Deaths[]
- January 2 — Alan Hale, Jr.
- January 3 — Milton "Butterball" Smith
- January 8 — Terry-Thomas
- January 10 — Lyle R. Wheeler
- January 11 — Charles Clement
- January 22 — Aldo Canti
- January 23 — Gerald Gibbs
- January 25 — Ava Gardner
- January 29 — Hugo L. Stanger
- February 3 — George Edgley
- February 6 — John Merivale
- February 11 — Aldo Pini
- February 13 — Pat Costello
- February 15 — Henry Brandon
- February 15 — Dolores Faith
- February 26 — Bruno Vailati
- March 26 — Tristram Coffin
- March 27 — Marilyn Buferd
- April 10 — Larry Barton
- April 12 — Emile LaVigne
- April 19 — Bud Cokes
- April 25 — Bernard Schoenfeld
- May 3 — Frank Worth
- May 5 — Paul McGuire
- May 10 — Kathleen Mulqueen
- May 22 — Lawrence L. Goldman
- May 25 — Theodore Lydecker
- May 27 — Guillermo Hernández
- June — Lewis E. Ciannelli
- June 3 — Tom Brown
- June 13 — Antonio Gradoli
- June 19 — Joseph Mullendore
- June 23 — Frank Gatliff
- July 1 — Paul Wittenberg
- July 2 — Howard Wright
- July 15 — Bud Thackery
- August 10 — Richard Haines
- August 20 — Tim Barrett
- August 21 — Wes Dawn
- October 9 — Ashley Cowan
- October 11 — Robert Tessier
- October 30 — Harry Lauter
- October 30 — Tom Steele
- November 6 — David Cross
- November 12 — Dave Willock
- December 4 — Zane Radney
- December 27 — Franklin Coen
Movie Premieres[]
- The Final Sacrifice (Canada)
- October 26 — Soultaker
Episode Premieres[]
- January 6 — Project Moon Base
- January 13 — Robot Holocaust
- January 20 — Moon Zero Two
- January 27 — Untamed Youth
- February 3 — The Black Scorpion
- February 10 — Women of the Prehistoric Planet (Final episode of Season 1.)
- September 22 — Rocketship X-M (First episode of Season 2.)
- September 29 — The Side Hackers
- October 6 — Jungle Goddess
- October 13 — Catalina Caper
- October 27 — Rocket Attack U.S.A.
- November 3 — Ring of Terror
- November 17 — Wild Rebels
- November 24 — Lost Continent
- December 8 — The Hellcats
- December 22 — King Dinosaur
- December 29 — First Spaceship on Venus (Last Season 2 episode of 1990.)
Events[]
- March 26 — At the 62nd Academy Awards, the following awards were presented:
- Gregg Rudloff, Donald O. Mitchell, Elliot Tyson, and Russell Williams II win the Best Sound Award for Glory.
- Freddie Francis wins the Best Cinematography Award for Glory.
- Howard W. Koch receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
- June 21 — Little Richard receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6840 Hollywood Blvd.