Metro Matters; 15 'Mega-Cities' Joining to Learn From Each Other
By Sam Roberts
LEAD: If you can make it here, the song says, you can make it anywhere.
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On this day
June 25, 1990
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from June 25, 1990
In Canada, An Appeal For Calm
By John F. Burns, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: As anxiety spread among Canadians about a possible push for independence by Quebec, Finance Minister Michael H. Wilson of Canada today appealed to investors in the United States and elsewhere to recognize the ''basic strength'' of the country's economy and not to overreact to the political concerns of the moment.
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Militant Muslims Grow Stronger As Algeria's Economy Weakens
By Youssef M. Ibrahim, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: Shifting his feet nervously, Nasreddin stands in a busy alley, scanning the crowd for a plainclothes policeman who might arrest him or a customer who might buy the decrepit portable cassette player that he is peddling.
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2 More Earthquakes Rock Iran; Rescue Efforts Stall as Toll Rises
By Philip Shenon, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: Two more large earthquakes struck Iran today even as rescue workers continued combing through the rubble left by last week's violent temblor along the Caspian Sea.
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The Emerging Subway-Fare Thief: Frustrated, Irritated or in a Hurry
By Calvin Sims
LEAD: As Elizabeth C. Thomas, a 39-year-old investment banker, entered the IRT subway station at 96th and Lexington on her way to work last week, she discovered that all the turnstiles were broken and that a No. 6 train was pulling into the station.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 20, 1990, covering June 25, 1990.
- 1
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
M.C. Hammer
- Last week
- 1
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- 1
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- 16
- 2
I'm Breathless: Music From And Inspired By The Film Dick Tracy (Soundtrack)
Madonna
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 2
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- 3
- 3
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
Sinead O'Connor
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 12
- 4
Pretty Woman
Soundtrack
- Last week
- 4
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- 4
- Weeks
- 12
- 5
Poison
Bell Biv DeVoe
- Last week
- 6
- Peak
- 5
- Weeks
- 12
Notable Births
1990Andi Eigenmann, Filipino actress[†]
Andrea Nicole Guck Eigenmann, known professionally as Andi Eigenmann, is a Filipino former actress, model, and social media influencer.
Notable Deaths
1990Ronald Gene Simmons, American sergeant and murderer (born 1940)[†]
Ronald Gene Simmons Sr. was an American spree killer and former military serviceman who murdered 16 people, including 14 members of his own family, over a week in December 1987 in Arkansas. The killings, considered the deadliest case of familicide in United States history, occurred at his home near Dover and later at a nearby law office, convenience store, and workplace. Simmons served more than 20 years in the U.S. Navy and Air Force before retiring. He was convicted and sentenced to death, waived all appeals, and was executed by lethal injection in 1990, becoming the first person executed by that method in Arkansas.
Historical Context for June 25, 1990
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]