Historical Events In 1989
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Jan 16 On this day in history police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague
Jan 16 Three days of riots begin in Miami after a police officer shoots and kills a black motorcyclist, which also claims the life of the passenger in the ensuing crash on this day in history.
Jan 16 On this day in history uSSR announces plan for 2-year manned mission to Mars
Jan 17 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach on this day in history.
Jan 17 Five children are shot to death at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, by a gunman who then kills himself in the year 1989.
Jan 17 Gunman opens fire in California schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded in the year 1989.
Jan 17 Murden & Metz are first women to reach South Pole overland (on skis) on this day in history.
Jan 17 Sterling A Brown, US poet/critic (Southern Road), dies at 87 on this day in history.
Jan 18 On this day in history astronomers discover pulsar in remnants of Supernova 1987A (LMC)
Jan 18 Bruce Chatwin, British writer, dies at 49 on this day in history.
Jan 18 Candace Thomas marries Steve Garvey in the year 1989.
Jan 18 On this day in history iBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988
Jan 18 On this day in history otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations & Stevie Wonder inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Jan 18 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup in the year 1989.
Jan 19 Norma Varden, actress (Loose in London), dies in the year 1989.
Jan 19 President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon in the year 1989.
Jan 20 In the year 1989 beatrice Lillie, actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 94
Jan 20 Bush inaugurated as 41st President & Quayle becomes 44th Vice President in the year 1989.
Jan 20 On this day in history wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket first ball in 1st-class cricket
Jan 21 In the year 1989 a woman is assaulted & raped in the room of an Oklahoma football player
Jan 21 On this day in history in St John's Newfoundland Tory Brian Peckford resigns after 10 years as Newfoundland Premier; replaced by Clyde Wells after election
Jan 22 In Tajikistan a 5.3 earthquake occured, two hundred seventy-four people killed, many injured, extensive damage (VII) and mudslides in the Gissar area on this day in history.
Jan 23 On this day in history challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court
Jan 23 Surrealist painter Salvador Dali dies at age 84 in the year 1989.
Jan 24 Serial killer Ted Bundy is put to death in Florida's electric chair on this day in history.
Jan 24 Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42 in the year 1989.
Jan 24 On this day in history the first reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex
Jan 26 On this day in history aT&T reports first loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988
Jan 26 In the year 1989 paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies
Jan 26 In the year 1989 test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs West Indies, Sydney
Jan 26 US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus in the year 1989.
Jan 27 On this day in history german war criminals Fischer &Austrian der Fünten freed
Jan 27 Oklahoma's linebacker, Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Oklahoma grad student in the year 1989.
Jan 28 46th Golden Globes Rain Man, Working Girl in the year 1989.
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