A 1990. október 17. egy szerda volt a ♎ csillagjegy alatt. Ez volt az év 289 napja. Az Egyesült Államok elnöke George Bush volt.
Ha ezen a napon születtél, akkor 35 éves vagy. Az utolsó születésnapod 2025. október 17., péntek, 261 napja volt. A következő születésnapod 2026. október 17., szombat napon lesz, 103 nap múlva. 13 045 napot élt, vagy körülbelül 313 093 órát, vagy körülbelül 18 785 592 percet vagy körülbelül 1 127 135 520 másodpercet.
Date: 17 October 1990
AP
LEAD: Reacting to the recent national controversy over female sportswriters in locker rooms, a New Jersey legislator proposed today to prohibit all news media interviews for 30 minutes after the conclusion of sporting events.
Date: 17 October 1990
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-15 A slower pace for economic reform in the Soviet Union was endorsed by President Gorbachev in a compromise program for dismantling the state's economic monopoly he sent to the Soviet Parliament. Page A1
Date: 17 October 1990
Reuters
LEAD: The Swedish auto maker Volvo A.B. said it wanted to cut production of its main large models by about 7 percent, or 18,200 cars, in 1991 from this year's level because of declining sales forecasts. A Volvo spokesman said the cuts would be in the 700 and 200 series, while production of the new 900 series would continue as planned.
Date: 18 October 1990
ABC News announced yesterday that it would close three news bureaus in the United States and lay off or reassign 12 staff members on Dec. 31. An ABC News spokesman said the decision was made in reaction to rising costs of covering news, especially the Persian Gulf crisis, and a low demand for television advertising this fall. ABC will be closing its offices in Chicago, Boston and Dallas, said the spokesman, Scott Richardson. The network is to maintain small reporting staffs in those cities, but they will be reporting from their homes or from the local ABC station, he added. Mr. Richardson said six people in Chicago, four in Boston and two in Dallas are to have their work status changed.
Date: 17 October 1990
AP
LEAD: Caterpillar Inc. plans to sell 212 earth-moving machines to the Romanian Government for use in coal mining. Caterpillar released few details, but an analyst said the deal could be worth $50 million.
Date: 17 October 1990
AP
LEAD: A Federal judge today acquitted three former Sundstrand Corporation executives of wrongdoing in a scheme by the aerospace contractor to defraud the Pentagon.
Date: 18 October 1990
AP
LEAD: Ames Department Stores Inc., the ailing discount chain that filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, said it would lay off 250 corporate employees and close offices in West Hartford and Syracuse. The company said it had eliminated 200 corporate positions through attrition over the last four months.
Date: 18 October 1990
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: Abdullah Taha Bakhsh, a Saudi Arabian investor, has acquired a 9.6 percent stake in the Worthen Banking Corporation, a bank holding company based in Little Rock, Ark. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Bakhsh said he had purchased the Worthen stock only as an investment. Curt Bradbury, Worthen's chairman and chief executive, said he welcomed Mr.
Date: 17 October 1990
AP
LEAD: The Brazilian airline Varig has placed orders for as many as 26 Boeing aircraft in a deal valued at up to $2.6 billion, the Boeing Commercial Airplane Group said. The order came a day after United Airlines placed what could be the largest commercial aircraft order in history: $22 billion for as many as 128 planes.