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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 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.

But much more happened on August 1989: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1989?


Events

  • 02 Aug 1989 NASA confirms Voyager 2's discovery of three more moons of Neptune designated temporarily 1989 N2, 1989 N3 and 1989 N24.
  • 03 Aug 1989 Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river
  • 05 Aug 1989 General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista Front winning a majority.
  • 06 Aug 1989 Oh! Calcutta! closes at Edison Theater NYC after 5959 performances
  • 07 Aug 1989 U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (Democrat-Texas) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
  • 08 Aug 1989 US space shuttle STS-28 launched
  • 11 Aug 1989 Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child premieres
  • 13 Aug 1989 2 hot-air balloon crash at Alice Springs Australia, 13 killed
  • 14 Aug 1989 President Pieter W Botha of South Africa, resigns
  • 15 Aug 1989 Cancer sufferer / SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound
  • 16 Aug 1989 Roger Kingdom of USA sets the 110m hurdle record (12.92) in Zurich, Switzerland.
  • 17 Aug 1989 Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place
  • 18 Aug 1989 Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galan is assassinated near Bogota in Colombia.
  • 19 Aug 1989 Tadeusz Mazowiecki, elected 1st non-communist President of Poland
  • 20 Aug 1989 Aak crashes into pleasure boat The Margin on the Thames, 51 killed
  • 21 Aug 1989 Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune
  • 22 Aug 1989 Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
  • 23 Aug 1989 LA Dodgers beat Montreal Expos, 1-0, in 22 innings
  • 24 Aug 1989 British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain
  • 25 Aug 1989 After 12-year, 4-billion-mile journey, Voyager 2 flies over cloudtops of Neptune and its moon Triton, sending back photographs of swamps
  • 26 Aug 1989 Trumbull Conn, is 1st US team since 1983 to win Little League WS
  • 27 Aug 1989 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings
  • 28 Aug 1989 1st regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners
  • 30 Aug 1989 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner
  • 31 Aug 1989 Aeromexico DC-9 collides over LA, 82 die

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in August 1989?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Batdanceyoutube
  2. - Right Here Waitingyoutube
  3. - Cold Heartedyoutube
  4. - On Our Own
  5. - So Alive

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Swing The Mood
  2. - Ride On Time
  3. - Wouldn't Change A Thing
  4. - French Kiss
  5. - Right Here Waitingyoutube

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Abyss

The Abyss

Release year: 1989

Directed by: James Cameron

Starring: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester

Country: United States of America

The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover

The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover

Release year: 1989

Directed by: Peter Greenaway

Starring: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard

Country: United States of America

Romero

Romero

Release year: 1989

Directed by: John Duigan

Starring: Raul Julia, Richard Jordan, Ana Alicia, Eddie Velez

Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck

Release year: 1989

Directed by: John Hughes

Starring: John Candy, Macaulay Culkin, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann

Country: United States of America

Let It Ride

Let It Ride

Release year: 1989

Directed by: Joe Pytka

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, David Johansen, Jennifer Tilly

Books

Which were the most popular books released in August 1989?
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Blessings by Belva Plain

Blessings

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Jennie Rakowsky was 36 years old when her dreams began to come true. Her career as a lawyer was on the rise, and she was about to marry an amazing man. She had never looked more beautiful.

Among Schoolchildren by Tracy Kidder

Among Schoolchildren

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Tracy Kidder, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of a New Machine (and the remarkable national bestseller House), spent nine months at Mrs.

The Old Silent by Martha Grimes

The Old Silent

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The tenth murderous case against Richard Jury sees the New Scotland Yard superintendent witness a killing at a West Yorkshire pub called the Old Silent while Melrose, his highborn amateur colleague, is present.

Blessings by Belva Plain

Blessings

By:

Jennie Rakowsky was 36 years old when her dreams began to come true. She was about to marry an amazing man. Her career as a lawyer was on the rise, and she was never more beautiful.

Garden Of Lies by Eileen Goudge

Garden Of Lies

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Sylvie Rosenthal, in a moment of terror, swaps her newborn daughter, the obvious child of her lover, with another baby girl. The fate of the two young women, who lead separate lives, leads them to meet again