The February 1, 1990 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♒. It was the 31 day of the year. President of the United States was George Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 36 years old. Your last birthday was on the Sunday, February 1, 2026, 149 days ago. Your next birthday is on Monday, February 1, 2027, in 215 days. You have lived for 13,298 days, or about 319,154 hours, or about 19,149,259 minutes, or about 1,148,955,540 seconds.
Date: 01 February 1990
AP
LEAD: Detectives staked out a newspaper box and arrested three people for taking more copies than they paid for, the authorities said today. The stakeout on Tuesday was requested by The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette because of an increase in complaints of thefts. Each of the three people arrested was offered a choice of being charged with retail theft or enrolling in a $50 course on the evils of shoplifting.
Date: 02 February 1990
By Bernard Goldberg
Bernard Goldberg
LEAD: The press is always in the cross hairs of somebody's shotgun.
Date: 01 February 1990
By Celestine Bohlen, Special To the New York Times
Celestine Bohlen
LEAD: From poet to peasant, Rumanians who want to vent disappointment with the way things are going these days are turning increasingly to Romania Libera, the only major newspaper to take an adversarial role against the ruling Council of National Salvation.
Date: 01 February 1990
By Maureen Dowd, Special To the New York Times
Maureen Dowd
LEAD: For the White House, the State of the Union Message was just another golden opportunity to play hide-and-seek.
Date: 02 February 1990
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-14 A program for German reunification was presented by East German Prime Minister Hans Modrow. He put foward the plan as a personal concept. Page A1
Date: 01 February 1990
LEAD: International A3-15 The State of the Union address, President Bush's first, called for sharp new reductions in Soviet and United States troop deployments in Europe. Page A1 Troop proposal tries to catch up with Europe's changes A12 Plans for troop cuts are praised on Capitol Hill
Date: 01 February 1990
LEAD: Northwest Airlines, the carrier owned by NWA Inc., said it would invest $422 million in the next five years to upgrade its service. Frederic V. Malek, president of the carrier, which was acquired last year by a group headed by Alfred A. Checchi, said four areas would be worked on: performance, cleanliness, trouble-free customer experience and employee attitude.
Date: 02 February 1990
Reuters
LEAD: Imperial Oil Ltd. has agreed to sell the Atlantic assets of Texaco Inc.'s Canadian division to meet competition concerns raised by an antitrust tribunal last week, an antitrust official said. The quasi-judicial Competition Tribunal ruled last week that Imperial's $5 billion (Canadian) takeover of Texaco Canada Inc.
Date: 02 February 1990
AP
LEAD: Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. agreed to pay Massachusetts $1 million in a settlement announced today, the latest settlement arising from the Wall Street firm's guilty plea to securities fraud charges.
Date: 01 February 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The Northrop Corporation said today that it had agreed to sell two office buildings, one of which houses its corporate headquarters, and another 53-acre site. The price of the sales is more than $250 million.