The News and Events in 1989:
- George H.W. Bush becomes president of the US
- The largest oil spill in US history occurs after the Exxon Valdez strikes Blight Reef in Alaska's Prince William sound
- In Liverpool, England a soccer stadium barrier collapses killing 94 people
- Hurricane Hugo causes 71 deaths and $4.2 billion in damage
- A massive earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay area minutes before the World Series between the Giants and A's
- The Berlin Wall comes down, symbolically ending the Cold War
- Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair
- Ayatollah Khomeini places a three-million-US dollar bounty for the death of author Salman Rushdie
- Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is arrested in Beverly Hills, California after slapping a motorcycle police officer
- Nintendo released its popular handheld video game player, Game Boy
- Oakland Athletics win the World Series
- San Francisco 49ers win Superbowl XXIII
- Calgary Flames win the Stanley Cup
- Batman is the top grossing film
- "Look Away" by Chicago spends the most time at the top of the US charts
- Talk show host, Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken during a taping of his show, when a fight erupts on the set between guests
- The Arsenio Hall Show and The Simpsons premiere
- Dragonball Z premieres on Japanese television
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