Page 14: Historical Events In 1989
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
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 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 02 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 


Aug 11 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers 


Aug 11 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" premiers 


Aug 11 John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies 


Aug 11 Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune 


Aug 13 Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS. 


Aug 13 US space shuttle STS-28 lands. 


Aug 15 F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies 


Aug 16 Amanda Blake, actress (Gunsmoke), dies at 58. 


Aug 18 Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies 


Aug 19 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected inaugural non-communmist president of Poland 


Aug 20 In Ethiopia a 6.3 earthquake killed 2, injured 2 and damage and rockslides caused in the Galafi-Yoboki area 


Aug 21 Fifty-one people drown in the River Thames, London when a dredger rams the pleasure cruiser Marchioness. 


Aug 21 Soviet Union reveals deadliest weapon in its air force arsenal, needle-nosed bomber that NATO calls the Blackjack. 


Aug 21 Voyager 2 begins a flyby of the planet Neptune. 


Aug 22 The inaugural complete ring around Neptune discovered 


Aug 23 Helen le Clerq, Dutch dancer, dies. 


Aug 24 Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti. 


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