June 1989 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1989 62nd National Spelling Bee: Scott Isaacs wins spelling spoliator
• 02 Jun 1989 Dead Poets Society starring Robin Williams, premieres
• 03 Jun 1989 Leaking pipe of Asha, USSR causes 2 trains to catch fire; 460 die
• 04 Jun 1989 Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in the USSR, kills 100s
• 05 Jun 1989 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Randy Travis
• 06 Jun 1989 Mets turn their 1st triple play in 7 years but lose to Cubs 8-4
• 07 Jun 1989 1st Baseball game to start outdoors and end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, and beat Brewers 4-2
• 09 Jun 1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, premieres in USA
• 10 Jun 1989 Tales From The Crypt, TV Anthology, debuts on HBO
• 11 Jun 1989 7th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Orville Moody
• 12 Jun 1989 Doctor Doctor, TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV
• 13 Jun 1989 43rd NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons sweeps LA Lakers in 4 games
• 14 Jun 1989 Queen Elizabeth II knights Ronald Reagan
• 15 Jun 1989 Ronald Reagan is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
• 16 Jun 1989 Ghostbusters II premieres
• 17 Jun 1989 US beats Guatemala 2-1, in third round of 1990 world soccer cup.
• 18 Jun 1989 Starmites closes at Criter Ctr SR Theater NYC after 60 performances
• 19 Jun 1989 Mets Dwight Gooden wins his 100th game
• 21 Jun 1989 Carlton Fisk becomes AL catcher HR hitter, 307th at Yankee stadium
• 23 Jun 1989 Movie Batman premieres
• 24 Jun 1989 Cards Vince Coleman steals record 39th and 40th consecutive bases
• 25 Jun 1989 Day By Day, last airs on NBC-TV
• 26 Jun 1989 Canada updates coins with a new potrait of the Queen
• 27 Jun 1989 The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, ILO 169 convention, is adopted.
• 28 Jun 1989 The 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo. Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
• 29 Jun 1989 Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time
• 30 Jun 1989 Les Miserables, opens at Theatre Muzyczyny, Gdynia

Famous Birthday

• Lucy Hale

  American actress.

• Amaury Vassili

  French tenor singer (exactly lyrical baritone), widely known especially in Asia and Canada.

• Markiplier

  American YouTuber.

• Imogen Poots

  TV Actress.

• Alexandra Stan

  Pop Singer.

• Matthew Lewis

  Movie Actor.

• Renee Olstead

  TV Actress.

• Taipei City Taiwan (China)
• Jung Yong-hwa

  Rock Singer.

• Javier Pastore

  Argentinian footballer.

• Courtney Halverson

  American actress.

• Teddy Tamgho

  French-Cameroonian athlete, triple jumper, he grew up in the North of Paris (Sevran).

• Ginta Lapina
• Robyn Lawley
• Yukon (Canada)
• Tanya Burr

  YouTube Star.

• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

  African football player, son of the international Gabonese player Pierre-François Aubameyang.

• Christopher Mintz-Plasse

  American actor.

• Katie Hoff
• Laura Kirkpatrick
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Famous Deaths

• Lou Monte

  New Jersey, United States -- Singer (Peppino the Italian Mouse).

• Richard Quine

  American actor singer director and screenwriter (d. 1989).

• Ayatalloh Ruhullah Khomeini

  Iranian leader (-1989), dies at 89.

• Dik Browne

  Cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible), dies at 71.

• Vaclav Kaslik

  Czech opera Composer / conductor, dies at 71.

• Milton van Embricqs

  Suriname / Dutch publicist.

• Piet[er J] Lieftinck

  Dutch Minister of Finance (1945-52).

• W Schnurre

  Writer, dies at 68.

• Lee Quencey Calhoun

  Hurdler (1956, 60 Olympics - Gold Medalist), dies at 56.

• Simon van Collem

  Dutch journalist / TV host, dies at 70.

• Bengt Viktor Johansson

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Lee Calhoun

  Hurdler (1956, 60 Olympics - Gold Medalist), dies at 66.

• Alfred J Ayer

  English philosopher (Logical Positivism).

• Jack Beutel

  Actor (The Outlaw).

• John McCauley

  hockey official (Born 1945).

• John Matusek

  Oakland Raiders player/actor, dies at age 38 of a heart attack.

• Hy Gardner

  newspaper columnist, dies at age 80.

• I F Stone

  American journalist (Born 1907).

• Alfred Jules Ayer

  British philosopher (Born 1910).

• Joris Ivens

  The greatest Dutch documentary film-maker ever, a cosmopolitan, anarchist and communist.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Michael Damian - Rock On
2. Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
3. New Kids On The Block - I'll Be Loving You (Forever)
4. Richard Marx - Satisfied
5. Milli Vanilli - Baby Don't Forget My Number

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Jason Donovan - Sealed With A Kiss
2. Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)
3. Sonia - You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You
4. Cliff Richard - The Best Of Me
5. London Boys - London Nights