Page 13: Historical Events In 1989
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
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 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 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 


Jul 05 Ernesto Halffter, composer, dies at 84 


Jul 05 Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out 


Jul 06 After 9 years, WHOT (Bkln pirate radio station) is busted by the FCC 


Jul 06 Janos Kádár, premier of Hungary (1956-58), dies at 77 


Jul 09 inaugural time Wimbeldon has both men and women's final on same day, Boris Becker beats Stefan Edberg and Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova. 


Jul 10 Mel Blanc voice of cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny), dies at 81 


Jul 10 Mel Blanc, cartoon voice (Warner Bros cartoons), dies at 81. 


Jul 11 Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82 


Jul 11 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts the All Star Game. 


Jul 11 Sir Laurence Olivier acting great, dies at 82. 


Jul 12 NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA) 


Jul 13 Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran Kurds leader, murdered. 


Jul 14 The 16th James Bond movies "License to Kill" premiers 


Jul 16 Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81 


Jul 17 In this year, Paul McCartney releases "This One" 


Jul 18 Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35. 


Jul 18 Rebecca Schaeffer actress (My Sister Sam) is shot by a fan at 21 


Jul 19 Carl-Heinz Schroth, dir/actor (Strafverteidiger), dies at 87. 


Jul 19 General Jaruzelski appointed President of Poland. 


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