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LEAD: United States Analysts have concluded that Soviet military spending has slowed, as President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promised. Spending for 1989 will take up a smaller share of gross national product, they say.
LEAD: The Supreme Court, in a 4-to-4 vote, today upheld an agreement between Detroit's two daily newspapers to merge their business operations.
LEAD: In an effort to win a Congressional salary increase without stirring the public wrath that derailed it earlier this year, the House is expected to vote Thursday on a plan combining a 33 percent raise for lawmakers with the first major overhaul of ethics rules in more than a decade.
LEAD: Resorts International Inc. confirmed yesterday that it had reached an agreement over the weekend with its bondholder groups intended to allow the troubled casino company to reorganize after a brief period under bankruptcy protection.
LEAD: In the face of annual inflation of more than 1,300 percent, Brazil has become a nation of mathematicians.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 8, 1989, covering November 14, 1989.
Janet Jackson
Milli Vanilli
The Rolling Stones
Motley Crue
Aerosmith
1989Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer[†]
Vlad Iulian Chiricheș is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Liga I club FCSB and the Romania national team. Primarily a centre-back, he can also be deployed as a right-back or a defensive midfielder.
1989T. Y. Hilton, American football player[†]
Eugene Marquis "T. Y." Hilton is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the FIU Panthers and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2012 NFL draft. Hilton has also played for the Dallas Cowboys.
1989Jake Livermore, English footballer[†]
Jake Cyril Leonard Livermore is an English professional footballer who last played as a defensive midfielder for Championship club Watford.
1989Stella Maeve, American actress[†]
Stella Maeve is an American film and television actress. Highlights include a starring role in The Runaways (2010), a two-season recurring role in NBC television's Chicago P.D., and a main role in SyFy television's The Magicians.
1989Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach, and scout (born 1910)[†]
James Patrick Murphy was a Welsh footballer who made over 200 appearances for West Bromwich Albion and won 15 caps for the Wales national team, which he later managed. Murphy is most famous for being an influential figure at Manchester United from 1946 until the 1970s, as assistant manager, first-team coach, reserve team manager and a full-time scout, although he disliked the limelight and preferred to work quietly behind the scenes.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]