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LEAD: Actors' Equity denied permission yesterday for the English actor Jonathan Pryce to appear on Broadway next spring in the role of the Eurasian pimp that he created in the hit London musical ''Miss Saigon.''
LEAD: The rise in oil prices on world markets slowed yesterday. And prices could steady or even fall, analysts and traders said, if Saudi Arabia raised its production and other exporting nations followed suit.
LEAD: For corporate America and the domestic economy, the sudden rise in oil prices could not have come at a worse time. With the economy already weak, the added drag of sharply higher energy costs is likely to slash corporate profits and push the economy into a recession, many analysts and economists say.
LEAD: By allowing American troops to land on its territory and increasing its oil production, Saudi Arabia tonight proclaimed what it has been reluctant to say openly for decades: that its interests lie with the West.
LEAD: MEN'S fashions were center stage in New York last week as leading designers showed their spring 1991 lines. The dominant message was hang loose. The antidote to the french-cuffed, pin-collared, my-suit-wants-to-eat-you-for-breakfast 1980's seems to be a roomier, slouchier, less uptight Mr. Dude.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 8, 1990, covering August 8, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Wilson Phillips
Poison
New Kids on the Block
Madonna
1990Vladimír Darida, Czech footballer[†]
Vladimír Darida is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Czech First League club Hradec Králové. He represented the Czech Republic national team between 2012 and 2021.
1990Parker Kligerman, American race car driver[†]
Parker Lindsley Kligerman is an American professional stock car racing driver, color commentator for NASCAR on The CW, studio talent for NASCAR on TNT Sports, and pit reporter for NASCAR on NBC. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 75 Chevrolet Silverado RST for Henderson Motorsports, and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship driving the No. 78 Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 for Forte Racing in the GTD class. Kligerman is a former development driver for Team Penske. He has worked for NBC since 2015 as a TV analyst and pit reporter. In 2023, Parker co-founded the motorsports media company "The Money Lap" with Landon Cassill.
1990Aleksandra Szwed, Polish actress and singer[†]
Aleksandra Szwed is a Polish actress television, film, and voice actress. She is also a television presenter, singer, model, fashion designer, and master of ceremonies.
1990Kane Williamson, New Zealand cricket captain[†]
Kane Stuart Williamson is a New Zealand international cricketer and a former captain of the New Zealand national team. On 27 February 2023, Williamson became the all-time leading run-scorer for New Zealand in Test cricket. A right-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler, he is widely regarded as one of the world's best contemporary batsman and the greatest New Zealand captain and batsman of all time. He captained New Zealand to victory in the 2021 ICC World Test Championship final and to the finals of the 2019 Cricket World Cup and 2021 T20 World Cup. He was also a part of the New Zealand squad to finish as runners-up at the 2015 Cricket World Cup and the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
1990Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.[†]
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Jordan to the southwest, and Syria to the west. The country covers an area of 438,317 square kilometres (169,235 sq mi) and has a population of over 46 million, making it the 58th largest country by area and the 31st most populous in the world. Baghdad, home to over 8 million people, is the capital city and the largest in the country.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]