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LEAD: New television services that capitalize on computer technology are beginning to allow viewers to become more involved in what they watch, either by controlling what is seen on the screen or by becoming armchair participants in game shows or sporting events.
LEAD: The Internal Revenue Service has sharply increased its audits of foreign banks that do business in the United States, after finding that many paid little or no income tax in the mid-1980's.
LEAD: If Jim Florio is the imperial Governor of New Jersey, then Douglas Berman, his 37-year-old State Treasurer, is both his keeper of the vault and the chief of the palace guard.
LEAD: After a raucous final round in which many of the game's best players fired and fell back, the 90th United States Open will elevate either Hale Irwin to all-time great or Mike Donald to all-time great grinder.
LEAD: Hundreds of thousands of jobs, once performed creditably without a college degree, are going to college graduates today as employers take advantage of an oversupply of them.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 13, 1990, covering June 18, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Sinead O'Connor
Madonna
Soundtrack
Heart
1990Luke Adam, Canadian ice hockey player[ā ]
Luke Adam is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and captain for the Tahoe Knight Monsters of the ECHL. He most recently played with HC '05 BanskĆ” Bystrica of the Slovak Extraliga (Slovak). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres and Columbus Blue Jackets. Adam was drafted by Buffalo in the second round, 44th overall, in the 2008 NHL entry draft.
1990Sandra IzbaČa, Romanian gymnast[ā ]
Sandra Raluca IzbaČa is a retired artistic gymnast from Romania. She is a double Olympic champion, having won the floor event at the 2008 Olympics and vault at the 2012 Olympics. She is also a winner of two Olympic bronze medals and multiple World Championship and European Championship medals.
1990Derek Stepan, American ice hockey player[ā ]
Derek Kenneth Stepan is an American former professional ice hockey center who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Arizona Coyotes, Ottawa Senators and Carolina Hurricanes. Stepan was drafted by the Rangers in the second round, 51st overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
1990Christian Taylor, American triple jumper[ā ]
Christian Taylor is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the triple jump and has a personal record of 18.21Ā m, which ranks 2nd on the all-time list.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[ā ]