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LEAD: The West German Government said today that it would guarantee a bank credit of five billion Deutsche marks, or about $3 billion, for the Soviet Union in an effort to bolster President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's flagging reform program.
LEAD: President Bush entered the political battle over his Administration's handling of the savings and loan crisis today by announcing a plan to send ''teams of razor-sharp prosecutors and auditors'' to pursue and speed hundreds of investigations into savings and loan fraud.
LEAD: The northern spotted owl was formally declared a threatened species today, clearing the way for protection of the ancient forests in which the owls live and setting in motion a plan that could bring further economic trouble to timber towns in the Pacific Northwest.
LEAD: The French will never again have to complain about having oignons (onions) and huitres (oysters) at their pique-niques.
LEAD: Governments should drastically cut the maximum allowable radiation dose for nuclear power plant workers, medical personnel and others exposed in their work, an international commission of experts said.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 20, 1990, covering June 23, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Madonna
Sinead O'Connor
Soundtrack
Bell Biv DeVoe
1990Clevid Dikamona, French footballer[â ]
Clévid Florian Dikamona is a professional footballer who plays for AG Caennaise as a defender. Born in France, Dikamona represents Congo at international level.
1990Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player[â ]
Vasek Pospisil is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Pospisil has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, and No. 4 in doubles. Along with partner Jack Sock, he won the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and the 2015 Indian Wells Masters men's doubles titles. He also reached the quarterfinals in singles at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.
1990Laura RĂ fols, Spanish footballer[â ]
Laura RĂ fols Parellada is a Spanish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She served as the captain for Barcelona, and also represented the club in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
1990Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor, and politician (born 1898)[â ]
Harindranath Chattopadhyay was an Indian English poet, dramatist, actor, musician and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu, the second woman President of the Indian National Congress and first Indian woman to hold the position, and Virendranath Chattopadhyay, an international communist revolutionary. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1973.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[â ]