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LEAD: While the Bush Administration openly frets over the budgetary burden of confronting Iraq in the Persian Gulf, many economists fear that the military bill will be dwarfed by the indirect costs that result from higher energy prices.
LEAD: While Pete Sampras was playing John McEnroe on center court at the United States Open yesterday, Soterios and Georgia Sampras went to see the movie ''Presumed Innocent'' at a theater not far from their home in Ranchos Palos Verdes, Calif., 30 minutes south of Los Angeles.
LEAD: Brian Downing has changed his several times, once so radically it looked for a couple of seasons as if he were batting against the shortstop instead of the pitcher. He's been a major leaguer for 18 years.
LEAD: With its south transept wall out of plumb, its stonework deteriorating and other architectural features in need of replacement, the Park Avenue Christian Church realized two years ago that a critical moment was at hand. ''We decided it was time to stop doing things piecemeal,'' said the senior minister, the Rev.
LEAD: President Bush and President Mikhail S. Gorbachev arrived in Finland today for a snap summit meeting aimed at shoring up their collaboration against Iraq and coordinating their divergent approaches to the Persian Gulf crisis.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 5, 1990, covering September 9, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Wilson Phillips
Jon Bon Jovi
Mariah Carey
Poison
1990Billy Hamilton, American baseball player[†]
Billy Rayshun Hamilton is an American professional baseball center fielder for the Charros de Jalisco of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Miami Marlins, Minnesota Twins, and Chicago White Sox. The Reds selected Hamilton in the second round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2013. He was originally a switch-hitter until the 2021 season, when he decided to become exclusively a right handed batter after a right oblique strain.
1990Shaun Johnson, New Zealand rugby league player[†]
Shaun Ly Johnson is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who last played as a halfback for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League and New Zealand at international level.
1990Haley Reinhart, American singer-songwriter and actress[†]
Haley Elizabeth Reinhart is an American singer, songwriter, and actress from Wheeling, Illinois. She first rose to prominence after placing third in the tenth season of American Idol. In July 2011, Reinhart signed a recording deal with Interscope Records. Her debut album Listen Up! was released on May 22, 2012, to critical acclaim, and she subsequently became the first American Idol alumna to perform at Lollapalooza.
1990Andrew Smith, American basketball player (died 2016)[†]
Andrew Smith was an American basketball player. He played in two NCAA Final Fours during his career at Butler, as well as professionally for Neptūnas.
1990Jordan Tabor, English footballer (died 2014)[†]
Jordan Benjamin Tabor was an English footballer who primarily played as a left back, but also played as a central midfielder or as a striker in the latter part of his career.
1990Nicola Abbagnano, Italian philosopher and academic (born 1901)[†]
Nicola Abbagnano was an Italian existential philosopher.
1990Samuel Doe, Liberian field marshal and politician, 21st President of Liberia (born 1951)[†]
Samuel Kanyon Doe was a Liberian politician and military officer who served as the 21st President of Liberia from 1986 to 1990. He ruled Liberia as Chairman of the People's Redemption Council (PRC) from 1980 to 1986 and then as president from 1986 to 1990.
1990Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar (born 1930)[†]
Alexander Vladimirovich Men was a Soviet Russian Orthodox Church priest, dissident, scholar of theology and the Bible, and author of works on theology, history of religion, the fundamentals of Christian doctrine, and Orthodox worship.
1990Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.[†]
The 1990 Batticaloa massacre, also known as the Sathurukondan massacre, was a massacre of at least 184 minority Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, including infants, from three villages in the Batticaloa District by the Sri Lankan Army on September 9, 1990. Although the government instituted two investigations, no one was ever charged.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]