Page 4: Historical Events In 1989

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

Feb 11   On this day in history barbara Clementine Harris consecrated first female bishop (Episcopalian)   

Feb 11   On this day in history george O'Hanlon, actor/director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71   

Feb 11   On this day in history uS female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary   

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

Feb 12   Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history salvadoran army attacks Encuentros hospital, rapes, kills patients   

Feb 14   African National Congress (ANC) opens office in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1989.   

Feb 15   In the year 1989 israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt   

Feb 15   Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends on this day in history.   

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

Feb 16   On this day in history egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market   

Feb 16   On this day in history 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   Lefty Gomez, pitching great (NY Yankees), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Jaap van de Merwe, Dutch journalist/cabareter (Hadjememaar), dies in the year 1989.   

Feb 20   In the year 1989 total eclipse of the Moon   

Feb 21   In the year 1989 pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling   

Feb 21   US bust Chinese heroin ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 billion street value) on this day in history.   

Feb 22   On this day in history 31st Grammy Awards Don't Worry Be Happy, Faith, Tracy Chapman   

Feb 22   In the year 1989 fins ministry of Public health installs sex vacation to thwart stress   

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

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

Feb 24   On this day in history 150-million-year-old fossil egg (oldest dinosaur embryo) found   

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Jun 07   On this day in history birth of michael Joseph Tamboli, Eldesburg Md, born 01:23:45 PM on 6-7-89   

Jul 13   Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) was born on this day in history.   

Sep 02   Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer was born on this day in history.   

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

Dec 29   Nathan Forbes, British footballer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909) died on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64 in the year 1989.   

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

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

Jan 13   On this day in history joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51   

Jan 15   On this day in history 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