I born NOVEMBER 8TH, 1989!
Here’s a list of events that occurred during the year!
January 24: America’s most infamous serial killer, Ted Bundy is put to death by electric chair in the state of Florida. Bundy’s execution is seen as a cause for celebration across the USA.
February 1: New York City welcomes Princess Diana of Wales on her first visit without Prince Charles accompanying her.
March 22: An asteroid known officially as 4581 Asclepius passes by Earth missing us by 430,000 miles (700,000 kilometers). In astrological terms this is a very close call; if the asteroid passed our orbit 6 hours earlier, a collision with the force of 12 atomic bombs would occur.
April 15: 94 football fans die when Liverpool play Nottingham Forest due to overcrowding at the stadium. Dubbed the Hillsborough disaster, two further casualties die in hospital and as many as 766 people are injured. Still known as one of the biggest tragedies in English football, many clubs go on to remove fencing within their own stadiums.
April 26: Bangladesh is hit by its most deadly tornado. The Daulatpur–Saturia tornado, kills an estimated 1,300 people and injures around 12,000 more.
May 4: Margaret Thatcher becomes the first British Prime Minister of the 20th century to remain in office for ten years.
June 4: 800 people are injured and 645 killed as two passing trains throw sparks near a leaky gas pipeline in Ufa, Russia. Many survivors are horrifically burned.
July 5: A secret meeting between State President of South Africa, P. W. Botha and prisoner Nelson Mandela takes place. It is the first time the two have met face to face to begin discussions to end apartheid.
July 31: North Americans can now purchase Nintendo’s portable video game system, the Game Boy. The hand-held game console can be purchased for $89.99.
August 19: Thousands of Austrians and Hungarians gather at the boarder of their countries to take part in The Pan-European Picnic. This peace demonstration is another event to incite political change and bring down the Iron Curtain.
September 6: In Paris, 41,000 people guilty of minor traffic violations are accused of more serious crimes such as murder, manslaughter and prostitution, due to a computer error. Legal notices of the serious offences are mailed to each of the accused.
October 17: 63 people die when the Loma Prieta earthquake hits the Central Coast and San Francisco Bay Area. Broadcasters covering the baseball World Series are interrupted and games are postponed for ten days as a result of the earthquake.
November 9: The Berlin wall falls and for the first time in decades East Germany opens checkpoints to allow its citizens to travel freely to West Germany.
December 11: A group of 6 explorers from 6 different nations reach the South Pole. The International Trans-Antarctica Expedition will end in March 1990 and takes a total of 220 days.
AS YOU CAN TELL THERE WERE A LOT OF INTERESTING EVENTS TO OCCUR DURING 1989!
Time Capsule
Robin, born ’89? Epic year! 🎉 Berlin Wall crumbles, Game Boy drops—what a legendary birthday timestamp!
Thank you!