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LEAD: On Saturday afternoon, Dec. 7, 1985, Roslyn C. Marinoff went by bus from her West Side apartment to the Bathgate Industrial Park in the South Bronx, blithely walked through the front gate of the Ampco Printing Corporation plant and began taking photographs.
LEAD: Confirming widespread Wall Street speculation, the Coca-Cola Company disclosed yesterday that Warren E. Buffett, the billionaire Omaha investor, now controls close to 22.35 million shares, or 6.3 percent of the company.
LEAD: Gary McGivern, who had been sentenced to 25 years to life for the 1968 murder of a Westchester County deputy sheriff, was paroled yesterday, more than three years after Gov. Mario M. Cuomo granted him a controversial clemency.
LEAD: THE ECONOMY The nation's trade deficit improved in January, to $9.5 billion, as a decline in exports was more than offset by falling imports. The performance was the best since October, but some analysts expressed concern about several factors, including the rise in the cost of oil imports.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 15, 1989, covering March 16, 1989.
Debbie Gibson
Bobby Brown
Guns N' Roses
Traveling Wilburys
Paula Abdul
1989Blake Griffin, American basketball player[†]
Blake Austin Griffin is an American former professional basketball player. Griffin primarily played with the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and played college basketball for the Oklahoma Sooners, where he was named the consensus national college player of the year as a sophomore. Griffin was selected first overall by the Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft, and was a six-time NBA All-Star and a five-time All-NBA selection. In January 2018, Griffin was traded to the Detroit Pistons and played for them until 2021. In March 2021, Griffin signed with the Brooklyn Nets. In September 2022, Griffin signed with the Boston Celtics, whom he stayed with until his retirement in 2023.
1989Jung So-min, South Korean actress[†]
Kim Yoon-ji, known professionally as Jung So-min (정소민), is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut with a supporting role in the television series Bad Guy (2010). Jung is known for her roles in the television series Playful Kiss (2010), My Father Is Strange (2017), Because This Is My First Life (2017), The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018), Alchemy of Souls (2022), and Love Next Door (2024), as well as the film Love Reset (2023).
1989Magalie Pottier, French racing cyclist[†]
Magalie Pottier is a French racing cyclist who represents France in BMX. She was selected to represent France at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's BMX event and finished in seventh place.
1989Theo Walcott, English footballer[†]
Theo James Walcott is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented England at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2012 and won 47 caps, scoring eight goals. Walcott currently appears as a club ambassador for Arsenal and as a contributor for Sky Sports.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]