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The Chrysler Corporation takes a financial down turn and on this day U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation approving $1.5 billion in loan to guarantee a bail out for the Chrysler Corporation.
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(Baseball) The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 6–3 in game 7.
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Controlled Impact Demonstration. NASA intentionally crashes a remote controlled Boeing 720.
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Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title by defeating Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas
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The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public in D.C.
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The Cincinnati Reds win the 1990 World Series.
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September 11 – Hurricane Iniki hits the Hawaiian Islands, Kauai and Oahu.
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The classic film, The Lion King is released in theatres, making $422,783,777 in the United States ($951,583,777 worldwide). It is the highest-grossing film of the year.
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A Boeing 737 military jet crashes into a mountain north of Dubrovnik, Croatia. All 35 people on board die, including United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown (see 1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash).
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Robert Mueller becomes the FBI's director.