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LEAD: A lawyer who played a major role in exposing corruption in New York City government by disclosing he had paid kickbacks on a city contract has been suspended from practicing law for five years for his part in the scheme.
LEAD: United States and allied naval forces in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf, which will soon constitute an armada of more than 50 major ships, will begin enforcing a blockade on Iraqi commerce within a few days, American officials said today.
LEAD: Only a few hours after Actors' Equity in New York announced its decision to bar Jonathan Pryce from acting in a Broadway production of ''Miss Saigon,'' Mr. Pryce was back on stage here, doing his job in the theater, giving an electrifying performance in the role of his career.
LEAD: FOR generations, hot dogs and beer have been as much a part of the baseball ritual as chewing tobacco and pudgy managers throwing tantrums at home plate. It was inevitable, though, that the food revolution sweeping across the land would scale the walls of the nation's ballparks, threatening to turn our ingenuous national pastime into a food event.
LEAD: Because of the Dominican Day Parade, Madison Avenue will be closed on Sunday from 37th to 56th Streets from noon to 4 P.M.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 8, 1990, covering August 10, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Wilson Phillips
Poison
New Kids on the Block
Madonna
1990Cruze Ah-Nau, Australian rugby player[†]
Cruze Ah-Nau is an Australian rugby union footballer who plays as a prop. He plays for Zebre in the Pro 14 competition. He was a member of the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby Extended Playing Squad. Ah-Nau was previously a member of the Western Force squad during the 2011 Super Rugby season although he didn't make any appearances. He then moved east in 2012 to join Norths in the Shute Shield.
1990Lee Sung-kyung, South Korean model, actress, and singer[†]
Lee Sung-kyung is a South Korean model, actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in television series Cheese in the Trap (2016), The Doctors (2016), Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (2016), Dr. Romantic 2 (2020), Shooting Stars (2022), and Dr. Romantic 3 (2023).
1990Lucas Till, American actor[†]
Lucas Daniel Till is an American actor. His work spans film and television, and his accolades include five Teen Choice Award nominations.
1990The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.[†]
The Magellan spacecraft was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989. Its mission objectives were to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic-aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]