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LEAD: DAVID EAKIN thought he had left the teaching profession for good 12 years ago. Today, Mr. Eakin, one of fewer than 100 insured chimney sweeps in New Jersey, continues to educate the public - this time in fireplace safety.
LEAD: No doubt back in his old neighborhood in Los Angeles, they are still muttering and rubbing their eyes in disbelief over the fabled, meteoric rise of Harold Warren Moon, one of their own who simply goes by Warren now. But at home he is still known as Harold, and friends remember him as a quiet, shy and polite youth who possessed nice athletic ability but not the flashy skills of so many of his peers.
LEAD: A condominium project in the St. George section of Staten Island that was mothballed by its developers after the 1987 stock market crash is under way again and headed twoard completion in the spring.
LEAD: The acrimony between the Bush Administration and Israel over the recent United Nations resolution on Jerusalem is more than just a passing tiff. It is the culmination of nearly two years of mounting mistrust and personal animosity between leaders in both countries. Oded Eran, the deputy Israeli Ambassador to Washington who ended his tour of duty last week, put it bluntly: ''There has been a massive failure of communication, the likes of which we have not seen between Israel and the United States for a long time.
LEAD: A quarter-century ago, San Jose designated 2,900 acres in the north end as an industrial zone, excluding all other uses save for existing farms and orchards that had not yet been converted to manufacturing, a few small retail areas providing services for local businesses and three mobile-home parks, which were considered temporary.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 17, 1990, covering October 21, 1990.
M.C. Hammer
George Michael
Mariah Carey
Wilson Phillips
INXS
1990Bengali-Fodé Koita, French footballer[†]
Bengali-Fodé Koita is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Sivasspor and the Guinea national team.
1990Mathieu Peybernes, French footballer[†]
Mathieu Philippe Peybernes is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Championnat National club Sochaux. He was a France youth international having earned caps with the under-18 and under-19 teams.
1990Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player[†]
Ricard Rubio Vives is an inactive Spanish professional basketball player. He became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish Liga ACB on 15 October 2005, at age 14. Rubio made his EuroLeague debut on 24 October 2006, a few days after turning 16, making him one of the youngest players to play in the EuroLeague.
1990Kristján Þórður Snæbjarnarson, Icelandic politician[†]
Kristján Þórður Snæbjarnarson is an Icelandic trade unionist, politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, he has represented the Reykjavík South constituency since November 2024.
1990Dany Chamoun, Lebanese engineer and politician (born 1934)[†]
Dany Chamoun was a prominent Lebanese politician. A Maronite Christian, the younger son of former President Camille Chamoun and brother of Dory Chamoun, Chamoun was also a politician in his own right. He was murdered on October 21, 1990 at age 56, along with his family.
1990Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Indian spiritual guru, philosopher and author (born 1921)[†]
Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, also known by his spiritual name Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti, and known as Bábá ("Father") to his disciples, was a spiritual guru, philosopher, social reformer, linguist, author and composer of 5,018 songs mostly in the Bengali language. He founded Ananda Marga in 1955 as a spiritual and social organisation that continues to offer instruction in meditation and yoga and runs numerous social service and disaster relief projects throughout the world.
In 1990, the world population was approximately 5,327,803,110 people[†]