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LEAD: Industrial corporations are reacting with disappointment to the clean-air legislation passed by the Senate on Tuesday. While some companies are resigned to paying the additional expenses, estimated at $20 billion by the Bush Administration, they warn that those costs will be passed on to American consumers.
LEAD: At 5:05 yesterday morning, Ivan F. Boesky became a free man.
LEAD: The House of Representatives today approved and sent to President Bush legislation that for the first time would require the Federal Government to collect statistics on crimes motivated by prejudice based on race, ethnic background, religion or sexual orientation.
LEAD: The president of Bernard M. Baruch College, which operates the nation's largest business school, announced his retirement yesterday amid uncertainty over the school's accreditation.
LEAD: After intense lobbying by the Bush Administration, the Senate confirmed T. Timothy Ryan Jr. today as the top regulator of the savings and loan industry, enabling the Government to resume its seizures of insolvent institutions and moving the giant savings and loan bailout forward.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 4, 1990, covering April 5, 1990.
Bonnie Raitt
Paula Abdul
Janet Jackson
Michael Bolton
Alannah Myles
1990Amer Said Al-Shatri, Omani footballer[†]
Amer Said Al-Shatri is an Omani international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Omani club Mirbat.
1990Alex Cuthbert, Welsh rugby player[†]
Alex Cuthbert is an English-born Welsh rugby union player. Born and raised in Gloucester, he plays on the wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team.
1990Patrick Dangerfield, Australian footballer[†]
Patrick Dangerfield is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Adelaide Football Club from 2008 to 2015. He has served as Geelong captain since the 2023 season.
1990Fredy Hinestroza, Colombian footballer[†]
Freddy Hinestroza Arias is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Colombian club Atlético Bucaramanga.
1990Chen Huijia, Chinese swimmer[†]
Chen Huijia is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
1990Haruma Miura, Japanese actor and singer (died 2020)[†]
Haruma Miura was a Japanese actor and singer. He made his acting debut in the television drama Agri (1997) and rose to popularity after starring in the film Koizora (2007), winning Newcomer of the Year at the 31st Japan Academy Prize. In the following years, Miura notably starred in the third season of Gokusen (2009), Bloody Monday (2009), Naoko (2009), Kimi ni Todoke (2010), Last Cinderella (2013), Boku no Ita Jikan (2013), The Eternal Zero (2013), Attack on Titan (2015), Gintama 2 (2018), and Two Weeks (2019). He also starred as Lola in the Japanese production of Kinky Boots (2016), winning Best New Actor and the Haruko Sugimura Award at the 24th Yomiuri Theater Awards. In addition to his acting career, Miura debuted as a singer in 2019 with the single "Fight for Your Heart."
1990Ismaeel Mohammad, Qatari footballer[†]
Ismaeel Mohammad Mohammad is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a winger for Al-Duhail in the Qatar Stars League and the Qatar national football team.
1990Iryna Pamialova, Belarusian canoeist[†]
Iryna Uladzimirauna Pamialova is a Belarusian canoer. She won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the K-4 500 metres event with Nadzeya Papok-Liapeshka, Volha Khudzenka, and Maryna Litvinchuk.
1990Jakub Sedláček, Czech ice hockey player[†]
Jakub Sedláček is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who currently playing for HC Olomouc of the Czech Extraliga.
1990Sercan Yıldırım, Turkish footballer[†]
Sercan Yıldırım is a Turkish former football player who played as a forward.
1990Género Zeefuik, Dutch footballer[†]
Género Zeefuik is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]