

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The Eurovision Song Contest came from Koncertna Dvorana Vatroslav Lisinski, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.

• Italy won with "Insieme: 1992" sung by Toto Cutugno (149 points)
• The UK's entry Give A Little Love Back To The World" sung by Emma finished 6th with 87 points.
• No-one got nul points; Norway "Brandenburger Tor" - Ketil Stokkan and Finland "Fri?" - Beat finished joint last with 8 points each.

The 14th FIFA World Cup, was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy

• Hosts Italy reached the semi-finals, but went out on penalties, and finished 3rd in the 3rd/4th place match.
• England reached the semi-finals, but went out on penalties! They subsequently finished 4th in the 3rd/4th place match.
• West Germany won the final 1-0 against Argentina on 8 July 1990.
• The BBC used "Nessun Dorma" - Luciano Pavarotti as its TV coverage theme song. The song subsequently reached number 2 on the UK singles chart.

UK number one singles included:

• Kylie Minogue - "Tears On My Pillow"
• Sinead OConnor - "Nothing Compares 2 U"
• Elton John - "Sacrifice"
• Vanilla Ice - "Ice Ice Baby"
• Cliff Richard - "Saviours Day"

The film Home Alone was released in November.

In the news:

• Hurricane force winds battered the UK one Thursday late January.
• British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) and Sky TV merged in November to form British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - still trading as Sky)
• Margaret Thatcher resigned, and John Major became the new Prime Minister in November
• The Channel Tunnel central service tunnel breakthrough occurred on 1 Dec 1990, making a solid link between UK and France.

Any further memories of 1990, please air them here.