The April 23, 1990 was a Monday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 112 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 Thursday, April 23, 2026, 73 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, April 23, 2027, in 291 days. You have lived for 13,222 days, or about 317,350 hours, or about 19,041,030 minutes, or about 1,142,461,800 seconds.
Date: 24 April 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The parent of American Medical International Inc. said it had agreed to sell its Swiss operations to Klinik Hirslanden A.G. for 250 million Swiss francs, or about $168 million. American Medical Holdings Inc., which is selling foreign assets to pay down debt, owns four acute-care hospitals in Switzerland.
Date: 24 April 1990
LEAD: The Timken Company, a roller bearings and steel manufacturer based in Canton, Ohio, agreed to acquire the MPB Corporation of Keene, N.H., an aircraft bearings supplier, for $185 million. Timken said that the deal would be financed from existing capital and that it was not part of Timken's $1 billion investment program announced last year.
Date: 23 April 1990
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-11 An American hostage was released into the custody of Syrian Army officers in Beirut. The hostage, Robert Polhill, was seized more than three years ago by pro-Iranian kidnappers. Page A1
Date: 24 April 1990
AP
LEAD: Aquascutum Group P.L.C., the British clothing retailer, has accepted a friendly offer valued at $:73.8 million, or $120 million, from a Japanese clothing company. Renown Inc. offered 200 pence, or $3.26, for each of Aquascutum's 27.3 million special A shares, the companies said. In addition, Renown offered 550 pence, or $8.97, for each of the company's 3.5 million ordinary shares.
Date: 24 April 1990
AP
LEAD: A Federal bankruptcy judge authorized Braniff Inc. to sell its trademarks, flight certificates and operating manuals to a former investor who wants to start his own airline, which will be based in Dallas.
Date: 24 April 1990
LEAD: Despite the interest of outside parties in acquiring it, the Norton Company reiterated in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it would try to remain independent. Advisers to Norton, which is resisting a takeover bid of $75 a share, or $1.64 billion, from BTR P.L.C., a British conglomerate, said the company was still holding talks with third parties interested in taking minority positions.
Date: 24 April 1990
Reuters
LEAD: Premark International Inc., a multinational consumer products company, agreed to acquire the Sikes Corporation, a ceramic tile maker, for about $201 million. Premark will offer $16.40 a share for Sikes's class A shares and $26.78 a share for all class B shares.
Date: 24 April 1990
Reuters
LEAD: The Coca-Cola Company, the world's largest soft drink maker, announced a $140 million investment program to bottle and distribute Coca-Cola in East Germany.
Date: 24 April 1990
By Doron P. Levin, Special To the New York Times
Doron Levin
LEAD: The General Motors Corporation said today that it would close a Pontiac, Mich., truck plant and retool its Linden, N.J., car assembly plant for truck production.