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LEAD: The New Jersey Casino Control Commission unanimously, if somewhat reluctantly, approved a bank loan package yesterday to help rescue Donald J. Trump's real estate and gambling empire.
LEAD: Federal regulators today approved what once might have seemed unthinkable -guidelines for giving away property the Government has seized from the wreckage of the savings industry.
LEAD: Iraq called today for negotiations on ending the Persian Gulf crisis, but did not offer to pull its troops out of Kuwait. The White House quickly responded that no talks were possible until Iraq unconditionally carried out the United Nations demand that it withdraw its forces from Kuwait.
LEAD: To fill gaps in the United States military buildup in the Persian Gulf region, President Bush on Wednesday is expected to order a mobilization of reserves that will initially place about 40,000 Americans on active duty, Administration officials said today.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 22, 1990, covering August 22, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Wilson Phillips
Poison
Mariah Carey
Anita Baker
1990Randall Cobb, American football player[†]
Randall Ladonald Cobb II is an American former professional football wide receiver who played 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats, earning All-American honors in 2010. Cobb was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 2011 NFL draft. He also played one season each for the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, and New York Jets.
1990Drew Hutchison, American baseball player[†]
Andrew Scott Hutchison is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers.
1990Robbie Rochow, Australian rugby league player[†]
Robbie Rochow is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a second-row forward in the 2010s.
1990Adam Thielen, American football player[†]
Adam John Thielen is an American professional football wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Minnesota State Mavericks and signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2013, playing for them for ten seasons. Thielen holds several NFL records, including eight straight games over 100+ yards receiving, and 74 receptions in the first half of a season.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]