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LEAD: A Drop in Inflation Prices fell at all stages of production in June (chart, right), evidence that the economy is slowing. But some economists still worry about underlying inflationary trends. Page 33. Capital Mayor to Run Again Washington's Mayor, Marion S. Barry Jr., said he would seek another term, setting up a possible battle with Jesse Jackson.
LEAD: Lech Walesa, the Solidarity leader, moved today to end the deadlock that has prevented the election of a Polish President by declaring that he would support Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski or any other candidate put forward by the Communist Party.
LEAD: In a ruling that could cost American industry billions of dollars, a Federal appeals court here declared today that companies responsible for oil spills and other pollution should be forced to pay the full costs of restoring the environment to its original condition, not just the market value of damaged natural resources.
LEAD: The mysterious tale of a pilot who survived a thousand-mile flight while apparently unconscious took a new twist today: the police disclosed that he had been shot between the time the plane took off from Washington on Thursday and the time it sank in the Atlantic Ocean nearly six hours later.
LEAD: A former senior Federal housing official today contradicted testimony from Samuel R. Pierce Jr., the Housing Secretary in the Reagan Administration, that he had no direct involvement in selecting projects for assistance under a housing rehabilitation program.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 12, 1989, covering July 15, 1989.
Fine Young Cannibals
Bobby Brown
Tom Petty
New Kids on the Block
Milli Vanilli
1989Alisa Kleybanova, Russian tennis player[†]
Alisa Mikhailovna Kleybanova is a Russian former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 20, achieved in February 2011. In her career, she won two singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour.
1989Anthony Randolph, American basketball player[†]
Anthony Erwin Randolph Jr. is a German-born American and naturalized Slovenian former professional basketball player. He represented the senior Slovenian national basketball team, winning the 2017 EuroBasket with them. Born in Germany, to two American parents who served in the US military there, Randolph's family eventually relocated to the United States, where he grew up in Pasadena, California. The family later moved to Dallas, Texas, where Randolph soon became a standout at Woodrow Wilson High School, eventually being recruited by the Louisiana State Tigers. After one year, Randolph left college, and entered the 2008 NBA draft, where he was chosen as the fourteenth pick overall by the Golden State Warriors. In 2016, he earned an All-EuroLeague Second Team selection.
1989Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (born 1956)[†]
Laurence Paul Cunningham was an English professional footballer who played as a left winger. He notably played in England, France, and Spain, where he became the first-ever English player to sign for Real Madrid.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]