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Oliver & Company is a 1988 American animated musical comedy drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and inspired by the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist and the Victor Hugo novel Les Misérables. It reached US theaters on 18 November 1988.

Chris Bianco’s original downtown pizzeria keeps its focus on careful sourcing.

At the 31st Grammy Awards on 22 February 1989 the first Best Rap Performance trophy went to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, who led a boycott because the category was not televised; Bobby McFerrin won Record and Song of the Year and George Michael Album of the Year.

On 24 March 1989 the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling about 11 million gallons of oil in what was then the largest oil spill in US waters.

The six-episode OVA Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket begins release, following a boy on the neutral space colony Side 6 whose fascination with the One Year War turns serious once Zeon commandos infiltrate his home searching for a hidden Federation mobile suit program.

The 24th Academy of Country Music Awards, held on 10 April 1989 at Disney Studios in Burbank and hosted by Patrick Duffy, George Strait and K.T. Oslin, gave Hank Williams Jr. a third Entertainer of the Year, K.T. Oslin's This Woman Album of the Year and Alabama the Artist of the Decade award.

Toei Animation begins broadcasting Dragon Ball Z, the sequel series to Dragon Ball following an adult Goku, his son Gohan, and the Z Fighters against escalating threats like Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu.

On 1 June 1989 the FDA approved Epogen (epoetin alfa), Amgen's recombinant erythropoietin for anemia in kidney dialysis patients, its first product after nine years in business.

Kiki's Delivery Service follows a young witch, Kiki, as she leaves home at thirteen to complete her training year in a new city, opening a flying delivery service with her talking cat Jiji.

The 34-meter, five-loop Olympia Looping premiered at Munich's Oktoberfest on 17 September 1989, becoming the largest portable roller coaster ever built and the only one with five inversions.

The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film written and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and produced by Musker and Howard Ashman, who also wrote the film's songs with composer Alan Menken. It reached US theaters on 17 November 1989.

In 1990, Orange County opened the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill in the hills above Irvine, California, which grew into the ninth-largest landfill in the United States.

Momoko Sakura is an elementary school student who likes popular idol Momoe Yamaguchi and mangas. She is often called "Chibi Maruko-chan" due to her young age and small size.

Cisco Systems listed on the Nasdaq as CSCO on 16 February 1990 with a market capitalization of US$224 million, six years after its Stanford-born founders started selling routers.

At the 32nd Annual Grammy Awards on 21 February 1990 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, hosted by Garry Shandling, Bonnie Raitt won four awards including Album of the Year for Nick of Time, Bette Midler's "Wind Beneath My Wings" took Record and Song of the Year and Milli Vanilli were named Best New Artist, an award later revoked.

At the 25th Academy of Country Music Awards, held on 25 April 1990 at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, George Strait won Entertainer of the Year while co-hosting, and Clint Black won four awards including Album of the Year for Killin' Time.

The Rocky Mountaineer's first scheduled luxury rail journey left Vancouver for the Canadian Rockies with 200 guests aboard, launching what became one of the world's most iconic train trips.

The Exorcist III is a 1990 American supernatural psychological horror film written for the screen and directed by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1983 novel Legion. It is the third installment in The Exorcist film series and the final installment in Blatty's "Trilogy of Faith" after The Ninth Configuration (1980), serving as a follow-up and direct sequel of The Exorcist (1973).

The Rescuers Down Under is a 1990 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and the sequel to The Rescuers (1977). It reached US theaters on 16 November 1990.

On 19 November 1990 the Recording Academy took back Milli Vanilli's Best New Artist Grammy after producer Frank Farian admitted that Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan had not sung on their hit album, the only time a Grammy has been revoked.

Hours after announcing allied air attacks on Iraq, President Bush ordered the first emergency sale in the reserve's history. The Energy Department released its sales notice on 17 January 1991 and eventually sold 17.3 million barrels to 13 companies, half of what it offered: bids for sour crude came in too low to accept.

At the 33rd Grammy Awards on 20 February 1991 at Radio City Music Hall, Quincy Jones's Back on the Block won Album of the Year and he took six awards in all; Phil Collins won Record of the Year, Julie Gold Song of the Year and Mariah Carey Best New Artist.

Garth Brooks won six of his seven categories at the 26th Academy of Country Music Awards on 24 April 1991 at the Universal Amphitheatre, including Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year for No Fences and Single Record of the Year for "Friends in Low Places".

Beauty and the Beast is a 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, written by Linda Woolverton, and based on the French fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast". It reached US theaters on 22 November 1991.

Seasonal Canadian cooking in a park setting on Prince’s Island.

Seasonal fine dining celebrating Québec producers and regional ingredients.

At the 34th Grammy Awards on 25 February 1992 at Radio City Music Hall, Natalie Cole's duet with her late father Nat King Cole, "Unforgettable", won Record and Song of the Year and her album Unforgettable... with Love won Album of the Year, while Marc Cohn took Best New Artist.

Crayon Shin-chan begins its television run on TV Asahi, an irreverent slice-of-life comedy following five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin-chan" Nohara and his family in Kasukabe, Saitama.

The 27th Academy of Country Music Awards, broadcast by NBC on 29 April 1992 with Clint Black, Lorrie Morgan and Travis Tritt as hosts, gave Garth Brooks a second Entertainer of the Year, Alan Jackson Album and Single of the Year, and Brooks & Dunn their first two ACMs.

Munich Airport opened at its current site on 17 May 1992, replacing Munich-Riem, and is one of only two European airports to hold Skytrax's 5-Star rating.

Studio Ghibli's Porco Rosso, Hayao Miyazaki's tale of a pig-faced Italian First World War ace turned bounty hunter, opened in Japanese theaters on 18 July 1992 and was the year's top film in Japan.

The direct-to-video Giant Robo the Animation: The Day the Earth Stood Still begins release, a seven-episode OVA reviving Mitsuteru Yokoyama's 1960s manga/tokusatsu property with a retro-futurist mecha story about the secret organization Big Fire's plot for world domination.

Developer Triple Five Group opened the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, debuting 330 stores and an indoor amusement park inside the largest shopping mall in the United States.

Aladdin is a 1992 American animated musical fantasy film based on the Middle Eastern folk tale "Aladdin" from One Thousand and One Nights and produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. It reached US theaters on 25 November 1992.

Shin-Ei Animation's feature-length Crayon Shin-chan TV specials, extended event episodes built around the mischievous five-year-old Shinnosuke Nohara, began airing at the end of 1992.

Mickael Viljanen’s fine dining restaurant pairs contemporary cooking with relaxed hospitality in a Parnell Square basement.

A deli, wine shop and restaurant serving Roman dishes alongside cheeses and cured meats.

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, a Japanese-Indian animated adaptation of the Hindu epic, releases in Japanese theaters, retelling the exile of Prince Rama and his quest to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

The TV special Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks tells the tragedy of an alternate future where the androids have all but wiped out humanity, following a grown Trunks as he trains under a dying Gohan before traveling back in time.

Eric Clapton won six Grammys at the 35th ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium, taking Record and Song of the Year for "Tears in Heaven" and Album of the Year for Unplugged, while Arrested Development won Best New Artist and Michael Jackson received the Grammy Legend Award.

The direct-to-video Kyou kara Ore wa!! begins release, a delinquent-school comedy OVA adapting Hiroyuki Nishimori's manga about two transfer students, Itou and Takashi, who reinvent themselves as tough guys at a new school.

One of the longest-running anime in the medium’s history, Nintama Rantarou has aired on NHK continuously since April 10, 1993, adapting Sōbē Amako's manga about Rantarou, Shinbei, and Kirimaru — first-year students at a Sengoku-era ninja academy who are more interested in food, money, and mischief than in mastering ninjutsu. Produced by Ajia-do, it packages short comic vignettes into each half-hour episode and has grown into a multi-generational institution in Japan, with an episode count now well past 2,000.

At the 28th Academy of Country Music Awards on 11 May 1993, Garth Brooks won Entertainer of the Year for a third year, Brooks & Dunn took Album of the Year for Brand New Man and Single for "Boot Scootin' Boogie", and the film Pure Country won the Tex Ritter Award.

Slam Dunk begins its TV run, a basketball comedy-drama following delinquent freshman Hanamichi Sakuragi as he falls for a classmate and, through her, discovers the sport.