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1989 Historical Event(s)
January 7, 1989
– Prince Akihito is sworn in as the emperor of Japan after the death of his father Hirohito
February 6, 1989
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Snake in Chinese astrology.
May 24, 1989
– Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, is awarded £600,000 in damages (later reduced to £60,000 on appeal) after winning a libel action against Private Eye.
June 4, 1989
– Solidarity’s victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
July 19, 1989
– United Airlines flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 112 of the 296 passengers.
August 2, 1989
– A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
August 23, 1989
– 1,645 Australian domestic airline pilots resign after the airlines threaten to fire them and sue them over a dispute.
October 23, 1989
– The Hungarian Republic is officially declared by president Mátyás Szűrös, replacing the communist Hungarian People’s Republic.
December 18, 1989
– The European Community and the Soviet Union sign an agreement on trade and commercial and economic cooperation.
December 20, 1989
– United States invasion of Panama: The United States sends troops into Panama to overthrow government of Manuel Noriega. This is also the first combat use of purpose-designed stealth aircraft.
Who Were Born On 1989?
January 14, 1989
– Mattia Marchi, Italian footballer
January 28, 1989
– Josh Coulson, English footballer
February 17, 1989
– Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer
April 4, 1989
– Vurnon Anita, Dutch footballer
July 20, 1989
– Witwisit Hirunwongkul, Thai actor
July 21, 1989
– Jamie Waylett, English actor
October 15, 1989
– Leandro Antonio Martínez, Argentinian/Italian footballer
November 6, 1989
– Shaina Magdayao, Filipina actress
November 11, 1989
– Reina Tanaka, Japanese pop singer (Morning Musume)
December 17, 1989
– Taylor York, American rock guitarist