Page 18: Historical Events In 1989

Dec 01   "Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS   

Dec 01   Alvin Ailey, US choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58   

Dec 01   East Germany drops the communist monopoly from its constitution.   

Dec 01   USSR President Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.   

Dec 02   V.P. Singh is sworn in as prime minister of India.   

Dec 03   George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev end summit in Malta.   

Dec 05   John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68.   

Dec 06   Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry), dies at 86.   

Dec 06   Worst Canadian mass murder - man results in the deaths of 14 women at University of Montreal.   

Dec 08   Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies.   

Dec 12   inaugural revenue train runs through the CP Rail 9.1 mile Mount MacDonald Tunnel. This is the longest rail tunnel in the Americas.   

Dec 13   Forced repatriation of Vietnamese in Hong Kong.   

Dec 14   Andrei D. Sakharov, author and Nobel laureate, dies in Moscow at age 68   

Dec 14   Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68   

Dec 14   Movie actor Jock Mahoney (Dallas, Tarzan) dies at age 70   

Dec 15   Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79.   

Dec 15   Panama declares war on the United States.   

Dec 16   Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies   

Dec 18   "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for inaugural time in over 30 years   

Dec 19   American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route   

Dec 19   Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87.   

Dec 20   Audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77   

Dec 20   US troops invade Panama and oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him   

Dec 21   Jan Cikker, composer, dies at 78   

Dec 21   Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25).   

Dec 21   US invades Panama and ousts General Noriega.   

Dec 22   After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu.   

Dec 22   Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83   

Dec 23   Josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82.   

Dec 24   Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at the Vatican embassy   

Dec 25   Barrel Regtien, student leader, dies   

Dec 26   A provisional government takes control of Romania, following the secret trial and execution of President Nicolae Ceausescu   

Dec 26   Lennox Berkeley, composer, dies at 86   

Dec 27   Egypt resumes full diplomatic relations with Syria, after a ten year break   

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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),