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LEAD: In an atmosphere of increasing freedom of expression, Hungarians are looking forward to a possibility that after 44 years of Communist rule the party may permit free elections that could one day drive it from power.
LEAD: After applying its free-market doctrines to virtually every other facet of national life, the Conservative Government of Margaret Thatcher has finally worked its way to the most hallowed of British institutions: the pub.
LEAD: The Mets keep reminding themselves of the guy who has a lot of nice clothes but doesn't dress particularly well: They have the best record in the National League but don't play particularly well.
LEAD: The sudden death last Wednesday of Richard R. Green, the city's Schools Chancellor, prompted Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former Federal prosecutor, to postpone the celebratory news conference he had scheduled for later that morning to declare his candidacy for mayor. The enduring political impact of Dr.
LEAD: The board of the Ogilvy Group will vote today on a sweetened offer by the WPP Group to acquire the venerable American advertising company for more than $890 million, people close to their negotiations said yesterday.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 10, 1989, covering May 15, 1989.
Madonna
Guns N' Roses
Tone-Loc
Fine Young Cannibals
Bobby Brown
1989Susan Soonkyu Lee, Korean-American singer and entertainer[†]
Susan Soonkyu Lee, known professionally as Sunny, is a South Korean and American singer and entertainer based in South Korea. She debuted as a member of girl group Girls' Generation in August 2007, which went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea and one of South Korea's most widely known girl groups worldwide. Apart from her group's activities, Sunny has participated in numerous side projects including original soundtracks, television variety shows, musical acting and radio hosting.
1989Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer[†]
Mapou Nzapali Yanga-Mbiwa is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He last played for FC Istres who are in Championnat National.
1989Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (born 1908)[†]
John Waldo Green was an American songwriter, composer, musical arranger, conductor and pianist. He was given the nickname "Beulah" by colleague Conrad Salinger. His most famous song was one of his earliest, "Body and Soul" from the revue Three's a Crowd. Green won four Academy Awards for his film scores and a fifth for producing a short musical film, and he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1989Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (born 1910)[†]
Luc Lacourcière, CC was a Québécois writer and ethnographer, who established himself during his lifetime as a leading figure in folklore studies. Trained by Marius Barbeau, he in turn influenced renowned researchers such as linguist Claude Poirier. In 1944, Lacourcière founded the Archives de folklore (AF), which he directed until 1975. Since 1978, a Luc-Lacourcière medal has been awarded every two years.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]