On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: Deng Xiaoping, China's senior leader, appeared on television this evening with nine other top officials, apparently resolving the question of who is running the country.
LEAD: Former Interior Secretary James G. Watt told Congress today that he had received more than $400,000 as a private consultant in Federal low-income housing projects even though he had no background in housing issues and had never inspected any of the projects he was promoting.
LEAD: The National Congress of People's Deputies ended its marathon 13-day debut tonight with Andrei D. Sakharov raging at the restless assembly that they had failed in their main task, to wrest control from the Communist Party elite.
LEAD: Paul A. Bilzerian, the corporate raider and chairman of the Singer Company, was convicted yesterday of nine counts of securities fraud, conspiracy and making false statements to the Government.
LEAD: Employees at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant in Colorado twice discharged toxic chemicals into creeks leading to drinking water supplies in the Denver area last November, according to a Justice Department affidavit made public today.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 7, 1989, covering June 10, 1989.
Fine Young Cannibals
Soundtrack
Madonna
Bobby Brown
Guns N' Roses
1989David Miller, South African cricketer[†]
David Andrew Miller is a South African professional cricketer. He currently plays for South African national team in limited overs cricket. He is an aggressive left-handed middle order batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper. He holds the record for the second fastest T20I century among full member ICC nations, and the fastest against full member opposition, achieving the milestone in 35 deliveries.
1989Mustapha Carayol, Gambian footballer[†]
Mustapha Soon Carayol is a Gambian professional footballer who last played as a winger for National League club Wealdstone. He also represented the Gambia national team.
1989Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model[†]
Alexandra Ioana Stan is a Romanian singer. Born in Constanța, she made her worldwide breakthrough with the 2010 single "Mr. Saxobeat", which was written and produced by Marcel Prodan and Andrei Nemirschi. They had previously discovered Stan at a karaoke bar in 2009 and signed her to their label, Maan Records. "Mr. Saxobeat" had followed the singer's debut single, "Lollipop " (2009), which brought her moderate fame in Romania. "Mr. Saxobeat" quickly achieved commercial success locally and abroad, reaching number one in several countries and gathering various certifications. Saxobeats, Stan's debut studio album, was released in August 2011 and features the follow-up singles "Get Back (ASAP)" (2011) and "Lemonade" (2012), which had moderate success in Europe.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]