Page 3: Historical Events In 1989

Jan 29   Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-point loss since October 1987; index at 2,256.43 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 29   Orlando Arena opens in the year 1989.   

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

Jan 30   On this day in history 16th American Music Award Randy Travis &George Michael win   

Jan 30   In the year 1989 5 pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor   

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   On this day in history joel Steinberg found guilty of first degree manslaughter of daughter   

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

Jan 30   In the year 1989 olympian, Bruce Kimball, is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing 2 teenagers in a drunk driving accident   

Jan 31   On this day in history jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80   

Feb 01   Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion in the year 1989.   

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 in the year 1989.   

Feb 03   John Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59 in the year 1989.   

Feb 03   Twenty villages evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the year 1989.   

Feb 03   In the year 1989 uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup.   

Feb 04   Dean Jones scores 216 vs West Indies at the Adelaide Oval on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro), dies at 69   

Feb 05   Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1989 andre Cayatte, dies   

Feb 06   Lech Walesa begins negotiating with the Polish government in the year 1989.   

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

Feb 08   144 people die when a Boeing 707 jetliner crashes into a fog-shrouded mountain in the Azores on this day in history.   

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

Feb 08   On this day in history 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   On this day in history dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!"   

Feb 10   Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV in the year 1989.   

Feb 10   Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pakistan vs New Zealand age 16 years 189 days on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1989 the Democratic National Committee elects Ron Brown as chair, making him the first African-American to head a major political party.   

Feb 10   To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a New Jersey court in the year 1989.   

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Jun 07   Michael Joseph Tamboli, Eldesburg Md, born 01:23:45 PM on 6-7-89 was born on this day in history.   

Jul 13   On this day in history birth of sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)   

Sep 02   On this day in history birth of alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer   

Sep 02   In the year 1989 birth of ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)   

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   Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1989 johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64   

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   In the year 1989 joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51   

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.