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Died : | 09/29/1989 | A A Busch Jr, brewer/baseball owner (St Louis Cards), dies at 90
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Died : | 09/02/1989 | A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51
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Died : | 09/01/1989 | A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51
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Died : | 04/12/1989 | Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52
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Died : | 07/13/1989 | Abdul Rahman Qassemlu, Iran leader, murdered
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Died : | 05/19/1989 | Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies
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Died : | 11/30/1989 | Alfred Herrhausen, German CEO (Deutsche Bank), murdered at 59
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Died : | 06/27/1989 | Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies
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Died : | 12/01/1989 | Alvin Ailey, US choreographer (Blues suite, Revelations), dies at 58
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Died : | 08/16/1989 | Amanda Blake, actress (Gunsmoke), dies at 60
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Died : | 07/03/1989 | Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday
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Died : | 12/14/1989 | Andrej Sacharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68
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Died : | 11/08/1989 | Andr Kloos, chairman (NVV, VARA), dies
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Died : | 11/29/1989 | Ann Burton, [Anna Rafalowicz], singer, dies
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Died : | 09/12/1989 | Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37
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Died : | 07/13/1989 | Arnaldo Ochoa Sanchez, Cubans general, executed
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Died : | 06/04/1989 | Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini, of Iran, dies at 86 of internal bleeding
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Died : | 02/06/1989 | Barbara Tuchman, US historian (Guns of August, Pulitzer Prize), dies
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Died : | 12/25/1989 | Barrel Regtien, student leader, dies
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Died : | 11/05/1989 | Barry Sadler, singer (Green Berets), dies at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn
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Died : | 08/18/1989 | Bert Oosterbosch, cyclist, dies
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Died : | 10/06/1989 | Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81
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Died : | 12/25/1989 | Billy Martin, NY Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61
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Died : | 01/18/1989 | Bruce Chatwin, British writer, dies
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Died : | 05/31/1989 | Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72
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Died : | 02/27/1989 | Conrad Lorenz, Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973), dies
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Died : | 10/16/1989 | Cornel Wilde, actor, dies
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Died : | 02/10/1989 | Dan Kelly, NHL sportscaster, dies at 52, "He shoots, he scores!"
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Died : | 04/19/1989 | Daphne Du Maurier, England, writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), dies
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Died : | 06/17/1989 | David S Griggs, astronaut, dies in crash of WW II vintage plane
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Died : | 05/01/1989 | David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered
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Died : | 11/12/1989 | Dolores Ibrruri, [Pasionaria], Basque/Spanish communist, dies at 93
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Died : | 09/21/1989 | F Fischer, German war criminal (4, Two of Breda), dies
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Died : | 08/15/1989 | F the Young Edz., historian/director IISG, dies
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Died : | 09/28/1989 | Ferdinand E Marcos, president of Philippines (1965-86), dies at 72
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Died : | 12/06/1989 | Frances Beauvier, actress (Aunt Bee, Mayberry) dies at 86
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Died : | 09/04/1989 | Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer/director (Maigret), dies
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Died : | 10/25/1989 | Gerard Walschap, Flemish writer (Men of Goods), dies
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Died : | 05/20/1989 | Gilda Radner, comedienne (Sat Night Live), dies at 42 of cancer
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Died : | 10/04/1989 | Graham Chapman, British comic, dies
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Died : | 06/17/1989 | Griggs, astronaut, dies in crash of WW II vintage plane
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Died : | 09/19/1989 | Guido the Moor, actor, dies
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Died : | 11/24/1989 | Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies
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Died : | 05/07/1989 | Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65
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Died : | 09/13/1989 | Gza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch pianist/composer, dies
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Died : | 12/08/1989 | Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies
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Died : | 05/16/1989 | Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered
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Died : | 08/23/1989 | Helen le Clerq, dancer, dies
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Died : | 04/01/1989 | Henk Gortzak, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CPN/PSP), dies
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Died : | 08/26/1989 | Henk Heidweiller, ambassador of Suriname, dies
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Died : | 04/11/1989 | Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies
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Died : | 03/01/1989 | Henk van Stipriaan, radio host, dies
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Died : | 11/18/1989 | Henry de Vries, painter/poet (Toovertuin), dies
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Died : | 07/16/1989 | Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (81), dies
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Died : | 05/24/1989 | Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies
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Died : | 01/06/1989 | Hirohito, Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies at 87 after 62-year reign
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Died : | 04/15/1989 | Hu Yaobang, general sec of Chinese Commnist Party, dies
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Died : | 08/06/1989 | Hubert Beuve-Mry, French newspaper founder (Le Voice), dies
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Died : | 04/22/1989 | Huey Newton, US, Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47
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Died : | 06/19/1989 | Hy Gardner, newspaper columnist, dies at 80
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Died : | 09/22/1989 | Irving Berlin, composer (God Bless America), dies at 101
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Died : | 08/26/1989 | Irving Stone, US writer (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life), dies
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Died : | 06/19/1989 | Isidore Feinstein Stone, author (I F Stone's Weekly), dies at 81
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Died : | 01/31/1989 | Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80
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Died : | 09/17/1989 | Jay Stewart, annoucer on Lets Make a Deal, commits suicide
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Died : | 10/13/1989 | Jay Ward, animator (Rocky & His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer
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Died : | 07/03/1989 | Jim Backus, actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia
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Died : | 11/28/1989 | Jo[hanne M Forest-]Vincent, soprano (Songs for Life), dies
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Died : | 05/12/1989 | Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
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Died : | 03/11/1989 | Johan Fleerackers, Flemish politician, dies
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Died : | 02/02/1989 | John Cassavetes, US actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, dies
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Died : | 12/05/1989 | John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies
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Died : | 06/17/1989 | John Matusek, Oakland Raider/actor, dies at 38 of a heart attack
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Died : | 12/06/1989 | John Paine, actor (Miracle on 34th St), dies at 77
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Died : | 05/20/1989 | John R Hicks, English economist (Nobel 1972), dies
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Died : | 09/22/1989 | John [John M A] Teulings, actor/director, dies
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Died : | 01/08/1989 | Johnny Jordaan [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies
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Died : | 06/28/1989 | Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90
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Died : | 10/03/1989 | Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/jews foreman, murdered
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Died : | 03/01/1989 | Josephine van Gasteren, actress/director (Bluejackets), dies
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Died : | 07/06/1989 | Jnos Kdr, premier of Hungary (1956-58), dies
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Died : | 07/11/1989 | Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82
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Died : | 06/21/1989 | Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60), dies at 56
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Died : | 12/16/1989 | Lee Van Cleef, US actor (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies
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Died : | 02/17/1989 | Lefty Gomez, NY Yankee pitching great, dies at 80
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Died : | 10/02/1989 | Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth's 1st female advisor of State, dies
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Died : | 04/26/1989 | Lucille Ball, comedienne/actress dies at 78 of a massive heart attack
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Died : | 10/25/1989 | Mary McCarthy, author (Group), dies, at 77
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Died : | 02/12/1989 | Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83
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Died : | 02/08/1989 | Mauritius Mok, writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies
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Died : | 07/10/1989 | Mel Blanc, voice of cartoon characters (Bugs Bunny), dies at 81
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Died : | 02/19/1989 | Merwe, journalist/cabaret performer (Hadjememaar), dies
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Died : | 06/07/1989 | Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies
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Died : | 12/21/1989 | Nicolae Ceaucescu, Romanian dictator (1945-89), executed
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Died : | 12/25/1989 | Nicolea Ceausescu, dictator of Romania, & his wife, are executed
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Died : | 04/28/1989 | Olaff J the Landell [JB Wemmerslager of Sparwoude], writer, dies
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Died : | 01/26/1989 | Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies
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Died : | 05/09/1989 | Paul J Steenbergen, actor/director/founder Hague's Comedy, dies at 82
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Died : | 09/26/1989 | Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome
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Died : | 06/07/1989 | Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies
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Died : | 06/14/1989 | Pete de Freitas, drummer Echo & the Bunnyman, dies
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Died : | 03/18/1989 | Piet Kruiver, soccer player, dies
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Died : | 06/09/1989 | Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies
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Died : | 06/15/1989 | Ray McAlly, actor, dies in Dublin at 63
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Died : | 07/18/1989 | Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam) is shot by a fan at 21
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Died : | 11/22/1989 | Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon
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Died : | 03/09/1989 | Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies
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Died : | 05/19/1989 | Robert Weber, character actor, dies of Lou Gehrig Disease at 64
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Died : | 08/23/1989 | Ronald Laing, British psychiatrist (anti-psychiatry), dies
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Died : | 06/03/1989 | Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian ayatollah, dies at 89
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Died : | 01/23/1989 | Salvador Dal, Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84
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Died : | 12/06/1989 | Sammy Fain, composer, dies at 87
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Died : | 12/22/1989 | Samuel Beckett, Irish/French writer (Molloy, Nobel 1969), dies at 83
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Died : | 04/30/1989 | Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies
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Died : | 12/16/1989 | Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies
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Died : | 06/21/1989 | Simon of Collem, journalist/TV host, dies
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Died : | 01/26/1989 | Stphane Steinier, Belgian journalist, kidnapped & murdered
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Died : | 04/12/1989 | Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer
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Died : | 04/16/1989 | Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad, Lebanese writer, dies
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Died : | 01/24/1989 | Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida
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Died : | 05/31/1989 | Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondant, dies at 53 of cancer
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Died : | 02/12/1989 | Thomas Bernhard, Dutch/Austrian writer (Heldenplatz), dies
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Died : | 08/13/1989 | Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS
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Died : | 12/25/1989 | Ton Regtien, student leader, dies
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Died : | 06/15/1989 | Victor French, actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 54 of cancer
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Died : | 11/05/1989 | Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/US pianist, dies at 85
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Died : | 08/23/1989 | Yusef Hawkins, shot by 30 whites in Bensonhurst because he's black
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Died : | 05/30/1989 | Zinka Milanov, Met Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83
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Died : | 03/14/1989 | Zita, Empress of Austria-Hungary, dies at 96
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Special : | 11/15/1989 | "Batman" is released on video tape
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Special : | 12/01/1989 | "Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS
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Special : | 02/22/1989 | "Don't Worry, Be Happy" wins Grammy as song of year
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Special : | 05/12/1989 | "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance
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Special : | 01/13/1989 | "Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain
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Special : | 12/18/1989 | "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years
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Special : | 05/24/1989 | "Indiana Jones & Last Crusade" premiers
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Special : | 08/11/1989 | "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child" premiers
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Special : | 01/09/1989 | "Pat Sajak Show" premiers on CBS
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Special : | 03/29/1989 | "Rainman," Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster wins 61st Acadamy Awards
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Special : | 05/31/1989 | "Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (NYC)
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Special : | 06/09/1989 | "Star Trek V" premiers
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Special : | 04/03/1989 | "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for Bronx
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Special : | 02/02/1989 | 0 F (-18 C) or below in 15 US states
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Special : | 01/14/1989 | 1,000 muslims burns Rushdies "Satanic Verses"
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Special : | 04/14/1989 | 1,100,000,000th Chinese born
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Special : | 08/27/1989 | 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings
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Special : | 11/03/1989 | 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights
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Special : | 04/24/1989 | 10s of thousands of students strikes in Beijing China
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Special : | 05/01/1989 | 135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to public
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Special : | 06/02/1989 | 14 year old Scott Isaacs spells spoliator to win 1989 Spelling Bee
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Special : | 07/04/1989 | 14 year old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide
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Special : | 01/11/1989 | 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
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Special : | 07/14/1989 | 16th James Bond movies "License to Kill" premiers
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Special : | 04/01/1989 | 1st NY Met-NY Yankee game in NYC since 1983, Yanks win 4-3
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Special : | 03/29/1989 | 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
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Special : | 02/22/1989 | 1st Spanish commercial on network TV (Pepsi-Cola-CBS Grammy Award)
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Special : | 05/14/1989 | 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta)
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Special : | 06/25/1989 | 1st US postmark dedicated to Lesbian & Gay Pride (Stonewall, NYC)
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Special : | 03/29/1989 | 1st US private commercial rocket takes suborbital test flight (NM)
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Special : | 08/22/1989 | 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered
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Special : | 03/26/1989 | 1st free elections in USSR; 190 M votes cast; Boris Yeltsin wins
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Special : | 03/27/1989 | 1st half-black soap opera, "Generations," premiers on NBC-TV
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Special : | 02/25/1989 | 1st independent blue-collar labor union in Communist Hungary formed
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Special : | 05/31/1989 | 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards
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Special : | 01/24/1989 | 1st reported case of AIDS transmitted by heterosexual oral sex
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Special : | 03/21/1989 | 1st sea test of Trident 2 missile self-destructs, Cape Canaveral
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Special : | 07/17/1989 | 1st test flight of US stealth-bomber
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Special : | 05/14/1989 | 1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett)
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Special : | 03/23/1989 | 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature
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Special : | 03/12/1989 | 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia)
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Special : | 11/05/1989 | 20th NYC Marathon (J Kanganaa 2h08m01s & Ingrid Kristiansen 2h25m28s)
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Special : | 05/11/1989 | 217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
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Special : | 06/07/1989 | 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires
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Special : | 03/13/1989 | 27th shuttle, Discovery 8, launched, 1st woman to do the countdown
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Special : | 03/18/1989 | 27th space shuttle mission, STS-29 (Discovery 8), returns to Earth
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Special : | 01/14/1989 | 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris
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Special : | 07/18/1989 | 48 cm rainfall at Rockport, West Virginia (state record)
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Special : | 02/12/1989 | 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel
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Special : | 02/08/1989 | 5 cm of snow falls in outskirts of Los Angeles
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Special : | 08/03/1989 | 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez)
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Special : | 11/16/1989 | 6 Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops
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Special : | 01/12/1989 | 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)
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Special : | 02/17/1989 | 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole"
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Special : | 07/20/1989 | 93 F, highest overnight low ever recorded in Phoenix Arizona
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Special : | 04/15/1989 | 95 crushed to death at Sheffield Soccer Stadium in England
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Special : | 04/01/1989 | A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
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Special : | 01/21/1989 | A woman is assaulted & raped in the room of an Ok football player
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Special : | 07/11/1989 | AL beats NL 5-3, (3rd of last 4 All Star Games) in California
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Special : | 04/26/1989 | AT&T announces NJ's 201 area code will split into 908 & 201
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Special : | 01/26/1989 | AT&T reports 1st loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988
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Special : | 01/01/1989 | Actress Kelly McGillis gets married
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Special : | 03/04/1989 | Actress Phoebe Cates marries actor Kevin Kline
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Special : | 12/22/1989 | After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolea Ceausescu
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Special : | 10/24/1989 | After a weeks delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played
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Special : | 01/07/1989 | Akhito becomes emperor of Japan
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Special : | 01/17/1989 | Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach
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Special : | 12/28/1989 | Alexander Dubcek elected parliament chairman of Czech
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Special : | 09/06/1989 | Amateur Atheletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records
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Special : | 12/19/1989 | American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route
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Special : | 06/--/1989 | Apparat releases Newdos 80 version 1.0 for Radio Shack's TRS-80
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Special : | 05/13/1989 | Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
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Special : | 09/25/1989 | Archaeologists open Titus of Rhine grave in Amsterdam
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Special : | 08/18/1989 | Arturo Barrios of Mexico sets 10K record (27:08.23) in Berlin
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Special : | 01/18/1989 | Astronomers discover pulsar in remnants of Supernova 1987A (LMC)
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Special : | 05/26/1989 | At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio
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Special : | 07/27/1989 | Atlanta Brave Dale Murphy is 10th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th)
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Special : | 06/07/1989 | Atlanta Fulton County Comm approves $210M stadium for the Falcons
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Special : | 06/30/1989 | Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK
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Special : | 10/30/1989 | August A Busch III becomes CEO of St Louis Cards
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Special : | 06/15/1989 | Balt Orioles pull their 9th triple play (vs Yankees)
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Special : | 02/11/1989 | Barbara Harris consecrated 1st female bishop (Episcoplian)
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Special : | 07/05/1989 | Barry Bond's HR sets father-son (Bobby) HR record at 408
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Special : | 06/09/1989 | Barry Switzer resigns as head coach of Oklahoma's football
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Special : | 06/04/1989 | Beijing cop shoots & wounds Chinese priemer Li Ping
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Special : | 04/27/1989 | Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
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Special : | 03/01/1989 | Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981
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Special : | 06/12/1989 | Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids
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Special : | 04/16/1989 | Berendrechtsluis opens in Antwerp, biggest flood lock in world
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Special : | 02/03/1989 | Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head
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Special : | 10/15/1989 | Billy Graham is given 1,900th star on Hollywood Blvd
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Special : | 06/05/1989 | Billy Smith, last original NY Islander, retires
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Special : | 03/05/1989 | Blains McCallister wins Honda Golf Classic shooting 266
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Special : | 01/08/1989 | Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die
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Special : | 03/19/1989 | Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight
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Special : | 09/10/1989 | Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for US Open championship
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Special : | 08/06/1989 | Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrezemski's #8
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Special : | 02/14/1989 | Boxer Mike Tyson & actress Robin Given divorce
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Special : | 12/17/1989 | Brazil elects conservative Fernando Collor de Mello pres
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Special : | 11/12/1989 | Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years
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Special : | 11/17/1989 | Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year KC Royal contract
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Special : | 02/19/1989 | Broadway's biggest flop (lost $5.3m) "Legs Diamond" closes
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Special : | 11/10/1989 | Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov, resigns
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Special : | 01/20/1989 | Bush inaugurated as 41st president & Quayle becomes 44th vice pres
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Special : | 01/04/1989 | C Pollas discovers asteroid 4179 Toutatis
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Special : | 09/14/1989 | Calagary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2
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Special : | 05/25/1989 | Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens for Stanley Cup
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Special : | 03/18/1989 | California Quake amusement ride opens at Universal Studios
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Special : | 08/15/1989 | Cancer sufferer/SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound
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Special : | 01/18/1989 | Candace Thomas marries Steve Garvey
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Special : | 06/21/1989 | Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher HR hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium
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Special : | 01/23/1989 | Challenge to "who is a Jew" law filed in Israeli Supreme Court
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Special : | 07/30/1989 | Chile amends its constitution
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Special : | 05/20/1989 | China declares martial law in Beijing
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Special : | 06/04/1989 | Chinese Army tanks shoot on people in Beijing, kills 100s
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Special : | 06/03/1989 | Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Beijing
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Special : | 01/29/1989 | Cleveland's Chris Dudley misses 5 free throws during 1 foul attempt
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Special : | 11/27/1989 | Colombian jewtliner bombed killing 107
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Special : | 06/18/1989 | Comet Churyunov-Gerasimenko at perihelion
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Special : | 02/01/1989 | Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion
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Special : | 01/04/1989 | Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion
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Special : | 03/01/1989 | Comet du Toit at perihelion
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Special : | 11/24/1989 | Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia
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Special : | 06/30/1989 | Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl
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Special : | 11/22/1989 | Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn & Moon
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Special : | 04/16/1989 | Costa Rica beats US 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
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Special : | 06/03/1989 | Country singer Rebe McEntire weds her manager Narvel Blackstone
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Special : | 04/30/1989 | Critics Siskel & Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show
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Special : | 06/18/1989 | Curtis Strange wins his 2nd US golf open
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Special : | 10/01/1989 | Dallas Cowboy, Ed "Too Tall" Jones records his 1,000th NFL tackle
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Special : | 02/25/1989 | Dallas Cowboys' new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry
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Special : | 11/04/1989 | Dancing Spree wins Breeder's Cup
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Special : | 05/26/1989 | Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals
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Special : | 04/05/1989 | David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby stereo
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Special : | 09/05/1989 | Deborah Norville becomes news anchor of Today Show
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Special : | 05/28/1989 | Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad)
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Special : | 10/22/1989 | Denver Nuggets beat Jugoplastika Split 135-129 in 3rd McDonald Open
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Special : | 01/11/1989 | Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws
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Special : | 06/13/1989 | Detroit sweeps Los Angeles, for NBA championship
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Special : | 03/18/1989 | Dino Ciccarelli sets Wash Cap record of 7 pts in a game
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Special : | 03/31/1989 | Donald Trump purchases Eastern's Northeast Shuttle
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Special : | 03/17/1989 | Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St Patrick Day Parade
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Special : | 11/07/1989 | Douglas Wilder elected 1st US black governor (D-Va)
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Special : | 05/19/1989 | Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1
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Special : | 10/13/1989 | Dow Jones down 190.58 points
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Special : | 01/29/1989 | Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987; index at 2,256.43
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Special : | 09/11/1989 | Drexel formally pleads guilty to security fraud
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Special : | 12/28/1989 | Earthquake at Newcastle Australia, 11 die
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Special : | 10/17/1989 | Earthquake in SF (6.9) cancels 3rd game of world series, kills 67
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Special : | 11/09/1989 | East Berlin opens its borders
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Special : | 10/18/1989 | East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns
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Special : | 09/10/1989 | East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary & Czech)
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Special : | 12/01/1989 | East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution
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Special : | 03/09/1989 | Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy
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Special : | 05/25/1989 | Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots
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Special : | 03/04/1989 | Eastern Airlines machinists strike
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Special : | 07/21/1989 | Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors
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Special : | 06/04/1989 | Eastern Europe's 1st somewhat free election in 40 years held in Poland
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Special : | 02/16/1989 | Egypt, Iraq, Jordan & North Yemen form common market
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Special : | 11/24/1989 | Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon
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Special : | 03/05/1989 | Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 m indoor (8:33.82)
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Special : | 05/28/1989 | Emerson Fittipaldi wins Indianapolis 500
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Special : | 04/08/1989 | Entertainment Tonights Mary Hart marries producer Burt Sugarman
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Special : | 01/29/1989 | Episcopal church appoints 1st female bishop
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Special : | 03/02/1989 | Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil
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Special : | 03/13/1989 | FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US
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Special : | 07/23/1989 | FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America's Most Wanted)
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Special : | 02/02/1989 | FW de Klerk replaces Botha as South Africa's Nationalist Party leader
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Special : | 09/13/1989 | Fay Vincent named baseball commissioner
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Special : | 05/14/1989 | Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs
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Special : | 01/14/1989 | Former Belgian premier Paul Vanden Boeynants kidnapped
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Special : | 02/17/1989 | Former baseball player/manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
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Special : | 12/05/1989 | France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
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Special : | 06/04/1989 | Gas explodes near to 2 pass trains in USSR, kills 100s
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Special : | 09/08/1989 | George Brett gets his 2,500th hit
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Special : | 10/23/1989 | George Harrison releases "Best of Dark Horse 1976-89" album
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Special : | 11/27/1989 | George Harrison releases "Cheer Down" & "Poor Little Girl"
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Special : | 04/21/1989 | George W Bush & Edward W Rose become CEO of Texas Rangers
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Special : | 02/27/1989 | German war criminals Aus Van de Fnten/Fischer, freed
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Special : | 11/10/1989 | Germans begin punching holes in Berlin Wall
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Special : | 07/21/1989 | Greg LeMond (US) wins Tour de France in fastest time
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Special : | 02/12/1989 | Gretzky sets 2 records, his 45th hat trick & 10th 40+ goal season
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Special : | 06/14/1989 | Ground breaking begins in Minn on world's largest mall
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Special : | 04/19/1989 | Gun turret explodes on USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors
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Special : | 01/17/1989 | Gunman opens fire in Calif schoolyard; 5 students slain, 30 wounded
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Special : | 10/12/1989 | Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players
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Special : | 06/03/1989 | Houston Astros beat LA Dodgers, 5-4, in 22 innings (7:14:09)
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Special : | 07/01/1989 | Hugh Hefner (Playboy editor) weds playmate Kimberly Conrad
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Special : | 09/17/1989 | Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62
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Special : | 09/18/1989 | Hurricane Hugo causes extensive damage in Puerto Rico
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Special : | 04/27/1989 | Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500
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Special : | 03/29/1989 | I.M. Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris
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Special : | 01/18/1989 | IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988
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Special : | 09/03/1989 | Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die
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Special : | 11/29/1989 | India president Rajiv Gandhi, resigns
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Special : | 04/10/1989 | Intel corp announces shipment of 80486 chip
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Special : | 01/07/1989 | Intl Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris
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Special : | 03/07/1989 | Iran drops diplomatic relations with Gr Britain over Rushdie
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Special : | 02/15/1989 | Israel attacks border strip Taba near Egypt
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Special : | 02/16/1989 | Jane Fonda & Tom Hayden seperate after 16 years of marriage
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Special : | 12/25/1989 | Japanese scientist achieve -271.8C, coldest temp ever recorded
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Special : | 03/04/1989 | Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43m)
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Special : | 07/29/1989 | Javier Sotomayor high jumps world record (2.44 m)
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Special : | 07/29/1989 | Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan
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Special : | 01/13/1989 | Jerry Parks, Okla defensive back, charged with shooting a teammate
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Special : | 01/03/1989 | Jim & Tammy Bakker return to TV (Oy Vey!)
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Special : | 02/08/1989 | Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
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Special : | 05/01/1989 | Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days
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Special : | 01/30/1989 | Joel Steinberg found guilty of 1st degree manslaughter of daughter
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Special : | 03/23/1989 | Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 yrs for killing his adopted daughter
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Special : | 10/16/1989 | John Syse becomes premier of Norway
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Special : | 01/--/1989 | Johnny Carson does monolouge with open fly (day Sean & Madonna split)
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Special : | 05/09/1989 | Journalist petition Chinese govt for freedom of press
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Special : | 03/01/1989 | Julianne Philips & Bruce Springsteen divorce
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Special : | 05/04/1989 | Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit HR on 1st at bat
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Special : | 12/02/1989 | KHJ-TV in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KCAL-TV
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Special : | 09/11/1989 | KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa changes call letters to KGGO
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Special : | 02/05/1989 | Kareem Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points
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Special : | 04/23/1989 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar plays his last game as a Laker
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Special : | 04/04/1989 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
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Special : | 04/19/1989 | Kevin Elster (NY Mets), sets errorless shortstop mark at 73
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Special : | 01/27/1989 | Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
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Special : | 02/09/1989 | Kevin Johnson (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
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Special : | 02/14/1989 | Khomeini orders Moslems to murder "Satanic Verses" novelist Rushdie
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Special : | 01/29/1989 | L I preacher Gene Profeta pleads guilty to tax-evasion
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Special : | 08/23/1989 | LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings (Rick Dempsey HR)
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Special : | 06/04/1989 | Largest parade in Bronx history honors 350th anniversary
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Special : | 12/19/1989 | Larry Bird (Celtics) begins NBA free throw streak of 71 games
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Special : | 09/26/1989 | Last Vietnamese soldier leaves Cambodia
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Special : | 06/03/1989 | Leaking pipe of Asha, USSR causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die
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Special : | 02/06/1989 | Lech Walesa begins negotiating with Polish govt
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Special : | 08/23/1989 | Lewis/Everett/Burrell/Heard run world record 4x200 m (1:19.38)
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Special : | 05/23/1989 | Lincoln Square in Bronx named
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Special : | 02/25/1989 | Lowest baramotric pressure in Netherlands (956.7 mbar at De Bilt)
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Special : | 02/26/1989 | Lowest rated pressure in Netherlands (955 hpa)
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Special : | 03/03/1989 | Machinists strike Eastern Airlines; pilots honor picket lines
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Special : | 01/26/1989 | Madison Sq Garden announces 2-year $100 M renovation plan
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Special : | 03/02/1989 | Madonna's "Like a Prayer" premiers on worldwide Pepsi commercial
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Special : | 04/27/1989 | Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy
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Special : | 02/24/1989 | Margaret Ray found in David Letterman's home, claims to be his wife
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Special : | 05/30/1989 | Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
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Special : | 12/11/1989 | Mark Davis signs record $3.25 million per year KC Royals contract
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Special : | 12/01/1989 | Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year Cal Angels contract
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Special : | 07/05/1989 | Mark McGwire's gets 100th HR, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner)
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Special : | 05/07/1989 | Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 mins in Nepal at 21,030 feet
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Special : | 03/24/1989 | Mary Martin in "Peter Pan," 1st seen on TV since 1973
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Special : | 04/24/1989 | Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day"
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Special : | 02/17/1989 | Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia & Libya form common market
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Special : | 09/08/1989 | Mausoleum of Beatrice of Brabant (1288) discovered in Kortrk Belgium
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Special : | 04/17/1989 | Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week
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Special : | 06/26/1989 | Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson marry for 2nd time
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Special : | 06/21/1989 | Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson remarry
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Special : | 02/28/1989 | Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public
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Special : | 06/06/1989 | Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
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Special : | 02/10/1989 | Miami Vice's 100th episode seen on TV
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Special : | 06/09/1989 | Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals
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Special : | 01/25/1989 | Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season
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Special : | 02/09/1989 | Michael Manleys Socialist Party wins Jamaica parliamentary election
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Special : | 04/03/1989 | Michigan beats Seaton Hall for NCAA basketball title
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Special : | 09/--/1989 | Microsoft releases MS-DOS 3.21R
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Special : | 01/--/1989 | Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4.01
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Special : | 07/21/1989 | Mike Tyson TKOs Carl "the Truth" Williams in 1:33 of 1st round
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Special : | 02/25/1989 | Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 5 rounds
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Special : | 05/05/1989 | Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
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Special : | 04/25/1989 | Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
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Special : | 04/26/1989 | Mike Tyson is ticketed for driving 71 MPH in 30 mile zone in Albany
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Special : | 04/09/1989 | Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
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Special : | 02/03/1989 | Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
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Special : | 11/03/1989 | Minn Timberwolves' 1st NBA game, loses to Seattle, 106-94
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Special : | 05/13/1989 | Minn Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
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Special : | 02/10/1989 | Minor League Football System opens organizational meeting, St Louis
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Special : | 06/23/1989 | Movie "Batman" premiers
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Special : | 01/17/1989 | Murden & Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis)
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Special : | 06/30/1989 | NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile & Guam
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Special : | 01/23/1989 | NBA New Jersey Nets begin a 32+ game road losing streak
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Special : | 03/02/1989 | NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers win 22nd straight home game
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Special : | 03/22/1989 | NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle announces his retirement
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Special : | 07/01/1989 | NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF
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Special : | 02/02/1989 | NL announces Yanks' broacaster Bill White will be 1st black president
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Special : | 03/02/1989 | NY Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez
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Special : | 05/09/1989 | NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
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Special : | 03/15/1989 | NY Rangers retire goalie Eddie Giacomin's #1 uniform
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Special : | 06/30/1989 | NY State Legislature passes Staten Island seccession bill
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Special : | 04/07/1989 | NY Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from SD Yacht Club for
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Special : | 07/12/1989 | NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)
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Special : | 02/26/1989 | NY Yankees announce that Tom Seaver is their new TV sportscaster
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Special : | 10/29/1989 | NYC MTA opens 63rd street extension to the subway
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Special : | 11/07/1989 | NYC elects it's 1st black mayor (Dinkins) & female comp (Holtzman)
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Special : | 01/01/1989 | NYC transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15
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Special : | 05/21/1989 | Nancy Lopez wins her 3rd LPGA championship
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Special : | 05/17/1989 | Nelson Mandela recieves a BA from U of S Africa
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Special : | 03/28/1989 | New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court
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Special : | 12/--/1989 | Niger adopts constitution
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Special : | 06/14/1989 | Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat all 26 teams
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Special : | 08/22/1989 | Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter
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Special : | 04/22/1989 | Nolan Ryan strikesout his 5,000th batter (Rickey Henderson)
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Special : | 09/08/1989 | Norse Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder)
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Special : | 01/02/1989 | Notre Dame beats West Virginia for college football championship
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Special : | 10/28/1989 | Oakland A's sweep SF Giants in earthquake/BART series
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Special : | 01/27/1989 | Okla's linebacker, Mark VanKeirsblilck assaults an Ok grad student
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Special : | 12/27/1989 | Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games
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Special : | 04/05/1989 | Orel Hershiser ends his 59 consecutive scoreless pitched inning streak
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Special : | 02/17/1989 | Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract
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Special : | 11/04/1989 | Orlando Magic's 1st NBA game, loses to Nets, 111-106
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Special : | 10/29/1989 | Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive game receptions
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Special : | 12/24/1989 | Panama's dictator, Manual Noriega seeks asylum at Vatican embassy
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Special : | 10/03/1989 | Panamanian Defense Force attempted coup of Manuel Noriega fails
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Special : | 05/07/1989 | Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency
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Special : | 03/07/1989 | Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland)
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Special : | 11/13/1989 | Paul McCartney releases "Figure of 8" & Ou Est Le Soleil"
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Special : | 06/05/1989 | Paul McCartney releases "Flowers in the Dirt"
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Special : | 05/08/1989 | Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
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Special : | 07/17/1989 | Paul McCartney releases "This One"
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Special : | 07/10/1989 | Paula Ivan runs female world record 1 mile (4:15.61)
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Special : | 04/25/1989 | Penguin Mario Lemuix ties NHL playoff record of 4 goals in 1st period
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Special : | 08/24/1989 | Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling
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Special : | 03/22/1989 | Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years
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Special : | 07/03/1989 | Peter Koech of Kenya sets 3k steeplechase rec (8:05.39) in Stockholm
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Special : | 04/12/1989 | Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through
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Special : | 07/29/1989 | Phillies retire Steve Carltons # 32
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Special : | 03/05/1989 | Phoebe Cates & Kevin Kline wed
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Special : | 01/17/1989 | Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami
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Special : | 08/06/1989 | Pilot Union tells pilots okay to cross Eastern picket lines
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Special : | 11/23/1989 | Pilots Union give up sympathy strike against Eastern Airlines
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Special : | 06/14/1989 | Pistons sweep LA for NBA title, Kareem Abdul Jabber's final NBA game
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Special : | 07/01/1989 | Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner marries Playmate Kimberly Conrad
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Special : | 09/21/1989 | Poland's Sejm (National Assembly) approves prime minister Mazowiecki
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Special : | 01/16/1989 | Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague
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Special : | 12/20/1989 | Premier Lubbers sees CDA-party leader Elco Brinkman as successor
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Special : | 01/19/1989 | Pres Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon
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Special : | 12/10/1989 | President Gustav Husk of Czechoslovakia, resigns
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Special : | 08/14/1989 | President Pieter W Botha of South-Africa, resigns
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Special : | 07/11/1989 | President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game
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Special : | 09/01/1989 | Princess Anne & Mark Phillips announce their seperation
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Special : | 02/01/1989 | Princess Diane of England visits NYC
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Special : | 06/14/1989 | Queen Elizabeth II knights Ronald Reagan
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Special : | 10/07/1989 | Radio talk show host Larry King weds Julie Alexander
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Special : | 06/09/1989 | Rare tornado in Philadelphia kills 1
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Special : | 10/22/1989 | Red Khmer conquers Pailin in Cambodia
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Special : | 11/04/1989 | Rene Muawad elected president of Lebanon
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Special : | 04/19/1989 | Republic Day in Sierra Leone
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Special : | 09/02/1989 | Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst
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Special : | 10/24/1989 | Rev Jim Bakker is sentenced to 50 years for fraud
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Special : | 11/28/1989 | Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract
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Special : | 10/07/1989 | Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games)
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Special : | 03/03/1989 | Robert McFarlane gets $20,000 fine, 2 yrs probation for Iran-Contra
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Special : | 02/14/1989 | Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dom Rep
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Special : | 06/14/1989 | Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame
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Special : | 07/05/1989 | Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage & knocks himself out
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Special : | 02/16/1989 | Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs record $7.5M-3 year contract
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Special : | 08/16/1989 | Roger Kingdom of USA sets 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich
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Special : | 03/09/1989 | Roger Kingdom runs world record 60m hurdles indoor (7.36 sec)
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Special : | 08/30/1989 | Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner
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Special : | 12/21/1989 | Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25)
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Special : | 02/10/1989 | Ron Brown (D) chosen 1st black chairman of a major US party
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Special : | 06/15/1989 | Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth
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Special : | 01/13/1989 | Ruins of Mashkan-shapir (occupied 2050-1720 BC) found in Iraq
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Special : | 01/03/1989 | Russian newspaper Izvestia has there 1st commercial advertisement
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Special : | 10/15/1989 | S Afr pres FW de Klerk frees Sisulu & 4 other political prisoners
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Special : | 08/20/1989 | Said Aouita runs world record 3000 m (7:29.45)
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Special : | 11/01/1989 | Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights
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Special : | 04/09/1989 | Scott Hoch chokes on 18 inch putt & loses Masters golf tournament
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Special : | 03/09/1989 | Senate rejects Bush's nomination of John Tower as Defense Secretary
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Special : | 09/16/1989 | Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher
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Special : | 01/13/1989 | Soap opera "Ryan's Hope" final episode after 13 year run
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Special : | 04/05/1989 | Solidarity grants legal status in Poland
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Special : | 09/27/1989 | Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
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Special : | 04/15/1989 | South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries
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Special : | 10/15/1989 | South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed
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Special : | 07/05/1989 | South-African Pres Pieter Botha visits ANC leader Nelson Mandela
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Special : | 03/09/1989 | Soviet Union officially submits to jurisdiction of the World Court
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Special : | 01/08/1989 | Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
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Special : | 02/15/1989 | Soviet military occupation of Afghnistn ends
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Special : | 04/17/1989 | Soviet-US agreement allows Soviets to fight US pros
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Special : | 05/31/1989 | Speaker of House Jim Wright resigns
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Special : | 09/09/1989 | Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratalova for US Open championship
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Special : | 05/29/1989 | Student protesters in China construct a replic of Statue of Liberty
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Special : | 04/23/1989 | Students in Beijing China announce class boycotts
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Special : | 01/13/1989 | Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence
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Special : | 06/30/1989 | Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup
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Special : | 05/19/1989 | Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
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Special : | 05/06/1989 | Sunday Silence wins upset victory at Kentucky Derby
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Special : | 01/22/1989 | Super Bowl XXIII-SF 49ers-20, Cincinnati Bengels-16
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Special : | 06/26/1989 | Supreme Court rules 16 year olds can recieve death penalty
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Special : | 06/21/1989 | Supreme Court rules ok to burn US flag as a political expression
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Special : | 07/03/1989 | Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions
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Special : | 06/29/1989 | Susan Lucci loses daytime emmy for 10th straight year
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Special : | 11/21/1989 | TV cameras permitted in British House of Commons
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Special : | 08/19/1989 | Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected 1st non-communmist president of Poland
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Special : | 02/07/1989 | Tennis superstar Bjrn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan
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Special : | 10/14/1989 | Texas A&I, Johnny Bailey sets NCAA season rush record at 6,085 yards
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Special : | 07/03/1989 | The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)
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Special : | 04/15/1989 | Then largest lottery in North America ($69M) drawn in Illinois
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Special : | 10/01/1989 | Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany
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Special : | 02/12/1989 | Thursday's Child sets sailing record, NY-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h
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Special : | 06/05/1989 | Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3
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Special : | 07/05/1989 | Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East
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Special : | 05/13/1989 | Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
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Special : | 08/26/1989 | Trumbull Conn, is 1st US team since 1983 to win Little League WS
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Special : | 10/31/1989 | Turgat Ozal elected president of Turkey
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Special : | 01/02/1989 | UCLA wins a record 7th consecutive bowl game
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Special : | 02/22/1989 | UK physiciast Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"
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Special : | 10/18/1989 | US 62nd manned space mission STS 34 (Atlantis 5) launches into orbit
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Special : | 10/23/1989 | US 62nd manned space mission STS 34 (Atlantis 5) returns from space
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Special : | 11/27/1989 | US 63rd manned space mission STS 33 (Discovery 9) returns from space
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Special : | 02/08/1989 | US Boeing 707 crashes into Santa Maria mountain, 145 die
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Special : | 02/24/1989 | US Boeing 747 lost opver Ocean, 9 die
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Special : | 01/04/1989 | US F-14s shoot down 2 Libyan jet fighters over Mediterranean
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Special : | 10/20/1989 | US Senate impeaches US District Judge Alcee L Hastings
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Special : | 03/22/1989 | US Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of NYC Board of Estimate
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Special : | 08/15/1989 | US Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle
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Special : | 04/30/1989 | US beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
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Special : | 06/17/1989 | US beats Guatemala 2-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
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Special : | 02/21/1989 | US bust Chinese ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1B st value)
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Special : | 02/21/1989 | US capture record 820 lbs of heroin ($1 B street value)
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Special : | 01/26/1989 | US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus
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Special : | 10/01/1989 | US issues a stamp, labeling an apatosaurus as a brontosaurus
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Special : | 05/04/1989 | US launches Magellan to Venus
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Special : | 07/06/1989 | US marshals & FCC sieze pirate radio station WHOT in Brooklyn
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Special : | 11/06/1989 | US marshals & FCC sieze pirate radio station WJPL in Brooklyn
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Special : | 11/05/1989 | US plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
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Special : | 08/13/1989 | US space shuttle STS-28 lands
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Special : | 08/08/1989 | US space shuttle STS-28 launched
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Special : | 03/13/1989 | US space shuttle STS-29 launched
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Special : | 05/08/1989 | US space shuttle STS-30 lands
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Special : | 05/04/1989 | US space shuttle STS-30 launched
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Special : | 12/20/1989 | US troops invade Panama & oust Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him
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Special : | 12/01/1989 | USSR Pres Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican
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Special : | 01/16/1989 | USSR announces plan for 2-yr manned mission to Mars
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Special : | 01/29/1989 | USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit
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Special : | 02/14/1989 | Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 mill damages for Bhopol disaster
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Special : | 07/19/1989 | United flight 232 crashes in Iowa
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Special : | 01/04/1989 | VP Bush is 1st since VP Van Buren to declare himself president
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Special : | 12/29/1989 | Vaclav Havel becomes president of Czechoslovakia
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Special : | 07/29/1989 | Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases
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Special : | 12/02/1989 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India
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Special : | 08/21/1989 | Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune
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Special : | 08/11/1989 | Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune
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Special : | 08/24/1989 | Voyager 2 flies past Neptune
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Special : | 08/25/1989 | Voyager 2 makes its closest approach to Neptune (0400 GMT)
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Special : | 11/15/1989 | Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games
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Special : | 12/13/1989 | Walter Davis (Denver) ends NBA free throw streak of 53 games
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Special : | 05/20/1989 | Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mt Everest top
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Special : | 10/15/1989 | Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer
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Special : | 01/21/1989 | Wayne Gretsky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer
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Special : | 12/29/1989 | Wayne Gretzky & Martina Navratilova, named athletes of decade by AP
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Special : | 02/17/1989 | Whitesnake's rocker David Coverdale weds actress Tawny Kitaen
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Special : | 07/23/1989 | Winds gust to 85 MPH at Fort Smith Arkansas
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Special : | 11/10/1989 | Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped
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Special : | 12/06/1989 | Worst Canadian mass murder - man kills 14 women at U of Montral
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Special : | 03/24/1989 | Worst US oil spill, Exxon's Valdez spills 11.3 mil gallons off Alaska
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Special : | 04/02/1989 | Wrestlemania V-Hulk Hogan beats Randy "Macho Man" Savage
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Special : | 11/23/1989 | Xenophobia Zoltas sworn in as premier of Greece
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Special : | 01/25/1989 | Yank owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II
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Special : | 04/02/1989 | Yanks beat Mets 4-0, sweeping 1989 mayor's trophy series in 2 games
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Special : | 03/06/1989 | Yanks beat Mets 6-4 in exhibition game (1st meeting since 1985)
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Special : | 01/01/1989 | Year of the Young Reader begins
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Special : | 04/18/1989 | Zimbabwe gains independence
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Special : | 12/06/1989 | mafia drug kingpin bombs security force at Bogot, kills 52
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