Page 18: Historical Events In 1989

Nov 16   6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops.   

Nov 17   Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies   

Nov 18   Henry de Vries, painter/poet (Toovertuin), dies   

Nov 20   Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71   

Nov 22   Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and the Moon   

Nov 22   Eastern Airlines pilots and flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired   

Nov 22   US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit   

Nov 23   Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines.   

Nov 24   Communist Party steps down in Czechoslovakia.   

Nov 24   Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85   

Nov 25   Frank M Thomas, actor (Behind the Headlines, M'Liss), dies.   

Nov 26   Ahmed Abdallah, president of Comores, dies   

Nov 27   Colombian jetliner bombed killing 107.   

Nov 27   In this year, George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" and"Poor Little Girl"   

Nov 27   US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space   

Nov 28   Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Songs for Life), dies at 91   

Nov 29   Ann Burton, [Anna Rafalowicz], singer, dies at 56.   

Nov 30   Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59.   

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 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   

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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),