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LEAD: In August, people come to Saratoga for more than the horses, or the waters (mineral). They come to soak up the romance of the track: Costume balls, tip sheets, barber shop quartets, racing forms, champagne breakfasts at the morning workout, sunshine and a glimpse of Mellons, Vanderbilts and Whitneys being put through their social paces.
LEAD: ''I was always a heavy kid, and there were no clothes for me,'' Saundra Lewis said. ''I would ask my mother for a new dress and she would say, 'We'll have to see about that.' ''
LEAD: The Senate tonight passed the first major campaign finance bill since the Watergate era, a comprehensive package that would bar political action committees from Federal campaigns, infuse public money into Congressional campaigns and offer candidates vouchers for television advertising.
LEAD: A monthly survey released yesterday by the National Association of Purchasing Management indicated a steep decline for the nation's manufacturing economy in July, reversing a three-month growth trend. Economists said the survey gave more credence to assessments that the economy is slowing, perhaps slipping into a recession.
LEAD: The Acura NSX sports car that will be roaring down American roads later in August has swooping lines, a heart-stopping 168-mile-an-hour top speed and a long list of other characteristics that the Honda Motor Company says a competitive ''super car'' should have.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 1, 1990, covering August 2, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Wilson Phillips
New Kids on the Block
Madonna
Soundtrack
1990Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player[†]
Ima Anatolevna Bohush is a retired Belarusian tennis player.
1990Vitalia Diatchenko, Russian tennis player[†]
Vitalia Anatolyevna Diatchenko is a Russian tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 71, achieved on 17 November 2014. On 21 February 2011, she peaked at No. 60 in the WTA doubles rankings.
1990Skylar Diggins-Smith, American basketball player[†]
Skylar Kierra Diggins is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Diggins was drafted third overall by the Tulsa Shock in the 2013 WNBA draft. In high school, she was the National Gatorade Player of the Year and the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year. She played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and led the team to three consecutive Final Fours and two consecutive NCAA championship appearances. She finished her Notre Dame career ranked first in points and steals, second in assists, and as a two-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation.
1990Norman Maclean, American short story writer and essayist (born 1902)[†]
Norman Fitzroy Maclean was an American professor at the University of Chicago who, following his retirement, became a major figure in American literature. Maclean is best known for his Hemingwayesque writing, his collection of novellas A River Runs Through It and Other Stories (1976), and the creative nonfiction book Young Men and Fire (1992).
1990Edwin Richfield, English actor and screenwriter (born 1921)[†]
Edwin Richfield was an English actor.
1990Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.[†]
The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, codenamed Project 17, began on 2 August 1990 and marked the beginning of the Gulf War. After defeating the State of Kuwait on 4 August 1990, Iraq went on to militarily occupy the country for the next seven months. The invasion was condemned internationally, and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) adopted numerous resolutions urging Iraq to withdraw from Kuwaiti territory. The Iraqi military, however, continued to occupy Kuwait and defied all orders by the UNSC. After initially establishing the "Republic of Kuwait" as a puppet state, Iraq annexed the entire country on 28 August 1990; northern Kuwait became the Saddamiyat al-Mitla' District and was merged into the existing Basra Governorate, while southern Kuwait was carved out as the all-new Kuwait Governorate. By November 1990, the adoption of UNSC Resolution 678 officially issued Iraq an ultimatum to withdraw unconditionally by 15 January 1991 or else be removed by "all necessary means" from Kuwaiti territory. In anticipation of a war with Iraq, the UNSC authorized the assembly of an American-led military coalition.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]