On this day
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LEAD: The United States and Canada, which on Jan. 1 put an agreement into effect to end practically all trade barriers within 10 years, decided today to negotiate a new pact to speed up some tariff cuts that are already agreed on.
LEAD: Maurice Evans Dies at 87 Maurice Evans, popular for his Shakespearean portrayals in the 1930's and 40's, has died, Page D27. Warning on Chilean Fruit Follows Cyanide Discovery Consumers were urged not to eat Chilean fruit after cyanide was found in Chilean grapes in Philadelphia.
LEAD: The space shuttle Discovery thundered flawlessly into orbit today, carrying aloft five astronauts on a five-day mission and lifting the spirits of the space agency as it belatedly began an ambitious year of seven shuttle flights.
LEAD: The United States asked Honduras today to let the Nicaraguan guerrillas stay on its territory for another year, even though five Central American countries decided recently that the contras should be disarmed and removed from Honduras.
LEAD: All New Yorkers would be required to separate recyclable materials from their garbage under a plan unanimously approved yesterday by a committee of the City Council.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 8, 1989, covering March 14, 1989.
Debbie Gibson
Bobby Brown
Guns N' Roses
Traveling Wilburys
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians
1989Marwin González, Venezuelan baseball player[†]
Marwin Javier González is a Venezuelan former professional baseball utility player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, and New York Yankees, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes. González was signed as an international free agent by the Chicago Cubs in 2005. He made his MLB debut with the Astros in 2012, and won the World Series with the team in 2017. González has appeared at every position in MLB except for catcher.
1989Kevin Lacroix, Canadian race car driver[†]
Kevin Lacroix is a Canadian racing driver from Saint-Eustache, Quebec. He currently competes in the NASCAR Canada Series, driving the No. 74 Dodge for Innovation Auto Sport, a team he formed with fellow driver Matthew Kingsbury.
1989Patrick Patterson, American basketball player[†]
Patrick Patterson is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the NBA for the Houston Rockets, Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors, Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers.
1989Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (born 1892)[†]
Zita of Bourbon-Parma was the wife of Charles I, the last monarch of Austria-Hungary. She was also the last Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, in addition to other titles. She was declared Servant of God by Pope Benedict XVI.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]