1990

Events

 * 4th January - Lynn Whiteley discovers her husband has been having an affair with Rachel Hughes. Joe Sugden catches his girlfriend kissing her ex-husband.
 * 25th January - Kate Sugden reveals she is pregnant.
 * 8th February - First appearance of Elsa Feldmann. Lynn Whiteley leaves the village with her husband.
 * 13th February - First appearance of Michael Feldmann.
 * 27th February - George Starkey reveals to Chris Tate that Frank and Kim Tate helped his mother die 6 years previously.
 * 8th March - First appearance of Elizabeth Feldmann.
 * 13th March - Chris Tate attacks George Starkey when he discovers George has been spray painting Frank's secret around Beckindale.
 * 29th March - David Hughes holds Kate and Joe Sugden hostage at Emmerdale Farm.
 * 5th April - Annie Sugden calls the police on David Hughes. Rachel Hughes discovers what happened that night.
 * 20th April - Robbie Lawson is born to Megan Macey and Simon Beck.
 * 25th April - Kathy & Chris Tate return home to find their house has been burgled.
 * 1st May - Jock MacDonald is kicked in the head by Kim Tate's horse.
 * 10th May - Kate Sugden faints during Mark's interview with a Detective Inspector.
 * 15th May - Kate Sugden discovers she has lost her baby.
 * 22nd May - Eric Pollard proposes to Debbie Wilson. She accepts.
 * 24th May - Frank and Kim Tate discover their barn conversion on fire.
 * 17th July - During friend Annie Sugden's 70th birthday party, Amos Brearly collapses with a stroke.
 * 16th August - Pete Whiteley is killed when he is run over by Kate Sugden.
 * 28th August - Pete Whiteley's funeral takes place. Lynn Whiteley gives birth to a son, just 12 days after her husband's death.
 * 25th October - Kate Sugden is sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for reckless driving causing death.

Real life events

 * 17th May - Kurtis Stacey (Alex Moss) born.
 * 3rd August - James Baxter (Jake Doland) born.