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LEAD: Olympia & York, one of North America's largest and also most secretive developers, is seeking to sell an interest in its American holdings. The move by the Toronto-based giant was seen on Wall Street as a way for the company to hedge its position in troubled American real estate markets and to raise cash for its huge but unfinished Canary Wharf development in London.
LEAD: President Wojciech Jaruzelski notified Parliament today that, as expected, he would step down shortly, paving the way for general elections to choose his successor.
LEAD: Mitsubishi and Daimler-Benz said today that they were exploring several joint ventures, including making cars in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, producing computer chips, jet airplanes, high-speed trains and refrigerators.
LEAD: Pan American World Airways Inc. said yesterday that it would eliminate 2,500 jobs, or 8.6 percent of its work force, by next month. The layoffs, which include managers and other employees, are the most visible sign yet of the weakening condition of the nation's airline industry.
LEAD: Jeanette Ferrante got her first one in 1975 as a 15th anniversary present from her mother. It was the ''For Father'' figurine, perhaps not the wisest possible choice, but who can understand why mothers do what they do?
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 19, 1990, covering September 20, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Wilson Phillips
Jon Bon Jovi
Mariah Carey
Bell Biv DeVoe
1990Ken Giles, American baseball player[†]
Kenneth Robert Giles is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, and Seattle Mariners.
1990Carlos Hyde, American football player[†]
Carlos Hyde is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft.
1990Donatas Motiejūnas, Lithuanian basketball player[†]
Donatas Motiejūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for AS Monaco Basket of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. He was drafted 20th overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves before going on to win the 2012 Polish Basketball League championship with Asseco Prokom Gdynia. After spending four seasons with the Houston Rockets from 2012 to 2016, Motiejūnas joined the New Orleans Pelicans in January 2017.
1990Phillip Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Phillip LaDon Phillips Jr. is an American singer-songwriter who rose to fame after winning the eleventh season of American Idol in 2012. His coronation song, "Home", became the best-selling coronation song in American Idol history.
1990John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player[†]
John Tavares is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and alternate captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). In the 2009 NHL entry draft, he was selected first overall by the New York Islanders, for whom he played nine seasons and served as captain for five seasons. He also served as the captain of the Maple Leafs from 2019 through 2024.
1990South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.[†]
South Ossetia, officially the Republic of South Ossetia or the State of Alania, is a landlocked country in the South Caucasus with partial diplomatic recognition. It has an officially stated population of just over 56,500 people (2022), who live in an area of 3,900 square kilometres (1,500 sq mi), with 33,000 living in the capital city, Tskhinvali.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]