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LEAD: Moldavia's Cultural Rebirth As the Soviet region of Moldavia rediscovers its Romanian heritage, minorities feel pressure. Page 14. A Tiny Mosquito's Toll An outbreak of encephalitis, spread by night-flying mosquitoes, is disrupting life in Florida. Page 26. Oakland 9, Boston 1
LEAD: While tennis's 14-year-old phenom, Jennifer Capriati, was off helping the former First Lady Nancy Reagan with her Just Say No anti-drug campaign this weekend in Los Angeles, the sport's establishment was busy figuring out how not to say no to Capriati, who is in some danger of not qualifying for the Virginia Slims Championships next month at Madison Square Garden Only the top 16 female players in the world receive invitations to the event.
LEAD: The Federal Government went out of business today, and it was not immediately clear that everyone wanted it back.
LEAD: When ''Hill Street Blues'' became a hit on NBC in the early 1980's, Steven Bochco, its co-creator, did not figure in the network's efforts to lure viewers: the promotions trumpeted ''NBC's 'Hill Street Blues.' '' In 1986 Mr. Bochco took a small step forward with his next big series, ''L. A. Law,'' which NBC advertised as being ''from the creators of 'Hill Street Blues.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 3, 1990, covering October 7, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
Wilson Phillips
Mariah Carey
Jon Bon Jovi
George Michael
1990Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer[†]
Sebastián Coates Nion is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Uruguayan club Nacional.
1990Beatrice Hutton, Australian architect (born 1893)[†]
Beatrice May Hutton was an Australian architect. On 30 October 1916, she became the first female to be accepted into an institute of architects in Australia. This followed the rejection of earlier female applicants, including Florence Taylor in 1907, on the grounds of being female.
1990Chiara Badano, Italian beatified (born1971)[†]
Chiara Badano was an Italian teenager who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. At age nine she joined the Focolare Movement and received the nickname "Luce" ("light") by the founder Chiara Lubich. When she was 16, she was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma, a painful bone cancer. Chiara died from the cancer on October 7, 1990, after a two-year battle with the disease. She was beatified on September 25, 2010, at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Love in Rome. Her feast day is celebrated on October 29.
1990Grim Natwick, American animator (born 1890)[†]
Myron "Grim" Natwick was an American artist, animator, and film director. Natwick is best known for drawing the Fleischer Studios' most popular character, Betty Boop.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]