Page 12: Historical Events In 1989

Jun 14   Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame.   

Jun 15   Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63   

Jun 15   Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth   

Jun 16   "Ghostbusters II" premiers.   

Jun 16   4 golfers shoot a hole-in-one on the same hole at the US Open are made all on the 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price)   

Jun 17   John Matusek, NFLer (Oak Raider)/actor, dies of a heart attack at 38.   

Jun 17   US beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup.   

Jun 18   Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion.   

Jun 19   Hy Gardner, newspaper columnist, dies at 80.   

Jun 21   Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60), dies at 56.   

Jun 21   Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson remarry.   

Jun 21   Supreme Court rules ok to burn US flag as a political expression   

Jun 22   Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer, dies at 74   

Jun 23   The movie "Batman" premiers.   

Jun 25   inaugural US postmark dedicated to Lesbian and Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)   

Jun 26   Canada updates coins with a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth.   

Jun 26   Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson marry for the 2nd time   

Jun 26   On Hawaii, a 6.1 quake (actually 2 events about 5 seconds apart) results in five people injured slightly, 5 homes destroyed and about 100 homes damaged in the Puna District. Landslides occurred in several places and blocked a road at Honomu   

Jun 27   Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies.   

Jun 28   Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90   

Jun 29   Susan Lucci loses the daytime emmy for 10th straight year   

Jun 30   Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to the UK   

Jun 30   Congressman Lukins are discovered guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl   

Jun 30   NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile and Guam.   

Jun 30   NY State Legislature passes Staten Island seccession bill jul051054 A minor star in the constellation Taurus explodes July 5 in a supernova that is visible by daylight for 23 days and remains visible at night for another 633 days, an event recorded by pictographs in China and in the Western Hemisphere.   

Jul 01   Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad   

Jul 01   NFL owners vote unanimously to form the WLAF.   

Jul 01   William Ching, actor (Moonlighter, Terror in Haunted House), dies   

Jul 03   Andrei Gromyko Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday   

Jul 03   Jim Backus actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia   

Jul 03   Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8 05.39) in Stockholm   

Jul 03   Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions   

Jul 03   The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)   

Jul 04   Federal PC cabinet minister Bernard Valcourt injured while motorcycling; later charged with impaired driving and dropped from the cabinet.   

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Jun 07   Michael joseph tamboli: Eldesburg md, born 01:23:45 pm on 6-7-89   

Jul 13   Sayumi michishige: Japanese singer (morning musume)   

Sep 02   Alexandre pato: Brazilian footballer   

Sep 02   Ishmeet singh sodhi: Indian playback singer   

Dec 29   Nathan forbes: British footballer   

Jan 03   Sergei lvovich sobolev: Russian mathematician (b. 1909)   

Jan 06   Hirohito: Japan`s emperor (1922-89),   

Jan 08   Johnny jordaan: [jan van musscher], dutch folk singer,    

Jan 09   Bill terry: Baseball player (b. 1898)   

Jan 10   Herbert morrison: American radio reporter (b. 1905)   

Jan 13   Joe spinell: Actor (maniac, star crash, strike force),   

Jan 15   Wilf slack: Cricketer (whilst bat in gambia england player 1986),    

Jan 16   Pierre boileau: Screenwriter (vertigo),