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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