Historical Events In 1989
Saturday, 10 June 2023
Feb 10 On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 11 Barbara Clementine Harris consecrated first female bishop (Episcopalian) on this day in history.
Feb 11 George O'Hanlon, actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71 in the year 1989.
Feb 11 On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary
Feb 12 In the year 1989 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel
Feb 12 Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83 on this day in history.
Feb 12 In the year 1989 thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-San Francisco, 80 days 20 hours
Feb 12 On this day in history uS male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
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 in the year 1989.
Feb 15 On this day in history soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends
Feb 15 In the year 1989 the last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan, ending nine years of military involvement.
Feb 16 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market in the year 1989.
Feb 16 In the year 1989 jane Fonda & Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage
Feb 16 William Hayden becomes governor-General of Australia in the year 1989.
Feb 17 On this day in history 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 In the year 1989 total eclipse of the Moon
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 In the year 1989 31st Grammy Awards Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman
Feb 22 Fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress in the year 1989.
Feb 22 New York Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50) on this day in history.
Feb 22 On this day in history the first Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)
Feb 22 In the year 1989 uK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"
Feb 22 In the year 1989 uS authors demonstrate against Iranian death treats against Salman Rushdee, author of "Satanic Rituals"
Feb 24 In the year 1989 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found
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