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LEAD: The judge in the trial of Oliver L. North today emphatically rejected an attempt to force Ronald Reagan to appear as a witness, declaring that no written evidence had yet been found to suggest that Mr. Reagan authorized the illegal acts Mr. North is accused of committing.
LEAD: Signaling an increased willingness to crack down on troubled savings and loan companies before their problems get out of control, Federal regulators today seized two money-losing but solvent savings institutions.
LEAD: Kirk Kerkorian agreed to sell most of the MGM/UA Communications Company to the Qintex Group of Australia. MGM/UA's assets include the United Artists studio and a 4,000-film library that includes the James Bond, Rocky and Pink Panther movies. Article, page 33.
LEAD: Daylight savings time resumes at 2 A.M. tomorrow. Clocks are set ahead one hour.
LEAD: The Koch administration, confronting a rising need for jail cells, shelters for the homeless and waste-treatment plants, is planning shifts in spending that could delay dozens of rebuilding projects, from playgrounds to police stations, from streets to swimming pools.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 29, 1989, covering April 1, 1989.
Debbie Gibson
Bobby Brown
Traveling Wilburys
Paula Abdul
Guns N' Roses
1989Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater[†]
Jan Blokhuijsen is an Olympic award-winning Dutch long-track speed skater who until 2013 skated for the commercial TVM team.
1989David Ngog, French footballer[†]
David Philippe Henri Ngog is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.
1989Christian Vietoris, German racing driver[†]
Christian Johannes Vietoris is a German former racing driver. He competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, most recently for HWA Team. Vietoris has also been a part of the revitalized Mercedes-Benz Junior Team, together with Robert Wickens and Roberto Merhi. Vietoris made his debut in the DTM in 2011, driving for Persson Motorsport, before being promoted to HWA for the 2012 DTM season.
1989Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.[†]
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the position. As prime minister, she implemented policies that came to be known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]