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September 12, 1990

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Headlines from September 12, 1990

Ex-Bush Aide Tells of New U.S. Inquiry

By Jeff Gerth, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: A former Bush aide, whose role in the Government sale of several troubled banks and savings institutions in the Southwest is being investigated, told Congress today that a firm in which he is a partner was the subject of a separate Federal inquiry.

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3 Companies Speed Artificial Skin

By Lawrence M. Fisher, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Three new companies are proceeding to market with products that provide an artificial equivalent of human skin. The products, based on advances in the technology of growing cells in culture, could be used in grafts, as in the treatment of burn patients, or as a substitute for animals in laboratory tests of drugs, cosmetics and chemicals for toxicity or irritation.

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3 Youths Get 5 to 10 Years In Jogger Rape

By Ronald Sullivan

LEAD: Saying they had helped turn Central Park into a ''torture chamber of mindless marauding'' last year, a state judge yesterday sentenced three teen-agers to 5 to 10 years, the maximum term, for their part in the rape of a jogger there.

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Some Uncertainties Remain In Cable Reregulation Bills

By Edmund L. Andrews, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: If enacted into law, the legislation now moving rapidly through Congress to reregulate the cable television industry would impose modest new price regulation and may make it more difficult for cable companies to lock up popular programming through exclusive licensing agreements.

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Morrison Is Democrats' Pick For Governor of Connecticut

By Kirk Johnson, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: United States Representative Bruce A. Morrison, who began his battle to be the Democratic nominee for governor almost a year ago, claimed his victory tonight in a lopsided primary race against a little-known state lawmaker, William J. Cibes Jr. With 99 percent of the vote counted, Mr. Morrison had 65 percent and Mr.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 12, 1990, covering September 12, 1990.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em by M.C. Hammer

    Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em

    M.C. Hammer

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    1
    Peak
    1
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    28
  2. 2
    Album cover for Wilson Phillips by Wilson Phillips

    Wilson Phillips

    Wilson Phillips

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    2
    Peak
    2
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    23
  3. 3
    Album cover for Blaze Of Glory/Young Guns II by Jon Bon Jovi

    Blaze Of Glory/Young Guns II

    Jon Bon Jovi

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    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey

    Mariah Carey

    Mariah Carey

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    4
    Peak
    4
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    12
  5. 5
    Album cover for Flesh And Blood by Poison

    Flesh And Blood

    Poison

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    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8

Notable Deaths

Athene Seyler

1990Athene Seyler, English actress (born 1889)[†]

Athene Seyler was an English actress.

Historical Events

Allied Control Council

1990The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.[†]

The Allied Control Council (ACC) or Allied Control Authority, also referred to as the Four Powers, was the governing body of the Allied occupation zones in Germany (1945–1949/1991) and Austria (1945–1955) after the end of World War II in Europe. After the defeat of the Nazis, Germany and Austria were occupied as two different areas, both by the same four Allies. Both were later divided into four zones by the 1 August 1945 Potsdam Agreement. Its members were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and France. The organisation was based in Schöneberg, Berlin.

1990The Red Cross organizations of mainland China and Taiwan sign Kinmen Agreement on repatriation of illegal immigrants and criminal suspects after two days of talks in Kinmen, Fujian Province in response to the two tragedies in repatriation in the previous two months. It is the first agreement reached by private organizations across the Taiwan Strait.[†]

The Red Cross Society of China is the national Red Cross Society in the People's Republic of China.

Historical Context for September 12, 1990

In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]