Today in History for November 1989

Months in 1989: January February March April May June July August September October December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 77 of 77

1st - "Les Miserables," opens at Curran Theatre, SF
1st - Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup
1st - Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights
2nd - "Meet Me in St Louis" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 253 perfs
3rd - 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights
3rd - Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose
3rd - Minn Timberwolves' 1st NBA game, loses to Seattle, 106-94
4th - 1st NBA game at Orlando Arena, Orlando Magic loses to NJ Nets, 111-106
4th - Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon
4th - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence
4th - The congress of the Solidarity Party is inaugurated in Sweden. The congress decides, contrary to the proposal of the central committee, not to disband the party.
5th - "Threepenny Opera" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 65 perfs
5th - 19th NYC Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:30
5th - 20th NYC Marathon won by Juma Ikangaa in 2:08:01
5th - Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record of 16 cons pass completions
5th - Elaine Crosby wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
5th - US plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
6th - US marshals & FCC sieze pirate radio station WJPL in Brooklyn
7th - Balt's Gregg Olson is 1st relief pitcher to win AL Rookie of Year
7th - Douglas Wilder elected 1st US black governor (D-Va)
7th - NYC elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) & female comp (Holtzman)
8th - Cubs Jerome Walton wins the NL Rookie of Year
8th - David Dinkins elected 1st black mayor of NYC
8th - Douglas Wilder elected 1st US black governor (Virginia)
8th - Hong Kong's MTR Lam Tin Station comes into service.
9th - East Berlin opens its borders
10th - Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov, resigns
10th - Germans begins demolishing Berlin Wall
10th - Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped
11th - "Prince of Central Park" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 4 perfs
11th - Sam's Town Bowling Invitational won by Tish Johnson
12th - "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 1018 performances
12th - Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years
12th - George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in NYC
Pop Singer & Beatle Paul McCartney 13th - Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" & "Ou Est Le Soleil"
14th - Padres reliever Mark Davis wins NL Cy Young Award
15th - "Batman" is released on video tape
15th - "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 497 performances
15th - Bret Saberhagen wins AL Cy Young Award
15th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
15th - Test Cricket debut of Waqar Younis & Sachin Tendulkar at Karachi
15th - Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games
16th - "Gypsy" opens at St James Theater NYC for 477 performances
16th - 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops
16th - South Africa president FW de Klerk announces scrapping of Separate Amenities Act
16th - UNESCO adopts the Seville Statement on Violence at the twenty-fifth session of its General Conference.
17th - Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year KC Royal contract
18th - Penn is 1st to restrict abortions after Supreme Court gave states the right to do so
19th - US beats Trinidad, 1-0 qualifing for 1990 world soccer cup finals it was US' 1st qualification since 1950
20th - Milwaukee Brewers center fielder Robin Yount wins AL MVP
21st - Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by Pres Bush
21st - TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
22nd - Aneta Kreglicka of Poland, 24, crowned 39th Miss World
22nd - Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn & Moon
22nd - Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract
22nd - US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) launches into orbit
22nd - Eastern Airlines pilots & flight attendants end their strike, but most are not rehired
23rd - Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines
23rd - Xenophobia Zolotas sworn in as premier of Greece
24th - Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia
24th - Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon
24th - Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record
25th - David Boon scores 200 v NZ at cricket WACA
26th - 77th CFL Grey Cup: Saskatchewan defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 43-40
26th - Comores coup under Bob Benard
26th - Luis Alberto Lacalle becomes pres of Uruguay
26th - Rafael Callejas installed as president of Honduras
27th - Colombian jetliner bombed killing 107
27th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
27th - George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" & "Poor Little Girl"
27th - Luis Alberto Lacelle elected president of Uruguay
27th - US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space
28th - Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract
28th - Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci flees to Hungary
29th - 8th Largest wrestling crowd (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
29th - India president Rajiv Gandhi, resigns
30th - Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 12 of 12

2nd - Katelyn Tarver, American singer
3rd - Paula DeAnda, American singer
6th - Jozy Altidore, American footballer
11th - Reina Tanaka, Japanese pop singer
12th - Paul Jessup, actor (Mikie-Baby Talk)
12th - Ryan Jessup, actor (Mikie-Baby Talk)
14th - Jake Livermore, English footballer
20th - Tyga, American rapper
20th - Cody Linley, American actor
24th - Johnny Exantus, Hatian soccer player
30th - Chanel Iman, American supermodel
30th - Margaret Nales Wilson, Filipino model

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 24 of 24

5th - Barry Sadler, singer (Green Berets), murdered at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn
5th - Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/US pianist, dies at 85
6th - Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)
6th - Dickie Goodman, creator of "break-in" records (b. 1934)
8th - Andre Kloos, Dut trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67
13th - Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
16th - Jean-Claude Malépart, Quebec politician (b. 1938)
17th - Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies
17th - Emerson Buckley, composer, dies at 73
17th - Gus Farace, American gangster (b. 1960)
18th - Henry de Vries, painter/poet (Toovertuin), dies
20th - Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71
22nd - Rajindernath, Indian cricketer wicketkeeper (1 Test), dies
22nd - Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon
22nd - C. C. Beck, American cartoonist (b. 1910)
24th - Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85
25th - Frank M Thomas, actor (Behind the Headlines, M'Liss), dies
25th - Ratu Sir George Cakobau, Fiji cricketer/Gov-General, dies
25th - Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907)
26th - Ahmed Abdallah, president of Comores, dies
28th - Jo[hanne M Bos-]Vincent, Dutch soprano (Songs for Life), dies at 91
29th - Ann Burton, [Anna Rafalowicz], singer, dies at 56
29th - George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, cricketer, dies
30th - Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59