Historical Events In 1989

Apr 15 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England

Apr 15 Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois

Apr 17 Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros

Apr 23 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker

Apr 24 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China

Apr 16 Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup

Apr 04 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle

Apr 09 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car

Apr 05 Solidarity granted legal status in Poland

Apr 26 Lucille Ball comedienne/actress dies at 78 of a massive heart attack

Apr 04 New York Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yankees beat Twins on opening day 4-2

Apr 14 First Navy ship arrives on scene to assist in Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup

Apr 21 100,000 chinese students gather for quiet protest in Tiananmen Square

Nov 22 US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit

Nov 05 Barry Sadler singer (Green Berets), dies at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn

Nov 22 Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired

Nov 24 Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia

Nov 10 Guerrillas battle with government forces in El Salvador

Nov 23 Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines

Nov 14 CP Rail commences cabooseless train operations.

Nov 27 George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" and"Poor Little Girl"

Nov 10 Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall

Nov 27 US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space

Nov 22 Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and the Moon

Nov 01 Dedication of the National Army Memorial in Anzac Parade, Canberra, by the Governor-General, the Hon Bill Hayden

Nov 09 East Berlin opens its borders

Nov 12 Brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years

Nov 10 East German border guards begin to dismantle parts of the 'Berlin Wall'

Nov 13 Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" &Ou Est Le Soleil"

Nov 10 Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped great word processor but not windows!

Nov 05 Vladamir Horowitz pianist, dies at 85

Nov 01 Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights

Nov 05 US plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup

Nov 16 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops

Nov 27 Colombian jetliner bombed killing 107

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