Thursday October 12, 1989

US date format: 10/12/1989, UK date format: 12/10/1989

It was Thursday, under the sign of Libra (see birth chart on October 12, 1989). The US president was George H. W. Bush (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church. Famous people born on this day include Paulo Henrique Ganso and Anna Ohmiya. In that special week of October people in US were listening to Miss You Much by Janet Jackson. In UK Ride On Time by Black Box was in the top 5 hits. Fat Man and Little Boy, directed by Roland Joffé, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1989 while Blessings by Belva Plain was one of the best selling books. On TV people were watching Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl. If you liked videogames you were probably playing DJ Boy or Dungeon Explorer.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

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Holidays

El Dia de la Raza - Latin America.
French Republican Calendar - Chanvre (Hemp) Day, twenty-first day in the Month of VendTmiaire
Columbus Day (traditionally) - United States.
Spain - Hispanic Day, National Day
Malawi - Mother's Day
Equatorial Guinea - Independence Day (from Spain, 1968)
Also see October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
RC Saints - Our Lady of the Pillar (Zaragoza, Spain); Saint Wilfrid
St. Fiace
Roman festivals - Fortuna Redux, last day of the Ludi Augustales
St. Domnina
St. Seraphinus
St. Amicus
St. Edistius
Bl. Camillus Constanzi
St. Edwin
St. Wilfrid
St. Felix and Cyprian
St. Heribert
St. Maximilian of Lorch
St. Monas
St. Pantalus
St. Salvinus
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