1989 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1989th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 989th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1980s decade.
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January 7 – Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heiseiperiod begins.January 8 – the Kegworth Air Disaster – A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport– 44 deadJanuary 10 – Cuban troops begin withdrawing from AngolaJanuary 10 – Assistant Australian Federal Policecommissioner Colin Winchester is shot dead in the driveway of his Canberra home.January 9 - Nina Dobrev, Canadian actressJanuary 23 – April Pearson, British actressFebruary 3 – Vania King, American tennisplayerFebruary 9 – Shunta Takahashi, Japanese footballerJanuary 7 – Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (b. 1901)January 23 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (b. 1904)January 24 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)February 6 – Chris Gueffroy, last person to be shot at the Berlin Wall (b. 1968)Nobel Prize in Physics won by Norman F. Ramsey, and shared by Hans G. Dehmelt and Wolfgang PaulNobel Prize in Chemistry shared by Sidney Altman and Thomas R. CechNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine shared by J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. VarmusNobel Prize in Literature won by Camilo José Cela, SpanishnovelistBorn on the Fourth of July, nominated for eight Academy AwardsDead Poets Society, winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Film"All She Wants Is" – Duran Duran"My Brave Face" – Paul McCartney"Another Day in Paradise" – Phil Collins"Batdance" – PrinceGeek Love – Katherine DunnThe Cardinal of the Kremlin – Tom ClancyChronicle of the French Revolution – Jean Favieret al.Daddy – Danielle SteelPeople also ask
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AD 89 ( LXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Fulvus and Atratinus (or, less frequently, year 842 Ab urbe condita ).
English. Budget. $19 million. Box office. $27 million. Dad is a 1989 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Gary David Goldberg and starring Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Kevin Spacey and Ethan Hawke. It is based on William Wharton 's novel of the same name. The original music score was composed by James ...
- October 27, 1989
- Gary David Goldberg, Joseph Stern
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AD 1989 Edit 300px Important Events: Spring - The Interplanetary Council sends Broxholm and Kreeblim to Earth disguised as teachers to study Earthling students and bring back specimens, hoping to solve the Earth Question, but Broxholm is foiled by Susan Simmons and forced to flee with Peter Thompson .