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LEAD: A 20-year-old man was charged today in five sniper attacks on eastern Long Island that left one man dead and three other people wounded, and created fear among residents of two towns, the Suffolk County police said.
LEAD: In the last decade, occupations ranging from steelworker to stockbroker have been transformed by the relentless application of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's free-market principles. But few of the changes have been so sweeping or created such an uproar as the Government's proposals last week to overhaul the legal profession.
LEAD: Texaco Feud Resolved Texaco and Carl C. Icahn, its largest shareholder, reached a compromise in a bitter struggle over the company's future that had lasted for more than a year. Page D1. For Sale: Spy Photos American experts think close-up photographs of the earth now being marketed commercially by the Soviet Union were taken by Soviet reconnaissance satellites.
LEAD: In the search for new ideas in publishing, Burke's Peerage Ltd., the 163-year-old chronicler of British nobility, with its hoary gaze on a gilded past, would appear to be the last place to look. But try this one from Harold Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke's: books peppered with advertisements.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 25, 1989, covering January 30, 1989.
Bobby Brown
Guns N' Roses
Traveling Wilburys
Def Leppard
Poison
1989Jahvid Best, American football player and athlete[†]
Jahvid Andre Best is an American track and field Olympian athlete, and former professional football running back. He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft. He played college football for the California Golden Bears, setting several school records, including most all-purpose yards in a single season and most rushing yards in a single game. Best also led the Pac-10 in total rushing yards in 2008. Best competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, representing Saint Lucia in track and field. He later became head football coach of the Saint Mary's College High School Panthers in Berkeley, California, for one season.
1989Yoon Bo-ra, South Korean singer[†]
Yoon Bo-ra, better known by the mononym Bora, is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actress. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Sistar and its sub-group Sistar19.
1989Kylie Bunbury, Canadian-American actress[†]
Kylie Bunbury is a Canadian-American actress.
1989Misha Zilberman, Israeli Olympic badminton player[†]
Misha Zilberman is an Olympic badminton player. Born in Russia, he competed for Israel at the 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, coming in 33rd, 14th, and 15th respectively, with his 2024 results still to be determined. He also won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Badminton Championships, and bronze medals at the 2019 and 2023 European Games. He is the first Israeli player to win a medal at the European Badminton Championships. Zilberman represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in badminton in the Men's singles, in his fourth consecutive Olympic Games, and came in 27th.
1989The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed.[†]
The Embassy of the United States of America in Kabul was the official diplomatic mission of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Its chancery on Great Massoud Road in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood of the Afghan capital of Kabul was built at a cost of nearly $800 million.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]