On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: Amid the economic crisis and political reforms in the Soviet Union, sports authorities are straining to preserve a costly system that has made the Soviet Union the leading country in the Olympics for almost 20 years.
LEAD: DON MATTINGLY of the Yankees, instead of waiting a year to become a free agent - but using the leverage of free agency -signs a five-year contract for more than $19 million. At the same time, 274 restricted free agents in the National Football League are eligible to sign with other teams, but not one receives an offer.
LEAD: Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has rebuffed a Soviet suggestion that the Bush Administration's new strategic arms proposal be broadened to include constraints on sea-based missiles.
LEAD: The Administration is considering a significant extension of antitrust laws to strike at American subsidiaries of foreign companies that are found to engage in price-fixing, the carving up of markets and other anti-competitive practices in their home markets.
LEAD: There is a subtle, subversive political force at work in China - economic discontent.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 11, 1990, covering April 16, 1990.
Bonnie Raitt
Paula Abdul
Michael Bolton
Janet Jackson
Alannah Myles
1990Reggie Jackson, American basketball player[†]
Reginald Shon Jackson, nicknamed Big Government and Mr. June, is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played three seasons for the Boston College Eagles before declaring for the 2011 NBA draft, where he was drafted 24th overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Jackson has also played for the Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers, and Philadelphia 76ers. In 2023, Jackson won a championship with the Denver Nuggets.
1990Vangelis Mantzaris, Greek basketball player[†]
Evangelos "Vangelis" Mantzaris is a Greek professional basketball player for Mykonos of the Greek A2 Elite League. He is a 1.96 m tall point guard and shooting guard. He also represents the senior National Basketball Team of Greece internationally.
1990Tony McQuay, American sprinter[†]
Tony McQuay is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 400 meters. He is a member of the 2012 and 2016 United States Olympic teams, winning a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay in 2012 and a gold in the same event in 2016. He is also a two time World Champion in this event.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]