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LEAD: Darryl Strawberry began 28 days of treatment for alcohol abuse yesterday, and was portrayed as very subdued and scared at the thought that he stood at a crossroads in his personal life and in his career in baseball.
LEAD: WHENEVER the shot is made, the referee raises both hands, the crowd buzzes a little louder, and 3 points are added to the scoreboard.
LEAD: Even with the sharp increase in interest rates since late December, some credit market analysts say bond yields may need to move higher still in order to attract buyers at the quarterly Treasury auctions that will be held this week.
LEAD: Driven by drug abuse, financial pressures and a growing number of single-parent families, hundreds of thousands of adolescents are running away from or being forced out of their homes every year.
LEAD: Cruising at 37,000 feet near the southern New Jersey coast, neither the crew of Avianca Flight 52 nor its passengers had any apparent reason at 7:40 P.M. on Jan. 25 to worry about reaching their destination safely.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 31, 1990, covering February 5, 1990.
Paula Abdul
Milli Vanilli
Phil Collins
Janet Jackson
Billy Joel
1990Dmitry Andreikin, Russian chess player[†]
Dmitry Vladimirovich Andreikin is a Russian chess grandmaster, World Junior Chess Champion in 2010 and two-time Russian Chess Champion. He won the Tashkent leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2014–15 and finished runners-up in Chess World Cup 2013 and Belgrade leg of FIDE Grand Prix 2022.
1990Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Indian cricketer[†]
Bhuvneshwar Kumar Singh is an Indian international cricketer who has played for the Indian cricket team in all three formats of the game. He is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League and plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he is known for his ability to effectively swing the ball both ways at will. Kumar was a member of the India team that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. He is the first bowler to win the IPL Purple Cap in two consecutive seasons.
1990Jordan Rhodes, Scottish footballer[†]
Jordan Luke Rhodes is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. He will become a free agent when his contract with Blackpool expires on 30 June 2025. Born in England, he represented the Scotland national team.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]