Page 2: Historical Events In 1989

Jan 16   Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82   

Jan 16   Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague.   

Jan 16   USSR announces plan for 2-year manned mission to Mars.   

Jan 17   Five children are shot to death at Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, by a gunman who then results in the deaths of himself   

Jan 17   Gunman opens fire in California schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded.   

Jan 17   In this year, Al Arbour claims his 600th NHL game as coach   

Jan 17   Murden and Metz are inaugural women to reach South Pole overland (on skis)   

Jan 17   Sterling A Brown, US poet/critic (Southern Road), dies at 87.   

Jan 18   Astronomers discover pulsar in remnants of Supernova 1987A (LMC).   

Jan 18   Bruce Chatwin, British writer, dies at 49   

Jan 18   Candace Thomas marries Steve Garvey   

Jan 18   IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988.   

Jan 18   Otis Redding, Dion, Rolling Stones, Temptations and Stevie Wonder inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame   

Jan 18   West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup.   

Jan 19   Norma Varden, actress (Loose in London), dies   

Jan 19   President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon.   

Jan 20   Beatrice Lillie, actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 94   

Jan 20   Bush inaugurated as 41st President and Quayle is recorded as becoming 44th Vice President.   

Jan 20   Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket inaugural ball in 1st-class cricket.   

Jan 21   A woman is assaulted and raped in the room of an Oklahoma football player   

Jan 21   In St John's Newfoundland Tory Brian Peckford steps down 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   

Jan 23   Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court.   

Jan 23   Surrealist painter Salvador Dali dies at age 84.   

Jan 24   Serial killer Ted Bundy is put to death in Florida's electric chair.   

Jan 24   Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42.   

Jan 24   The inaugural reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex.   

Jan 26   AT and T reports inaugural loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988.   

Jan 26   Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies.   

Jan 26   Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs West Indies, Sydney.   

Jan 26   US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus   

Jan 27   Oklahoma's linebacker, Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Oklahoma grad student   

Jan 28   46th Golden Globes Rain Man, Working Girl.   

Jan 29   Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-point loss since October 1987; index at 2256.43.   

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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),