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LEAD: Mental Health Fund Inquiry Hospitals may have diverted to inappropriate uses up to $100 million in Federal funds for mental health, a House subcommittee said. Page A17. Reassurance on Vaccine A large study has found no evidence that whooping cough vaccine causes brain damage or is responsible for seizures in infants.
LEAD: Connecticut's political terrain has undergone two profound changes this month with former Senator Lowell P. Weicker Jr.'s return from retirement to run for governor as an independent and Gov. William A. O'Neill's abrupt announcement that he would not seek re-election.
LEAD: Julio A. Martinez, pressured to resign last December as Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's commissioner of drug treatment, is going back to work at the State Capitol. But not in government, and not as a commissioner.
LEAD: Joseph J. Hazelwood, the captain of the Exxon Valdez, was acquitted today of the most serious charges involving the worst oil spill in United States history, but was convicted of a single charge of misdemeanor negligence.
LEAD: The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee sharply criticized the Defense Department today for spending plans that he said were based on outdated assumptions about the military threats facing the United States.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 21, 1990, covering March 23, 1990.
Paula Abdul
Janet Jackson
Phil Collins
Michael Bolton
The B-52s
1990Jaime Alguersuari, Spanish race car driver[†]
Jaime Víctor Alguersuari Escudero, also known by his stage name Squire, is a Spanish former racing driver, broadcaster and DJ, who competed in Formula One from 2009 to 2011.
1990Mark Barberio, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
Mark Barberio is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Severstal Cherepovets of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Barberio was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the sixth round, 152nd overall, of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
1990Princess Eugenie, English royal[†]
Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank is a member of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of King Charles III. At birth, she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne and is now twelfth. She is the younger sister of Princess Beatrice.
1990Gordon Hayward, American basketball player[†]
Gordon Daniel Hayward is an American former professional basketball player. He played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets, and Oklahoma City Thunder.
1990Robert Zickert, German footballer[†]
Robert Zickert is a German footballer who plays for Chemnitzer FC.
1990John Dexter, English director and producer (born 1925)[†]
John Dexter was an English theatre, opera and film director.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]