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LEAD: DESPITE a sluggish economy and a continuing slump in new-car sales that has prompted heavy discounting by many Long Island automobile dealerships, some new sports cars and luxury sedans are selling at or above their list prices.
LEAD: Someone might have to leave tickets for Jerry Glanville now.
LEAD: In the most ambitious mission undertaken since the Challenger accident four years ago, the space shuttle Columbia is scheduled to be launched tomorrow to rescue and bring back to Earth a bus-size satellite that is slowly falling out of orbit.
LEAD: The Bush Administration's plan to step up military involvement in the war on drugs in Latin America was dealt a setback this week when Colombia balked at a crucial element, the stationing of United States vessels off its coast, Administration officials say.
LEAD: Sales of new homes rose by 9.6 percent in November, the biggest jump in four months, according to the Commerce Department last week. The Northeast and Middle West posted the strongest gains. After months of soft prices and slow sales, do the November figures signal an end to the housing slump? Four experts give their views.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 3, 1990, covering January 7, 1990.
Phil Collins
Milli Vanilli
Billy Joel
Janet Jackson
Paula Abdul
1990Liam Aiken, American actor[†]
Liam Pádraic Aiken is an American actor. He has starred in films such as Stepmom (1998), Road to Perdition (2002), and Good Boy! (2003), and played Klaus Baudelaire in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), based on the series of books. He also starred in the films Nor'easter (2012), Ned Rifle (2014), The Bloodhound (2020), and Bashira (2021).
1990Gentleman Jack Gallagher, English mixed martial artist and wrestler[†]
Oliver Westfield Claffey, better known by the ring name Jack Gallagher and most recently Jack Claffey, is an English mixed martial artist and a former professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed on the NXT and 205 Live brands, mostly under the ring name Gentleman Jack Gallagher.
1990Camryn Grimes, American actress[†]
Camryn Grimes is an American actress.
1990Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper[†]
Gregor Schlierenzauer is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2006 to 2021. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time, having won the Ski Jumping World Cup overall title, the Four Hills Tournament, and Nordic Tournament twice each; the Ski Flying World Cup overall title three times; as well as four medals at the Winter Olympics, twelve at the Ski Jumping World Championships, and five at the Ski Flying World Championships.
1990Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (born 1908)[†]
Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski was a Canadian-American professional football player who was a fullback and defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). Renowned for his strength and size, Nagurski was also a successful professional wrestler, recognized as a multiple-time World Heavyweight Champion.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]