On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 23, 1990, covering May 25, 1990.
Sinead O'Connor
M.C. Hammer
Heart
Janet Jackson
Michael Bolton
Soundtrack
Bell Biv DeVoe
Bonnie Raitt
Depeche Mode
Public Enemy
1990Bo Dallas, American wrestler[†]
Taylor Michael Rotunda is an American professional wrestler. As of January 2023, he is signed to WWE where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring names Bo Dallas and his alter ego Uncle Howdy and is the leader of The Wyatt Sicks faction. Rotunda is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather Blackjack Mulligan, his father Mike Rotunda, his uncles Barry and Kendall Windham, and his brother Bray Wyatt were professional wrestlers.
1990Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player[†]
Nikita Vasilyevich Filatov is a Russian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Prior to 2012, Filatov played in North America for the Ottawa Senators and Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL).
1990Vic Tayback, American actor (born 1930)[†]
Victor Tayback was an American actor. He was best known for his role as diner owner Mel Sharples on the television sitcom Alice (1976–1985), as well as his multiple guest appearances on The Love Boat (1977–1987). The former earned him two consecutive Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
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LEAD: President Mikhail S. Gorbachev said today that Lithuania could be independent in two years if the republic suspended its declaration of independence, Lithuanian officials said tonight.
LEAD: The Soviet Prime Minister detailed the Kremlin's plan for a ''regulated market economy'' that has little to do with market principles. Page A8.
LEAD: People worry that America doesn't produce anything useful. Trade deficits persist, savings and loans fail, junk-bond wizards can afford $600 million fines. Yet there's a bright spot: The economy still churns out world-class shoppers.
LEAD: Pierre Andre Rinfret, the almost certain Republican candidate for governor of New York, has little state governmental and political experience but could be an oratorical match for Gov. Mario M. Cuomo on the stump, many economists and business executives agreed yesterday.
LEAD: A Japanese supercomputer has for the first time taken the title of the world's fastest single-processor computer, according to a study released yesterday by a researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, an Energy Department research center.
LEAD: Congress Backs Latin Aid The Congress gave final approval to an emergency spending bill that includes $720 million for Panama and Nicaragua. Page A3. Noriega Deal Collapses In a setback to prosecutors, a judge said the Government's financing of Manuel Antonio Noriega's defense would be illegal.
LEAD: In the Kremlin corridors where the apprentices of the new Soviet politics roam, the question of questions today was why Mikhail S. Gorbachev, the putative master pol, seemed to be almost recklessly courting public rejection.
LEAD: The General Motors Corporation did not grow into the world's No. 1 auto maker by thinking small or bucking the economies of assembly-line manufacturing. But G.M. has been trying to do both at the factory that assembles the Buick Reatta coupe, and G.M. executives now seem pleased enough with the result to consider using the system for other models.
LEAD: SPRING, rarely a season to dally in New York, has already come and gone, as the arrival of Memorial Day weekend heralds the season of beaches, barbecues and sweltering streets. During the next few days, the coming of summer will be duly noted with fireworks, outdoor concerts, fairs and parades throughout the city.
LEAD: President Bush vetoed legislation today that would continue the Federal subsidy for Amtrak, the national passenger railroad system, saying he objected to a provision that would subject certain takeovers of freight railroad lines to Government review.
LEAD: President Bush indicated today that he would withhold normal trade status from the Soviet Union as long as the Lithuanian question remained unresolved. At the same time he confirmed that he was renewing such economic benefits for China despite Beijing's hard-line policies.