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LEAD: After decades of grimy subservience, some of the striking miners of the vast Siberian coal region began pronouncing themselves victorious today in a wildcat strike that has paralyzed the mines and brought unexpected economic and industrial concessions from the Government.
LEAD: New York City announced yesterday that it would use its ''financial clout'' to encourage banks to maintain branches and make investments in the city's low-income neighborhoods.
LEAD: Doctors offered advice on preventing measles in young people and heart attacks in older men.
LEAD: Posting the smallest increase in 16 months, the Consumer Price Index rose two-tenths of 1 percent in June, the Labor Department reported today.
LEAD: Shift in Drug Battle The Administration wants a sharp increase in Federal money for local governments to fight drug problems, officials said. Page A19. A Divisive Navy Report The Navy's inconclusive report on the Iowa explosion that killed 47 sailors has prompted intense criticism within the service.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 19, 1989, covering July 20, 1989.
Prince
Fine Young Cannibals
Bobby Brown
New Kids on the Block
Tom Petty
1989Javier Cortés, Mexican footballer[†]
Javier Cortés Granados is a former Mexican professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is an Olympic gold medalist.
1989Cristian Pasquato, Italian footballer[†]
Cristian Pasquato is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie D Group C club Campodarsego.
1989Forrest H. Anderson, American judge and politician, 17th Governor of Montana (born 1913)[†]
Forrest Howard Anderson was an American politician, attorney, and judge who served as the 17th Governor of Montana from 1969 to 1973. Prior to this, he served as the Attorney General of Montana from 1957 to 1969 and as a member of the Montana Supreme Court.
1989Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.[†]
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also referred to as Burma, is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by India and Bangladesh to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest. The country's capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city is Yangon.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]