What Happened In June 1989 In History

Historical Events for June, 1989

• 3rd » The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
• 4th » Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of Iran e.g Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
• 4th » Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
• 5th » The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
• 16th » Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister of Hungary or Prime Minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
• 24th » Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests.
• 28th » On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1989

• 1st » Brooklyn Lee, American porn actress
• 1st » Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan runner
• 2nd » Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-American soccer player
• 2nd » Michael Dunigan, American basketball player
• 2nd » Steve Smith (cricketer born 1989) named Steven Smith, Australian cricketer
• 3rd » Katie Hoff, American swimmer
• 3rd » Anthony Taugourdeau, French footballer
• 4th » Federico Erba, Italian footballer
• 4th » Paweł Fajdek, Polish hammer thrower
• 4th » Eldar Gasimov, Azerbaijani singer (Ell & Nikki)
• 5th » Megumi Nakajima, Filipino-Japanese voice actress and singer
• 5th » Ellary Porterfield, American actress
• 6th » Monice, Bosnian-Austrian singer
• 6th » Paula Brancati, Canadian actress
• 6th » Daniel Novikov, Estonian cyclist
• 6th » Jelena Petrova, Estonian swimmer
• 6th » Karl-Martin Rammo, Estonian sailor
• 6th » Paweł Wojciechowski (athlete) named Paweł Wojciechowski, Polish pole vaulter
• 7th » Ashley Melnick, American model, Miss Texas or Miss Texas 2010
• 7th » Mitch Robinson, Australian footballer
• 8th » Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player
• 8th » Richard Fleeshman, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 8th » Mitchell Schwartz, American football player
• 9th » Chloë Agnew, Irish singer (Celtic Woman)
• 9th » Logan Browning, American actress and singer
• 9th » Nina Kodaka, Japanese-Filipino television host
• 9th » Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer
• 10th » DeAndre Kane, American basketball player
• 10th » David Miller (cricketer) known as David Miller, South African cricketer
• 10th » Mustapha Carayol, Gambian footballer
• 10th » Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
• 10th » Ryuya Wakaba, Japanese actor
• 11th » Keith Aulie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 11th » Ana Clara Duarte, Brazilian tennis player
• 11th » Maya Moore, American basketball player
• 12th » Emma Eliasson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 12th » Ibrahim Jeilan, Ethiopian runner
• 12th » Krista K, Filipino-American model, actress, and singer
• 13th » Irene Gorovaia, Russian-American actress
• 13th » Tommy Searle, English motocross racer
• 13th » Lisa Tucker (singer) named Lisa Tucker, American singer and actress
• 14th » Lucy Hale, American actress and singer (American Juniors (group) e.g American Juniors)
• 14th » Courtney Halverson, American actress
• 14th » Joao Rojas, Ecuadorian footballer
• 15th » Víctor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist (d. 2012)
• 16th » Jelena Glebova, Estonian figure skater
• 17th » Simone Battle, American actress, singer, and dancer (G.R.L) (d. 2014)
• 17th » Giorgos Tofas, Cypriot footballer
• 18th » Renee Olstead, American actress and singer
• 20th » Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor
• 20th » Javier Pastore, Argentinian footballer
• 20th » Terrelle Pryor, American football player
• 21st » Finn Atkins, English actress
• 21st » Abubaker Kaki, Sudanese runner
• 21st » Madison Parker, Hungarian porn actress
• 21st » Patrick Schönfeld, German footballer
• 21st » Jascha Washington, American actor
• 22nd » Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer
• 22nd » Jung Yong-hwa, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (CN Blue)
• 23rd » Lauren Bennett, English singer and dancer (G.R.L. and Paradiso Girls)
• 23rd » Marielle Jaffe, American model and actress
• 23rd » Jordan Nolan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 23rd » Ayana Taketatsu, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 24th » Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean runner
• 25th » Zaden Alexander, Portuguese actor
• 25th » Jack Cork, English footballer
• 25th » Rafael Morais, Portuguese actor
• 26th » Lü Huihui, Chinese javelin thrower
• 27th » Hana Birnerová, Czech tennis player
• 27th » Matthew Lewis (actor) e.g Matthew Lewis, English actor
• 27th » Bruna Tenório, Brazilian model
• 28th » Nicole Rottmann, Austrian tennis player
• 28th » Lucy Rose, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 28th » Julia Zlobina, Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater
• 29th » Rebecca Jane (singer) called Rebecca Jane, English singer
• 30th » Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan runner
• 30th » Steffen Liebig, German rugby player
• 30th » David Myers (Australian rules footballer) e.g David Myers, Australian footballer
• 30th » Miguel Vítor, Portuguese footballer

Famous Deaths for June 1989

• 1st » Aurelio Lampredi, Italian engineer, designed the Ferrari Lampredi engine (b. 1917)
• 3rd » Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (b. 1902)
• 3rd » John McCauley (referee) or John McCauley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (b. 1944)
• 4th » Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)
• 7th » Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1907)
• 7th » William McLean Hamilton, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
• 9th » Rashid Behbudov, Azerbaijani singer and actor (b. 1915)
• 9th » George Wells Beadle, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 12th » Lou Monte, American singer (b. 1917)
• 13th » Fran Allison, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
• 15th » Maurice Bellemare, Canadian politician (b. 1912)
• 15th » Victor French, American actor and director (b. 1934)
• 18th » I. F. Stone, American journalist (b. 1907)
• 19th » Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (b. 1906)
• 22nd » Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
• 23rd » Werner Best, German police officer and jurist (b. 1903)
• 24th » Hibari Misora, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1937)
• 26th » Howard Charles Green, Canadian politician (b. 1895)
• 27th » A. J. Ayer, English philosopher (b. 1910)
• 28th » Joris Ivens, Dutch journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
• 28th » Mike Sebastian, American football player and coach (b. 1910)

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