Page 15: Historical Events In 1989

Sep 06   Amateur Atheletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records.   

Sep 09   Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratalova for the US Open championship.   

Sep 09   Tim Hovey, actor (Slim Carter, Man Afraid), dies of a drug overdose   

Sep 10   Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship.   

Sep 10   East Germans begin their flight to the west (via Hungary and Czech)   

Sep 10   Hungary opens its borders to the West, allowing thousands to leave East Germany.   

Sep 10   Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered.   

Sep 12   Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37   

Sep 13   Fay Vincent succeeds the late A. Bartlett Giamatti as commissioner of Major League Baseball   

Sep 13   Yamada Koun, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies at 82.   

Sep 14   Calgary Flames become inaugural NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2.   

Sep 14   Edwin McLeod, cricketer (one Test for NZ), dies.   

Sep 15   Harry Cave, cricketer (New Zealand captain 1955-56), dies   

Sep 16   Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher   

Sep 17   Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62.   

Sep 17   Jay Stewart, annoucer on Lets Make a Deal, commits suicide   

Sep 17   NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision and returns America's Cup back to the US (from New Zealand).   

Sep 18   Hungary begins transition to a Western style democracy.   

Sep 18   Hurricane Hugo leads to extensive damage in Puerto Rico   

Sep 19   Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after NY Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran)   

Sep 19   Chase Manhattan Discovery Center at Brooklyn Botanic Garden opens.   

Sep 19   Guido de Moor, actor (Flanagan, Because of the Cats), dies   

Sep 19   Vietnamese troops withdraw from Cambodia.   

Sep 21   F Fischer, German war criminal (4, Two of Breda), dies   

Sep 21   Hurricane Hugo bashes Charleston, SC, with winds of up to 135 miles per hour, causing an estimated $8 billion in damage   

Sep 21   Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki   

Sep 22   After Hurricane Hugo, Sailors and Marines provide assistance to Charleston, SC, through 10 October.   

Sep 22   Irving Berlin, composer (God Bless America), dies at 101   

Sep 26   Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome.   

Sep 27   Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash.   

Sep 28   Ferdinand E Marcos, president of Philippines (1965-86), dies at 72.   

Sep 29   A A Busch Jr, brewer/baseball owner (St Louis Cards), dies at 90   

Sep 30   NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii and Ascension.   

Sep 30   Virgil Thomson, US composer/critic (4 saints in 3 acts), dies at 92.   

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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),