Madonna's "
Like a Prayer" music video attracts controversy for its use of Catholic iconography and for the use of cross burning imagery. Pepsi drops Madonna as a spokesperson out of fear the video will cause religious groups to boycott the company.
May 1 - California jewelry store employees call the police reporting a suspicious person hanging around their store. The person turned out to be Michael Jackson shopping in disguise.
The Moscow Music Peace Festival is held in the Soviet Union. The event was put together by Doc McGhee and the Make a Wish Foundation to expose the Russian people to western culture, promote international cooperation in fighting the drug war, and promote peace. The event came to epitomize the fall of the Soviet Union and the height of pop metal. Headlined by
Bon Jovi,
Ozzy Osbourne,
Mötley Crüe, Skid Row,
Cinderella, and the
Scorpions.
Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World opens to the public for the first time.
July 5 - The television show Seinfeld premieres.
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