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LEAD: By dropping the most serious charges against Oliver L. North, the special prosecutor in the Iran-contra case has left a host of questions that may never be answered.
LEAD: The United States is seeking Soviet cooperation in pressing Libya to cease operations at a chemical plant that Washington says will be used to make chemical weapons, American officials said today.
LEAD: The United States said today that it had visual evidence indicating that two Libyan fighter planes were armed when they were shot down Wednesday by Navy fighters over the Mediterranean. It accused Libya of lying in asserting that the planes were unarmed reconnaissance aircraft.
LEAD: Three leading bank regulators told Congress today that third world debts no longer posed a threat to this country's banking system.
LEAD: In 1988, mutual fund investors who were willing to take risks generally did better than those who sought safety.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 4, 1989, covering January 6, 1989.
Anita Baker
Soundtrack
U2
Bon Jovi
Traveling Wilburys
1989Andy Carroll, English footballer[†]
Andrew Thomas Carroll is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championnat National 2 club Bordeaux. He has played in the Premier League and English Football League for Newcastle United, Preston North End, Liverpool, West Ham United, and West Bromwich Albion, and in Ligue 2 for Amiens. He played nine matches for England between 2010 and 2012, scoring twice, including one goal at UEFA Euro 2012.
1989Sergio León, Spanish footballer[†]
Sergio León Limones is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for División de Honor Andaluza club Atlético Palma del Río.
1989Derrick Morgan, American football player[†]
Derrick Lee Morgan is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons with the Tennessee Titans. He was selected 16th overall by the Titans in the 2010 NFL draft after playing college football at Georgia Tech.
1989Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.[†]
Satwant Singh was one of the bodyguards, along with Beant Singh, who assassinated the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, at her New Delhi residence on 31 October 1984. His attacks were in retaliation of Indira Gandhi's Operation Blue Star.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]