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LEAD: When the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates last week, after pushing them up for a year, it felt free to act in part because of reassurances provided by a new theory for predicting inflation over the long run.
LEAD: In what was believed to be the first time in a New York City mayoral race, nine candidates showed up on the same platform yesterday and signed a pledge to avoid any appeal to prejudice based on race, ethnicity, national identity, sex or sexual orientation.
LEAD: The Supreme Court ruled today that court-approved affirmative action settlements are open to subsequent legal challenges by white workers. Lawyers representing blacks and women said the ruling was a major setback that would undermine the settlements of many discrimination suits and place new burdens on minority plaintiffs.
LEAD: Canon Inc., the Japanese camera and office equipment maker, will invest $100 million in Next Inc., the computer company started by Steven P. Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Computer Inc.
LEAD: MARKETS The dollar rose again, reaching its highest level against the yen since August 1987. Some traders and economists said the sharpness of the latest advance had complicated the ability of the U.S. and its allies to contain the rally. [ Page D1. ] Stock prices ended mixed, and the Dow Jones industrial average was up 5.42 points, to 2,518.84, another post-crash high.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 7, 1989, covering June 13, 1989.
Fine Young Cannibals
Soundtrack
Madonna
Bobby Brown
Guns N' Roses
1989Ben Barba, Australian rugby league player[†]
Benjamin Barba is an Australian former professional dual code rugby league & rugby union footballer who last played for St Helens in the Super League. He primarily played as a fullback or five-eighth.
1989James Calado, English racing driver[†]
James John Calado is a British professional racing driver from England who is competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Ferrari - AF Corse in the Hypercar class and other selected GT races for AF Corse. He won the LMGTE Pro class of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship and 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, and overall victory in the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans. He drove for Panasonic Jaguar Racing in Formula E. His career has been funded by the Racing Steps Foundation.
1989Ryan McDonagh, American ice hockey defenseman[†]
Ryan Patrick McDonagh is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Drafted in the first round, 12th overall, by the Montreal Canadiens in 2007, he played college hockey for the Badgers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also played for the New York Rangers, for whom he served as team captain from October 2014 until being traded to the Lightning in 2018. McDonagh won back-to-back Stanley Cups with the Lightning in 2020 and 2021, before spending two seasons with the Nashville Predators.
1989Daniel Mortimer, Australian rugby league player[†]
Daniel Mortimer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a hooker, scrum-half or stand-off for the Leigh Centurions in the Championship. He previously played for the Parramatta Eels, Gold Coast Titans, Sydney Roosters and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Mortimer was a Prime Minister's XIII representative and won the 2013 NRL Grand Final with the Roosters.
1989Andreas Samaris, Greek footballer[†]
Andreas Samaris is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
1989Tommy Searle, English motocross racer[†]
Tommy Searle is an English professional motocross and supercross racer. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 2005 to 2008 and competed in the AMA Motocross Championships in 2009 and 2010. He returned to the Motocross World Championships from 2011 to 2019. Searle is a three-time MX2 World vice-champion & a four-time British Motocross Champion. His fourteen MX2 Grand Prix victories make him Britain's most successful MX2 rider and ranks third in total victories across all classes to multiple world champions David Thorpe and Jeff Smith.
1989Hassan Whiteside, American basketball player[†]
Hassan Niam Whiteside is an American professional basketball player for the Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for the Marshall Thundering Herd before being selected in the second round by the Sacramento Kings in the 2010 NBA draft. After joining the Miami Heat in 2014, Whiteside was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2016, when he also led the NBA in blocks. He led the league in rebounding in 2017. He was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers and again led the league in blocks in his first season with Portland. Whiteside has also played on Chinese, Lebanese and Puerto Rico teams.
1989Erica Wiebe, Canadian wrestler[†]
Erica Elizabeth Wiebe is a Canadian retired wrestler. She won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in women's 75 kg freestyle. Wiebe was the third Canadian champion ever in wrestling at the Olympics, and second Canadian woman to win gold after Carol Huynh. Wiebe also won gold at two Commonwealth Games: the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
1989Fran Allison, American television personality and puppeteer (born 1907)[†]
Frances Helen Allison was an American television and radio comedienne, personality, and singer.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]