Date in year · 1990 · The 1990s
On January 18, 1990, washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting. The year's #1 song was "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips. Julia Fischer, Ben Amos, Andile Jali would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · January 18, 1990
Marion Shepilov Barry was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia, representing as an at-large member from 1975 to 1979, in Ward 8 from 1993 to 1995, and again from 2005 to 2014.
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1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1990th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 990th year of the 2nd millennium, the 90th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1990s decade.
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Mayor of the District of Columbia (1979–1991; 1995–1999)
Marion Shepilov Barry was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia, representing as an at-large member from 1975 to 1979, in Ward 8 from 1993 to 1995, and again from 2005 to 2014.
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