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LEAD: The Bank of New England Corporation, which lost more than $1.1 billion last year, said yesterday that it had signed agreements with Federal banking regulators that describe in unusual detail how it will improve its lending procedures and seek to recover its financial health.
LEAD: The State Health Department is starting a campaign calling on all health-care providers in New York to counsel their patients routinely about AIDS and to encourage testing for anyone at risk.
LEAD: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted today to give an operating license to the Seabrook nuclear reactor, the New Hampshire plant that many experts consider the most fought-over nuclear project in America.
LEAD: Tax Victory for Newhouses The family that owns The New Yorker and other media operations won a seven-year, multimillion-dollar battle against the Internal Revenue Service. Page D1. Beirut Fighting Resumes Lebanese troops loyal to Gen. Michel Aoun, the Christian commander, attacked Christian militia forces in East Beirut.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 28, 1990, covering March 2, 1990.
Paula Abdul
Janet Jackson
Milli Vanilli
Phil Collins
The B-52s
1990Rauno Alliku, Estonian footballer[†]
Rauno Alliku is an Estonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Meistriliiga club Flora.
1990Malcolm Butler, American football player[†]
Malcolm Terel Butler is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the West Alabama Tigers. Butler played his first four NFL seasons with the New England Patriots, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2014. In his final three seasons, he was a member of the Tennessee Titans.
1990Luke Combs, American singer-songwriter[†]
Luke Albert Combs is an American country singer. He was born in North Carolina and grew up there, performing as a child. After leaving college to pursue a career in music, he moved to Nashville and released his debut EP, The Way She Rides, in 2014.
1990Tiger Shroff, Indian actor[†]
Jai Hemant Shroff, known professionally as Tiger Shroff, is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. Born to actors Jackie Shroff and Ayesha Dutt, he made his acting debut with the action romance Heropanti (2014), for which he won the IIFA Award for Star Debut of the Year – Male.
1990Nelson Mandela is elected deputy president of the African National Congress.[†]
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]