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Year '''1989''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXXXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] (link displays 1989 [[Gregorian calendar]]).
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==Events of 1989==
===January===
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* [[January 4]] - [[Gulf of Sidra incident (1989)]]: two [[Libya]]n [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23|MiG-23 "Floggers"]] are engaged and shot down by two [[US Navy]] [[F-14 Tomcat]]s.
* [[January 7]] - [[Showa period]] ends with the death of [[Hirohito|Emperor Hirohito]] (aka [[Emperor Showa]]) after 62 years and 14 days of his reign in [[Japan]]. [[Akihito of Japan|Akihito]] becomes [[Emperor of Japan]], beginning the [[Heisei]] period the following day.
* [[January 8]] - The [[Kegworth Air Disaster]]: A [[Bmi (airline)|British Midland]] [[Boeing 737]] crashes on approach to [[East Midlands Airport]], leaving 47 dead.
* [[January 10]] - [[Cuba]]n troops begin withdrawing from [[Angola]].
* [[January 10]] - Assistant AFP Police Commissioner Colin Winchester gunned down in driveway of Canberra home
* [[January 12]] - George Bush names [[William Bennett]] to be his Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and [[James Watkins]] as Secretary of Energy.
* [[January 16]]-[[January 18]] - [[Race riot]]s occur in [[Overtown, Florida|Overtown]], [[Miami]].
* [[January 17]] - The [[Stockton massacre]]: Patrick Edward Purdy kills 5 children, wounds 30 and then shoots himself in [[Stockton, California]].
* [[January 18]] - The [[Communist Party of Poland]] votes to legalize [[Solidarity]].
* [[January 20]] - [[George H. W. Bush]] succeeds [[Ronald Reagan]] as the 41st [[President of the United States of America]].
* [[January 20]] - The Soviets begin to airlift supplies to Afghanistan as they pull out.
* [[January 24]] - Serial killer [[Theodore Bundy]] is executed in [[Florida]]'s [[electric chair]].
* [[January 30]] - American [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] medalist [[Bruce Kimball]] is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing 2 teenagers in a drunk driving accident.
===February===
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* [[February 1]] - Joan Kirner becomes Victoria's first female Deputy Premier, after the resignation of Robert Fordham over the VEDC (Victorian Economic Development Co-operation) Crisis.
* [[February 2]] - [[Soviet war in Afghanistan]]: The last [[Soviet Union]] armored column leaves [[Kabul]], ending 9 years of military occupation.
* [[February 2]] - Satellite television service [[Sky Television plc]] is launched in Europe.
* [[February 3]] - A military coup overthrows [[Alfredo Stroessner]], dictator of [[Paraguay]] since [[1954]].
* [[February 3]] - After a [[stroke]], [[Pieter Willem Botha]] resigns his party's leadership and the presidency of [[South Africa]].
* [[February 7]] - The [[Los Angeles, California]] City Council bans the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons.
* [[February 10]] - [[Ron Brown (U.S. politician)|Ron Brown]] is elected chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]], becoming the first [[African American]] to lead a major [[United States]] [[political party]].
* [[February 11]] - [[Barbara Clementine Harris]] is consecrated as the first female bishop of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America]].
* [[February 14]] - [[Union Carbide]] agrees to pay [[USD]] $470 million to the [[India]]n government for damages it caused in the [[1984]] [[Bhopal Disaster]].
* [[February 14]] - [[Iran]]ian leader [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] encourages [[Muslim]]s to kill ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' author [[Salman Rushdie]].
* [[February 14]] - The first of 24 [[Global Positioning System]] [[satellite]]s is placed into orbit.
* [[February 15]] - [[Soviet war in Afghanistan]]: The [[Soviet Union]] announces that all of its troops have left [[Afghanistan]].
* [[February 16]] - [[Pan Am flight 103]]: Investigators announce that the cause of the crash was a [[bomb]] hidden inside a radio-cassette player.
* [[February 23]] - After protracted testimony, the U.S. [[Senate Armed Services Committee]] rejects, 11–9, President Bush's nomination of [[John Tower]] for Secretary of Defense.
* [[February 24]] - [[Ayatollah]] [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] places a US $3-million bounty on the head of ''[[The Satanic Verses]]'' author [[Salman Rushdie]].
* [[February 24]] - [[United Airlines Flight 811]], a [[Boeing 747]] bound to [[New Zealand]] from [[Honolulu, Hawaii]], rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers and crew out of the first class section.
* [[February 24]] - After 44 years, [[Flag of Estonia|Estonian flag]] is raised to the [[Pikk Hermann]] castle tower.
* [[February 27]] - [[Venezuela]] is rocked by the [[Caracazo]], a wave of protests and looting.
===March===
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* [[March 1]] - The [[Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works|Berne Convention]], an international [[treaty]] on [[copyright]]s, is ratified by the [[United States]].
* [[March 1]] - A [[curfew]] is imposed in [[Kosovo]], where protests continue over the alleged intimidation of the [[Serb]] minority.
* [[March 1]] - [[Louis Wade Sullivan]] starts his term of office as [[U.S. Secretary of Commerce]].
* [[March 1]] - [[James D. Watkins]] starts his term of office as [[U.S. Secretary of Energy]].
* [[March 1]] - The [[Politieke Partij Radicalen]], [[Pacifistisch Socialistische Partij]], [[Communistische Partij Nederland]] and the [[Evangelical People's Party|Evangelische Volks Partij]] amalgamate to form [[Netherlands]] political party the [[GroenLinks]] (GL, GreenLeft).
* [[March 2]] - Twelve [[European Community]] nations agree to ban the production of all [[chlorofluorocarbon]]s (CFCs) by the end of the century.
* [[March 3]] - [[Jammu Siltavuori]] abducts and murders two 8 year old girls in Myllypuro suburb in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
* [[March 3]] - [[Portugal]] wins the [[FIFA U-20 World Cup]] defeating [[Nigeria]] on the final by 2–0 in [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]].
* [[March 4]] - [[TIME|Time, Inc]]. and [[Warner Communications]] announce plans for a merger, forming [[Time Warner]].
* [[March 4]] - The [[Purley Station rail crash]] in [[London]] leaves 5 dead and 94 injured.
* [[March 4]] - The first ACT ([[Australian Capital Territory]]) elections are held.
* [[March 7]] - [[Iran]] breaks off [[diplomatic relations]] with the [[United Kingdom]] over [[Salman Rushdie]]'s ''[[The Satanic Verses]]''.
* [[March 9]] - A strike forces financially troubled [[Eastern Air Lines]] into [[bankruptcy]].
* [[March 13]] - A [[geomagnetic storm]] caused the collapse of the Hydro-Québec power grid. Six million people were [[black-out|left without power]] for nine hours. Some areas in the northeastern U.S. and in Sweden also lost power, and [[aurora]]s seen as far as [[Texas]].
* [[March 14]] - [[Gun control]]: U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] bans the importation of certain guns deemed [[assault weapons]] into the [[United States]].
* [[March 14]] - Christian General [[Michel Aoun]] declares a 'War of Liberation' to rid [[Lebanon]] of [[Syria]]n forces and their allies.
* [[March 18]] - In [[Egypt]], a 4,400-year-old [[mummy]] is found in the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]].
* [[March 20]] - [[Australian Prime Minister]] [[Bob Hawke]] weeps on national television as he admits marital infidelity.
* [[March 22]] - [[Clint Malarchuk]] of the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] [[Buffalo Sabres]] suffers an almost fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.
* [[March 22]] - Asteroid [[4581 Asclepius]] approaches the Earth at a distance of 700,000 kilometers.
* [[March 23]] - [[Stanley Pons]] and [[Martin Fleischmann]] announce that they have achieved [[cold fusion]] at the [[University of Utah]].
* [[March 23]] - A 300 m (1,000 ft) diameter [[Near-Earth asteroid]] misses the [[Earth]] by 500,000 km (400,000 miles).
[[Image:Exval.jpeg|thumb|200px|The ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'']]
* [[March 24]] - [[Exxon Valdez oil spill]]: In [[Alaska]]'s [[Prince William Sound]] the ''[[Exxon Valdez]]'' spills 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of [[Petroleum|oil]] after running aground.
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* [[March 29]] - The [[61st Academy Awards]] are held at the [[Shrine Auditorium]] in [[Los Angeles, California]] with ''[[Rain Man]]'' winning [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]].
===April===
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* [[April 1]] - [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s new [[local government]] tax, the [[Poll tax#The Community Charge|Poll tax]], is introduced in [[Scotland]].
* [[April 4]] - In [[Brussels, Belgium]], [[NATO]] celebrates its 40th anniversary.
* [[April 6]] - National Safety Council of Australia chief executive [[John Friedrich]] is arrested after defrauding investors to the tune of $235 million.
* [[April 7]] - The [[Soviet submarine K-278 Komsomolets]] sinks in the [[Barents Sea]], killing 41.
* [[April 9]] - [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] demonstrators are massacred by [[Red Army]] soldiers in [[Tbilisi]]'s central square during a peaceful rally; 20 citizens are killed , many injured.
* [[April 14]] US government seizes Irving, CA [[Lincoln Savings and Loan Association]], eventually sends [[Charles Keating]] (for whom the [[Keating Five]] were named -- [[John McCain]] among them) to jail. Part of the massive 80s [[Savings and Loan Crisis]] which cost US taxpayers nearly $200 billion in bailouts, and many people their life savings.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE0DF153BF937A1575BC0A966958260 NY Times May 3, 1990]</ref>
* [[April 15]] - The [[Hillsborough disaster]], one of the biggest tragedies in [[Europe]]an [[Football (soccer)|football]], claims the life of 96 [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] supporters.
* [[April 19]] - [[Trisha Meili]] is attacked while jogging in [[New York City]]'s [[Central Park]]; as her identity remains secret for years, she becomes known as the "Central Park Jogger."
* [[April 19]] - Seven crew members die after a gun turret explodes on the U.S. battleship [[USS Iowa (BB-61)|''Iowa'']].
* [[April 20]] - [[NATO]] debates modernising short range missiles; although the [[United States|U.S.]] and [[United Kingdom|UK]] are in favour, [[West German]] chancellor [[Helmut Kohl]] obtains a concession deferring a decision.
* [[April 21]] - Students from [[Beijing]], [[Shanghai]], [[Xian]], and [[Nanjing]] begin protesting in [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square]].
* [[April 25]] - The term of [[Baginda Almutawakkil Alallah Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail]] as the 8th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]] ends.
* [[April 25]] - [[Motorola]] introduces the [[Motorola MicroTAC]] Personal Cellular Telephone, then the world's smallest mobile phone.
* [[April 26]] - [[Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yusuff Izzudin Shah Ghafarullahu-lahu]], [[Sultan]] of [[Perak]], becomes the 9th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]].
===May===
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* [[May 1]] - [[Disney's Hollywood Studios|Disney-MGM Studios]] at [[Walt Disney World]] opens to the public for the first time.
* [[May 2]] - The first crack in the [[Iron Curtain]] - [[Hungary]] dismantles 150 miles of barbed wire fencing along the border with Austria.
* [[May 9]] - [[Andrew Peacock]] deposes [[John Howard]] as Federal Opposition Leader.
* [[May 11]] - The ACT ([[Australian Capital Territory]]) Legislative Assembly meets for the first time.
* [[May 12]] - A [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] freight train crashes on Duffy Street in [[San Bernardino, California]].
* [[May 14]] - [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] visits [[China]], the first Soviet leader to do so since the [[1960s]].
* [[May 15]] - Australia's first private tertiary institution, [[Bond University]], opens on the Gold Coast.
* [[May 19]] - [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]: [[Zhao Ziyang]] meets the demonstrators in [[Tiananmen Square]].
* [[May 20]] - [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]: The Chinese government declares martial law in [[Beijing]].
* [[May 22]] - The [[Nordland]] Days in Leningrad region ([[Leningrad oblast]]) open.
* [[May 25]] - The [[Calgary Flames]] win the [[Stanley Cup]]: The Calgary Flames of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) win their first and only Stanley Cup with a 4–2 victory over the [[Montreal Canadiens]].
* [[May 25]] - Thirteen days after a Southern Pacific train derails, a Calnev pipeline explodes at the same section of Duffy Street in San Bernardino, California.
* [[May 26]] - [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] win the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] league title with the last kick of the season thanks to a late goal from [[Michael Thomas]] against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].
* [[May 30]] - [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]: The 10 m (33 ft) high ''[[Goddess of Democracy]]'' statue is unveiled in [[Tiananmen Square]] by student demonstrators.
===June===
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* [[June 1]] - The [[Rogers Centre|SkyDome]] (now known as [[Rogers Centre]]) is opened in [[Toronto]].
* [[June 3]] - The [[Ayatollah Khomeini]] dies.
* [[June 4]] - The [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square massacre]] takes place in [[Beijing]] on the army's approach to the square, and the final stand-off in the square is covered live on television.
* [[June 4]] - [[Ufa train disaster]]: A [[natural gas]] explosion near [[Ufa]], [[Russia]] kills 645 as 2 trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
* [[June 4]] - [[Solidarity]]'s victory in [[Poland|Polish]] elections is the first of many anti-[[Communism|communist]] [[Revolutions of 1989|revolutions]] in [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]] in 1989.
* [[June 7]] - 176 are killed in [[Surinam Airways Flight PY764|Surinam's worst air disaster]].
* [[June 8]] - [[Kurt Waldheim]] is elected president of [[Austria]].
* [[June 12]] - [[Corcoran Gallery of Art]] removes [[Robert Mapplethorpe|Robert Mapplethorpe's]] photography exhibition.
* [[June 13]] - The wreck of the German battleship ''[[German battleship Bismarck|Bismarck]]'', which was sunk in [[1941]], is located 600 miles west of [[Brest, France]].
* [[June 16]] - A crowd of 250,000 gathers at [[Heroes' Square (Budapest)|Heroes Square]] in [[Budapest]] for the historic reburial of [[Imre Nagy]], the former Hungarian prime minister who had been executed in 1958.
* [[June 21]] - British police arrest 250 people for celebrating the [[Midsummer|summer solstice]] at [[Stonehenge]].
* [[June 22]] - [[Ireland]]'s first universities established since independence in [[1922]], [[Dublin City University]] and the [[University of Limerick]], open.
===July===
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* [[July 2]] - [[Andreas Papandreou]], [[Prime Minister of Greece]] resigns. A new government is formed under [[Tzannis Tzannetakis]].
* [[July 5]] - The television show ''[[Seinfeld]]'' premieres.
* [[July 9]]-[[July 12]] - U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] travels to Poland and Hungary, pushing for U.S. economic aid and investment.
* [[July 14]] - France celebrates the 200th anniversary of the [[French Revolution]].
* [[July 14]]-[[July 16]] - At the annual G-7 Summit, leaders call for restrictions on gas emissions.
* [[July 19]] - [[United Airlines Flight 232]] ([[Douglas DC-10]]) crashes in [[Sioux City, Iowa]], killing 112; 184 on board survive.
* [[July 20]] - [[Myanmar|Burmese]] opposition leader [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] is placed under house arrest.
* [[July 26]] - A federal [[grand jury]] indicts [[Cornell University]] student [[Robert Tappan Morris, Jr.]] for releasing a [[computer virus]], making him the first person to be prosecuted under the [[1986]] [[Computer Fraud and Abuse Act]].
===August===
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* [[August 7]] - U.S. Congressman [[Mickey Leland]] (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in [[Ethiopia]].
* [[August 7]] - [[Federal Express]] purchased [[Flying Tigers]] for an amount circa 800 million USD
* [[August 8]] - ''[[STS-28]]'': [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] takes off on a secret 5-day military mission.
* [[August 9]] The [[asteroid]] [[4769 Castalia]] is the first asteroid directly imaged by [[radar]] from [[Arecibo]].
* [[August 13]] - A [[hot air balloon]] accident near [[Alice Springs]], Australia kills 13.
* [[August 14]] - The [[Sega Genesis]] is released in North America.
* [[August 18]] - Leading presidential hopeful [[Luis Carlos Galán]] is assassinated near [[Bogotá]] in [[Colombia]].
* [[August 19]] - [[Poland|Polish]] president [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]] nominates Solidarity activist [[Tadeusz Mazowiecki]] to be [[Prime Minister]], the first non-communist in power in 42 years.
* [[August 20]] - In [[Beverly Hills, California]], [[Lyle and Erik Menendez]] shoot their wealthy parents to death in the family's den.
* [[August 20]] - Fifty-one people die when the [[Marchioness disaster|Marchioness pleasure boat]] collides with a [[barge]] on the [[River Thames]] adjacent to [[Southwark Bridge]].
[[Image:Neptune.jpg|thumb|275px|right| [[August 25]]: [[Voyager II]] at [[Neptune]].]]
* [[August 23]] - Two million indigenous people of [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]], then still occupied by the [[Soviet Union]], join hands to demand freedom and independence, forming an uninterrupted 600 km human chain called the [[Baltic Way]].
* [[August 23]] - [[Hungary]] removes border restrictions with [[Austria]].
* [[August 23]] - All of [[Australia]]'s 1,645 domestic airline pilots resign over an airline's move to sack and sue them over a dispute.
* [[August 23]] - [[Yusef Hawkins]] is shot in the [[Bensonhurst]] section of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]], sparking racial tensions between [[African American]]s and [[Italian American]]s.
* [[August 24]] - Record-setting [[baseball]] player [[Pete Rose]] agrees to a lifetime ban from the sport following allegations of illegal gambling, thereby preventing his induction into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]].
* [[August 24]] - Indonesia's first privately owned television station, Rajawali Citra Televisi [[Indonesia]], ([[RCTI]]) begins broadcasting.
* [[August 25]] - [[Voyager II]] passes the planet [[Neptune]] and its moon [[Triton (moon)|Triton]].
===September===
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* [[September 5]] - U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] holds up a bag of [[cocaine]] purchased across the street at [[Lafayette Park]] in his first televised speech to the nation.
* [[September 6]] - The [[South Africa]]n [[South African general election, 1989|general election]] (the last under [[apartheid]]) returns the [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] with a much-reduced majority.
* [[September 6]] - [[England national football team|England]] holds [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] to a 0–0 draw in [[Sweden]], qualifying for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]]. The game became famous after [[Terry Butcher]] sustained a deep cut to his forehead early in the game. He received stitches but played on the entire game. By the end of the game, the front of Butcher's white shirt and shorts where almost entirely covered in blood.
* [[September 10]] - The Hungarian government opens the country's western borders to refugees from the [[German Democratic Republic]].
* [[September 14]] - Agreement of cooperation between [[Leningrad oblast]] ([[Russia]]) and [[Nordland]]County ([[Norway]]) is signed in Leningrad, by the chairmen [[Lev Kojkolainen]] and [[Sigbjørn Eriksen]]
* [[September 20]] - [[F. W. de Klerk]] was sworn in as State President of [[South Africa]].
* [[September 21]] - [[Hurricane Hugo]] makes landfall in [[South Carolina]], causing $7 billion in damage.
* [[September 22]] - [[1989 Deal barracks bombing|Deal barracks bombing]]: An IRA bomb explodes at the [[Royal Marine]] School of Music in [[Deal, Kent|Deal]], [[United Kingdom]], leaving 11 dead and 22 injured.
===October===
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[[Image:Apdx F2 - Aerial photo after explosion.jpg|right|thumb|October 23: Phillips Disaster]]
* [[October 5]] - U.S. televangelist John Nunes is found guilty of embezzling $158 million.
* [[October 9]] - An official news agency in the [[Soviet Union]] reports the landing of a [[Unidentified flying object|UFO]] in [[Voronezh]].
* [[October 9]] - In [[Leipzig]], [[East Germany]], protesters demand the legalization of opposition groups and democratic reforms.
* [[October 13]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] plunges 190.58 points, or 6.91 percent, to close at 2,569.26 most likely after the [[junk bond]] market collapsed. This mini-crash became known as the [[Friday the 13th mini-crash]].
* [[October 17]] - The [[Loma Prieta earthquake]], measuring 7.1 on the [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]], strikes the [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]-[[Oakland, California|Oakland]] region of Northern California, killing 63.
* [[October 18]] - The [[Communist]] leader of [[East Germany]], [[Erich Honecker]], is forced to step down as leader of the country after a series of health problems.
* [[October 19]] - The [[Guildford Four]] are freed after 14 years.
* [[October 19]]- The [[Wonders of Life]] pavilion opens at [[Epcot]]
*[[October 21]] - The [[Commonwealth Heads of Government|Heads of Government]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] issue the [[Langkawi Declaration]] on the Environment, making [[environmental sustainability]] one of the Commonwealth's main priorities.
* [[October 23]] - The [[Hungary|Hungarian Republic]] is officially declared by president [[Mátyás Szűrös]] (replacing the Hungarian People's Republic).
* [[October 23]] - [[Phillips Disaster]] in [[Pasadena, Texas]] killed 23 and injured 314 others.
* [[October 30]] - The [[Football World Cup 1990 (qualification)|qualification]] for the [[Football World Cup 1990|1990 Football World Cup]] ends.
===November===
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* ''("November 1989" – [[Cold War]]: [[East Germany]] [[November 7|Nov 7]], [[November 9|9]]; [[Bulgaria]] [[November 10|Nov 10]]; [[Czechoslovakia]] [[November 17|Nov 17]], [[November 20|20]], [[November 28|28]])''
* [[November 2]] - [[North Dakota]] and [[South Dakota]] celebrate their One Hundredth Birthdays.
* [[November 4]] - [[Typhoon]] [[Typhoon Gay (1989)|Gay]] devastates the [[Thailand|Thai]] province of [[Chumphon Province|Chumphon]].
* [[November 7]] - [[Douglas Wilder]] wins the governor's seat in [[Virginia]], becoming the first elected [[African American]] governor in the [[United States]].
* [[November 7]] - [[David Dinkins]] becomes the first [[African American]] mayor of [[New York City]].
* [[November 7]] - [[Cold War]]: The [[Communist]] government of [[East Germany]] resigns, although [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED]] leader [[Egon Krenz]] remains head of state.
* [[November 9]] - [[Cold War]]: East Germany opens checkpoints in the [[Berlin Wall]], allowing its citizens to travel freely to [[West Germany]] for the first time in decades (the next day celebrating [[Germany|Germans]] began tearing the wall down).
* [[November 10]] - After 45 years of Communist rule in [[Bulgaria]], [[Bulgarian Communist Party]] leader [[Todor Zhivkov]] is replaced by Foreign Minister [[Petar Mladenov]], who changes the party's name to the [[Bulgarian Socialist Party]].
* [[November 10]] - [[Gaby Kennard]] becomes the first [[Australia]]n woman to fly non-stop around the world.
* [[November 10]] - [[CKO]] a [[Canada|Canadian]] national all-[[news radio]] network suddenly terminated all broadcasting during the newscast at noon (Eastern time), due to financial losses. The station began broadcasting on [[July 1]], [[1977]].
* [[November 12]] - [[Brazil]] holds its first free presidential election since [[1960]]. This marked the first time that all [[Ibero-America]]n nations, excepting [[Cuba]], had elected constitutional governments simultaneously.
* [[November 16]] - Six [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priests — among them [[Ignacio Ellacuría]], [[Segundo Montes]], and [[Ignacio Martín-Baró]] — their housekeeper, and her teenage daughter, are murdered by [[Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation|U.S. trained]] [[Military of El Salvador|El Salvadorian soldiers]].
* [[November 16]] - [[South Africa]]n President [[F.W. de Klerk]] announces the scrapping of the [[Separate Amenities Act]].
* [[November 16]] - [[UNESCO]] adopts the [[Seville Statement on Violence]] at the twenty-fifth session of its General Conference.
* [[November 17]] - [[Cold War]]: The [[Velvet Revolution]] begins - In [[Czechoslovakia]] a peaceful student demonstration in [[Prague]] is severely beaten back by riot police. This sparks a revolution aimed at overthrowing the Communist government (it succeeds on [[December 29]]).
* [[November 20]] - [[Cold War]]: [[Velvet Revolution]] - The number of peaceful protesters assembled in [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
* [[November 21]] - [[North Carolina]] celebrates its [[1789|bicentennial]] statehood.
* [[November 22]] - In West [[Beirut]], a bomb explodes near the motorcade of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] President [[Rene Moawad]] and kills him.
* [[November 28]] - [[Cold War]]: [[Velvet Revolution]] - The [[Communist Party of Czechoslovakia]] announces they will give up their [[monopoly]] on political power (elections held in December bring the first non-communist government to [[Czechoslovakia]] in more than 40 years).
* [[November 30]] - [[Deutsche Bank]] board member [[Alfred Herrhausen]] is killed by a bomb (the [[Red Army Faction]] claims responsibility for the murder).
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[[Image:Crane removed part of Wall Brandenburg Gate.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A crane lifting out a chunk of the Berlin Wall, December 1989]]
* [[December 1]] - [[Cold War]]: [[East Germany]]'s parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist-dominated [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|SED]] its monopoly on power. [[Egon Krenz]], the Politburo and the Central Committee resign 2 days later.
* [[December 3]] - [[Cold War]]: In a meeting off the coast of [[Malta]], U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] and Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] release statements indicating that the [[Cold War]] between their nations may be coming to an end.
* [[December 6]] - The [[École Polytechnique Massacre]] (or Montreal Massacre): [[Marc Lépine]], an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the [[École Polytechnique de Montréal|École Polytechnique]] in [[Montreal]].
* [[December 10]] - [[Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj]] announces the establishment of Mongolia's democratic movement, that peacefully changes the second oldest communist country into a democratic society.
* [[December 14]] - [[Chile]] holds its first free election in 16 years.
* [[December 15]] - Drug baron [[José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha]] is killed by [[Colombia]]n police.
* [[December 17]] - In [[Timişoara]], [[Romania]], an uprising begins against the [[communist]] regime, sparking the [[Romanian Revolution]].
* [[December 17]] - [[Brazil]] holds its first free election in 29 years; [[Fernando Collor de Mello]] wins the election.
* [[December 17]] - The first full length episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", premieres on [[FOX]].
* [[December 20]] - ''[[United States invasion of Panama|Operation Just Cause]]'' is launched in an attempt to overthrow [[Panama]]nian dictator [[Manuel Noriega]].
* [[December 22]] - After a week of bloody demonstrations, [[Ion Iliescu]] takes over as president of [[Romania]], ending [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]]'s [[communist]] [[dictatorship]], who flees his palace in a helicopter to escape inevitable execution.
* [[December 22]] - Two tourist coaches collide on the Pacific highway north of [[Kempsey, New South Wales|Kempsey]], Australia, killing 35.
* [[December 25]] - Romanian leader [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]] and his wife [[Elena Ceauşescu|Elena]] are executed after their unsuccessful escape attempt.
* [[December 25]] - [[Bank of Japan]] governors announce a major interest rate hike, eventually leading to the peak and fall of the ''[[bubble economy]]''.
* [[December 28]] - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits [[Newcastle, New South Wales]], [[Australia]], killing 13.
* [[December 29]] - [[Václav Havel]] is elected president of [[Czechoslovakia]].
* [[December 29]] - Riots break-out after [[Hong Kong]] decides to forcibly repatriate [[Vietnam]]ese refugees.
===Undated===
* [[Alan Bond (businessman)|Alan Bond's]] [[Bond Corporation]] goes into receivership with the largest debt in Australian history.
* Homosexual Acts between consenting adults decriminalized in [[Western Australia]].
* [[Kamchatka Oblast|Kamchatka]] opened to [[Russia]]n civilian visitors.
* Retirement of the [[Alize]] propeller-driven anti-submarine planes from carrier service in the French Navy.
* The first national park, in Schiermonnikoog, is established in [[The Netherlands]].
* [[Soviet submarine K-173]], ''Chelyabinsk'', commissioned.
* The wreck of the [[Lady Elgin (steamship)|''Lady Elgin'']] discovered off [[Highland Park, Illinois]] by [[Harry Zych]].
* [[Margaret Rey]] establishes the [[Curious George Foundation]] to help creative children and prevent cruelty to animals.
* [[Richard C. Duncan]] introduces the [[Olduvai theory]], about the collapse of the [[Industrial Civilization]].
* The [[Museum of Jurassic Technology]], is founded in [[Culver City, California]] by David and Diana Wilson.
* The last [[Golden Toad]] is seen.
* The [[Japan Fantasy Novel Award]] is established.
===Ongoing===
* [[Cold War]]
===Fictional===
The following are references to year 1989 in fiction:
*[[World in Conflict]] ([[computer game]]) - The Soviet Union invades Europe and the United States.
{{Year in other calendars}}
==Births==
===January-March===
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*[[January 2]] - [[Kaitlin Howell]], Canadian actress
*[[January 3]] - [[Alex D. Linz]], American actor
*[[January 3]] - [[Anya Kop]], American fashion model
*[[January 11]] - [[Chris Perry-Metcalf]], British actor
*[[January 14]] - [[S Club 8#Members|Frankie Sandford]], British singer
*[[January 20]] - [[Nadia Di Cello]], Argentine actress
*[[January 22]] - [[Jared Smith]], American singer
*[[January 24]] - [[S Club 8#Members|Calvin Goldspink]], British singer
*[[January 25]] - [[Yasmien Kurdi]], Filipino actress and singer
*[[January 26]] - [[Emily Hughes]], American figure skater
*[[January 30]] - [[Khleo Thomas]], American actor and rapper
*[[February 3]] - [[Ryne Sanborn]], American actor
*[[February 5]] - [[Jeremy Sumpter]], American actor
*[[February 7]] - [[Louisa Lytton]], English actress
*[[February 8]] - [[Danielle Harmer]], English actress
*[[February 9]] - [[Wu Chia-ching]], Taiwanese pool player
*[[February 13]] - [[Carly McKillip]], Canadian actress
*[[February 17]] - [[S Club 8#Members|Stacey McClean]], British singer
*[[February 21]] - [[Corbin Bleu]], American actor and singer
*[[February 21]] - [[Kristin Herrera]], American actress
*[[February 21]] - [[Scout Taylor-Compton]], American actress
*[[February 24]] - [[Kosta Koufos]], American-Greek basketball player
*[[February 27]] - [[Kelly Breeding]], American singer
*[[March 1]] - [[Daniella Monet]], American actress
*[[March 5]] - [[Jake Lloyd]], American actor
*[[March 15]] - [[Caitlin Wachs]], American actress
*[[March 16]] - [[Peaches Geldof]], British performer
*[[March 16]] - [[Theo Walcott]], English footballer
*[[March 21]] - [[S Club 8#Members|Rochelle Wiseman]], British singer/television presenter
*[[March 25]] - [[Scott Sinclair]], English [[football]]er
*[[March 25]] - [[Alyson Michalka]], American actress and singer
===April-June===
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*[[April 8]] - [[Hitomi Takahashi]], Japanese singer
*[[April 18]] - [[Alia Shawkat]], American actress
*[[April 23]] - [[Anastasia Baranova]], Russian-born actress
*[[April 23]] - [[Nicole Vaidišová]], Czech tennis player
*[[April 25]] - [[Michael van Gerwen]], Dutch darts player
*[[April 25]] - [[Raquel Donatelli]], American reality television star
*[[May 4]] - [[Dániel Gyurta]], Hungarian swimmer
*[[May 4]] - [[James vanRiemsdyk]] college ice hockey player
*[[May 5]] - [[Chris Brown (singer)|Chris Brown]], American singer
*[[May 10]] - [[Lindsey Shaw]], American actress
*[[May 11]] - [[Giovani dos Santos]], [[FC Barcelona]] [[football]]er
*[[May 29]] - [[Riley Keough]], American model
*[[May 30]] - [[Kevin Covais]], [[American Idol]] Season 5 Contestant
*[[June 2]] - [[Freddy Adu]], Ghanaian-born American soccer player
*[[June 7]] - [[Shelley Buckner]], American actress
*[[June 8]] - [[Richard Fleeshman]], English actor
*[[June 18]] - [[Renee Olstead]], American actress and singer
*[[June 22]] - [[Jeffrey Earnhardt]], American race car driver
*[[June 27]] - [[Matthew Lewis]], British actor
*[[June 27]] - [[Bruna Tenório]], Brazilian supermodel
===July-September===
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*[[July 1]] - [[Mitch Hewer]], British actor
*[[July 11]] - [[David Henrie]], American actor
*[[July 13]] - [[Sayumi Michishige]], Japanese singer
*[[July 23]] - [[Daniel Radcliffe]], British actor
*[[July 21]] - [[Jamie Waylett]], British actor
*[[July 25]] - [[Noel Callahan]], Canadian actor
*[[July 27]] - [[Charlotte Arnold]], Canadian actress
*[[August 8]] - [[Sesil Karatantcheva]], Bulgarian tennis player
*[[August 9]] - [[Stefano Okaka Chuka]], Italian footballer
*[[August 10]] - [[Sam Gagner]], Canadian professional hockey player
*[[August 14]] - [[Kyle Turris]], Canadian professional hockey player
*[[August 15]] - [[Belinda Peregrín|Belinda]], Mexican singer and actress
*[[August 19]] - [[Romeo (rapper)|Romeo]], American rapper and actor
*[[August 21]] - [[Hayden Panettiere]], American actress and singer
*[[August 23]] - [[Breanna Conrad]], American reality television star
*[[September 1]] - [[Bill and Tom Kaulitz-Trümper]], German members in the band [[Tokio Hotel]]
*[[September 2]] - [[Alexandre Pato]], Brazilian footballer
*[[September 9]] - [[Hugh Mitchell (actor)|Hugh Mitchell]], British actor
*[[September 10]] - [[Sanjaya Malakar]], American singer and ''[[American Idol]]'' finalist
*[[September 26]] - [[Emma Rigby]], British actress
===October-December===
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*[[October 4]] - [[Lil Mama]], American rapper
*[[October 4]] - [[Kimmie Meissner]], American figure skater
*[[October 11]] - [[Michelle Wie]], American golf player
*[[October 18]] - [[Joy Lauren]], Desperate Housewives star ( Danielle Van De Kamp)
*[[October 30]] - [[Nastia Liukin]], American Gymnast
*[[November 3]] - [[Paula DeAnda]], Mexican-American singer
*[[November 6]] - [[Jozy Altidore]], American soccer player
*[[November 11]] - [[Reina Tanaka]], Japanese singer
*[[November 14]] - [[Jake Livermore]], English footballer
*[[November 15]] - [[Tim Corcoran]], American acrobat
*[[November 20]] - [[Cody Linley]], American actor
*[[December 2]] - [[Cassie Steele]], Canadian actress and singer
*[[December 4]] - [[Garron DuPree]], American musician
*[[December 7]] - [[Nicholas Hoult]], British actor
*[[December 12]] - [[Harry Eden]], British actor
*[[December 12]] - [[Helen Flanagan]], English actress
*[[December 13]] – [[Taylor Swift]], American country music singer
*[[December 18]] - [[Ashley Benson]], American actress
*[[December 22]] - [[Jordin Sparks]], American singer and ''[[American Idol]]'' winner
*[[December 27]] - [[Kateryna Lahno]], Ukrainian chess player
*[[December 28]] - [[Mackenzie Rosman]], American actress
*[[December 30]] - [[Ryan Sheckler]], American skateboarder
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===Unknown dates=== <!--BIRTHS-->
*[[Marina Golbahari]], Afghani actress
*[[Haley Bennett]], American actress/singer <!--1988-->
*[[Imogen Poots]], English actress
*[[Vasthy Mompoint]], American Broadway actress
:''For musicians born in 1989, see [[1989 in music]].''
==Deaths==
===January-March===
*[[January 3]] - [[Robert Banks (chemist)|Robert Banks]], American chemist (b. [[1921]])
*[[January 7]] - [[Frank Adams]], British mathematician (b. [[1930]])
*[[January 7]] - [[Hirohito]], [[Emperor of Japan]] (b. [[1901]])
*[[January 10]] - [[Hai Teng]], abbott of [[Shaolin Temple]] (b. [[1902]]?)
*[[January 10]] - [[Herbert Morrison (announcer)|Herbert Morrison]], American radio reporter (b. [[1905]])
*[[January 11]] - [[August Koern]], Estonian statesman and diplomat (b. [[1900]])
*[[January 21]] - [[Billy Tipton]], American musician (b. [[1914]])
*[[January 23]] - [[Salvador Dalí]], Spanish artist (b. [[1904]])
*[[January 24]] - [[Ted Bundy]], American serial killer (executed) (b. [[1946]])
*[[January 27]] - [[Bayani Casimiro]], Filipino dancer and actor (b. [[1918]])
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*[[February 1]] - [[Elaine de Kooning]], American artist (b. [[1919]])
*[[February 3]] - [[John Cassavetes]], American actor and author (b. [[1929]])
*[[February 6]] - [[Barbara Tuchman]], American historian (b. [[1912]])
*[[February 9]] - [[Osamu Tezuka]], Japanese [[Manga]] artist, e.g. [[Astro Boy (1960s)|Astroboy]] (b. [[1928]])
*[[February 11]] - [[George O'Hanlon]], American actor and director (b. [[1912]])
*[[February 14]] - [[Vincent Crane]], British musician ([[Atomic Rooster]])
*[[February 24]] - [[Sparky Adams]], American baseball player (b. [[1894]])
*[[February 26]] - [[Roy Eldridge]], American musician (b. [[1911]])
*[[February 27]] - [[Paul Oswald Ahnert]], German astronomer (b. [[1897]])
*[[February 27]] - [[Konrad Lorenz]], Austrian zoologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1903]])
<!--MARCH (deaths)-->
*[[March 6]] - [[Harry Andrews]], British actor (b. [[1911]])
*[[March 8]] - [[Carl Stuart Hamblen]], American musician (b. [[1908]])
*[[March 9]] - [[Robert Mapplethorpe]], American photographer (b. [[1946]])
*[[March 11]] - [[James Kee]], American politician (b. [[1917]])
*[[March 12]] - [[Maurice Evans (actor)|Maurice Evans]], English actor (b. [[1901]])
*[[March 14]] - [[Edward Abbey]], American author and environmentalist (b. [[1927]])
*[[March 14]] - [[Stephen D. Bechtel, Sr.]], American businessman (b. [[1900]])
*[[March 17]] - [[Merritt Butrick]], American actor (b. [[1959]])
*[[March 19]] - [[Alan Civil]], English French horn player (b. [[1929]])
*[[March 27]] - [[Malcolm Cowley]], American author (b. [[1898]])
*[[March 27]] - [[Jack Starrett]], American actor and director (b. [[1936]])
===April-June===
*[[April 12]] - [[Gerald Flood]], British actor (b. [[1927]])
*[[April 15]] - [[Hu Yaobang]], [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China]] (b. [[1915]])
*[[April 16]] - [[Jocko Conlan]], baseball player and umpire (b. [[1899]])
*[[April 21]] - Princess [[Her Imperial Highness Princess Duk-hye|Dukhye of Korea]] (b. [[1912]])
*[[April 22]] - [[Emilio G. Segrè]], Italian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1905]])
*[[April 26]] - [[Lucille Ball]], American entertainer (b. [[1911]])
*[[April 30]] - [[Sergio Leone]], Italian film director (b. [[1929]])
*[[April 30]] - [[Masako Nashimoto|Yi, Bang-ja]], Crown Princess of Korea (b. [[1901]])
<!--MAY-->
*[[May 1]] - [[Sally Kirkland (editor)|Sally Kirkland]], fashion editor at ''LIFE'' (b. [[1912]])
*[[May 9]] - [[Keith Whitley]], American singer (b. [[1955]])
*[[May 14]] - [[E.P. Taylor]], Canadian business tycoon (b. [[1901]])
*[[May 19]] - [[C.L.R. James]], Trinidadian writer and journalist (b. [[1901]])
*[[May 19]] - [[Robert Webber]], American actor (b. [[1924]])
*[[May 20]] - [[John Hicks]], English economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1904]])
*[[May 20]] - [[Gilda Radner]], American comedian and actress (b. [[1946]])
*[[May 29]] - [[John Cipollina]], American musician ([[Quicksilver Messenger Service]]) (b. [[1943]])
*[[May 30]] - [[James Harry Lacey]], British [[World War II]] RAF Fighter pilot (b. [[1917]])
<!--JUNE-->
*[[June 3]] - Ayatollah [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], [[Supreme Leader of Iran]] (b. [[1900]])
*[[June 3]] - [[John McCauley]], NHL official
*[[June 4]] - [[Dik Browne]], American cartoonist (b. [[1917]])
*[[June 7]] - [[Don the Beachcomber]], American restaurateur (b. [[1907]])
*[[June 9]] - [[George Wells Beadle]], American geneticist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1903]])
*[[June 15]] - [[Victor French]], American actor and director (b. [[1934]])
*[[June 20]] - [[Hilmar Baunsgaard]], Danish politician (b. [[1920]])
*[[June 24]] - [[Hibari Misora]], Japanese singer (b. [[1937]])
*[[June 27]] - [[Alfred Ayer]], British philosopher (b. [[1910]])
*[[June 28]] - [[Joris Ivens]], Dutch filmmaker (b. [[1898]])
===July-September===
*[[July 3]] - [[Jim Backus]], American actor (b. [[1913]])
*[[July 6]] - [[János Kádár]], Hungarian dictator (b. [[1912]])
*[[July 10]] - [[Mel Blanc]], American voice actor (b. [[1908]])
*[[July 11]] - [[Laurence Olivier]], prolific English stage and screen actor and director (b. [[1907]])
*[[July 15]] - [[Laurie Cunningham]], English footballer (b. [[1956]])
*[[July 16]] - [[Herbert von Karajan]], Austrian conductor (b. [[1908]])
*[[July 16]] - [[Kaitlyn Arquette]] [[Lois Duncan]]'s daughter [[1971]])
*[[July 18]] - [[Donnie Moore]], baseball player (suicide) (b. [[1954]])
*[[July 19]] - [[Kazimierz Sabbat]], Polish president (b. [[1913]])
*[[July 20]] - [[Forrest H. Anderson]], American politician (b. [[1913]])
*[[July 22]] - [[Martti Talvela]], Finnish bass (b. [[1935]])
*[[July 23]] - [[Donald Barthelme]], American writer (b. [[1931]])
*[[July 23]] - [[Michael Sundin]], English television presenter (b. [[1961]])
*[[July 30]] - [[Lane Frost]], American bull rider (b. [[1963]])
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*[[August 1]] - [[John Ogdon]], English pianist (b. [[1937]])
*[[August 4]] - [[Maurice Colbourne]], British actor (b. [[1939]])
*[[August 7]] - [[Mickey Leland]], American congressman (b. [[1944]])
*[[August 12]] - [[William Shockley]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1910]])
*[[August 13]] - [[Tim Richmond]], American race car driver (b. [[1955]])
*[[August 14]] - [[Robert Bernard Anderson]], American political figure (b. [[1910]])
*[[August 16]] - [[Jean-Hilaire Aubame]], French-Gabonese politician (b. [[1912]])
*[[August 16]] - [[Amanda Blake]], American actress (b. [[1929]])
*[[August 20]] - [[George Adamson]], Indian-born conservationist (assassinated) (b. [[1906]])
*[[August 21]] - [[Raul Seixas]], Brazilian singer (b. [[1945]])
*[[August 22]] - [[John Clyne]], Canadian jurist (b. [[1902]])
*[[August 22]] - [[Diana Vreeland]], American fashion editor (b. [[1929]])
*[[August 22]] - [[Huey P. Newton]], co-founder of the [[Black Panther Party]] (murdered) (b. [[1942]])
*[[August 29]] - [[Peter Scott]], English naturalist, artist, and explorer (b. [[1909]])
*[[August 30]] - [[Joe Collins]], baseball player (b. [[1922]])
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*[[September 1]] - [[A. Bartlett Giamatti]], American President of Yale University and [[Commissioner of Baseball|MLB Commissioner]] (b. [[1938]])
*[[September 4]] - [[Ronald Syme]], New Zealand-born classicist and historian (b. [[1903]])
*[[September 8]] - [[Barry Sadler]], American author and musician (b. [[1940]])
*[[September 14]] - [[Dámaso Pérez Prado]], Cuban musician (b. [[1916]])
*[[September 17]] - [[Hugh Quincy Alexander]], American politician (b. [[1911]])
*[[September 22]] - [[Irving Berlin]], American composer (b. [[1888]])
*[[September 28]] - [[Ferdinand Marcos]], [[President of the Philippines]] (b. [[1917]])
*[[September 30]] - [[Horace Alexander]], English writer, pacifist, and ornithologist (b. [[1889]])
===October-December===
*[[October 4]] - [[Graham Chapman]], English comedian (b. [[1941]])
*[[October 4]] - [[Secretariat (racehorse)|Secretariat]], American racehorse (b. [[1970]])
*[[October 6]] - [[Bette Davis]], American actress (b. [[1908]])
*[[October 9]] - [[Penny Lernoux]], American journalist and author (b. [[1940]])
*[[October 11]] - [[M. King Hubbert]], American geophysicist (b. [[1903]])
*[[October 16]] - [[Scott O'Dell]], children's writer and winner of 5 [[Newbery Award]]s (b. [[1898]])
*[[October 26]] - [[Charles J. Pedersen]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1904]])
*[[October 30]] - [[Pedro Vargas]], Mexican singer and actor (b. [[1904]])
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*[[November 1]] - [[Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1898]])
*[[November 3]] - [[Timoci Bavadra]], Fiji physician and politician (b. [[1934]])
*[[November 5]] - [[Vladimir Horowitz]], Russian pianist (b. [[1903]])
*[[November 11]] - [[Kenneth MacLean Glazier, Sr.]], Canadian minister and librarian (b. [[1912]])
*[[November 12]] - [[Sourou Migan Apithy]], Beninese political figure (b. [[1913]])
*[[November 22]] - [[C. C. Beck]], American cartoonist (b. [[1910]])
*[[November 25]] - [[George Cakobau]], Fiji Governor General (b. [[1912]])
*[[November 26]] - [[Ahmed Abdallah]], Comorian politician (b. [[1919]])
*[[November 29]] - [[Gubby Allen]], English cricketer (b. [[1902]])
*[[November 30]] - [[Ahmadou Ahidjo]], Cameroonian politician (b. [[1924]])
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*[[December 1]] - [[Alvin Ailey]], American dancer and choreographer (b. [[1931]])
*[[December 2]] - [[Ray Morehart]], American baseball player (b. [[1899]])
*[[December 5]] - [[John Pritchard (conductor)|John Pritchard]], English conductor (b. [[1921]])
*[[December 6]] - [[Frances Bavier]], American actress (b. [[1902]])
*[[December 6]] - [[Marc Lépine]], Canadian mass murderer (b. [[1964]])
*[[December 8]] - [[Mikhail Katukov]], Russian war hero (b. [[1900]])
*[[December 14]] - [[Andrei Sakharov]], Russian physicist and activist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (declined) (b. [[1921]])
*[[December 15]] - [[Edward Underdown]], stage and film veteran (b. [[1908]])
*[[December 16]] - [[Silvana Mangano]], Italian actress (b. [[1930]])
*[[December 20]] - [[Kurt Böhme]], German bass (b. [[1908]])
*[[December 22]] - [[Samuel Beckett]], Irish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1906]])
*[[December 25]] - [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]], Romanian dictator (executed) (b. [[1918]])
===Unknown dates=== <!--DEATHS-->
* (none)
==Nobel prizes==
*[[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Norman F. Ramsey]], [[Hans G. Dehmelt]], [[Wolfgang Paul]]
*[[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Sidney Altman]], [[Thomas R. Cech]]
*[[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[J. Michael Bishop]], [[Harold E. Varmus]]
*[[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Camilo Jose Cela|Camilo José Cela]]
*[[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Tenzin Gyatso]], the 14th [[Dalai Lama]]
*[[Nobel Prize in Economics|Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] - [[Trygve Haavelmo]]
==Templeton Prize==
* [[George MacLeod|The Very Reverend Lord MacLeod]] (Joint Award)
**[[Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker|Professor Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker]] (Joint Award)
==See also==
* [[20th century]]
==Notes==
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