Page 3: Historical Events In 1989

Jan 29   Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-point loss since October 1987; index at 2,256.43 in the year 1989.   

Jan 29   Episcopal church appoints first female bishop in the year 1989.   

Jan 29   Orlando Arena opens on this day in history.   

Jan 29   USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit on this day in history.   

Jan 30   16th American Music Award Randy Travis &George Michael win in the year 1989.   

Jan 30   5 pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Former defense attorney Joel Steinberg is convicted in New York of first-degree manslaughter in the death of his daughter, Lisa, aged 6 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Joel Steinberg found guilty of first degree manslaughter of daughter on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history last day of first class cricket for Dav Whatmore   

Jan 30   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion   

Feb 01   On this day in history princess Diana of England visits New York NY   

Feb 02   F[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's Nationalist Party leader on this day in history.   

Feb 03   John Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1989 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history dean Jones scores 216 vs West Indies at the Adelaide Oval   

Feb 04   Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1989 joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51   

Feb 05   Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points in the year 1989.   

Feb 06   Andre Cayatte, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1989 lech Walesa begins negotiating with the Polish government   

Feb 07   On this day in history tennis superstar Björn Börg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan   

Feb 08   In the year 1989 144 people die when a Boeing 707 jetliner crashes into a fog-shrouded mountain in the Azores.   

Feb 08   In the year 1989 5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles   

Feb 08   In the year 1989 maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81   

Feb 09   In the year 1989 michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election   

Feb 09   Neo-Nazi groups outlawed in West Germany in the year 1989.   

Feb 10   Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!" in the year 1989.   

Feb 10   Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pakistan vs New Zealand age 16 years 189 days in the year 1989.   

Feb 10   On this day in history the Democratic National Committee elects Ron Brown as chair, making him the first African-American to head a major political party.   

Feb 10   On this day in history to gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a New Jersey court   

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Jun 07   Michael Joseph Tamboli, Eldesburg Md, born 01:23:45 PM on 6-7-89 was born in the year 1989.   

Jul 13   Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) was born in the year 1989.   

Sep 02   Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer was born in the year 1989.   

Sep 02   Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008) was born on this day in history.   

Dec 29   On this day in history birth of nathan Forbes, British footballer   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)   

Jan 06   In the year 1989 hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign   

Jan 08   Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1989 death of bill Terry, baseball player (b. 1898)   

Jan 10   Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905) died in the year 1989.   

Jan 13   Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Wilf Slack, cricketer (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies in the year 1989.   

Jan 16   Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82 on this day in history.