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In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]
1990Delroy Edwards, American musician[†]
Brandon Avery Perlman, known professionally as Delroy Edwards, is an American electronic music producer and DJ based in Los Angeles. According to AllMusic's Paul Simpson, he produces "gritty, lo-fi house tracks in addition to trippy, abstract mixtapes". He is the owner of the record label L.A. Club Resource and runs the underground hip-hop reissue label Gene's Liquor.
1990Laura Harrier, American actress and model[†]
Laura Ruth Harrier is an American actress and model. She began modeling at the age of 17 after she was discovered by a location scout. She moved to New York City where she continued modeling and was represented by agencies such as IMG Models and Wilhelmina Models. She modeled for various mainstream magazines, appeared in campaigns for Urban Outfitters, Macy's and Steve Madden, and was the face of Garnier. After appearing in several commercials and student films, Harrier decided to pursue acting and studied at the William Esper Studio. She was first recognized for her role as Destiny Evans in the 2013 one-season reboot of the American soap opera One Life to Live.
1990United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.[†]
George Herbert Walker Bush was the 41st president of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as the 43rd vice president from 1981 to 1989 under Ronald Reagan and previously in various other federal positions.
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LEAD: Home care services, adult day care and a host of other programs to aid the disabled elderly are proliferating as more people search for alternatives to traditional nursing homes.
LEAD: A cold wind whistled across Hart Island the other morning. It bent the leafless trees and swamp grass, and sent whitecaps dancing on Long Island Sound.
LEAD: PLANT CITY calls itself the ''Winter Strawberry Capital of the World,'' and Robert E. (Roy) Parke is its undisputed king.
LEAD: IT is being called a vaccine against drug abuse, teen-age pregnancy, welfare dependency and other social ills. But some experts are calling it little more than yet another ''feel good'' approach to life's travails.
LEAD: The leaders of Lithuania marshaled their meager police force to protect government and communications centers here today after Soviet troops seized young Lithuanian army deserters and secured the republic's Communist headquarters early this morning.
LEAD: Help for Bomb Workers The Energy Secretary ordered several changes, including a new post of safety director, to bolster the nuclear weapons industry's monitoring of its employees' health. Page A16. Graves in East Germany Graves of inmates at prison camps established by the Soviet Union after World War II have been found at two sites in East Germany.
LEAD: A lease for the Bronx social club where 87 people died in an arson fire early Sunday shows that the building's landlord was aware that the club was to be used as ''a bar and game room.'' But responsibility for making sure the club complied with the law was left to the club's owner, Elias Colon, who was killed in the fire.
LEAD: Just as housing prices here rose in step with the metropolitan region's economy through the mid-1980's, they are stumbling now that the economy has slowed and businesses are trimming back.
LEAD: The American Express Company reached a final merger agreement with Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. to acquire all of the brokerage's common shares it does not already own, the companies announced yesterday.
LEAD: When not in the field ''wiring up'' undercover operators, Thomas F. Bushery, a special agent with the Internal Revenue Service, spends his days in a studio-like office near the Loop listening through headphones to often incriminating conversations.
LEAD: In a move to spread costs and assure access to European markets, the United Technologies Corporation said yesterday that it would tighten its links to Daimler-Benz A.G., the big West German auto, aerospace and electronics manufacturer.
LEAD: The Supreme Court today upheld the power of the Federal and state governments to restrict corporate involvement in political campaigns.