Historical Events In 1989

Jan 01   New York City NY transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15 in the year 1989.   

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

Jan 03   Jim &Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!) in the year 1989.   

Jan 03   Russian newspaper Izvestia gets its first commercial advertisement in the year 1989.   

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

Jan 04   Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1989 vice President Bush is first since Vice President Van Buren to declare himself President   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1989 international Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris   

Jan 08   In the year 1989 boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die   

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

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

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) in the year 1989.   

Jan 11   Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   Idi Amin expelled from Zaire in the year 1989.   

Jan 13   In the year 1989 "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   On this day in history ruins of Mashkan-shapir (occupied 2050-1720 BC) found in Iraq   

Jan 13   Soap opera "Ryan's Hope" final episode after 13½ year run on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 14   29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris in the year 1989.   

Jan 14   Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped on this day in history.   

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

Jan 15   Cerberal Palsy telethon raises 22,600,000 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Wilf Slack, cricketer (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies on this day in history.   

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

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Jun 07   In the year 1989 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   On this day in history birth of alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer   

Sep 02   In the year 1989 birth of ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian Playback Singer (d. 2008)   

Dec 29   Nathan Forbes, British footballer was born in the year 1989.   

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   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   Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (b. 1905) died on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51 in the year 1989.   

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