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January 4, 1990

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Headlines from January 4, 1990

BUSINESS DIGEST

By Unknown Author

LEAD: THE ECONOMY The new agency created to manage the huge savings and loan bailout was instructed to sell the real estate it inherited from hundreds of insolvent savings institutions as quickly as possible. While the mandate from the Bush Administration to the Resolution Trust Corporation could mean that billions of dollars in residential homes, apartment buildings, shopping centers and raw land could be available to investors in 1990, bankers warned that an overzealous sales program could do more harm than good.

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Sematech Today: Cash Dispenser

By Thomas C. Hayes, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Sematech, the Government-industry alliance formed two years ago to develop better ways of making computer chips, has been forced to become a financier as well as a coordinator of company research efforts.

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Merrill Lynch Deal to Sell Canada Unit

By Richard D. Hylton

LEAD: Merrill Lynch & Company announced yesterday that it had agreed to sell its Canadian retail securities brokerage business to Wood Gundy Inc., a leading Canadian investment firm.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 3, 1990, covering January 4, 1990.

  1. 1
    Album cover for ...But Seriously by Phil Collins

    ...But Seriously

    Phil Collins

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for Girl You Know It's True by Milli Vanilli

    Girl You Know It's True

    Milli Vanilli

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    42
  3. 3
    Album cover for Storm Front by Billy Joel

    Storm Front

    Billy Joel

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  4. 4
    Album cover for Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

    Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

    Janet Jackson

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  5. 5
    Album cover for Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul

    Forever Your Girl

    Paula Abdul

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    77

Notable Births

Iago Falque

1990Iago Falque, Spanish footballer[†]

Iago Falque Silva is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Raisel Iglesias

1990Raisel Iglesias, Cuban baseball player[†]

Raisel Enrique Iglesias is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Angels. He signed with the Reds as an international free agent in 2014 after defecting from Cuba.

Toni Kroos

1990Toni Kroos, German footballer[†]

Toni Kroos is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, he was known for his vision, pinpoint precision passing, crossing, and set-piece ability. Kroos played mainly as a central midfielder and occasionally played as a defensive midfielder. He is the most decorated German football player, having won 34 trophies over his 17 year career.

Alberto Paloschi

1990Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer[†]

Alberto Paloschi is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie D club Calcio Desenzano.

Notable Deaths

Doc Edgerton

1990Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (born 1903)[†]

Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton, also known as Papa Flash, was an American scientist and researcher, a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is largely credited with transforming the stroboscope from an obscure laboratory instrument into a common device. He also was deeply involved with the development of sonar and deep-sea photography, and his equipment was used in collaboration with Jacques Cousteau in searches for shipwrecks and even the Loch Ness Monster.

Henry Bolte

1990Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (born 1908)[†]

Sir Henry Edward Bolte GCMG was an Australian politician who served as the 38th premier of Victoria from 1955 to 1972. He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the division of Hampden from 1947 to 1972. He is the longest-serving premier in Victorian state history, having been in office for over 17 consecutive years.

Historical Events

1990In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.[†]

The Sukkur rail disaster occurred on 4 January 1990 in the village of Sangi, near Sukkur in Sindh, Pakistan, claiming 307 lives. This makes it the deadliest rail accident in the country's history.

Historical Context for January 4, 1990

In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]