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 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Orlando Arena opens in the year 1989.   

Jan 29   On this day in history uSSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit   

Jan 30   In the year 1989 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   In the year 1989 former defense attorney Joel Steinberg is convicted in New York of first-degree manslaughter in the death of his daughter, Lisa, aged 6.   

Jan 30   Joel Steinberg found guilty of first degree manslaughter of daughter in the year 1989.   

Jan 30   Last day of first class cricket for Dav Whatmore on this day in history.   

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

Jan 31   In the year 1989 jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80   

Feb 01   In the year 1989 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 in the year 1989.   

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   Dean Jones scores 216 vs West Indies at the Adelaide Oval in the year 1989.   

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 in the year 1989.   

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

Feb 06   On this day in history lech Walesa begins negotiating with the Polish government   

Feb 07   Tennis superstar Björn Börg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan in the year 1989.   

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   Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81 in the year 1989.   

Feb 09   Michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election on this day in history.   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1989 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 02   Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008) was born in the year 1989.   

Dec 29   Nathan Forbes, British footballer was born in the year 1989.   

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   On this day in history johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64   

Jan 09   Bill Terry, baseball player (b. 1898) died on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history wilf Slack, cricketer (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies   

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