page_title: 1990 in the United States
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: 1990 in the United States / Events / September
caption_attribution_description: English: The Washington National Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, located at 3101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, in the Massachusetts Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1990 in the United States.
context_section_description: September 9
  President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev meet in Helsinki to discuss the Persian Gulf crisis.
  After six years of renovations, Ellis Island reopens as an immigration museum.
  Pete Sampras, age 19, wins the 1990 US Open, becoming the youngest person to ever win the event.
  September 11 – Gulf War: President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait.
  September 12 – Cold War: The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
  September 14 – Scientists at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland begin the first gene therapy on a human patient.
  September 17 – United States Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney fires Gen. Michael Dugan, Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, for publicly discussing plans to bomb Iraq.
  September 18
  The International Olympic Committee awards the 1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta, Georgia.
  Charles Keating is indicted on charges in connection with the 1989 failure of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association.
  September 24 – President Bush meets with President of South Africa F. W. de Klerk at the White House, the first time a South African head of government had visited the U.S. since 1945.
  September 26 – The Motion Picture Association of America replaces its X rating with a new NC-17 rating.
  September 29 – Washington National Cathedral is completed after 83 years of construction.
  September 30 – The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible is published in the United States.
caption: September 28: Washington National Cathedral completed
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