Historical Events In 1989

Feb 10   On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Feb 11   In the year 1989 barbara Clementine Harris consecrated first female bishop (Episcopalian)  

Feb 11   George O'Hanlon, actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71 in the year 1989.  

Feb 11   In the year 1989 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary  

Feb 12   5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel in the year 1989.  

Feb 12   Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-San Francisco, 80 days 20 hours in the year 1989.  

Feb 12   US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman in the year 1989.  

Feb 13   In the year 1989 kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed  

Feb 13   Oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison on this day in history.  

Feb 13   Salvadoran army attacks Encuentros hospital, rapes, kills patients in the year 1989.  

Feb 14   African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam in the year 1989.  

Feb 14   In the year 1989 iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1 million-$3 million bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses"  

Feb 14   On this day in history robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dominican Republic  

Feb 14   Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million damages for Bhopol disaster in the year 1989.  

Feb 14   On this day in history world's first satellite Skyphone opens  

Feb 15   Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt in the year 1989.  

Feb 15   On this day in history soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends  

Feb 15   On this day in history the last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan, ending nine years of military involvement.  

Feb 16   Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market in the year 1989.  

Feb 16   On this day in history jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage  

Feb 16   In the year 1989 william Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia  

Feb 17   Lefty Gomez, pitching great (NY Yankees), dies at 80 in the year 1989.  

Feb 19   Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 20   On this day in history total eclipse of the Moon  

Feb 21   In the year 1989 pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling  

Feb 21   In the year 1989 uS bust Chinese heroin ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 billion street value)  

Feb 22   31st Grammy Awards Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman in the year 1989.  

Feb 22   In the year 1989 fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress  

Feb 22   New York Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50) in the year 1989.  

Feb 22   On this day in history the first Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)  

Feb 22   UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud" in the year 1989.  

Feb 22   US authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals" in the year 1989.  

Feb 24   150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found on this day in history.  

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Jun 07   In the year 1989 birth of michael Joseph Tamboli, Eldesburg Md, born 01:23:45 PM on 6-7-89  

Jul 13   On this day in history birth of sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)  

Sep 02   On this day in history birth of alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer  

Sep 02   In the year 1989 birth of ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)  

Dec 29   Nathan Forbes, British footballer was born in the year 1989.  

Jan 03   On this day in history death of sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)  

Jan 06   In the year 1989 hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign  

Jan 08   Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Bill Terry, baseball player (b. 1898) died in the year 1989.  

Jan 10   In the year 1989 death of herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)  

Jan 13   On this day in history joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51  

Jan 15   Wilf Slack, cricketer (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies on this day in history.  

Jan 16   On this day in history pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82