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LEAD: District Attorney Elizabeth Holtzman of Brooklyn, who built a reputation as a crusading Congresswoman into a tempestuous eight-year tenure as a prosecutor, won the Democratic primary race for New York City comptroller yesterday, virtually assuring her election as the city's chief fiscal officer.
LEAD: CHICAGO'S premier caterer, John Calihan, still remembers the nightmare. It was to be a dinner party a la Gatsby, a black-tie evening for 20 of the local Jays and Daisys. The hostess, a Chicago socialite, had enlisted Mr. Calihan to prepare her family bouillabaisse recipe. Spare no expense!
LEAD: Facing waves of protest from the elderly over new taxes, the White House said for the first time today that it would support modifications of a Medicare program that protects older Americans from the huge costs of extended illness.
LEAD: The union that represents the vast majority of the nation's airline pilots has been drained by the six-month strike at Eastern Airlines and has begun polling its membership on whether to continue financial support for the walkout.
LEAD: The CBS News program ''48 Hours,'' which finished 64th out of 83 shows in prime time last season, has become one of the most valuable properties in television - not because it is a hit in the ratings, but because it is a hit in the CBS bottom line.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 13, 1989, covering September 13, 1989.
New Kids on the Block
Milli Vanilli
Richard Marx
Paula Abdul
Prince
1989Elysée Irié Bi Séhi, Ivorian footballer[†]
Irié Bi Séhi Elysée, commonly known as Elysée, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Meistriliiga club JK Narva Trans.
1989Kenny Edwards, New Zealand rugby league player[†]
Kenny Edwards is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played as a second-row.
1989Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (died 2013)[†]
Jonathan Mannah was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. He played as a prop for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks (2009–2011) and the Parramatta Eels (2012) in the National Rugby League (NRL). Since 2013, the Johnny Mannah Cup, which is named in his honour, is annually competed for by both clubs he played for.
1989Thomas Müller, German footballer[†]
Thomas Müller is a German professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his era, Müller has been praised for his positioning, finishing, playmaking, work-rate, and consistency in both scoring and creating goals.
1989William Owusu, Ghanaian footballer[†]
William Owusu Acheampong is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Sint-Eloois-Winkel as a striker.
1989Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.[†]
Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on baasskap, which ensured that South Africa was dominated politically, socially, and economically by the nation's minority white population. Under this minoritarian system, white citizens held the highest status, followed by Indians, Coloureds and black Africans, in that order. The economic legacy and social effects of apartheid continue to the present day, particularly inequality.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]