On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: The world's stock markets have shown remarkable complacency in the face of Tokyo's collapse. After the 1,978.38-point drop in the Nikkei 225-stock index yesterday, the rest of the world's markets fell but did not panic.
LEAD: Jury selection began yesterday in the Bensonhurst murder trial amid signs of the same racial tension that engulfed New York City after Yusuf K. Hawkins was killed in the predominantly white neighborhood last summer.
LEAD: Outside the small, self-contained worlds of Shelly Bridgwater's and Donna Stover's classrooms rages one of the country's most complex and far-reaching desegregation battles.
LEAD: Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. announced yesterday that it will post a loss of as much as $917 million for the first quarter, the largest such deficit in Wall Street history.
LEAD: A committee of Roman Catholic bishops in the United States, revising a major statement on the Catholic Church and women's concerns, has retreated from the liberal tone and content of important sections in a draft issued two years ago.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 28, 1990, covering April 3, 1990.
Paula Abdul
Janet Jackson
Bonnie Raitt
Michael Bolton
Phil Collins
1990Karim Ansarifard, Iranian footballer[†]
Karim Adil Ansarifard is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Iran national team. His playing style and ability have drawn comparisons to Ali Daei and he has been named Daei's "successor".
1990Madison Brengle, American tennis player[†]
Madison Brengle is an inactive American tennis player. Her biggest success came in early 2015 when she reached her first WTA Tour final in January, followed by a fourth round major event appearance at the Australian Open. In May of that year, she reached her career-high singles ranking of No. 35.
1990Sotiris Ninis, Greek footballer[†]
Sotiris Ninis is a Greek professional footballer who most recently played as an attacking midfielder or a right winger for A.E. Kifisia F.C.
1990Natasha Negovanlis, Canadian actress and singer[†]
Natasha Negovanlis is a Canadian actress, writer, producer, and singer. She achieved international recognition for portraying Carmilla Karnstein in the YouTube web series Carmilla (2014–2016) and in the 2017 feature film based on the series.
1990Sarah Vaughan, American singer (born 1924)[†]
Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Critic Scott Yanow wrote that she had "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century".
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]