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What Happened In January 1989 In History

Historical Events for January, 1989

  • 1st » The Montreal Protocol Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer comes into force.
  • 4th » Gulf of Sidra incident (1989) Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of United States Navy US Navy Grumman F-14 Tomcat F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
  • 7th » Prince Akihito is sworn in as the emperor of Japan after the death of his father Hirohito
  • 8th » Kegworth air disaster: British Midland International or British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737 Classic e.g Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
  • 8th » Beginning of Japanese Heisei period.
  • 29th » Hungary–South Korea relations called Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so
  • 30th » The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1989

  • 2nd » Maksims Bogdanovs, Latvian motorcycle racer
  • 2nd » Romain Dedola, French footballer
  • 3rd » Adas Juškevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
  • 3rd » Alex D. Linz, American actor
  • 3rd » Anya Rozova, Russian-American model
  • 3rd » Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese gymnast
  • 3rd » Ayaka Umeda, Japanese singer (AKB48 and Diva (Japanese band) e.g Diva)
  • 4th » Jeff Gyasi, Nigerian footballer
  • 4th » Labrinth, English rapper/songwriter
  • 4th » Kevin Pillar, American baseball player
  • 4th » Graham Rahal, American race car driver
  • 5th » Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer
  • 6th » Andy Carroll, English footballer
  • 6th » James Durbin (singer) or James Durbin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 6th » Max Pirkis, English actor
  • 7th » Emiliano Insúa, Argentinian footballer
  • 8th » Aaron Cruden, New Zealand rugby player
  • 8th » Kristján Einar, Icelandic race car driver
  • 8th » Barbora Silná, Czech-Austrian ice dancer
  • 9th » Michael Beasley, American basketball player
  • 9th » Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress
  • 9th » Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
  • 9th » Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete
  • 9th » Chris Sandow, Australian rugby player
  • 10th » Emily Meade, American actress
  • 10th » Kyle Reimers, Australian footballer
  • 11th » Darko Bodul, Croatian footballer
  • 11th » Sammy Carlson, American skier
  • 12th » Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer
  • 13th » Bryan Arguez, American footballer
  • 13th » James Berrett, English footballer
  • 13th » Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
  • 13th » Tim Matavž, Slovenian footballer
  • 13th » Beau Mirchoff, American-Canadian actor
  • 14th » Adam Clayton (footballer) known as Adam Clayton, English footballer
  • 14th » Liu Xiaodong (footballer) e.g Liu Xiaodong, Chinese footballer
  • 14th » Mattia Marchi, Italian footballer
  • 14th » Frankie Sandford, English singer-songwriter and dancer (S Club 8 and The Saturdays)
  • 15th » Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
  • 15th » Keiffer Hubbell, American ice dancer
  • 15th » Tasha Reign, American porn actress and model
  • 15th » Ronny Vencatachellum, Mauritian swimmer
  • 16th » Yvonne Zima, American actress
  • 17th » Hollie-Jay Bowes, English actress and singer
  • 17th » Björn Dreyer (footballer born 1989) named Björn Dreyer, German footballer
  • 17th » Taylor Jordan, American baseball player
  • 20th » Nick Foles, American football player
  • 20th » Washington Santana da Silva, Brazilian footballer
  • 21st » Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenian footballer
  • 22nd » Theo Robinson, English-Jamaican footballer
  • 22nd » Nick Simmons, American actor and singer
  • 23rd » April Pearson, English actress
  • 24th » Samba Diakité, Malian footballer
  • 24th » Calvin Goldspink, English singer and actor (S Club 8)
  • 24th » Ki Sung-Yueng, South Korean footballer
  • 25th » Sheryfa Luna, French singer
  • 25th » Víctor Ruiz Torre, Spanish footballer
  • 25th » Mikako Tabe, Japanese actress
  • 26th » MarShon Brooks, American basketball player
  • 26th » Emily Hughes, American figure skater
  • 26th » Lin Qingfeng, Chinese weightlifter
  • 26th » Torrey Smith, American football player
  • 27th » Alberto Botía, Spanish footballer
  • 27th » Daisy Lowe, English model
  • 27th » Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Dutch footballer
  • 28th » Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer
  • 28th » Ronny Philp, German footballer
  • 29th » Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
  • 30th » Khleo, American actor and rapper
  • 30th » Tomás Mejías, Spanish footballer
  • 30th » Baek Sung-hyun, South Korean actor

Famous Deaths for January 1989

  • 1st » Aleka Stratigou, Greek actress (b. 1926)
  • 2nd » Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)
  • 3rd » Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
  • 7th » Hirohito, Japanese emperor (b. 1901)
  • 9th » Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
  • 10th » Herbert Morrison (announcer) e.g Herbert Morrison, American journalist (b. 1905)
  • 10th » Colin Winchester, Australian police officer (b. 1933)
  • 16th » Prem Nazir, Indian actor (b. 1926)
  • 18th » Bruce Chatwin, English author (b. 1940)
  • 20th » Alamgir Kabir (film maker) named Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
  • 21st » Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922)
  • 21st » Billy Tipton, American pianist (b. 1914)
  • 22nd » S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan academic (b. 1924)
  • 23rd » Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (b. 1904)
  • 23rd » Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (b. 1961)
  • 24th » Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)
  • 24th » George Knudson, Canadian golfer (b. 1937)
  • 27th » Bayani Casimiro, Filipino dancer and actor (b. 1918)
  • 27th » Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player and pilot (b. 1888)
  • 28th » Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Tibetan religious leader (b. 1938)
  • 29th » Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet (b. 1900)
  • 30th » Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (b. 1936)
  • 31st » William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (b. 1896)

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