Page 3: Historical Events In 1989

Jan 29   Episcopal church appoints inaugural female bishop.   

Jan 29   Orlando Arena opens.   

Jan 29   USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit.   

Jan 30   16th American Music Award Randy Travis and George Michael win   

Jan 30   5 pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC are discovered at temple of Luxor   

Jan 30   Former defense attorney Joel Steinberg is convicted in New York of inaugural-degree manslaughter in the death of his daughter, Lisa, aged 6   

Jan 30   Joel Steinberg are discovered guilty of inaugural degree manslaughter of daughter.   

Jan 30   Last day of inaugural class cricket for Dav Whatmore   

Jan 30   Olympian, Bruce Kimball, is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing 2 teenagers in a drunk driving accident   

Jan 31   Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80   

Feb 01   Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion.   

Feb 01   Princess Diana of England visits New York NY   

Feb 02   In this year, F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk formally adopts in place of Botha as South Africa's Nationalist Party leader.   

Feb 03   John Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59.   

Feb 03   Twenty villages evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.   

Feb 03   Uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup   

Feb 04   Dean Jones scores 216 vs West Indies at the Adelaide Oval.   

Feb 04   Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer and Jethro), dies at 69.   

Feb 05   Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51   

Feb 05   Kareem Abdul-Jabar is recorded as becoming inaugural NBA player to score 38000 points   

Feb 06   Andre Cayatte, dies   

Feb 06   Lech Walesa begins negotiating with the Polish government.   

Feb 08   144 people die when a Boeing 707 jetliner crashes into a fog-shrouded mountain in the Azores   

Feb 08   5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles.   

Feb 08   Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81.   

Feb 09   In this year, Michael Manley's Socialist Party claims Jamaica parliamentary election.   

Feb 09   Neo-Nazi groups outlawed in West Germany.   

Feb 10   Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!"   

Feb 10   Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV   

Feb 10   Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pakistan vs New Zealand age 16 years 189 days   

Feb 10   The Democratic National Committee elects Ron Brown as chair, making him the inaugural African-American to head a major political party   

Feb 10   To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport, in a New Jersey court   

Feb 10   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

Feb 11   Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated inaugural female bishop (Episcopalian).   

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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),