May 1989 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1989 The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World opens to the public. It covers 135 acres. Total construction costs were over US$500 million. Advertising and promotions for the opening cost US$30 million. Entrance prices are US$29 for adults, and US$23 for children aged 3-9.
• 04 May 1989 US launches Magellan to Venus.
• 05 May 1989 Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York
• 06 May 1989 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05.
• 07 May 1989 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic.
• 08 May 1989 Paul McCartney releases My Brave Face andFerry Cross the Mersey
• 09 May 1989 Saratina! closes at Cort Theater NYC after 597 performances
• 10 May 1989 FC Barcelona wins 29th Europe Cup II.
• 11 May 1989 217th and final episode of Dynasty is aired
• 12 May 1989 Entertainment Tonight performs their 2,000th TV performance
• 13 May 1989 Trinidad and Tobago ties US 1-1, in third round of 1990 world soccer cup.
• 14 May 1989 Final TV episode of Family Ties airs
• 15 May 1989 Chu Chem closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 44 performances
• 16 May 1989 Soviet President Mikhail S Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping end a 30-year rift when they formally meet in Beijing.
• 17 May 1989 Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa
• 18 May 1989 Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl
• 19 May 1989 Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
• 20 May 1989 China declares martial law in Beijing
• 21 May 1989 35th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez (her third LPGA championship).
• 22 May 1989 Amid food riots and looting set off by inflation, Argentina declares a nationwide state of siege.
• 23 May 1989 Cleveland loses and drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place
• 24 May 1989 Indiana Jones & Last Crusade premieres
• 25 May 1989 Stanley Cup: Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
• 26 May 1989 At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio
• 28 May 1989 Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney
• 29 May 1989 Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty
• 30 May 1989 Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high ''Goddess of Democracy'' statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.
• 31 May 1989 Rambling with Gambling 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM

Famous Birthday

• Chris Brown

  American recording artist, dancer, and actor.

• G-Eazy

  Rapper.

• Behati Prinsloo

  Model.

• Riley Keough

  American child of a noted family, she was the first grandchild to the late Elvis Presley, daughter of Lisa Marie and Danny Keough.

• Nora Arnezeder

  French actress and singer, born to a Catholic and Austrian father and a jewish Egyptian mother.

• Pablo Alborán

  Pop Singer.

• Selah Sue
• Dominika Cibulková

  Slovakian tennis player.

• Marco Reus

  German footballer.

• Rob Gronkowski

  Football Player.

• Rory McIlroy

  Northern Irish golfer.

• Benoît Paire

  French professional tennis player, he was finalist at the Serbian Open and semi-finalist at the Italian Open (defeated by Roger Federer).

• Cam Newton

  American football player.

• Sunny (singer)
• Ailee

  Pop Singer.

• Arlenis Sosa
• Allison Pineau
• Eleftheria Eleftheriou

  Cypriot singer and actress.

• Tereza Fajksová
• Eugénie Le Sommer
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Famous Deaths

• Guy Williams

  Actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65.

• Gilda Radner

  American comedienne on stage and film who created a gallery of offbeat characters as one of the original cast members of TV's "Saturday...

• Anton Diffring

  Koblenz, Germany -- Actor (Assignment Vienna).

• Marion Mack

  Actress (General).

• Don Revie

  British soccer player who was a scientific and tactical analyst of the game in the '50s.

• Edward Ochab

  Polish Communist politician (Born 1906).

• Woody Shaw

  American jazz musician (Born 1944).

• CLR James

  West Indian writer and journalist (Born 1901).

• Georgy Tovstonogov

  Russian theatre director (Born 1915).

• David Webster

  South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered.

• Joe Valdez Caballero

  creator of hard taco shell, dies at age 81.

• John Waldo

  Green composer, dies at age 80.

• Hassan Khaled

  sheik of Lebanon, is murdered.

• Able J Herzberg

  Russian/Netherlands lawyer (Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies.

• John R Hicks

  English economist (Nobel Prize 1972), dies (born 1904).

• Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants]

  Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at age 72.

• Terry Drinkwater

  CBS news correspondent, dies at age 53 of cancer.

• Earl Blaik

  former American football coach (Born 1897).

• Dorothy Ruth

  American horse breeder; adopted daughter of Babe Ruth (Born 1921).

• Mary Lalopoulou

  Greek actress (Born 1926).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Madonna - Like A Prayer
2. Bon Jovi - I'll Be There For You
3. Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
4. Jody Watley - Real Love
5. Michael Damian - Rock On

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Kylie Minogue - Hand On Your Heart
2. Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney, Gerry Marsden & Stock Aitken Waterman - Ferry Cross The Mersey
3. Natalie Cole - Miss You Like Crazy
4. The Bangles - Eternal Flame
5. London Boys - Requiem