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April 3, 1989

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Headlines from April 3, 1989

SmithKline and Beecham in Talks

By Milt Freudenheim

LEAD: The SmithKline Beckman Corporation and the Beecham Group P.L.C. of Britain said yesterday that they were discussing a merger that would create one of the largest drug and health-care companies in the world.

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PRETORIA SUSPENDS THE DEMOBILIZING OF NAMIBIA FORCE

By Christopher S. Wren

LEAD: South Africa today suspended the scheduled demobilization of its territorial forces in Namibia as new clashes were reported between paramilitary police units and guerrillas said to have infiltrated across the border from Angola.

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Facing Up to a Clean-Air Plan

By Richard W. Stevenson, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: As Southern California grapples with cleaning up air pollution, businesses here face having to make many major changes, from eliminating aerosol sprays to changing the way bakeries make bread.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 29, 1989, covering April 3, 1989.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Electric Youth by Debbie Gibson

    Electric Youth

    Debbie Gibson

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  2. 2
    Album cover for Don't Be Cruel by Bobby Brown

    Don't Be Cruel

    Bobby Brown

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    37
  3. 3
    Album cover for Traveling Wilburys by Traveling Wilburys

    Traveling Wilburys

    Traveling Wilburys

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    21
  4. 4
    Album cover for Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul

    Forever Your Girl

    Paula Abdul

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    37
  5. 5
    Album cover for Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

    Appetite For Destruction

    Guns N' Roses

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    84

Notable Births

Romain Alessandrini

1989Romain Alessandrini, French footballer[†]

Romain Alessandrini is a French former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Israel Folau

1989Israel Folau, Australian rugby player and footballer[†]

Israel ‘Isileli Folau is a professional dual-code rugby player who plays as a fullback for Japan Rugby League One club Urayasu D-Rocks. Born in Australia, he represents Tonga at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.

Joel Romelo

1989Joel Romelo, Australian rugby league player[†]

Joel Romelo is a former Australian professional rugby league footballer who previously played for the Penrith Panthers, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Melbourne Storm in the NRL. He primarily played at hooker but could fill in at five-eighth and halfback. Romelo is of Indigenous Australian and Italian descent.

Thisara Perera

1989Thisara Perera, Sri Lankan cricketer[†]

Narangoda Liyanaarachchige Thisara Chirantha Perera, popularly known as Thisara Perera, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who played all formats for the national team. He also captained the team in limited-overs formats. Domestically he plays for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in the Premier Trophy and Premier Limited-Overs Tournament, and the Jaffna Stallions in the Lanka Premier League. Perera has played franchise T20 cricket all around the world for numerous leagues. Primarily a bowling all-rounder, he is an aggressive left-handed batsman who can hit big sixes in death overs and is a useful right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Historical Events

Supreme Court of the United States

1989The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.[†]

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically "all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party." In 1803, the Court asserted itself the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution via the landmark case Marbury v. Madison. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law.

Historical Context for April 3, 1989

In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]