Page 16: Historical Events In 1989

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   

Oct 01   Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1000th NFL tackle.   

Oct 01   Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany   

Oct 01   US issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus.   

Oct 02   Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth's 1st female advisor of State, dies   

Oct 03   Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered   

Oct 03   Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails.   

Oct 04   Graham Chapman, comedian (Monty Python), dies of cancer at 48.   

Oct 05   The exiled Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.   

Oct 06   Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81   

Oct 07   Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander   

Oct 09   Penthouse Magazine's hebrew edition hits the newstands   

Oct 09   Tass, the official Soviet news agency, reports that a spaceship, with a crew of three extra-terrestrials, lands in a city park in Voronezh   

Oct 11   Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53.   

Oct 12   Franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51   

Oct 13   Dow Jones down 190.58 points   

Oct 14   Michael Carmine, actor (Batteries Not Included), dies at 30.   

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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),