Historical Events In 1989
Feb 12 Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-San Francisco, 80 days 20 hours
Feb 05 Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points
Feb 22 Fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress
Apr 18 Zimbabwe gains independence
Apr 27 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
Apr 10 Intel corp announces shipment of the 80486 chip
Apr 22 Nolan Ryan strikesout his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)
Apr 27 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy
Apr 26 Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany
Apr 30 US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
Apr 05 David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo
Apr 22 Huey Newton black activist, shot dead at 47
Apr 03 Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St Louis at Shea Stadium
Apr 07 NY Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from SD Yacht Club for using a catamaran against NZ. Appeals court eventually overrules
Apr 02 Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage
Apr 09 Entertainment Tonights Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman
Apr 24 Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day"
Apr 15 South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries
Apr 17 Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
Apr 27 Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
Apr 12 Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
Apr 30 Critics Siskel & Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show
Apr 26 AT&T announces NJ's 201 area code will split into 908 & 201
Apr 03 "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for the Bronx
Apr 07 Soviet sub sinks in Norweign Sea, with about a dozen deaths
Apr 11 Philadelphia Flyers' goalie Ron Hextall scores short-handed into an empty net
Apr 23 Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
Apr 10 Intel corp announces shipment of "fast" 80486 chip
Apr 25 Near Coast of Guerrero, Mexico a 6.8 quake killed 3 people, and few injured and some damage at Mexico City
Apr 15 Hu Yaobang general sec of Chinese Commnist Party, dies
Apr 19 Republic Day in Sierra Leone
Apr 05 Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak
Apr 25 Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
Apr 03 51st NCAA Men's Basketball Champion Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 (OT)
Apr 06 President orders DOD to assist in Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup
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