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LEAD: THE ECONOMY The Federal Reserve said it stands ready to provide cash to any insolvent savings institution that runs short because of big withdrawals. The statement, issued by Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, and M. Danny Wall, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board was intended to calm depositors' fears.
LEAD: An investment group including Gordon P. Getty, the oil heir, and the Fisher brothers of New York yesterday announced a $35-a-share offer for all the shares of the Emhart Corporation of Farmington, Conn. If completed, the deal would total $2.4 billion.
LEAD: The Rev. Timothy S. Healy, the president of Georgetown University in Washington, was named yesterday to be the next president and chief executive officer of the New York Public Library.
LEAD: The Chase Manhattan Bank raised its prime lending rate by half a percentage point yesterday afternoon, to 11 1/2 percent, the second increase in less than two weeks.
LEAD: The Senate Finance Committee today voted 19-to-0 to approve Dr. Louis W. Sullivan's nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services after the nominee apologized to a Senator for having ''misspoken'' on the abortion issue.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 22, 1989, covering February 24, 1989.
Bobby Brown
Guns N' Roses
Traveling Wilburys
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
Debbie Gibson
1989Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Trace Dempsey Cyrus is an American musician. The son of country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus and brother of recording artists Miley Cyrus and Noah Cyrus, he was the backing vocalist and guitarist of the band Metro Station. In 2010, he began providing vocals and guitar in the pop rock band Ashland HIGH. He also owned the now defunct clothing company From Backseats to Bedrooms.
1989Daniel Kaluuya, English actor[†]
Daniel Kaluuya is an English actor. His work encompasses both screen and stage, and his accolades include an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics' Choice Award, in addition to nominations for a Laurence Olivier Award and an Emmy Award. In 2021, he was named among the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.
1989Kosta Koufos, Greek-American basketball player[†]
Konstantine Demetrios "Kostas" Koufos is a Greek-American professional basketball player who is a free agent. He played one season at Ohio State before being selected by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft.
1989United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.[†]
United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland. On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747-122 serving the flight experienced a cargo-door failure in flight shortly after leaving Honolulu. The resulting explosive decompression blew out several rows of seats, killing nine passengers. The aircraft returned to Honolulu and landed without further incident.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]