15. tammikuuta 1990 oli maanantaina tähtimerkin ♑ alla. Se oli 14 päivä vuodesta. Yhdysvaltain presidentti oli George Bush.
Jos olet syntynyt tänä päivänä, olet 36 vuotta vanha. Viimeisin syntymäpäiväsi oli torstaina 15. tammikuuta 2026, 157 päivää sitten. Seuraava syntymäpäiväsi on perjantaina 15. tammikuuta 2027, 207 päivän kuluttua. Olet elänyt 13 306 päivää tai noin 319 363 tuntia tai noin 19 161 811 minuuttia tai noin 1 149 708 660 sekuntia.
Date: 16 January 1990
LEAD: International A3-13 A state of emergency in Azerbaijan has been declared. The Kremlin ordered troops to help contain ethnic hostilities in the southern Soviet republic. Open armed combat was reported. Page A1 The American spy in Moscow who has been sentenced to death was apparently one of the most important recruits ever to serve American intelligence, U.S.
Date: 15 January 1990
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-11 Violence has erupted in Azerbaijan, the southern Soviet republic, leaving at least 25 people killed in the capital city, Baku. Azerbaijani mobs are reportedly roaming the city's Armenian quarter, committing pogroms and atrocities. Page A1
Date: 16 January 1990
AP
LEAD: Because of slowing orders, the General Electric Company plans to close its factory here for the week of Jan. 22-26, idling nearly 1,700 workers. The factory makes residential electricity meters. The drop in orders reflects slowness in the construction industry, a G.E. spokeswoman said.
Date: 16 January 1990
Reuters
LEAD: Faced with slumping auto sales, the Chrysler Corporation of Canada said it would lay off about 1,000 workers at its assembly plant in Bramalea, Ontario, for five weeks starting immediately. The plant makes the Eagle Premier and the Dodge Monaco. Earlier this month, Chrysler announced it would lay off 1,200 workers at its Jeep plant in Brampton, Ontario, and 2,100 workers at its van plant in Windsor, Ontario.
Date: 16 January 1990
AP
LEAD: Manville International B.V. and the Belgian-based Recticel have formed a partnership to make and market foam insulation products in Europe. Manville International is a subsidiary of the Denver-based Manville Corporation. Recticel is a subsidiary of the Societe Generale de Belgique, which is based in Brussels.
Date: 16 January 1990
Reuters
LEAD: Ecolab Inc., which markets cleaning and maintenance services, repurchased about 1.8 million of its shares for $55.3 million, or $30.75 a share, from the Carlyle Group and its affiliates It said Carlyle had agreed not to buy more Ecolab shares or otherwise try to influence Ecolab. Ecolab said that under its buyback program it had bought back about 2.4 million shares for about $72 million.
Date: 16 January 1990
Reuters
LEAD: The Walt Disney Company's chief executive, Michael Eisner, announced plans to expand Disney's three Florida theme parks and said a fourth would be added during the 1990's. Mr. Eisner declined to provide details about the new park.
Date: 16 January 1990
AP
LEAD: The Union Carbide Corporation said a $470 million settlement for victims of the industrial disaster in Bhopal, India, was binding even though the country's new Government had disavowed it. ''There is simply no basis for overturning it,'' said Joseph E. Geoghan, Union Carbide's vice president and general counsel.
Date: 16 January 1990
LEAD: The leaders of the United Airlines pilots' union said their governing body will meet Jan. 24 to put together an employee stock ownership plan to buy the UAL Corporation, the carrier's parent. The meeting is a day before UAL's board is to receive a recapitalization plan from its bankers.
Date: 16 January 1990
Reuters
LEAD: The Boeing Company said it might give three Japanese aerospace companies a larger share in a new version of its 767 jetliner. ''Boeing continues to have ongoing discussions on an exploratory basis with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries,'' said Dick Schleh, a