Realty Hurts American Express
By Eric N. Berg, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: The American Express Company's dabble into real estate in the 1980's is proving to be one of its biggest blunders.
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On this day
March 12, 1990
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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New Land Panel Has Trouble Gearing Up
By Todd S. Purdum
LEAD: The way New York City governs land, perhaps its most precious commodity, is in quiet turmoil these days, with the Dinkins administration behind schedule in putting in place changes under the new City Charter and developers rushing to act on big projects before the system changes.
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PARLIAMENT IN LITHUANIA, 124-0, DECLARES NATION INDEPENDENT
By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: VILNIUS, Lithuania, March 11 -Lithuania tonight proclaimed itself a sovereign state, legally free of the Soviet Union, and named the leaders of a non-Communist government to negotiate their future relations with Moscow.
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Rostenkowski Presents Plan to Cut Deficit
By Susan F. Rasky, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: In what he described as a budget challenge to his own party and the Bush Administration, the Democratic chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee today called for a combination of tax increases and spending cuts, including a one-year freeze on increases in Social Security benefits.
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G.M. Plans New Link In East Bloc
By Steven Prokesch, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: In the latest in a series of deals by Western car companies in Eastern Europe, the General Motors Corporation announced tentative plans today to form a joint venture in East Germany with Automobil-Werk Eisenach, the bigger of East Germany's two car makers.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 7, 1990, covering March 12, 1990.
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Forever Your Girl
Paula Abdul
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 86
- 2
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
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- 2
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- 1
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- 23
- 3
...But Seriously
Phil Collins
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- 4
- Peak
- 1
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- 15
- 4
Cosmic Thing
The B-52s
- Last week
- 5
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- 4
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- 34
- 5
Girl You Know It's True
Milli Vanilli
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- 3
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- 1
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- 51
Notable Births
1990Dont'a Hightower, American football coach and former player[†]
Qualin Dont'a Hightower is an American football coach and former linebacker who most recently served as the inside linebackers coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He previously played in the NFL for nine seasons with the Patriots. Hightower played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, receiving consensus All-American honors and winning two BCS National Championships. Selected in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Patriots, he was named to two Pro Bowls and won three Super Bowl titles.
1990Marvin Jones, American football player[†]
Marvin Lewis Jones Jr. is an American football wide receiver. He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fifth round of the 2012 NFL draft and has also played for the Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars. He played college football at California.
1990Alexander Kröckel, German skeleton racer[†]
Alexander Kröckel is a German skeleton racer who has competed since 2003. 2007 he joined the German national squad. He won Junior World Championships in 2011 and was second in 2010. 2011–12 Skeleton World Cup he finished 5th.
1990Dawid Kubacki, Polish ski jumper[†]
Dawid Grzegorz Kubacki is a Polish ski jumper. He is a member of the national team and competed at the Winter Olympics in 2014, 2018 and 2022, winning two bronze medals. He is the 2019 World Champion on the normal hill and winner of the 2019-20 Four Hills Tournament, as well as the 2017 World Champion and bronze medal winner at the 2013 World Championships in the large hill team competitions.
1990Irakli Kvekveskiri, Georgian footballer[†]
Irakli Kvekveskiri is a Russian-Georgian football player who plays as a defensive midfielder.
1990Matias Myttynen, Finnish ice hockey player[†]
Matias Myttynen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing for Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
1990Ilija Nestorovski, Macedonian footballer[†]
Ilija Nestorovski is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Croatian club Slaven Belupo and the North Macedonia national team.
1990Milena Raičević, Montenegrin handballer[†]
Milena Raičević née Knežević, is a retired Montenegrin international handballer for the Montenegrin national team.
1990Mikko Sumusalo, Finnish footballer[†]
Mikko Sumusalo is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a defender and captains Finnish Ykkösliiga club KTP. Sumusalo was born in Porvoo, Finland. Sumusalo began his senior club career playing for Klubi-04, before making his league debut for HJK at age 19 in 2009. He can play either leftback or wingback.
Historical Context for March 12, 1990
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]