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LEAD: Soviet troops tried to impose martial law in Azerbaijan today as the country began to debate the causes of a blood bath that seemed both unthinkable and inevitable.
LEAD: Federated Stores Inc., the renamed holding company for the Campeau Corporation's American retailing operations, paid more than $3.74 million in legal and accounting fees as part of its preparations for its bankruptcy filing on Monday, court papers show.
LEAD: Donald Decker, a big truck driver with a fondness for chickens and house cats, first noticed the birds along the slow, muddy waters of the Arthur Kill and mentioned them to a bird-watcher friend.
LEAD: Lingering anxiety among Latin American nations over the American invasion of Panama has forced the Bush Administration to limit a diplomatic mission by Vice President Dan Quayle by putting off trips to Mexico and Venezuela, Administration officials said today.
LEAD: America's oil production suffered its biggest single-year decline ever in 1989, falling by more than half a million barrels a day, the American Petroleum Institute reported yesterday.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 17, 1990, covering January 18, 1990.
Phil Collins
Milli Vanilli
Paula Abdul
Billy Joel
Janet Jackson
1990Gorgui Dieng, Senegalese basketball player[†]
Gorgui Sy Dieng is a Senegalese former professional basketball player currently working as a basketball operations representative with the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals.
1990Hayle Ibrahimov, Ethiopian-Azerbaijani runner[†]
Hayle Ibrahimov is an Ethiopian-born Azerbaijani international middle and long distance track and field athlete, mainly competing in the disciplines of 3000 metres and 5000 metres. He holds the Azerbaijani records in both these events.
1990Brett Lawrie, Canadian baseball player[†]
Brett Russell Lawrie is a Canadian former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, and Chicago White Sox.
1990Nacho, Spanish footballer[†]
José Ignacio Fernández Iglesias, known as Nacho, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or full-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Qadsiah and the Spain national football team.
1990Gift Ngoepe, South African baseball player[†]
Mpho' Gift Ngoepe is a South African former professional baseball shortstop and second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Toronto Blue Jays. In 2017, he became the first South African, and the first native of continental Africa, to reach the Major Leagues.
1990Alex Pietrangelo, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Alexander Pietrangelo is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and alternate captain for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the St. Louis Blues for parts of twelve seasons, captaining the Blues for his final four seasons with the franchise. Nicknamed "Petro", as a junior, he played with the Niagara IceDogs and Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Pietrangelo is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, winning with the St. Louis Blues in 2019 and the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023.
1990Zeeko Zaki, Egyptian-American actor[†]
Zakaria Sherif Zaki, better known as Zeeko Zaki, is an Egyptian-American actor best known for his role portraying Special Agent Omar Adom "OA" Zidan on Dick Wolf's FBI.
1990Melanie Appleby, English singer (born 1966)[†]
Melanie Susan "Mel" Appleby was an English singer best known as one half of the 1980s duo Mel and Kim. They had a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart in March 1987, with the song "Respectable".
1990Rusty Hamer, American actor (born 1947)[†]
Russell Craig "Rusty" Hamer was an American stage, film, and television actor. He portrayed Rusty Williams, the wisecracking son of entertainer Danny Williams, on the ABC/CBS situation comedy Make Room for Daddy, from 1953 to 1964. He reprised the role in three reunion specials and the sequel series, Make Room for Granddaddy, which aired on ABC from 1970 to 1971.
1990Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.[†]
Marion Shepilov Barry was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia, representing as an at-large member from 1975 to 1979, in Ward 8 from 1993 to 1995, and again from 2005 to 2014.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]