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LEAD: Bowing to a heightened campaign by leftist rebels to disrupt presidential elections, poll workers resigned today in 11 eastern towns, provincial officials said.
LEAD: A North Carolina family of five who had just arrived in Manhattan for a relative's funeral was swept into a night of terror by a gunman fleeing after critically wounding his wife, the authorities said yesterday.
LEAD: A new vision of the American urban future emerged today as regional officials in Southern California voted to impose drastic restrictions on everyday activities to reduce air pollution.
LEAD: Investigators believe they have recovered shards of the suitcase that contained the plastic explosive that destroyed a Pan Am jet over Scotland, two Bush Administration officials said today.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 15, 1989, covering March 18, 1989.
Debbie Gibson
Bobby Brown
Guns N' Roses
Traveling Wilburys
Paula Abdul
1989Robert Bortuzzo, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Robert Bortuzzo is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bortuzzo was drafted 78th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2007 NHL entry draft.
1989Francesco Checcucci, Italian footballer[†]
Francesco Checcucci is a former Italian footballer who played as a defender.
1989Lily Collins, English-American actress[†]
Lily Jane Collins is an English and American actress. Born in Guildford and raised in Los Angeles, she began performing on screen at the age of two in the BBC sitcom Growing Pains. In the late 2000s, she began acting and modelling more regularly, and gained recognition for her supporting role in the sports drama film The Blind Side (2009). She went on to star in several films, including the horror film Priest (2011), the thriller Abduction (2011), and the fantasy films Mirror Mirror (2012) and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).
1989Shreevats Goswami, Indian cricketer[†]
Shreevats Goswami is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He was born in Liluah in Howrah, the twin city of Kolkata, West Bengal. He started playing cricket at the age of 11. He played domestic cricket for Under-19 Bengal. During the Under-19 Tri-nation series in South Africa in January 2008, he scored 97 against South Africa and 104 against Bangladesh. In the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia, he scored 58 runs in one of the league matches and 51 in the semi-final against New Zealand.
1989Kana Nishino, Japanese singer-songwriter[†]
Kana Nishino is a Japanese pop singer signed with SME Records' Newcome Inc. She debuted on February 20, 2008, with the single "I".
1989Paul Marc Rousseau, Canadian guitarist and producer[†]
Paul Marc Rousseau is a Canadian musician who is the lead guitarist for the rock band Silverstein.
1989Ming Xi, Chinese model[†]
Ming Xi or Xi Mengyao is a Chinese model. Her professional modeling career started in 2009 after she attended a TV competition. Her international modeling career began in 2011 when she debuted for the Givenchy Haute Spring Show. In the same year, she modeled the Givenchy ready-to-wear collection and appeared as the face of Givenchy's Fall/Winter publicity advertising campaign. Xi also modeled for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2013.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]