Wikipedia: 1989

Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s? 2020s? 2030s?

Years: 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 - 1989 - 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994

Deaths

• February 11 - [George O'Hanlon]?, actor/director.
• February 27 -- Konrad Lorenz
• June 28 - Joris Ivens, filmmaker
• December 25 - [Nicolae Ceaucescu]?, former ruler of Romania is executed

Events

• February 11 - [Barbara Clementine Harris]? is consecrated 1st female bishop in the Episcopalian Church.
• February 11 - US female Figure Skating championship won by [Jill Trenary]?.
• [March 1] - The Berne Convention is ratified and enters into force with regard to the United States.
• November 9 - The Berlin Wall comes down.
• November 10 - The communist regime in Bulgaria is overthrown.
• George Bush succeeds Ronald Reagan as President of the United States of America.
• Rice University celebrates its demisequicentenial.
• [Fernando Collor de Mello]? wins the first elections in Brazil in 29 years.

Sport

• January 22 - Super Bowl XXIII San Francisco 49ers (20) def. Cincinnati Bengals (16)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Norman F. Ramsey]?, [Hans G. Dehmelt]?, [Wolfgang Paul]?
• Chemistry - [Sidney Altman]?, [Thomas R Cech]?
• Medicine - [J Michael Bishop]?, [Harold E Varmus]?
• Literature - [Camilo José Cela]?
• Peace - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.
• Economics - [Trygve Haavelmo]?