Historical Events In 1989

Jan 01   New York City NY transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Year of the Young Reader begins in the year 1989.   

Jan 03   Jim &Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!) on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history russian newspaper Izvestia gets its first commercial advertisement   

Jan 04   Aircraft (VF-32) from USS John F. Kennedy shoot down 2 hostile Libyan Migs on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1989 comet Tempel 1 at perihelion   

Jan 04   Two Libyan jets are shot down by US aircraft in the Mediterranen on this day in history.   

Jan 04   US F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history vice President Bush is first since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself President   

Jan 05   In the year 1989 2 French TV newsmen arrested for trying to plant fake bombs on 3 airlines at JFK airport in security test   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history akhito becomes emperor of Japan   

Jan 07   British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on Motorway in the year 1989.   

Jan 07   On this day in history international Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris   

Jan 08   Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die in the year 1989.   

Jan 08   On this day in history soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons   

Jan 09   In the year 1989 "Pat Sajak Show" premieres on CBS   

Jan 09   Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in the year 1989.   

Jan 11   140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc) on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school in the year 1989.   

Jan 12   In the year 1989 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)   

Jan 12   On this day in history idi Amin expelled from Zaire   

Jan 13   On this day in history "Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain   

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

Jan 13   Ruins of Mashkan-shapir (occupied 2050-1720 BC) found in Iraq on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history soap opera "Ryan's Hope" final episode after 13½ year run   

Jan 13   Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history 1,000 muslims burn Rushdies' "Satanic Verses" in Bradford England   

Jan 14   On this day in history 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris   

Jan 14   On this day in history former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped   

Jan 15   On this day in history big John Studd wins WWF's first Royal Rumble   

Jan 15   On this day in history cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22,600,000   

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

Jan 16   Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82 in the year 1989.   

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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   In the year 1989 birth of sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)   

Sep 02   In the year 1989 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 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history death of herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905)   

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

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

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