Historical Events In 1989

Feb 10   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.  

Feb 11   Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated first female bishop (Episcopalian) on this day in history.  

Feb 11   In the year 1989 george O'Hanlon, actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71  

Feb 11   US female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary in the year 1989.  

Feb 12   On this day in history 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel  

Feb 12   Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83 in the year 1989.  

Feb 12   Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-San Francisco, 80 days 20 hours on this day in history.  

Feb 12   US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman in the year 1989.  

Feb 13   In the year 1989 kidnapped Belgian Premier Vanden Boeynants freed  

Feb 13   On this day in history oklahoma football player Charles Thompson is charged with selling cocaine; he is later sentenced to 2 years in prison  

Feb 13   In the year 1989 salvadoran army attacks Encuentros hospital, rapes, kills patients  

Feb 14   African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam in the year 1989.  

Feb 14   Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1 million-$3 million bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses" in the year 1989.  

Feb 14   Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dominican Republic on this day in history.  

Feb 14   Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million damages for Bhopol disaster in the year 1989.  

Feb 14   World's first satellite Skyphone opens on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends in the year 1989.  

Feb 15   The last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan, ending nine years of military involvement on this day in history.  

Feb 16   In the year 1989 egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market  

Feb 16   In the year 1989 jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage  

Feb 16   On this day in history william Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia  

Feb 17   In the year 1989 lefty Gomez, pitching great (NY Yankees), dies at 80  

Feb 19   On this day in history jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies  

Feb 20   Total eclipse of the Moon in the year 1989.  

Feb 21   On this day in history pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling  

Feb 21   In the year 1989 uS bust Chinese heroin ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 billion street value)  

Feb 22   31st Grammy Awards Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman in the year 1989.  

Feb 22   Fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress on this day in history.  

Feb 22   In the year 1989 new York Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50)  

Feb 22   The first Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award) in the year 1989.  

Feb 22   On this day in history uK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"  

Feb 22   On this day in history uS authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals"  

Feb 24   150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found 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 in the year 1989.  

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

Sep 02   In the year 1989 birth of alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer  

Sep 02   On this day in history birth of ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)  

Dec 29   In the year 1989 birth of nathan Forbes, British footballer  

Jan 03   Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909) died in the year 1989.  

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

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

Jan 09   Bill Terry, baseball player (b. 1898) died in the year 1989.  

Jan 10   In the year 1989 death of herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)  

Jan 13   In the year 1989 joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51  

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

Jan 16   On this day in history pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82