October 1989 calendar

October 1989
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 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 October 1989: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1989?

Events

01 Oct 1989 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Konica San Jose Golf Classic
03 Oct 1989 Panamanian Defense Force attempts coup of Manuel Noriega; fails.
04 Oct 1989 Giants Will Clark hits 1st NLCS grand slam since 1977
05 Oct 1989 U.S. televangelist John Nunes is found guilty of embezzling US$158 million.
07 Oct 1989 Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games).
08 Oct 1989 Oakland beats Toronto, 4-3 in Game 5, to advance to the World Series
09 Oct 1989 23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins
12 Oct 1989 Musical Buddy with Paul Hipp premieres in London
13 Oct 1989 Bob Quinn resigns as New York Yankee VP / GM and replaced by Harding Peterson
14 Oct 1989 Dave Stewart is 1st since 1976 to start consecutive World Series openers
15 Oct 1989 Billy Graham is given the 1,900th star on Hollywood Boulevard.
16 Oct 1989 Bikenibau Paeniu installed as Premier of Tuvalu
17 Oct 1989 Earthquake in SF (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67
18 Oct 1989 East German state / party leader Erich Honecker, resigns
19 Oct 1989 Dangerous Games opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 4 performances
20 Oct 1989 Pakistan win Sharjah Trophy over India and WI on round-robin
21 Oct 1989 Dangerous Games closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 4 performances
22 Oct 1989 Red Khmer occupies Pailin in Cambodia
23 Oct 1989 George Harrison releases Best of Dark Horse 1976-89 album
24 Oct 1989 After a week's delay due to earthquake, World Series game three is played (World Series #86).
28 Oct 1989 Oakland Athletics sweep SF Giants in earthquake / BART series
29 Oct 1989 Colleen Walker wins LPGA Nichirei Golf International
30 Oct 1989 August A Busch III becomes CEO of St. Louis Cardinals
31 Oct 1989 Turgat Ozal elected President of Turkey

Famous Birthday

Dakota Johnson
American noted family and the first child of actress Melanie Griffith and actor husband Don Johnson.
PewDiePie
YouTube Star.
Mia Wasikowska
Australian actress.
Brie Larson
Movie Actress.
Camille Muffat
French swimmer.
Statue of Liberty
Lil Mama
American rapper.
Shenae Grimes
Canadian actress.
Michelle Wie
American golf player.
Nastia Liukin
Russian/American gymnast.
Sophia Thomalla
German television actress.
Aimee Teegarden
American actress.
Eliza Taylor
Soap Opera Actress.
Anthony Joshua
Boxer.
Vanessa White
British singer (The Saturdays).
Joy Lauren
American actress.
Henry Lau
Korean Singer (Super Junior M).
Yanina Wickmayer
Tessa Worley
French-born Alpine skier she is a two-time winner of giant slalom races in the FIS World Cup events held at Aspen, CO (2008 and 2010).
Meaghan Waller
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Famous Deaths

Graham Chapman
English actor and writer, played in comedy review in Cambridge, wrote scripts, comedy sketches and humor books.
Anthony Quayle
England, United Kingdom -- Actor (Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia).
Mary McCarthy
American writer, novelist and critic, a controversial author with an outstanding body of work that includes autobiography, novels, short...
Carmen Cavallaro
American pianist (Born 1913).
Conrad Beck
Composer, dies at 88.
Michael Carmine
Actor (Batteries Not Included), dies at 30.
Roland Winters
Actor (Jet Pilot, Meet Millie), dies at 84.
Secretariat
American race horse (Born 1970).
Ewan MacColl
English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (Born 1915).
Jean Image
Hungarian-French animator director and screenwriter (d. 1989).
Jerzy Kukuczka
Polish mountaineer, second person to climb all fourteen eight-thousanders (d. 1989).
Armida
Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film star (d. 1989).
Jay Ward
American baseball player coach and manager (d. 2012).
Cornel Wilde
Slovak-American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1989).
Cornel Wilde
Slovak-American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1989).
Henry Hall
English bandleader composer and actor (d. 1989).
Joseph Wybran
Belgian Physician / Jews foreman, murdered.
Paul Shenar
Actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53.
Bette [Ruth E] Davis
Actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81.
Franco [Francis Luambo / "Makiadi"]
Zaire Composer / music, dies at 51.
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