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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