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LEAD: Peter S. Kalikow, the owner of The New York Post, said last night that he had reached a tentative settlement with the paper's unions that would keep the paper alive. But Mr. Kalikow said the pact was contingent on the Newspaper Guild's approving its part of the deal in a vote of the union's members.
LEAD: In October 1967, when a United States Army patrol was pinned down by enemy fire at Loc Ninh, Pfc. Otis Caldwell volunteered to repel the attack, allowing the wounded to be evacuated and winning a Bronze Star in the process. Now he relies on some of the same instincts honed in distant jungles to try to reclaim the streets and subways that many New Yorkers think have become a war zone.
LEAD: Business is all but nonexistent at the three tattoo parlors in this desert town, which is home to the nation's largest Marine base. The dry-cleaner nearest the base has laid off 15 workers and cut its hours in half.
LEAD: After a massacre of black railway commuters, Nelson Mandela met today with President F. W. de Klerk and said the leader conceded that a ''hidden hand'' appeared to be at work in the violence that has killed nearly 800 South African blacks here and in surrounding black townships in recent weeks.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 12, 1990, covering September 15, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Wilson Phillips
Jon Bon Jovi
Mariah Carey
Poison
1990Oliver Gill, English footballer[†]
Oliver David Gill is an English former footballer who played as a defender for Manchester United. He also played for Bradford City on loan in 2010. He was born in Frimley, Surrey, and is the son of former Manchester United chief executive David Gill.
1990Aaron Mooy, Australian footballer[†]
Aaron Frank Mooy is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He is considered to be one of the great Australian midfielders and one of Huddersfield Town's greatest players in recent decades. Mooy was voted PFA Footballer of the Year a record three times, consecutively, and was nominated for the 2017 Asian Footballer of the Year award. He was named in the A-League Men Team of the Season twice, and was named in the PFA Team of the Year and EFL Team of the Season once. He was voted and named in Australia's Team of the Century.
1990Matt Shively, American actor[†]
Matthew James Shively Jr. is an American actor best known for his role as Ryan Laserbeam on the Nickelodeon television series True Jackson, VP. Beginning in June 2011, he began appearing on two more Nickelodeon shows: Winx Club as Sky and The Troop as Kirby. He co-starred in the ABC television program The Real O'Neals which debuted on March 8, 2016.
1990Megan Stalter, American actress and comedian[†]
Megan Marie Stalter is an American comedian and actress. Stalter is best known for her role as Kayla in the HBO Max comedy Hacks.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]