Year 1989

11 November 1989

After 28 years, Berlin Wall is open to West

14 August 1989

P. W. Botha quits as South Africa's president

14 February 1989

Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares author Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses offensive and sentences him to death

19 April 1989 et seq.

Tens of thousands of Chinese students take over Beijing's Tiananmen Square in rally for democracy

20 January 1989

George Herbert Walker Bush inaugurated as 41st USA president

24 March 1989

Ruptured tanker Exxon Valdez sends 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound

25 December 1989

President Ceausescu and wife executed

25 May 1989

Mikhail S. Gorbachev named Soviet president

29 August 1989

Voyager 2 spacecraft speeds by Neptune after making startling discoveries about the planet and its moons

4 January 1989

US planes shoot down two Libyan fighters over international waters in Mediterranean

4 June 1989 et seq.

Thousands killed in Tiananmen Square as Chinese leaders take hard line toward demonstrators

9 August 1989

Army general Colin R. Powell is first black chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

9 November 1989

Deng Xiaoping resigns from China's leadership

mid-May et seq. 1989

More than one million in Beijing demonstrate for democracy; chaos spreads across nation

1981-1989

Ronald Reagan (February 06, 1911-Jun 05, 2004). 40° President , Repubblican

1989-1993

George Bush (June 12, 1924). 41° President, Repubblican

1989

USA, Baia di S. Francisco - 62 deads - magnitudo 6,9

1989

Nobel Prizes Physics: Hans G. Dehmelt, Wolfgang Paul, Norman F. Ramsey

1989

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: J. Michael Bishop, Harold E. Varmus

1989

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Sidney Altman, Thomas R. Cech, per la scoperta delle proprietÓ catalizzatrici dell' acido ribonucleico

1989

Nobel Prizes Literature: Camilo JosÚ Cela

1989

Nobel Prizes Peace: Tenzin Gyatso (14° Dalai Lama)

1989

Nobel Prizes Economy: Trygve Haavelmo

1989

Academy Award Best Director: Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July

1989

Academy Award Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot

1989

Academy Award Best Actress: Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy

1989

Academy Award Best Supporting Actor: Denzel Washington, Glory

1989

Academy Award Best Supporting Actress: Brenda Fricker, My Left Foot

1989

Academy Award Best Original Screenplay:

1989

Academy Award Best Picture: Driving Miss Daisy

1989

Football XXIII Super Bowl: San Francisco 49ers b. Cincinnati Bengals (20-16)

1989

Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics (AL) 4-0 San Francisco Giants (NL)

1989

Tennis Wimbledon Men: Boris Becker d. Stefan Edberg (6-0, 7-6(7-1), 6-4)

1989

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Steffi Graf d. Martina Navratilova (6-2, 6-7(1-7), 6-1)

1989

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons d. Los Angeles Lakers (4-0)

1989

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: AC Milan (Italy)

1989

1989 Playboy cover

1989 July 02

Alex Morgan, soccer player (born at San Dimas, California, USA) Cancer

1989 June 18

Anna Fenninger, Skiing (born at Adnet, Salzburg, Austria) Gemini

1989 October 04

Dakota Johnson, actress(Dakota Mayi Johnson) (born at Austin, Texas, USA) Libra

1989 August 26

James Harden, Basketball player (born at Los Angeles, California, USA) Virgo

1989 December 13

Taylor Swift, singer (born at Reading, Pennsylvania, USA) Sagittarius

1989 March 08

Anna Teocoli , figlia di Teo Teocoli Pisces

1989 May 05

Chris Brown , PPP Taurus

1989 July 23

Daniel Radcliffe , actor Leo

1989 October 15

Fedez , singer Libra

1989 May 13

Pierre Niney , WORK Taurus

1989 January 23

Salvador Dali, painter (dead at Figueres, Catalonia, Spain) (born 1904 May 11) Taurus

1989 December 14

Andrej Dmitrevic Sacharov , fisico (born 1921 May 21) Gemini

1989 October 06

Bette Davis , Attrice statunitense (born 1908 April 05) Aries

1989 May 30

Claude Denson Pepper , politician (born 1900 September 08) Virgo

1989 March 14

Edward Paul Abbey , PPP (born 1927 January 29) Aquarius

1989 January 07

Emperor Hirohito of Japan , PROF

1989 September 22

Irving Berlin , composer (born 1888 May 11) Taurus

1989 February 03

John Nicholas Cassavetes , actor (born 1929 January 09) Capricorn

1989 July 11

Laurence Olivier , actor,movie director (dead at Ashurst) (born 1907 May 22) Gemini

1989 March 10

Maurizio Merli , actor (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1940 February 08) Aquarius

1989 December 25

Nicolae Ceausescu , Dittatore (dead at Targoviste, Romania) (born 1918 January 26) Aquarius

1989 March 09

Robert Mapplethorpe , Fotografo statunitense (born 1946 November 04) Scorpio

1989 June 03

Ruholah Musavi Homeini , politician (born 1900 May 17) Taurus

1989 December 16

Silvana Mangano , actress (born 1930 April 23) Taurus

1989 October 02

Vittorio Caprioli , actor (dead at Napoli,Italy) (born 1921 August 15) Leo