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LEAD: HE'S a photographer, art collector, artist and writer. She's a physical-fitness expert. They drive a red Isuzu Trooper and have been vegetarians for 12 years. This summer Michael and Deborah McKenzie moved into their new country house.
LEAD: PEOPLE who know Mark Hampton primarily for his blend of pomp and coziness will soon get to meet a parade of hitherto-undreamed-of Hamptons. Next Thursday marks the publication of the designer's first book, ''Mark Hampton on Decorating'' (Random House, $24.95).
LEAD: In the course of a lengthy career at the Gannett Company, Allen H. Neuharth schemed to remove his mentor, eavesdropped on a rival, manipulated his colleagues and board, and fumbled a merger with CBS because, as he puts it, his ego outran his brain.
LEAD: David N. Dinkins and Rudolph W. Giuliani began the battle yesterday for the middle ground of undecided and independent voters, exchanging harsh attacks only hours after winning the Democratic and Republican primaries for mayor.
LEAD: For a last hurrah, it sounded distinctly like a sigh of relief.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 13, 1989, covering September 14, 1989.
New Kids on the Block
Milli Vanilli
Richard Marx
Paula Abdul
Prince
1989Jimmy Butler, American basketball player[†]
Jimmy Butler III is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Jimmy Buckets", he is a six-time NBA All-Star, a five-time All-NBA Team member, and a five-time NBA All-Defensive Team member. He won a gold medal as a member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic team.
1989Tony Finau, American golfer[†]
Milton Pouha "Tony" Finau is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.
1989Logan Henderson, American singer-songwriter[†]
Logan Phillip Henderson is an American actor and singer. He played the role of Logan Mitchell on the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush (2009–2013) and is a current member of the Big Time Rush band.
1989Jesse James, American actor[†]
Jesse James is an American actor.
1989Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model[†]
Lee Jong-suk is a South Korean actor and model. He debuted in 2005 as a runway model, becoming the youngest male model ever to participate in Seoul Fashion Week. Lee's breakthrough role was in School 2013 (2012). He is also well known for his roles in I Can Hear Your Voice (2013), Doctor Stranger (2014), Pinocchio (2014), W (2016), V.I.P (2017), While You Were Sleeping (2017), Romance Is a Bonus Book (2019), and Big Mouth (2022).
1989Alex Killorn, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Alexander Joseph Killorn is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and alternate captain for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the third round, 77th overall, of the 2007 NHL entry draft. Killorn won back-to-back Stanley Cup titles with the Lightning in 2020 and 2021.
1989Jonathon Simmons, American basketball player[†]
Jonathon Calvin Simmons is an American professional basketball player for Al Riyadi of the Lebanese Basketball League. He played one season of Division I college basketball for the University of Houston before a stint in the semi-professional American Basketball League (ABL) led to him joining the NBA D-League's Austin Toros in 2013. Following two seasons in the D-League, Simmons signed with the San Antonio Spurs after an impressive 2015 NBA Summer League.
1989Miriam Zetter, Mexican ten-pin bowler[†]
Miram Aseret Zetter Velazco is a Mexican ten-pin bowler.
1989Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1916)[†]
Dámaso Pérez Prado was a Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger who popularized the mambo in the 1950s. His big band adaptation of the danzón-mambo proved to be a worldwide success with hits such as "Mambo No. 5", earning him the nickname "The King of the Mambo". In 1955, Pérez Prado and his orchestra topped the charts in the US and UK with a mambo cover of Louiguy's "Cherry Pink ". He frequently made brief appearances in films, primarily of the rumberas genre, and his music was featured in films such as La Dolce Vita.
1989The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.[†]
The Standard Gravure shooting occurred on September 14, 1989, in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, when Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured twelve at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide. The shooting is the deadliest workplace shooting in Kentucky's history. The murders resulted in a high-profile lawsuit against Eli Lilly and Company, manufacturers of the antidepressant drug Prozac, which Wesbecker had begun taking during the month prior to his shooting rampage.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]