The Detroit Red Wings clinched their 24th straight trip to the NHL postseason last night. To put into perspective how impressive that playoff appearance streak is, we decided to take a closer look at the year 1990, the last time Detroit wasn’t a part of the postseason.
Here are some of the things that happened in 1990:
Movies released:
- Goodfellas
- Home Alone
- Edward Scissorhands
- Pretty Woman
- Ghost
- The Godfather: Part III
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV shows that aired for the first time:
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Seinfeld
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Law & Order
- Wings
- Blossom
Major sporting events:
- The San Francisco 49ers beat the Denver Broncos, 55-10, in Super Bowl XXIV
- The Colorado Buffaloes took the top spot in the final AP college football poll
- The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series
- Nick Faldo won the Masters and the British Open
- Greg Norman was the PGA Tour money leader
- Phil Mickelson won the U.S. Amateur Championship
- MSU’s Kip Miller won the Hobey Baker Award
- Wayne Gretzky won the Art Ross
- Mark Messier won the Hart Trophy
- The Edmonton Oilers won their fifth Stanley Cup in seven seasons
- The Detroit Pistons won their second straight NBA championship
- UNLV beat Duke in the NCAA basketball title game
Other news:
- Teemu Pulkkinen wasn’t even born yet
- The Hubble Space Telescope was put into orbit
- Johnny Carson was still hosting the Tonight Show
- Jim Henson passed away
- Danny DeKeyser was born
- “Hold on” by Wilson Phillips was the top song on the Billboard Chart
- A gallon of gas cost $1.16
- The Nintendo Game Boy was released in Europe (released in the U.S. in July 1989)