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LEAD: President Bush and President Mikhail S. Gorbachev of the Soviet Union arrived today on this Mediterranean island for a summit conference beginning on Saturday during which both hope to start the search for a new world order.
LEAD: The Parliament amended the Constitution to eliminate the Communist Party's monopoly on power. Page 9.
LEAD: The State Treasurer, Catherine Baker Knoll, sees Pennsylvania as a state with a fragile economy and a public pension fund that is bulging with $25 billion. To help the economy, she wants the fund's managers to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in local real estate, state highways and bridges and new businesses, especially those started by women and members of minorities.
LEAD: Forces loyal to President Corazon C. Aquino appeared to be turning back an army rebellion today after seizing rebel-held military camps and television stations with the aid of American warplanes.
LEAD: Alvin Ailey, who rose from a childhood of extreme poverty in the segregated world of small-town Texas to become a leading figure in the establishment of modern dance as a popular art form in America, died yesterday at Lenox Hill Hospital after a long illness. He was 58 years old. Dr. Albert Knapp, Mr.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 29, 1989, covering December 2, 1989.
Milli Vanilli
Billy Joel
Janet Jackson
Paula Abdul
New Kids on the Block
1989Etta Bond, English singer-songwriter[†]
Henrietta "Etta" Bond is a British singer-songwriter. She was the first signing to OddChild Music, partially owing to Bond becoming friends with Labrinth thanks to a fluke Myspace encounter.
1989Matteo Darmian, Italian footballer[†]
Matteo Darmian is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a full-back or centre-back for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Italy national team.
1989Cassie Steele, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress[†]
Cassandra Rae Steele is a Canadian actress and singer known for portraying Manny Santos on Degrassi: The Next Generation and Abby Vargas on The L.A. Complex. In 2014, she played Sarah in the MTV horror television movie The Dorm. She also voices Tammy Gueterman and Tricia Lange in Adult Swim's Rick and Morty.
1989Robert Turbin, American football player[†]
Robert James Turbin is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah State Aggies, and was selected in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Seahawks. With the Seahawks, he won Super Bowl XLVIII over the Denver Broncos. He has also played for the Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, and Indianapolis Colts. He appears on CBS Sports Network as a commentator for their college football broadcasts.
1989The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia.[†]
The Hat Yai Peace Agreement marked the end of the Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989). It was signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), and the Malaysian and Thailand governments at the Lee Gardens Hotel in Hat Yai, Thailand, on 2 December 1989.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]