Το 13 Αυγούστου 1990 ήταν Δευτέρα κάτω από το σύμβολο του αστεριού του ♌. Ήταν η 224 ημέρα του χρόνου. Πρόεδρος των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών ήταν ο George Bush.
Εάν γεννηθήκατε αυτήν την ημέρα, είστε 35 ετών. Τα τελευταία σας γενέθλια ήταν στις Τετάρτη 13 Αυγούστου 2025, 311 ημέρες πριν. Τα επόμενα γενέθλιά σας είναι στις Πέμπτη 13 Αυγούστου 2026, σε 53 ημέρες. Έχετε ζήσει για 13.095 ημέρες ή περίπου 314.293 ώρες ή περίπου 18.857.617 λεπτά ή περίπου 1.131.457.020 δευτερόλεπτα.
Date: 13 August 1990
By John Kifner, Special To the New York Times
John Kifner
LEAD: For a man long known for his caution, President Hosni Mubarak has put himself in a hot seat, at the center of a storm he himself warned could be ''horrifying.''
Date: 13 August 1990
By Jason Deparle, Special To the New York Times
Jason Deparle
LEAD: For the second time in eight months, thousands of soldiers here have said swift goodbyes and answered a President's call to action, leaving behind frightened families who study foreign maps and wonder why their fortunes have suddenly been pitted against those of distant dictators.
Date: 14 August 1990
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A2-11 The embargo on Iraq tightened noticeably when an Iraqi tanker sailed away from a Red Sea port without taking on any crude oil, and two or three other ships failed to land Iraqi-bound cargoes in the Middle East, the White House said. Page A1
Date: 13 August 1990
LEAD: International A2-11 President Bush ordered U.S. forces to block Iraqi oil exports as well as all imports to that country except some shipments of food. The blockade would fulfill the President's threat to halt Iraqi commerce. Page A1 Bush reluctant to call a blockade a blockade
Date: 14 August 1990
Reuters
LEAD: The Ford Motor Company said it would idle its Ford Thunderbird and Mercury Cougar assembly system at its Lorain, Ohio, assembly plant for one week because of a shortage of interior trim materials. The shutdown is effective today. The Thunderbird-Cougar assembly system employs 2,700 hourly employees on two shifts and builds about 5,600 units weekly, Ford said.
Date: 14 August 1990
LEAD: Vornado Inc., the New Jersey real estate developer, said yesterday that it intends to acquire at least $15 million worth of the stock of Alexander's Inc. and perhaps as much as 25 percent of the company's common shares outstanding.
Date: 14 August 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: Andre Danesh, the president of the Allied Financial Corporation, said today that he was in talks to raise funds to acquire control of the Southmark Corporation, the Dallas-based real estate and financial services concern that emerged on Friday from Chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy laws.
Date: 14 August 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: Sears, Roebuck & Company categorically denied a report that its chairman, Edward A. Brennan, had been given an ultimatum by its board of directors last week to shape up the company's sagging retail operations or leave. Crain's Chicago Business reported today that Mr. Brennan had been told at a directors meeting last Wednesday that he had six months to achieve marked improvement in retail profits.
Date: 14 August 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: Sun Microsystems Inc. said it planned to offer 5.9 million new shares of common stock together with about 1.1 million shares to be offered by individual stockholders. Of the shares to be sold, 5.6 million will be offered in the United States by Goldman, Sachs & Company, Salomon Brothers Inc. and Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
Date: 14 August 1990
Reuters
LEAD: USAir Group Inc., the owner of the nation's seventh-largest airline, whose profits have been hurt by industry fare cuts, said it planned to lay off 200 pilots and an unspecified number of other workers. The company, which has hubs at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Charlotte, N.C., said it would announce the layoffs to employees on