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LEAD: For millions of Americans with disabilities, the country's shrinking labor pool of qualified workers is opening up new job opportunities.
LEAD: The Chinese authorities staged a public execution today of three young men who were accused of taking part in a violent political protest in Shanghai.
LEAD: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has betting sheets with Pete Rose's fingerprints on them showing wagers in his handwriting on the Cincinnati Reds, a Federal law enforcement official said yesterday.
LEAD: The Supreme Court overturned a $100,000 damage award that a rape victim had won from a newspaper that published her name. Page B9.
LEAD: The New York Stock Exchange said yesterday that it would review Time Inc.'s offer to acquire Warner Communications Inc.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 21, 1989, covering June 22, 1989.
Fine Young Cannibals
Soundtrack
Bobby Brown
Madonna
Tom Petty
1989Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer[†]
Cédric Mongongu is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a centre back for the DR Congo national team.
1989Jung Yong-hwa, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor[†]
Jung Yong-hwa, also known mononymously as Yonghwa, is a South Korean singer, musician and actor. He is the leader, lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band CNBLUE. Jung made his television debut in You're Beautiful (2009), and has since starred in television dramas Heartstrings (2011), Marry Him If You Dare (2013), The Three Musketeers (2014), The Package (2017) and Sell Your Haunted House (2021). On the music front, Jung also made his solo debut with the album One Fine Day in 2015.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]