Page 15: Historical Events In 1989

Aug 24   Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling.   

Aug 24   Voyager 2 flies past Neptune.   

Aug 25   Gunnar Johnsen Berg, composer, dies at 80   

Aug 25   Voyager 2 makes its closest approach to Neptune (0400 GMT)   

Aug 26   Henk Heidweiller, ambassador of Suriname, dies.   

Aug 26   Trumbull Conn, is inaugural US team since 1983 to win Little League WS   

Aug 27   100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings.   

Aug 29   Off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico a 6.7 quake was felt along the coast of Jalisco. Also felt at Guadalajara and in the southern part of the Mexico City area.   

Aug 30   Joe De Santis, dies at 80   

Aug 30   Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner   

Sep 01   A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51.   

Sep 01   Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti dies of a heart attack at age 51   

Sep 01   Princess Anne and Mark Phillips announce their seperation   

Sep 02   A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51   

Sep 02   Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst   

Sep 03   A Cuban jetliner crashes shortly after takeoff in Havana, killing 152 people.   

Sep 04   Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer/director (Maigret), dies at 86   

Sep 05   Deborah Norville is recorded as becoming news anchor of the Today Show.   

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.   

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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),