Page 3: Historical Events In 1989

Jan 29   Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-point loss since October 1987; index at 2,256.43 in the year 1989.   

Jan 29   In the year 1989 episcopal church appoints first female bishop   

Jan 29   Orlando Arena opens in the year 1989.   

Jan 29   On this day in history uSSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit   

Jan 30   On this day in history 16th American Music Award Randy Travis &George Michael win   

Jan 30   In the year 1989 5 pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor   

Jan 30   In the year 1989 former defense attorney Joel Steinberg is convicted in New York of first-degree manslaughter in the death of his daughter, Lisa, aged 6.   

Jan 30   Joel Steinberg found guilty of first degree manslaughter of daughter on this day in history.   

Jan 30   On this day in history last day of first class cricket for Dav Whatmore   

Jan 30   Olympian, Bruce Kimball, is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing 2 teenagers in a drunk driving accident on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80 in the year 1989.   

Feb 01   In the year 1989 comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion   

Feb 01   Princess Diana of England visits New York NY on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1989 f[rederik] W[illem] de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's Nationalist Party leader   

Feb 03   In the year 1989 john Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59   

Feb 03   On this day in history twenty villages evacuated in Russia, after high radiation fall-out from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster   

Feb 03   On this day in history uruguayan president Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a military coup.   

Feb 04   Dean Jones scores 216 vs West Indies at the Adelaide Oval in the year 1989.   

Feb 04   Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer & Jethro), dies at 69 in the year 1989.   

Feb 05   Joe Raposa, composer/songwriter (Sesame Street), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes first NBA player to score 38,000 points on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Andre Cayatte, dies in the year 1989.   

Feb 06   Lech Walesa begins negotiating with the Polish government in the year 1989.   

Feb 07   Tennis superstar Björn Börg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan in the year 1989.   

Feb 08   On this day in history 144 people die when a Boeing 707 jetliner crashes into a fog-shrouded mountain in the Azores.   

Feb 08   5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles in the year 1989.   

Feb 08   Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   On this day in history michael Manley's Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election   

Feb 09   Neo-Nazi groups outlawed in West Germany on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!" on this day in history.   

Feb 10   On this day in history miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV   

Feb 10   In the year 1989 test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pakistan vs New Zealand age 16 years 189 days   

Feb 10   The Democratic National Committee elects Ron Brown as chair, making him the first African-American to head a major political party on this day in history.   

Feb 10   To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a New Jersey court 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   Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) was born in the year 1989.   

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 in the year 1989.   

Jan 03   In the year 1989 death of sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)   

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

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

Jan 09   On this day in history death of bill Terry, baseball player (b. 1898)   

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   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