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LEAD: To many parishioners, the recent invasion of St. Patrick's Cathedral by dozens of angry AIDS protesters was an act of desecration. But to Christopher Hennelly, a former seminarian among those arrested inside the church, it was a prayer for self-preservation.
LEAD: Moving to preserve New York's remaining open spaces, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo will propose the largest environmental bond issue in state history, totaling $1.9 billion, officials here said today.
LEAD: Mayor David N. Dinkins began his first real day on the job yesterday with a sunrise appearance on national television, an impromptu breakfast and walk with senior aides and meetings with friends and advisers on how to handle the simmering stew of a city he inherited Monday.
LEAD: Approaching a wintry Coney Island by elevated subway, you are struck by a motionless Wonder Wheel, a lifeless Cyclone roller coaster. Alighting, you see boarded-up arcades, kiddie rides guarded by razor ribbon, frozen hints of faraway summer. It's 30 degrees and a bitter wind chews at the cheeks. What to do but go swimming?
LEAD: Since the 1950's half the people and most of the businesses have left the barren buttes and prairies of Sheridan County in central North Dakota. The county has no doctor, no hospital, no traffic light, no Greyhound bus service and more ghost towns than live ones.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 3, 1990, covering January 3, 1990.
Phil Collins
Milli Vanilli
Billy Joel
Janet Jackson
Paula Abdul
1990Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese footballer[†]
Yoichiro Kakitani is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward or an attacking midfielder.
1990United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.[†]
The United States invaded Panama in mid-December 1989 during the presidency of George H. W. Bush. The purpose of the invasion was to depose the de facto ruler of Panama, General Manuel Noriega, who was wanted by U.S. authorities for racketeering and drug trafficking. The operation, codenamed Operation Just Cause, concluded in late January 1990 with the surrender of Noriega. The Panama Defense Forces (PDF) were dissolved, and President-elect Guillermo Endara was sworn into office.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]