Page 5: Historical Events In 1989

Feb 24   US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.   

Feb 25   In this year, Rob Boyd claims a World Cup downhill race in home town of Whistler; inaugural Canadian to win a FIS World Cup Ski race in Canada.   

Feb 25   inaugural independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary forms.   

Feb 25   Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt).   

Feb 25   Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 for heavyweight boxing title.   

Feb 26   "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 634 performances.   

Feb 26   California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs   

Feb 26   Lowest barometric pressure in Netherlands (95.5 hPa)   

Feb 27   Conrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies   

Feb 28   Gretchen Polhemus, 23, (Texas), crowned 38th Miss USA   

Feb 28   Hermann Burger, writer, dies at 46   

Feb 28   Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers is recorded as becoming public.   

Mar 01   Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981.   

Mar 01   Comet du Toit at perihelion   

Mar 01   Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch radio host, dies at 64.   

Mar 01   Julianne Phillips and Bruce Springsteen divorce.   

Mar 02   12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000.   

Mar 02   Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117000 gallons of oil.   

Mar 02   Madonna's "Like a Prayer" premieres on worldwide Pepsi commercial.   

Mar 02   New York Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez.   

Mar 03   Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines   

Mar 03   Robert McFarlane gets $20000 fine, 2 years probation for Iran-Contra.   

Mar 04   Actress Phoebe Cates marries actor Kevin Kline.   

Mar 04   Eastern Airlines machinists strike   

Mar 04   Time and Warner Communications announce a planned merger to form the world's largest media and entertainment company   

Mar 05   19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37002000   

Mar 06   Harry Andrews, actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), dies at 77.   

Mar 07   Chinese occupying forces fire on Tibetan monks and civilians.   

Mar 07   Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Salman Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses"   

Mar 07   Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 minutes in Nepal at 21030 feet   

Mar 07   On the Burma-China Border Region a 5.6 quake killed at least 1 person, 91 injured and 5300 houses destroyed in the Gengma area, China.   

Mar 07   Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency.   

Mar 07   Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland).   

Mar 08   "Heidi Chronicles" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 621 performances   

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Jun 07   Michael joseph tamboli: Eldesburg md, born 01:23:45 pm on 6-7-89   

Jul 13   Sayumi michishige: Japanese singer (morning musume)   

Sep 02   Alexandre pato: Brazilian footballer   

Sep 02   Ishmeet singh sodhi: Indian playback singer    

Dec 29   Nathan forbes: British footballer   

Jan 03   Sergei lvovich sobolev: Russian mathematician (b. 1909)   

Jan 06   Hirohito: Japan`s emperor (1922-89),   

Jan 08   Johnny jordaan: [jan van musscher], dutch folk singer,    

Jan 09   Bill terry: Baseball player (b. 1898)   

Jan 10   Herbert morrison: American radio reporter (b. 1905)   

Jan 13   Joe spinell: Actor (maniac, star crash, strike force),   

Jan 15   Wilf slack: Cricketer (whilst bat in gambia england player 1986),   

Jan 16   Pierre boileau: Screenwriter (vertigo),