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LEAD: In an unusual international agreement, Barneys New York and the Isetan Company, one of Japan's largest retailers, announced over the weekend a venture in which stores would be opened in the United States, Japan and in other Asian countries under the Barneys name.
LEAD: When Susumi Kamei of Tokyo spent more than $800,000 for two Manhattan condominium apartments last year sight unseen, he became an absentee landlord of property halfway around the world and joined a growing international cadre of investors who are creating a new category of high-priced housing in New York
LEAD: In the month since Frank Hodsoll resigned as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, a campaign for the job has developed that has become more intense than any since the endowment was created by Congress in 1965.
LEAD: It was a heady night for the Republican Party in New York City. A dwarf, costumed in a white uniform and a gold-plumed cap, greeted 400 guests who had gathered for the largest Lincoln Day dinner and dance ever held by the party on Staten Island.
LEAD: United States policy toward Japan is so confused and uncoordinated that many American officials say they cannot figure out how it is made or why economic concerns are regularly subordinated to military and political objectives.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 15, 1989, covering March 20, 1989.
Debbie Gibson
Bobby Brown
Guns N' Roses
Traveling Wilburys
Paula Abdul
1989Xavier Dolan, Canadian actor and director[†]
Xavier Dolan-Tadros is a Canadian filmmaker and actor. He began his career as a child actor in commercials before directing several arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2009 for his feature film directorial debut, I Killed My Mother, which he also starred in, wrote, and produced, and which premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section and won three awards from the program.
1989Tamim Iqbal, Bangladeshi cricketer[†]
Tamim Iqbal Khan, commonly known as Tamim Iqbal, is a Bangladeshi former international cricketer and commentator from Chittagong who was captain of the national team in ODI matches from 2020 to 2023. He is the first Bangladeshi cricketer to score a century in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in the 2016 edition, scoring 103*, the highest score made by a Bangladeshi at any T20 World Cup tournament.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]