Page 13: Historical Events In 1989

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   

Jul 19   United flight 232 crashes in Iowa   

Jul 21   Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors.   

Jul 21   In this year, Greg LeMond (US) claims Tour de France in quickest time   

Jul 21   Mike Tyson TKOs Carl "the Truth" Williams in 1 33 of inaugural round   

Jul 23   FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC and CBS for inaugural time (America's Most Wanted)   

Jul 23   Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas.   

Jul 24   Ernest Morrison, actor (Peggy Does Her Darndest), dies.   

Jul 28   Jeff Richards, actor (Don't Go Near the Water), dies at 66   

Aug 01   John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52.   

Aug 01   NASA confirmed Voyager 2's discovery of 3 more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24.   

Aug 03   Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river.   

Aug 05   Ralph Meeker, actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Gentle Giant), dies at 68   

Aug 06   Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8   

Aug 06   Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern Airlines picket lines.   

Aug 07   Mickey Leland, (Rep-D-Tx), and 15 others dies in plane crash in Ethiopia   

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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),