Today in History for June 1989

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 79 of 79

1st - 62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator
1st - Robin Givens & Mike Tyson granted final divorce in NJ
2nd - "Dead Poets Society" starring Robin Williams, premieres
2nd - 14 year old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win 1989 Spelling Bee
2nd - Cincinnati Red Eric Davis hits for cycle
2nd - 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing
3rd - Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing
3rd - Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
3rd - Leaking pipe of Asha, USSR causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die
3rd - Nolan Ryan pitches his 2nd one-hitter this season & 11th overall
4th - 2nd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $770,000
4th - 43rd Tony Awards: Heidi Chronicles & Jerome Robbin's Broadway win
4th - Beijing cop shoots & wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping
4th - Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland
4th - Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in USSR, kills 100s
4th - Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary
4th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
4th - Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway
5th - 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton & Randy Travis
Comedian/Actor Robin Williams 5th - Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires
5th - Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"
5th - Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Milwaukee Brewers win 5-3
6th - Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
7th - 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
7th - Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons
7th - For one second this morning, the time is 01:23:45, 6-7-89
7th - Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173
7th - Wayne Gretzky wins his 9th NHL Hart (MVP) Trophy in 10 years
7th - 1st Baseball game to start outdoors & end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, & beat Brewers 4-2
8th - Pirates score 10 in 1st (their best inning since 1942), prompts Pirate Jim Rooker to say he would walk from Pitts to Phila if Pirates lost, Phillies beat them 15-11, Rooker walks at end of season broa
9th - "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," premieres in USA
9th - Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football
9th - Michael Chang's French Open tennis win makes him youngest male to go to finals
9th - Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
NHL all-time top scorer Wayne Gretzky 10th - "Tales From The Crypt," TV Anthology, debuts on HBO
10th - 121st Belmont: Pat Day aboard Easy Goer wins in 2:26
10th - 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title
11th - 59th French Mens Tennis: Michael Chang beats S Edberg (61 36 46 64 62)
11th - 7th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Orville Moody
11th - Robin Hood 16 wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Points Golf International
12th - "Doctor Doctor," TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV
12th - Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids
13th - 43rd NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons sweeps LA Lakers in 4 games
13th - Houston's Terry Puhl plays in his 1,403rd game (most by a Canadian)
13th - Jerry Lee Lewis gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
14th - Ground breaking begins in Minn on world's largest mall
14th - Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams
14th - Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
14th - Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame
US President & Actor Ronald Reagan 14th - Zsa Zsa Gabor arrested for slaping Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman
15th - Balt Orioles pull their 9th triple play (vs Yankees)
16th - "Ghostbusters II" premieres
16th - Funeral for Imre Nagg, leader of Hungarian uprising in 1956
16th - Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since US open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate & Price)
17th - US beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
18th - "Starmites" closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater NYC after 60 performances
18th - 89th US Golf Open: Curtis Strange shoots a 278 at Oak Hill CC NY
18th - Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
18th - Laura Davies wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
19th - Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 100th game (100-37)
21st - Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher HR hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium
21st - Supreme Court rules ok to burn US flag as a political expression
21st - Yankees trade Rickey Henderson to A's for Plunk, Cadaret & Polonia
23rd - Movie "Batman" premieres
24th - Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th & 40th consecutive bases
25th - "Day By Day," last airs on NBC-TV
25th - 1st US postmark dedicated to Lesbian & Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)
25th - Betsy King wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
25th - Mets' defense does not record a single assist in a 5-1 win over Phils
26th - Canada updates coins with a new potrait of the Queen
26th - Supreme Court rules 16 year olds can receive death penalty
29th - Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time
29th - Susan Lucci loses daytime emmy for 10th straight year
30th - "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Muzyczyny, Gdynia
30th - Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK
30th - Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl
30th - NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile & Guam
30th - NY State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill
30th - Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 12 of 12

2nd - Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American footballer
3rd - Katie Hoff, American swimmer
7th - Michael Joseph Tamboli, Eldesburg Md, born 01:23:45 PM on 6-7-89
8th - Gary Wilson, Scottish Musician
11th - Jeff Linton Osbourne, son of Jeffrey & Sheri
13th - Lisa Tucker, American singer
14th - Lucy Hale, American actress
14th - Courtney Halverson, American actress
18th - Renee Olstead, American singer and actress
20th - Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
27th - Matthew Lewis, English actor
27th - Travis Curtis, American Artist/ Amateur Skateboarder

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 4 of 4

2nd - Rolling Stones Bill Wyman marries Mandy Smith
3rd - Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone at Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe, Nevada
18th - John Wayne Bobitt marries Lorena L Gallo
26th - Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson marry for 2nd time

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

1st - Robin Givens & Mike Tyson granted final divorce in NJ

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 34 of 34

2nd - Ted a'Beckett, cricketer (4 Tests 1928-32), dies
3rd - Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian ayatollah, dies at 89
3rd - John McCauley, NHL official (b. 1945)
4th - Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, Iranian leader (-1989), dies at 89
4th - Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible), dies at 71
4th - Vaclav Kaslik, Czech opera composer/conductor, dies at 71
7th - Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies
7th - Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies
7th - Chico Landi, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1907)
9th - Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies
9th - W Schnurre, writer, dies at 68
9th - Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)
10th - Richard Quine, director/actor (Babes on Broadway), dies at 68
12th - Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80
12th - Lou Monte, American singer (b. 1917)
13th - Fran Allison, actress (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), dies at 81
14th - Pete de Freitas, drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman), dies
15th - Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Empire State), dies in Dublin at 63
15th - Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54
15th - Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (b. 1912)
17th - John Matusek, NFLer (Oak Raider)/actor, dies of a heart attack at 38
17th - Stanley David Griggs, astronaut (STS 51-D), dies plane crash at 59
18th - I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)
19th - Hy Gardner, newspaper columnist, dies at 80
19th - Isidore Feinstein Stone, author (I F Stone's Weekly), dies at 81
21st - Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60), dies at 56
21st - Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist/TV host, dies at 70
22nd - Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer, dies at 74
22nd - Lee Calhoun, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60), dies at 66
22nd - Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
23rd - Werner Best, German jurist and nazi leader (b. 1903)
27th - Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies
27th - Jack Beutel, actor (The Outlaw), dies
28th - Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90