1989 in the United States

none February 2026 1989 1989 Events from the year 1989 in the United States. yes center 3 Incumbents Federal government President: Ronald Reagan (R-California) (until January 20) George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) (starting January 20) Vice President: George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) (until January 20) Dan Quayle (R-Indiana) (starting January 20) Chief Justice: William Rehnquist (Virginia) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Jim Wright (D-Texas) (until June 6) Tom Foley (D-Washington) (starting June 6) Senate Majority Leader: Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) (until January 3) George J. Mitchell (D-Maine) (starting January 3) Congress: 100th (until January 3), 101st (starting January 3) State governments Governors and lieutenant governors Governors 30em Governor of Alabama: H. Guy Hunt (Republican) Governor of Alaska: Steve Cowper (Democratic) Governor of Arizona: Rose Mofford (Democratic) Governor of Arkansas: Bill Clinton (Democratic) Governor of California: George Deukmejian (Republican) Governor of Colorado: Roy Romer (Democratic) Governor of Connecticut: William A O'Neill (Democratic) Governor of Delaware: Michael Castle (Republican) Governor of Florida: Bob Martinez (Republican) Governor of Georgia: Joe Frank Harris (Democratic) Governor of Hawaii: John D. Waihee III (Democratic) Governor of Idaho: Cecil D. Andrus (Democratic) Governor of Illinois: James R. Thompson (Republican) Governor of Indiana: Robert D. Orr (Republican) (until January 9), Evan Bayh (Democratic) (starting January 9) Governor of Iowa: Terry E. Branstad (Republican) Governor of Kansas: Mike Hayden (Republican) Governor of Kentucky: Wallace G. Wilkinson (Democratic) Governor of Louisiana: Buddy Roemer (Democratic)/(Republican) Governor of Maine: John R. McKernan, Jr. (Republican) Governor of Maryland: William Donald Schaefer (Democratic) Governor of Massachusetts: Michael Dukakis (Democratic) Governor of Michigan: James Blanchard (Democratic) Governor of Minnesota: Rudy Perpich (Democratic) Governor of Mississippi: Ray Mabus (Democratic) Governor of Missouri: John Ashcroft (Republican) Governor of Montana: Ted Schwinden (Democratic) (until January 2), Stan Stephens (Republican) (starting January 2) Governor of Nebraska: Kay A. Orr (Republican) Governor of Nevada: Richard Bryan (Democratic) (until January 3), Bob Miller (Democratic) (starting January 3) Governor of New Hampshire: John H. Sununu (Republican) (until January 4), Judd Gregg (Republican) (starting January 4) Governor of New Jersey: Thomas Kean (Republican) Governor of New Mexico: Garrey Carruthers (Republican) Governor of New York: Mario Cuomo (Democratic) Governor of North Carolina: James G. Martin (Republican) Governor of North Dakota: George A. Sinner (Democratic) Governor of Ohio: Dick Celeste (Democratic) Governor of Oklahoma: Henry Bellmon (Republican) Governor of Oregon: Neil Goldschmidt (Democratic) Governor of Pennsylvania: Robert P. Casey (Democratic) Governor of Rhode Island: Edward D. DiPrete (Republican) Governor of South Carolina: Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. (Republican) Governor of South Dakota: George S. Mickelson (Republican) Governor of Tennessee: Ned McWherter (Democratic) Governor of Texas: Bill Clements (Republican) Governor of Utah: Norman H. Bangerter (Republican) Governor of Vermont: Madeleine M. Kunin (Democratic) Governor of Virginia: Gerald L. Baliles (Democratic) Governor of Washington: Booth Gardner (Democratic) Governor of West Virginia: Arch A. Moore, Jr. (Republican) (until January 16), Gaston Caperton (Democratic) (starting January 16) Governor of Wisconsin: Tommy Thompson (Republican) Governor of Wyoming: Mike Sullivan (Democratic) Lieutenant governors 30em Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Jim Folsom, Jr. (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Alaska: Stephen McAlpine (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Winston Bryant (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of California: Leo T. McCarthy (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Mike Callihan (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Joseph J. Fauliso (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: Shien Biau Woo (Democratic) (until January 20), Dale E. Wolf (Republican) (starting January 20) Lieutenant Governor of Florida: Bobby Brantley (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Georgia: Zell Miller (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii: Ben Cayetano (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: Butch Otter (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: George H. Ryan (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: John Mutz (Republican) (until January 9), Frank O'Bannon (Democratic) (starting January 9) Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Jo Ann Zimmerman (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Jack D. Walker (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Brereton Jones (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Paul Hardy (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Maryland: Melvin A. Steinberg (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Evelyn Murphy (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Martha W. Griffiths (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Marlene Johnson (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Brad Dye (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Harriett Woods (Democratic) (until January 9), Mel Carnahan (Democratic) (starting January 9) Lieutenant Governor of Montana: Gordon McOmber (Democratic) (until January 2), Allen Kolstad (Republican) (starting January 2) Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: William E. Nichol (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Bob Miller (Democratic) (until January 3), vacant (starting January 3) Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: Jack L. Stahl (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of New York: Stan Lundine (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Robert B. Jordan, III (Democratic) (until January 7), James Carson Gardner (Republican) (starting January 7) Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: Lloyd Omdahl (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Paul R. Leonard (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: Robert S. Kerr III (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Mark Singel (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Richard A. Licht (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Roger N. Begin (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Nick Theodore (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Walter Dale Miller (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: John S. Wilder (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Texas: William P. Hobby, Jr. (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Utah: W. Val Oveson (Republican) Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Howard Dean (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Douglas Wilder (Democratic) Lieutenant Governor of Washington: John Cherberg (Democratic) (until January 11), Joel Pritchard (Republican) (starting January 11) Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Scott McCallum (Republican) Events January thumb|right|upright|January 20: George H. W. Bush becomes the 41st U.S. president thumb|right|upright|January 20: Dan Quayle becomes the 44th U.S. vice president January 1 – The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.Not Just The Fta: Factors Affecting Growth In Canada-United States Trade Since 1988 https://publications.gc.ca/Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP/prb0251-e.htm 2025-01-01 publications.gc.ca January 4 – Second Gulf of Sidra incident: Two Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are engaged and shot down by two United States Navy F-14 Tomcats. January 10 – Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago settles a government enforcement action by agreeing to pay $14 million in backpay to women and minorities, the largest such settlement ever obtained from a single employer. January 11 President Ronald Reagan delivers his farewell address to the nation. The National Collegiate Athletic Association adopts Proposition 42, which withdraws athletic scholarships from athletes who fail to meet minimal academic standards. January 12 – President-elect George H. W. Bush announces the final members of his cabinet, naming James D. Watkins as Secretary of Energy and William Bennett as the first director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. January 13 – Bernhard Goetz is sentenced to one year in prison and fined $5,000 for shooting four young men on the New York subway in 1984.January 14, 1989 Goetz is Sent to Jail for 1 Year; Court Overturns Original Sentence, Citing N.Y. Gun Law https://www.deseret.com/1989/1/14/18791414/goetz-is-sent-to-jail-for-1-year-br-court-overturns-original-sentence-citing-n-y-gun-law live https://web.archive.org/web/20230307151230/https://www.deseret.com/1989/1/14/18791414/goetz-is-sent-to-jail-for-1-year-br-court-overturns-original-sentence-citing-n-y-gun-law March 7, 2023 March 7, 2023 Deseret News January 16 – A Hispanic Miami police officer shoots and kills a speeding black motorcyclist in the Overtown section of Miami, Florida, starting three days of rioting. January 17 – Stockton schoolyard shooting: Patrick Edward Purdy kills five children, wounds 30 and then shoots himself in Stockton, California.May 26, 2022 The Forgotten School Gun Massacre in Stockton, CA https://www.hnn.us/article/the-forgotten-school-gun-massacre-in-stockton-ca September 22, 2024 History News Network January 18 – The Republican National Committee elects Lee Atwater as its chairman. January 20 – George H. W. Bush is sworn in as the 41st president of the United States, and Dan Quayle is sworn in as the 44th vice president. January 22 – The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII. January 24 Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair.August 23, 2021 These Were The Last Words Ted Bundy Ever Spoke https://www.grunge.com/495088/these-were-the-last-words-ted-bundy-ever-spoke/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20230628211849/https://www.grunge.com/495088/these-were-the-last-words-ted-bundy-ever-spoke/ June 28, 2023 January 14, 2022 Grunge.com Joel Steinberg is convicted of manslaughter in the beating death of a 6-year-old child he was raising. January 29 – Shining Time Station, a children's sitcom debuts on PBS. Starring Didi Conn, Brian O'Connor and Ringo Starr, the series introduces British children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends to America. January 31 – Northway, Alaska records the highest mean sea level pressure on record in the United States with a reading of 31.85 inHg (1078.6 millibars)World and US High Barometric Pressure records https://web.archive.org/web/20141014082056/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/world-and-us-anticyclonic-high-barometric-pressure-records 2014-10-14 February February 7 The Los Angeles, California City Council bans the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons. The 101st United States Congress rejects a proposed 51 percent pay raise for its members, federal judges, and certain other high-ranking government officials. February 9 – President Bush delivers his first address to the 101st Congress. February 10 Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major United States political party. President Bush meets with Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney in Ottawa, laying the groundwork for the Acid Rain Treaty of 1991. February 11 – Barbara Harris is the first woman consecrated as a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. February 14 – The first of 24 Global Positioning System satellites is placed into orbit. 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 23–27 – U.S. President Bush visits Japan, China, and South Korea, attending the funeral of Hirohito and then meeting with China's Deng Xiaoping and South Korea's Roh Tae-woo. February 26 – 60 Minutes in the United States airs a report claiming that apples sprayed with Alar may cause cancer in children, leading many schools to remove apples from their cafeterias. March thumb|120px|March 24: Exxon Valdez oil spill March – The unemployment rate drops to a low of 5.0%, the lowest since December 1973. March 1 The Berne Convention, an international treaty on copyrights, is ratified by the United States. Louis W. Sullivan starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. James D. Watkins starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Energy. March 3 – Former National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane is fined $20,000 and given two years' probation for misleading Congress about the Iran–Contra affair. March 4 Time Inc. and Warner Communications announce plans for a merger, forming Time Warner. Eastern Air Lines machinists and baggage workers walk off the job to protest pay cuts. The airline subsequently filed for bankruptcy protection five days later, on March 9. March 9 – By a vote of 53 to 47, the Senate votes to reject the nomination of John Tower as United States Secretary of Defense. President Bush subsequently nominated Dick Cheney the next day, and Cheney was confirmed and sworn in as defense secretary on March 17. March 13 – A geomagnetic storm causes the collapse of the Hydro-Québec power grid. 6 million people are left without power for 9 hours. Some areas in the northeastern U.S. and in Sweden also lose power, and aurorae are seen as far as Texas. March 13–17 – The Food and Drug Administration bans the import of grapes from Chile after traces of cyanide are found in two grapes. March 13–18 – The Space Shuttle Discovery flies mission STS-29. 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 15 – The United States Department of Veterans Affairs becomes established. March 20 – Dick Cheney is sworn in as the new Secretary of Defense, succeeding Frank Carlucci.September 21, 2013 Dick Cheney Fast Facts https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/21/us/dick-cheney-fast-facts/index.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20200211030211/https://www.cnn.com/2013/09/21/us/dick-cheney-fast-facts/index.html February 11, 2020 January 5, 2020 CNN March 22 Congress passes a bill to protect the job of whistle blowers who expose government waste or fraud. National Football League commissioner Pete Rozelle, commissioner since 1960, announces he will step down when a replacement is found. Clint Malarchuk of the NHL Buffalo Sabres suffers an almost fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat. March 23 – Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce that they have achieved cold fusion at the University of Utah. March 24 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Alaska's Prince William Sound the Exxon Valdez spills 240000 oilbbl m3 of oil after running aground. March 29 – The 61st Academy Awards, the first since 1971 with no official host are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, with Barry Levinson's Rain Man winning four awards out of eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The television broadcast is the most-viewed in Oscar history until 1998, garnering nearly 43 million viewers. April April 1 – Bill White becomes president of baseball's National League, becoming the first African American to head a major sports league. April 2 – The World Wrestling Federation holds WrestleMania V from the Atlantic City Convention Hall (Promoted as Trump Plaza) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. April 3 The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team defeats the Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team to win the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Richard M. Daley is elected Mayor of Chicago. April 5 – Beginning of the Pittston Coal strike after miners had worked 14 months without a contract. April 9 – More than 300,000 demonstrators march in Washington, D.C. in support of legal abortion in the United States. April 14 – The U.S. government seizes the Irving, California Lincoln Savings and Loan Association; Charles Keating (for whom the Keating Five were named – John McCain among them) eventually goes to jail, as part of the massive 1980s Savings and loan crisis which costs U.S. taxpayers nearly $200 billion in bailouts, and many people their life savings.https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/24/business/judge-rejects-keating-suit-sees-looting-of-lincoln.html Judge Rejects Keating Suit; Sees 'Looting' of Lincoln Stephen Labaton Special to The New York Times 24 August 1990 The New York Times April 17 – The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct charges House Speaker Jim Wright with improperly evading limits on outside income and accepting improper gifts. 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." A gun turret explodes on the U.S. battleship Iowa, killing 47 crew members. April 20 – NATO debates modernizing short range missiles; although the U.S. and U.K. are in favor, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl obtains a concession deferring a decision. May May 1 – Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World opens to the public for the first time. May 4 In the trial of Oliver North on charges related to the Iran–Contra affair, the jury finds North guilty of three criminal charges and not guilty of nine. STS-30 was launched, deploying the Venus-bound Magellan probe. May 8 – STS-30 lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California after four days of its mission and the successful deployment of a Venus spacecraft. May 12 – A Southern Pacific Railroad freight train crashes on Duffy Street in San Bernardino, California. May 15–25 – Los Angeles schoolteachers go on strike. The strike ends with the teachers gaining more administrative control and a 24% pay raise. May 19 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,500 for the first time since Black Monday (1987). May 25 – Thirteen days after the Southern Pacific train derailment, the Calnev Pipeline explodes at the same section of Duffy Street in San Bernardino, California. May 26 – United States House of Representatives Majority Whip Tony Coelho resigns from the United States House of Representatives, saying he wants to spare his family from an investigation into his finances. May 31 – Jim Wright announces his resignation as Speaker of the House of Representatives. June June 4 – Jerome Robbins' Broadway wins the Tony Award for Best Musical and five other Tonys.https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/year/1989/category/any/show/any/ Winners / 1989 The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards Tony Award Productions 11 November 2021 June 6 – The United States House of Representatives elects Tom Foley as its new speaker.https://books.google.com/books?id=YHlZCBqGvZIC&q=June Jenkins Jeffery A. Stewart Charles III Charles Stewart III Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government Princeton studies in American politics : historical, international, and comparative perspectives Princeton and Oxford Princeton University Press 2013 418 978-0-691-11812-3 June 12 – The Corcoran Gallery of Art cancels Robert Mapplethorpe's photography exhibition, "Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment", due to its sexually explicit content.Roberts Roxanne Roxanne Roberts 900 protest Corcoran cancellation; Group gathers at museum in support of Mapplethorpe The Washington Post 1 July 1989, cited in https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/04/04/the-robert-mapplethorpe-protest-at-the-corcoran-was-one-of-washingtons-most-stunning/ Argetsinger Amy Amy Argetsinger Here's what the dazzling 1989 Robert Mapplethorpe protest at the Corcoran looked like The Washington Post Arts and Entertainment 4 April 2016 5 November 2021 June 13 The Detroit Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers to win the 1989 NBA Finals.https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1989-nba-finals-lakers-vs-pistons.html 1989 NBA Finals – Lakers vs. Pistons Sports Reference LLC 11 November 2021 President Bush vetoes a minimum-wage bill passed by Congress on May 17 that would have increased the minimum wage to $4.55 an hour.Daniel Leon Leon Daniel Bush veto stiffs working poor https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19890617&id=XHpPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3264,7718691 The Bryan Times Bryan, Ohio UPI 41 142 17 June 1989 4 10 November 2021 Google News June 14 – A Titan IV blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.https://www.airforcemag.com/chronology-1980-1989/ Chronology: 1980-1989 Air Force Magazine 24 November 2018 Air Force Association 11 November 2021 June 21 – In Texas v. Johnson, the United States Supreme Court rules that burning the Flag of the United States is protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.Welch Michael Flag Burning: Moral Panic and the Criminalization of Protest New York Aldine de Gruyter 2000 9780202306513 https://books.google.com/books?id=s5btT1HO60kC 68–71 10 November 2021 June 23 – The film Batman opens on general release, to massive anticipation, following the Pop Culture phenomenon known as “Batmania”. It earned more than $40 million in its first weekend, a box office record. June 23–24 – Three shipping accidents in a 12-hour period create oil spills in Rhode Island, Delaware and Texas. June 26 – In Penry v. Lynaugh, the Supreme Court rules that states can execute murderers as young as 16 or who are mentally challenged.https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep492/usrep492302/usrep492302.pdf PENRY v. LYNAUGH, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Library of Congress 11 November 2021 June 27 – A federal appeals court overturns the February 1988 conviction of Lyn Nofziger for illegal lobbying. July July 3 – In Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, the Supreme Court gives the states new authority to restrict abortions. July 5 The television show Seinfeld premieres. Oliver North is fined $150,000, and given a two-year suspended sentence and three years probation and ordered to perform 1,200 hours of community service for his crimes in the Iran-contra affair. July 9–12 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush travels to Poland and Hungary, pushing for U.S. economic aid and investment. July 17 – Maiden flight of the B-2 stealth bomber. July 18 – Actress Rebecca Schaeffer is murdered by obsessed fan Robert John Bardo, leading to stricter stalking laws in California. July 19 – United Airlines Flight 232 (Douglas DC-10) crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 112; 184 on board survive. July 21 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,600 for the first time since Black Monday (1987). 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. July 31 – Nintendo's Game Boy is released in North America. August August 5 – Congress passes the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, which is signed into law by President Bush on August 9. The act provides a $166-billion bailout to failed savings and loans and overhauls regulation of the industry. August 7 U.S. Representative Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia. Federal Express purchases Flying Tiger Line for approximately $800 million. August 8 – STS-28: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret 5-day military mission. August 10 – President Bush nominates United States Army Gen. Colin Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, making him the first African American to hold that position. August 16–17 – Woodstock '89 festival. August 20 – In Beverly Hills, California, Lyle and Erik Menendez shoot their wealthy parents to death in the family's den. August 22 – Nolan Ryan becomes the first pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball to get 5,000 strikeouts. August 23 – Yusef Hawkins is shot in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, sparking racial tensions between African Americans and Italian Americans. 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. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ends the day at 2,734.64, its highest closing since Black Monday (1987). August 27 – A Delta II rocket owned by McDonnell Douglas launches a television satellite, the first time a privately owned rocket had orbited a payload. August 28 – The World Wrestling Federation holds its SummerSlam event from the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. August 29 – Harry Zych, a diver and salvager, files a lawsuit to gain ownership of the wreck of the Lady Elgin which he has recently discovered in Lake Michigan in Highland Park, Illinois.cs1 https://openjurist.org/941/f2d/525/zych-v-unidentified-wrecked-and-abandoned-vessel-believed-to-be-the-seabird 941 F2d 525 Zych v. Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Vessel Believed to Be the "Seabird" United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit 21 August 1991 F2d 941 525 openjurist.org September September 1 – Commissioner of Baseball A. Bartlett Giamatti dies of a heart attack. On September 13, club owners elect Fay Vincent as his successor. September 2–3 – Fraternity members attending the Greekfest fraternity festival in Virginia Beach, Virginia spend two days rioting and looting. September 5 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush holds up a bag of cocaine purchased across the street at Lafayette Park, and proposes to spend $7.9 billion in the war on drugs, in his first televised speech to the nation. September 8 – Former president Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove fluid on his brain. He recovers quickly. September 14 – Standard Gravure shooting: Factory worker Joseph Wesbecker kills 8 and injures 12 before committing suicide inside a factory in Louisville, Kentucky. September 21 – Hurricane Hugo makes landfall in South Carolina, causing $7 billion in damage. September 27–28 – President Bush and the governors of the 50 U.S. states meet at the University of Virginia to discuss education policy. September 28 Braniff Incorporated files for bankruptcy for the second time since 1982. Former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos dies in an inter-organ failure at his hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.Donnelly Christine Marcos Dies in Exile at 72; 'Father's Not Here Anymore' https://apnews.com/article/65c33b6132f2f56bc2f813655f200aae April 20, 2021 Associated Press September 29, 1989 https://web.archive.org/web/20210420112714/https://apnews.com/article/65c33b6132f2f56bc2f813655f200aae April 20, 2021 September 29 – In the biggest narcotics seizure on record, drug agents confiscate 21.4 short tons of cocaine and more than $12 million in cash from a Los Angeles warehouse. October thumb|120px|October 17: Loma Prieta earthquake right|thumb|upright|120px|October 18: Galileo and its Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster being deployed by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission. October 4 – More than 55,000 Boeing machinists go on strike. They return to work on November 22 after winning higher pay. October 5 – A jury in Charlotte, North Carolina convicts televangelist Jim Bakker of fraud and conspiracy. On October 24, he is sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $500,000. October 9 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at a record high of 2,791.41. October 12 The Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings complete the Herschel Walker trade. Congress passes the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which Bush allows to become law without his signature on October 28. October 13 – Friday the 13th mini-crash: 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 collapses. October 15 – Wayne Gretzky becomes the leading scorer in the history of the National Hockey League. October 17 – The 6.9 w y Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Sixty-three people were killed and damage amounted to $5.6–6 billion. October 18 – STS-34 is launched, deploying the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe. October 19 – The Wonders of Life pavilion opens at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Florida. October 20 The Senate convicts Judge Alcee Hastings of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida of perjury and conspiracy to obtain a bribe, and removes him from office. A federal jury in New York City convicts Rep. Robert García of extortion and conspiracy. October 23 The Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas kills 23 and injures 314 others. STS-34 lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California after five days of its mission and the successful deployment of a Jupiter-bound spacecraft. Congress fails to override Bush's veto of a bill that would have restored funding for abortions for poor women who were the victims of rape or incest. October 26 – NFL owners elect Paul Tagliabue as NFL commissioner. October 28 – The Oakland Athletics beat the San Francisco Giants to win the 1989 World Series. November November 2 – North Dakota and South Dakota celebrate their 100th birthdays. November 3 – The Senate convicts Judge Walter Nixon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and removes him from office. November 7 Douglas Wilder wins the Virginia governor's race, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States. David Dinkins becomes the first African American mayor of New York City. November 8 – Congress passes legislation to raise the minimum wage from $3.35 to $4.25 an hour by April 1991. Bush signs this bill on November 17. November 9 – The Berlin Wall is brought down. November 15 – Lech Wałęsa, leader of Poland's Solidarity movement, addresses a Joint session of the United States Congress. November 15–16 – November 1989 tornado outbreak: Tornadoes in the Eastern United States kill at least 31 people. November 16 Six Jesuit priests—among them Ignacio Ellacuría, Segundo Montes, and Ignacio Martín-Baró—their housekeeper, and her teenage daughter, are murdered by U.S. trained Salvadoran soldiers. The House of Representatives passes amendments to strengthen the Ethics in Government Act of 1978; the Senate passes its own amendments the next day. November 17 – Walt Disney Feature Animation's 28th feature film, The Little Mermaid, is released to critical acclaim and is one of Disney's biggest financial successes at the time. After the success of 1986's The Great Mouse Detective and the 1988 Disney/Amblin live-action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the film is given credit for breathing life back into the art of Disney animated feature films after some prior films produced by Disney were struggling. It also marks the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance. November 19 – United States Soccer Team qualified to the 1990 FIFA World Cup after 40 years of absences, beating Trinidad & Tobago 1–0 in Port Spain, The goal scored by Paul Caligiuri was named as:Shot heard round the world November 21 – North Carolina celebrates its bicentennial statehood. November 22 Congress repeals the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988. The Space Shuttle Discovery begins STS-33. December thumb|120px|December 20: United States invasion of Panama December 2 – The Solar Maximum Mission research satellite, launched in 1980, crashes back to earth. 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 7 – A Miami, Florida jury convicts police officer William Lozano for the January 16 deaths of a black motorcyclist and his passenger. December 10 – Members of ACT UP organize Stop the Church, a demonstration in Manhattan protesting Cardinal John O’Connor. Over one hundred protestors are arrested. December 12 – Hotelier Leona Helmsley is sentenced to four years in prison and fined $7.2 million for tax evasion. December 16–18 – Mail bombings kill a federal judge in Birmingham, Alabama and a lawyer in Savannah, Georgia. December 17 – The television show The Simpsons premiered on FOX with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". December 20 – Operation Just Cause is launched in an attempt to overthrow Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. Ongoing Cold War (1947–1991) Births births yes 1 January thumb|100px|Derrick Morgan thumb|100px|Conor Dwyer thumb|100px|Emily Meade thumb|100px|Beau Mirchoff thumb|100px|Nicole Ross thumb|100px|Dustin Poirier thumb|100px|Khleo Thomas January 1 – Marvin Austin, football player January 3 Christian Ballard, football player Bryan Burke, soccer player Alex D. Linz, actor Seth Rich, employee for the DNC (d. 2016) January 4 Joe Barksdale, singer/songwriter and football player Sessilee Lopez, model Kevin Pillar, baseball player Graham Rahal, race car driver January 6 James Durbin, singer Derrick Morgan, football player January 8 Jessica Beard, sprinter Steven Christopher Parker, actor January 9 – Michael Beasley, basketball player January 10 Conor Dwyer, Olympic swimmer Emily Meade, actress January 12 – Tiler Peck, ballerina January 13 Andy Allo, Cameroonian-born singer/songwriter, guitarist, and actress Bryan Arguez, football player James Bird, Welsh-born rugby player Morgan Burnett, football player Doug Martin, football player (d. 2025) Beau Mirchoff, American-born Canadian actor January 15 Kaveh Akbar, Iranian-born poet and scholar Kelci Bryant, Olympic diver Keiffer Hubbell, ice dancer Tasha Reign, pornographic actress, nude model, stripper, producer, and sex columnist Nicole Ross, Olympic foil fencer January 16 Charlie Buckingham, Olympic sailor Yvonne Zima, actress January 17 Byron Bell, football player Blake Beavan, baseball player Kelly Marie Tran, actress January 18 Rich Balchan, soccer player Steven Bohlemann, Paralympic soccer player January 19 John Albert, ice hockey player Dustin Poirier, mixed martial artist January 21 – Kayla Banwarth, volleyball player and coach January 22 Brad Bolen, judoka Nick Simmons, actor and singer January 23 – James Aiono, football player January 24 – Chris Banchero, American-born Filipino basketball player January 25 Vincent Brown, football player Kevin Burwell, basketball player Kelly Curtis, Olympic skeleton racer January 26 MarShon Brooks, basketball player Emily Hughes, Olympic figure skater January 27 Dyllón Burnside, actor and singer Brooke Butler, actor January 29 Maikon Bonani, football player Troy Brewer, basketball player January 30 Jahvid Best, football player and Olympic track and field athlete representing St. Lucia Thomas Biesemeyer, Olympic alpine skier Jonathon Blum, ice hockey player Kylie Bunbury, Canadian-born actress Keith Butler, baseball player Khleo Thomas, actor and rapper January 31 Coady Andrews, soccer player Joanna Atkins, sprinter February thumb|100px|Sara Jacobs thumb|100px|Jeremy Sumpter thumb|100px|Elizabeth Olsen thumb|100px|Corbin Bleu thumb|100px|Courtney LaPlante thumb|100px|Aaron Moten February 1 – Sara Jacobs, politician February 2 – Harrison Smith, football player February 3 – Ryne Sanborn, hockey player and actor February 4 Victor Aiyewa, football player Lavoy Allen, basketball player February 5 Mew2King, esports athlete Jeremy Sumpter, actor February 6 – Randall Burden, football player February 7 – Isaiah Thomas, basketball player February 8 JaJuan Johnson, basketball player Julio Jones, football player Courtney Vandersloot, basketball player February 9 – Mike Brown, football player February 10 – Chas Alecxih, football player February 11 – Brian Brikowski, football player February 13 – Katie Volding, actress February 14 – Chazz Anderson, football player February 15 Matt Balasavage, football player Bonnie Dennison, actress February 16 – Elizabeth Olsen, actress February 17 – Chord Overstreet, actor and singer February 18 Whitney Ashley, Olympic discus thrower Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, politician February 19 Danielle Adams, basketball player Robyn Adele Anderson, singer and actress Matt Hamilton, Olympic curler February 20 Nate Bussey, football player Jack Falahee, actor February 21 Jake Bequette, football player and political candidate Corbin Bleu, actor, model, dancer, film producer, and singer/songwriter Kristin Herrera, actress Scout Taylor-Compton, actress February 22 – Chris Bassitt, baseball player February 23 Evan Bates, Olympic ice dancer Chris Conte, football player February 24 Jacqueline Alemany, journalist and political reporter Brian Bell, wheelchair basketball player Ammar Campa-Najjar, politician Trace Cyrus, musician and guitarist for Metro Station Kosta Koufos, Greek-born basketball player February 26 – Courtney LaPlante, American-born Canadian singer and vocalist for Iwrestledabearonce (2012–2015) and Spiritbox (2016–present) February 27 – Stefano Langone, singer February 28 Chad Bell, baseball player Aaron Moten, actor March thumb|100px|Daniella Monet thumb|100px|Anton Yelchin thumb|100px|Mason Musso thumb|100px|Ronnie Canizaro thumb|100px|Aly Michalka thumb|100px|Von Miller March 1 Sonya Kitchell, singer/songwriter Daniella Monet, actress and singer March 3 Val Astaire, pop singer/songwriter Seth Blair, baseball player Marcus Boyd, sprinter John Brantley, football player D. 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Bryant, football player March 4 – Erin Heatherton, fashion model March 5 Jake Lloyd, actor Sterling Knight, actor March 6 Colin Briggs, lacrosse player Stephanie Brombacher, softball player Josh Bush, football player Dwight Buycks, basketball player Tabitha Peterson, Olympic curler March 7 – Gerald Anderson, Filipino-born actor March 8 – Drayson Bowman, ice hockey player March 10 – Nina Jankowicz, researcher and author, head of the U.S. Disinformation Governance Board March 11 – Anton Yelchin, Russian-born Actor (d. 2016) March 12 Tyler Clary, Olympic swimmer Austin Kelly, basketball coach March 13 Joshua Allen, dancer and So You Think You Can Dance winner (d. 2025) Jordan Lane Price, actress, singer, and model March 14 Jay Jones, politician Colby O'Donis, singer March 15g Brandon Barden, football player Ben Blood, ice hockey player LaVon Brazill, football player Jordan Feliz, Christian singer/songwriter Gil Roberts, Olympic printer Caitlin Wachs, actress March 16 Michael Blazek, baseball player Shannon Breen, football player Brian M. Rosenthal, investigative journalist Blake Griffin, basketball player March 17 Bront Bird, football player Mason Musso, musician and singer/songwriter Ronnie Canizaro, singer and frontman for Born of Osiris March 18 Jonathan Ahdout, actor Lily Collins, British-born actress March 19 Ben Briley, singer Vincent Hancock, Olympic skeet shooter March 20 Heather Bergsma, Olympic speed skater Tommy Ford, Olympic Alpine skier March 21 Matt Blanchard, football player Bryan Bulaga, football player March 22 Broderick Adé Hogue, art director, designer, and letterer (d. 2021) Tyler Oakley, YouTube and podcast personality Karen Rodriguez, singer J. J. Watt, American Football player March 25 James Anderson, basketball player Allen Bailey, football player Bree Boyce, beauty pageant winner Aly Michalka, actress and singer March 26 Josiah Leming, singer Von Miller, football player March 28 – Nick Boulle, racing driver April thumb|100px|Joe Haden thumb|100px|Alia Shawkat thumb|100px|Emily Rios thumb|100px|Candace Owens April 2 – Nicole Baukus, convicted criminal April 3 – T. J. Brennan, ice hockey player April 5 Audrey Bolte, beauty pageant winner Kris Bowers, composer and pianist April 8 – Nicholas Megalis, singer/songwriter April 9 Bianca Belair, wrestler Danielle Kahle, figure skater April 10 Valerie Arioto, softball player Richard Helms, businessman Juice Robinson, pro wrestler April 11 Blake Brettschneider, soccer player Zola Jesus, singer April 12 Greg Blum, soccer player iLoveMakonnen, rapper April 13 Ryan Bailey, Olympic sprinter Anamika Bhargava, tennis player April 14 – Joe Haden, football player April 16 Baths, musician Mia Yim, wrestler April 17 Darius Adams, American-born Bulgarian basketball player Avi Kaplan, a cappella singer and member of Pentatonix Beau Knapp, actor April 18 Don Barclay, football player Jessica Jung, American-born Korean singer Alia Shawkat, actress April 19 Tori Anthony, pole vaulter Ashley Everett, dancer and actress April 20 Shane Bannon, football player Nina Davuluri, public speaker, advocate, and beauty pageant titleholder, Miss America 2014 Han Hee-jun, Korean-American singer April 21 – Tatyana McFadden, Russian-born paralympian athlete April 22 DeJuan Blair, basketball player Chance Barrow, wrestler April 23 Anastasia Baranova, Russian-born actress Kate Buesser, ice hockey player April 24 David Boudia, Olympic diver Thomas Sanders, influencer April 25 – Joe Bendik, soccer player April 26 Cole Beasley, football player Chad Bettis, baseball player April 27 La'Shard Anderson, basketball player Martha Hunt, model Emily Rios. actress April 28 Kenjon Barner, football player Stephen Ettinger, mountain biker April 29 Gabriel Chavarria, actor Candace Owens, conservative author, talk show host, political commentator, and activist April 30 Armando Allen, football player Baauer, record producer and DJ May thumb|100px|Tim Urban thumb|100px|Greg Casar thumb|100px|Chris Brown thumb|100px|Anna Paulina Luna thumb|100px|Prince Royce thumb|100px|Rob Gronkowski thumb|100px|G-Eazy thumb|100px|Riley Keough thumb|100px|Sean Johnson May 1 Denzel Bowles, basketball player Tim Urban, actor, singer/songwriter, and American Idol, contestant May 2 Graham Alexander, singer/songwriter, entertainer, and entrepreneur Tommy Brenton, basketball player May 3 Anya Alvarez, golfer and writer Bryan Barberena, mixed martial artist Brandon Bostick, football player May 4 Greg Casar, politician James van Riemsdyk, hockey player May 5 – Chris Brown, singer and actor May 6 – Anna Paulina Luna, Air Force veteran and politician May 7 – Earl Thomas, football player May 8 Andrew Blaser, Olympic skeleton racer Brandon Bogotay, football player Nyle DiMarco, model and activist Reckful, Twitch streamer (d. 2020) May 9 Becca, singer/songwriter and guitarist Clint Boling, football player May 10 Drew Butler, football player Marisha Ray, voice actress Lindsey Shaw, actress Jesse Vargas, boxer and political candidate Gabrielle Walsh, actress May 11 David Buchanan, baseball player Pratyush Buddiga, New Zealand-born poker player Tyler Carron, Paralympic ice sled hockey player Cam Newton, football player Prince Royce, singer/songwriter May 12 Nick Bellore, football player Kylee Botterman, gymnast May 14 – Rob Gronkowski, football player May 15 – Sunny Lee, American-born Korean singer May 16 – Bill Bentley, football player May 17 – Olivia Luccardi, actress and producer May 18 Fatima Ali, Pakistani-born chef (d. 2019) Nathan Bartholomay, Olympic pair figure skater Alan Becker, online animater and YouTuber Josh Bellamy, football player Leif Nordgren, Olympic biathlete May 19 – Gaelan Connell, actor and musician May 20 – Grant Amato, convicted murderer May 21 – Rodney Bartholomew, basketball player May 22 Drake Britton, baseball player Trevor Reckling, baseball player May 24 G-Eazy, hip-hop rapper and producer Lelia Broussard, musician and member of Jupiter Winter Kalin Lucas, basketball player Tara Correa-McMullen, actress (d. 2005) Sarah Reich, tap dancer May 25 – Steven Krueger, actor May 26 – Chad Billins, ice hockey player May 28 – Isaac Butts, basketball player May 29 Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-born football player Riley Keough, actress Brandon Mychal Smith, actor May 30 Kamar Aiken, football player Ailee, Korean-born singer/songwriter Greg Billington, Olympic triathlete Kevin Covais, actor and singer May 31 Lauren Barnes, soccer player Jordan Bernstine, football player Noah Gundersen, singer/songwriter and guitarist Sean Johnson, soccer player Justine Lupe, actress June thumb|100px|Miya Folick thumb|100px|Lucy Hale thumb|100px|Renee Olstead thumb|100px|Christopher Mintz-Plasse thumb|100px|Jeffrey Earnhardt thumb|100px|Markiplier June 1 Chaisson Allen, basketball player and coach Trey Britton, basketball player Brandon Taylor, writer June 2 Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-born soccer player Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, writer Austin Davis, football player Cooper Helfet, football player June 3 – Jillette Johnson, singer June 4 – Saul Almeida, Brazilian-born boxer and mixed martial artist June 5 – Cam Atkinson, hockey player June 6 Prince Amukamara, football player Matt Broha, football player Dusty Button, ballerina Jeanna Giese, rabies survivorBirths – Fond du Lac, St. Agnes Hospital https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-oshkosh-northwestern-births-fond-du/199281579/ June 10, 2026 Oshkosh Northwestern June 19, 1989 5 June 8 – Kelvin Beachum, football player June 9 Bill Algeo, mixed martial artist Logan Browning, actress Miya Folick, singer/songwriter June 10 – DeAndre Kane, basketball player June 11 Cryaotic, YouTuber and internet personality Maya Moore, basketball player Chris Roettler, singer and frontman for Like Moths to Flames June 12 Dallas Beeler, baseball player Jud Birza, model and television personality Jeff Brooks, American-born Italian basketball player June 13 Jude Brewer, writer, producer, actor, and podcast host Lisa Tucker, singer and actress June 14 Shane Austin, football player Peter Avalon, wrestler Benjamin Booker, musician, singer/songwriter, and guitarist Lucy Hale, actress and singer June 15 Alyssa Farah Griffin, political strategist and TV personality Bayley, wrestler June 16 – AraabMuzik, record producer and DJ June 17 Simone Battle, actress and singer (d. 2014) Monica Barbaro, actress June 18 – Renee Olstead, actress and singer June 20 Luke Babbitt, basketball player Christopher Mintz-Plasse, actor Terrelle Pryor, football player June 21 – Jamar Abrams, basketball player June 22 Jeshua Anderson, sprinter and hurdler Jeffrey Earnhardt, race car driver June 23 – Chasten Buttigieg, teacher, writer, and LGBTQ rights advocate June 24 Jamie Blatnick, football player Rafi Gavron, English-born actor June 25 – Chris Brochu, actor and singer/songwriter June 27 – Kimiko Glenn, actress and singer June 28 Joe Kovacs, Olympic shot putter Markiplier, YouTube personality Alex T. Marshall, guitarist and pianist for The Cab June 29 Gwen Berry, Olympic hammer thrower Sylvia Hoffman, Olympic bobsledder June 30 – Adam Bice, football player July thumb|100px|Alex Morgan thumb|100px|Adam Cole thumb|100px|David Henrie thumb|100px|Hilary Knight thumb|100px|Tristan Wilds thumb|100px|Rory Culkin thumb|100px|Jasmine Cephas Jones thumb|100px|Juno Temple thumb|100px|Alexis Knapp thumb|100px|Zelda Williams July 1 Kent Bazemore, basketball player Brittany Borman, Olympic discus and javelin thrower July 2 Emma Coronel Aispuro, beauty queen Dev, pop singer/songwriter Michael Dunigan, basketball player Alex Morgan, soccer player July 3 Joey Janela, wrestler Elle King, singer/songwriter and actress July 4 Jabari Blash, baseball player Alyssa Miller, model July 5 Adam Cole, pro wrestler LaMark Brown, football player Sean O'Pry, model July 6 – Laith Ashley, model, actor, activist, singer/songwriter, and entertainer July 7 Sam Bell, politician Skyler Bowlin, basketball player Austin Kerr, bassist for Set It Off July 10 Scott Alexander, baseball player Akeem Ayers, football player July 11 Big Swole, wrestler Miel Bredouw, comedian, podcaster, and musician Shareeka Epps, actress David Henrie, actor and director July 12 Tyler Bowen, football coach Hilary Knight, Olympic hockey player July 13 – Leon Bridges, singer/songwriter and record producer July 14 Andre Branch, football player Rob Brantly, baseball player Pedro De Abreu, Brazilian-born entrepreneur, educator, and author Rolando McClain, football player July 15 Tristan Wilds, actor and singer July 16 Tony Bishop, American-born Panamanian basketball player Carlito Olivero, singer July 18 – Derek Dietrich, baseball player July 19 – James Austin Johnson, comedian and impressionist July 21 Rory Culkin, actor Chelsie Hightower, dancer and choreographer Jasmine Cephas Jones, actress Juno Temple, English-born actress Narcissa Wright, video game speedrunner July 22 Keegan Allen, actor Alex Andrade, politician July 23 Gibson Bardsley, soccer player K. J. Wright, football player Donald Young, tennis player July 24 – Jansen Allen, racquetball player July 25 – Andrew Caldwell, actor July 26 – Jonathan Dwyer, football player July 27 – Mike Brewster, football player July 28 Adrien Broner, boxer Matt Brown, football player Nick Jackson, pro wrestler July 29 Nick Afanasiev, Russian-born actor Marlen Esparza, boxer Jake Smollett, actor July 31 Brandon Adams, boxer Brandon Burton, football player and coach Alexis Knapp, actress and singer Aljamain Sterling, mixed martial artist Jessica Williams, actress Zelda Williams, actress August thumb|100px|Anthony Rizzo thumb|100px|Joe Jonas thumb|100px|Anna Akana thumb|100px|Carlos PenaVega thumb|100px|Hayden Panettiere thumb|100px|James Harden thumb|100px|Cassadee Pope thumb|100px|Bebe Rexha August 1 Landry Allbright, actress Malcolm Armstead, American-born Kosovan-Romanian basketball player Madison Bumgarner, baseball player Tiffany Young, American-born Korean singer August 3 Isa Abdul-Quddus, football player Josh Boyd, football player August 4 Anita Antoinette, raggae singer/songwriter and television personality Jacob Blankenship, American-born Greek basketball player Taylor Brown, basketball player August 5 Chasen Bradford, baseball player Brinson, Christian rapper Jessica Nigri, model and actress August 7 – DeMar DeRozan, basketball player August 8 Fatima Ali, Pakistani-born chef, restaurateur, and television personality (d. 2019) Ken Baumann, actor and author Brandon Bing, football player Anthony Rizzo, baseball player August 9 Sam Adonis, wrestler Dustin Antolin, baseball player Meredith Deane, actress Jason Heyward, baseball player Paige Spara, actress August 10 Bad Luck Brian, internet personality Jon Baldwin, football player Alycia Bellamy, singer, actress, and muse Elli Burris, soccer player August 11 Monique Burkland, Paralympic volleyball player Alexis Tipton, voice actress August 12 – Scott Bamforth, basketball player August 13 – Forrest Bennett, politician August 14 – Brandon Brown, basketball player August 15 Paul Bamba, boxer (d. 2024) Joe Jonas, musician, actor, singer, and member of the Jonas Brothers Carlos PenaVega, actor, dancer, and singer August 16 Cedric Alexander, wrestler Freddie Gray, African-American man killed by police August 17 – Mitchell Tenpenny, country singer/songwriter August 18 Anna Akana, YouTuber, actress, filmmaker, author and comedian Amelia Brodka, Polish-born skateboarder, coach, and president of Exposure Skate Organization LaRon Byrd, football player August 19 Brandon Brooks, football player Romeo Miller, rapper, actor, entrepreneur and model Julianna Peña, mixed martial artist August 20 Aalias, music producer and musician Kirko Bangz, rapper August 21 Ehire Adrianza, Venezuelan-born baseball player Hayden Panettiere, actress, singer and model (d. 2026) August 22 – Bobby Bollier, swimmer August 23 Trevor Bryan, boxer Trixie Mattel, drag performer, television personality, and singer/songwriter August 24 J. C. Banks, soccer player Josh Bynes, football player August 25 Brent Antonello, actor Ryan Benoit, mixed martial artist August 26 – James Harden, basketball player August 27 – Juliana Cannarozzo, figure skater August 28 Matt Andriese, baseball player Cassadee Pope, singer/songwriter and lead singer of Hey Monday August 30 Bebe Rexha, pop singer, rapper, and songwriter Billy Burns, baseball player Westside Boogie, rapper August 31 Trent Blank, baseball player Nate Brakeley, rugby player Dezmon Briscoe, football player September thumb|100px|Bill Kaulitz thumb|100px|Kat Graham thumb|100px|Jimmy Butler thumb|100px|Logan Henderson thumb|100px|Jason Derulo thumb|100px|Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins thumb|100px|Brandon Jennings September 1 – Bill Kaulitz, German-born singer/songwriter and frontman for Tokio Hotel September 2 – Bianca Butler, pair figure skater September 4 – Nigel Bradham, football player September 5 – Kat Graham, Swiss-born actress, singer, dancer, and model September 6 Jeff Adams, football player Kaelin Burnett, football player September 7 Loren Allred, singer/songwriter and actress Tim Benford, football player Robert Blanton, football player Jonathan Majors, actor September 8 Salvijus Bercys, Lithuanian-born chess grandmaster Armon Binns, football player Avicii, Swedish DJ, remixer and music producer. September 9 Damario Ambrose, football player Sean Malto, skateboarder September 10 – Sanjaya Malakar, singer September 11 Michele Aquino, Italian-born soccer player Angela Bys, volleyball player Karima Christmas-Kelly, basketball player and coach September 12 Ron Anderson, basketball player Kyle Barone, basketball player Megan Blunk, wheelchair basketball player Justin Boston, stock car racing driver Freddie Freeman, baseball player Andrew Luck, football player September 14 Jimmy Butler, basketball player Tony Finau, golfer Logan Henderson, actor, dancer, singer, and member of Big Time Rush Jesse James, actor Jonathon Simmons, basketball player September 15 – BbyMutha, rapper September 17 Tim Abromaitis, basketball player Danielle Brooks, actress and singer September 19 Tyreke Evans, basketball player George Springer, baseball player September 20 – Tiffany Hayes, basketball player September 21 Phil Bates, football player Brianna Buentello, politician Jason Derulo, singer Lyn-Z Adams Hawkins, skateboarder Dina Shihabi, Saudi Arabian-born actress September 22 Corey Anderson, mixed martial artist Jon Bass, actor September 23 Joe Brady, football coach Brandon Jennings, basketball player Kevin Norwood, football player September 24 – Jake Buchanan, baseball player September 27 Derek Buttles, football player Landon Tewers, singer and frontman for The Plot in You September 29 – Ian Crawford, musician October thumb|100px|Brie Larson thumb|100px|Dakota Johnson thumb|100px|Lil Mama thumb|100px|Travis Kelce thumb|100px|Aimee Teegarden thumb|100px|Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thumb|100px|Kyle Carpenter October 1 Lauren Albanese. tennis player Brie Larson, actress and singer October 3 Akeem Auguste, football player Chase Austin, racing driver Johnthan Banks, football player Joplo Bartu, football player October 4 Audra the Rapper, rapper, songwriter, and television personality Carlon Brown, basketball player Austin Davis, politician, 35th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Dakota Johnson, actress Lil Mama, rapper Kimmie Meissner, figure skater Rich Homie Quan, rapper Supa Bwe, hip hop recording artist, producer, and audio engineer October 5 Jackson Anderson, football player Jerime Anderson, basketball player Travis Kelce, football player October 6 – Peter Badovinac, football coach October 10 Austin Block, ice hockey player Joey Bradford, BMX racer Aimee Teegarden, actress October 11 Brian Arnfelt, football player and lawyer Michelle Wie, golfer October 12 Ben Bass, football player Beef, rapper Dee Bost, American-born Bulgarian basketball player DeAndre Brown, football player October 13 Brace Belden, podcaster and union activist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, politician Skyler Page, animator and voice actor October 15 Callie Brownson, football player and coach Blaine Gabbert, football player Tucker Reed, blogger, author, journalist, and feminist activist October 16 – Jack Salvatore Jr., production assistant and actor October 17 – Kyle Carpenter, marine, Afghan War veteran, and Medal of Honor Recipient October 18 Carson Blair, baseball player Chad Bumphis, football player and coach Matthew Centrowitz Jr., Olympic middle-distance runner Laci Green, internet feminist October 19 David Bingham, soccer player Suleiman Braimoh, Nigerian-born basketball player October 21 Danny Barnes, baseball player Damien Berry, football player October 22 Ross Barkan, journalist, novelist, columnist, and essayist Marco Restrepo, musician Muhammad Wilkerson, football player October 23 Kye Allums, basketball player Zach Brown, football player October 24 Ken Brown, basketball player T'erea Brown, track and field athlete Will Bruin, soccer player Eric Hosmer, baseball player October 25 Delvin Breaux, American-born Canadian football player Amber English, Olympic skeet shooter Marina Keegan, author and journalist October 27 Mark Barron, football player Mia Kilburg, Olympic speed skater October 30 Seth Adkins, actor Nastia Liukin, Russian-born Olympic artistic gymnast October 31 Gerald Bowman, football player Scott McGough, baseball player November thumb|100px|Katelyn Tarver thumb|100px|Aaron Hernandez thumb|100px|Jordan Mark Witzigreuter thumb|100px|Tyga thumb|100px|Alden Ehrenreich November 1 – Derek Ali, mixing engineer November 2 Angel Bunner, softball player Katelyn Tarver, singer/songwriter and actress November 3 Jonathon Acosta, politician Paula DeAnda, singer November 5 Alvin Alvarez, actor Chris Avalos, boxer November 4 – Jarrett Boykin, football player November 6 Jozy Altidore, soccer player Harry Bush, cricketer Aaron Hernandez, football player (d. 2017) November 8 SZA, musician Giancarlo Stanton, baseball player November 10 – Conrad Bassett-Bouchard, scrabble player November 11 – Adam Rippon, Olympic figure skater November 12 Jana Bieger, German-born gymnast Mikhail Varshavski, Russian-American doctor and YouTuber November 13 – Lane Adams, baseball player November 14 Matthias Bonvehi, soccer player T. 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Hilton, football player Stella Maeve, actress Jordan Mark Witzigreuter, singer/songwriter November 16 – Ryan Anderson, monster truck driver November 19 Brian Logan Dales, singer/songwriter and frontman for The Summer Set Tyga, rapper November 20 Zach Anderson, football player Erin Blanchard, Olympic trampoline gymnast Mama Cax, model and disabled rights activist (d. 2019) Chris Fronzak, singer and frontman for Attila Cody Linley, actor November 21 Colin Anderson, football player Sadie Maubet Bjornsen, Olympic cross country skier Justin Tucker, football player November 22 Joe Adams, football player Hillary Bor, Kenyan-born Olympic runner Alden Ehrenreich, actor Candice Glover, singer and actress November 23 – Corey Baker, baseball player November 24 – Aftyn Behn, politician November 25 – William Li, livestreamer November 26 – Nickardo Blake, Jamaican-born soccer player November 27 – Harry Adams, sprinter November 28 – Leonardo Bates, football player November 30 – Kimberly Hill, Olympic volleyball player December thumb|100px|Nafessa Williams thumb|100px|Jen Ledger thumb|100px|Taylor Swift thumb|100px|Ashley Benson thumb|100px|Jordin Sparks thumb|100px|Ryan Sheckler December 1 Kelechi Anuna, American-born Nigerian basketball player Larry Black, football coach December 2 Auburn, singer/songwriter Oliver Cooper, actor Robert Turbin, football player December 4 Garron DuPree, musician Nafessa Williams, actress December 5 – Gregory Tyree Boyce, actor December 6 – Deshauna Barber, beauty pageant titleholder, motivational speaker, and United States Army captain December 8 – Jen Ledger, British-born singer and drummer for Skillet December 9 – Eric Bledsoe, basketball player December 11 Jeff Bernat, Filipino-born singer/songwriter and record producer Stephen Burton, football player December 12 Janelle Arthur, singer Nick Bailen, American-born Belarusian hockey player Mike Glennon, football player Blaine Milam, convicted murderer (d. 2025) December 13 Katherine Schwarzenegger, author Taylor Swift, country and pop singer/songwriter December 15 Ben Blankenship, Olympic middle-distance runner Nichole Bloom, actress and model Jeff Wittek, internet personality December 16 – Randy Bullock, football player December 17 Frank Alexander, football player Carter Arey, wheelchair basketball player Taylor York, guitarist for Paramore December 18 – Ashley Benson, actress December 19 – Isaiah Anderson, football player December 20 John Boyett, football player Becky Burke, basketball player and coach December 21 Quinta Brunson, writer, producer, actress, and comedian Mark Ingram II, football player December 22 Logan Huffman, actor Patrick Kivlehan, baseball player Jordin Sparks, singer/songwriter and actress December 25 – Blayne Barber, golfer December 26 – Bassel Bawji, basketball player December 28 Austin Barnes, baseball player Melissa Bolona, actress and model Mackenzie Rosman, actress December 29 Drew Barham, basketball player Travis Benjamin, football player Jane Levy, actress Daniel Shaver, man killed by police (d. 2016) December 30 Tyler Anderson, baseball player Alix Klineman, Olympic beach volleyball player Ryan Sheckler, skateboarder December 31 – Akino, American-born Japanese singer/songwriter Full date unknown Shaindel Antelis, singer/songwriter and actress Jamareo Artis, bass guitarist American Artist, contemporary artist Ben Babbitt, artist and musician Daniel Bachman, musician Katya Bachrouche, American-born Lebanese Olympic swimmer Rachael Bade, journalist Sam Bailey, writer, producer, director, and actress Ryan Bancroft, conductor Leslie Barlow, artist Candice Bennatt, lawyer and beauty pageant winner Isidore Bethel, American-born French filmmaker Stevie Boi, fashion designer and founder of SB Shades Annie Booth, jazz pianist Katie Bouman, engineer and computer scientist Diedrick Brackens, artist Juliette Brindak, businesswoman and co-founder of Miss O & Friends Lex Brown, artist Molly Burhans, cartographer, data scientist, environmental activist, and founder of GoodLands Ari Fitz, model, vlogger, television personality, and filmmaker Deaths January–March January 1 – Charles Cornell, communist activist (b. 1911). 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January 9 – Bill Terry, baseball player and manager (b. 1898) January 13 Ray Morehart, baseball player (b. 1899) Joe Spinell, actor (b. 1936) January 21 – Billy Tipton, jazz musician (b. 1914) January 24 – Ted Bundy, serial killer (b. 1946) February 3 John Cassavetes, Greek-American filmmaker and actor (b. 1929) Betty Farrington, actress (b. 1898) February 11 – George O'Hanlon, actor and television writer (b. 1912) February 17 – Lefty Gomez, baseball player (b. 1908) February 18 – Mildred Burke, wrestler and trainer (b. 1915) March – Edith Achilles, psychologist (b. 1892) March 9 – Robert Mapplethorpe, photographer (b. 1946) March 11 – William Challee, actor (b. 1904)https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/william-challee-34982 William Challee – Broadway Cast & Staff Internet Broadway Database The Broadway League 14 February 2022 March 25, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220325115802/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/william-challee-34982 live March 12 – Thaddeus B. Hurd, architect and historian (b. 1903) March 17 – Merritt Butrick, actor (b. 1959) March 20 – Archie Bleyer, song arranger and bandleader (b. 1909) April–June April 8 – Joseph Crouch, politician (b. 1934).2023-12-31 VA. DEL. JOSEPH P. CROUCH, LYNCHBURG REPUBLICAN, DIES https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/04/10/va-del-joseph-p-crouch-lynchburg-republican-dies/6f7ab6a2-9184-461c-a82f-97ddaa0b7edc/ 2024-03-01 The Washington Post 0190-8286 April 12 Abbie Hoffman, political activist (b. 1936) Herbert Mills, singer, "Mills Brothers" tenor (b. 1912) Sugar Ray Robinson, boxer (b. 1921) April 20 – Edward DeSaulnier, politician (b. 1921) April 21 James Kirkwood Jr., American writer and actor (b. 1924) Paul Mitchell, Scottish hairstylist (b. 1936) April 22 – Henry R. Paige, Marine Corps general (b. 1904) April 23 – Marc Daniels, television director (b. 1912) April 26 – Lucille Ball, film and television comedy actress and model (b. 1911) April 30 – Guy Williams, actor (b. 1924) May 1 – Sally Kirkland, fashion editor (b. 1912) May 3 – Christine Jorgensen, transgender actress, singer, and activist (b. 1926) May 15 – Eugenia Clinchard, child actress (b. 1904)Kiehn David Broncho Billy and the Essanay Film Company 2003 978-09729-2265-4 Farewell Books Berkeley, California 258 May 19 – Robert Webber, actor (b. 1924) May 20 – Gilda Radner, actress and comedian (b. 1946) May 30 – Claude Pepper, U.S. Senator from Florida from 1936 to 1951 (b. 1900) June 15 – Victor French, actor and director (b. 1934) July–September July 1 – William Ching, actor (b. 1913) July 3 – Jim Backus, actor (b. 1913) July 5 – Odus Mitchell, American football player and coach (b. 1899). July 10 – Mel Blanc, voice actor, actor, radio comedian and recording artist (b. 1908)Mel Blanc American entertainer https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mel-Blanc Encyclopædia Britannica 8 April 2020 July 18 – Rebecca Schaeffer, actress and model (b. 1967) July 20 – Mary Treen, actress (b. 1907) July 22 – Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf, botanist and agronomist (b. 1899) July 24 – Sunshine Sammy Morrison, child actor and comedian (b. 1912) July 25 – Steve Rubell, entrepreneur (b. 1943) July 30 – Lane Frost, bull rider (b. 1963) August 2 – Geraldine Knight Scott, landscape architect (b. 1904)http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4p300654/admin/ Geraldine Knight Scott Collection, 1914-1988 Online Archive of California 15 November 2022 November 15, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221115063153/http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4p300654/admin/ live August 13 – Tim Richmond, racing driver (b. 1955) August 15 – Dorothea Leighton, social psychiatrist (b. 1908) August 16 – Amanda Blake, actress (b. 1929) August 20 – Joseph LaShelle, cinematographer (b. 1900) August 22 – Huey P. Newton, African-American revolutionary and political activist (b. 1942) September 17 – Jay Stewart, announcer (b. 1918) September 22 – Irving Berlin, composer and lyricist (b. 1888) September 28 – Ferdinand Marcos, politician, 10th president of the Philippines (b. 1917) October–December October 6 – Bette Davis, screen actress (b. 1908) October 11 – Paul Shenar, actor and director (b. 1936) October 16 – Cornel Wilde, Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker (b. 1912) October 25 – Mary McCarthy, novelist, critic and political activist (b. 1912) November 5 Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-born American classical pianist and composer (b. 1903) Barry Sadler, musician and author (b. 1940) November 10 – Cookie Mueller, American actress and writer (b. 1949) November 19 – Grant Adcox, race car driver (b. 1950) December 1 – Alvin Ailey, African-American choreographer (b. 1931) December 6 – Frances Bavier, actress (b. 1902) December 7 – Haystacks Calhoun, professional wrestler (b. 1934) December 11 – Lindsay Crosby, actor, singer, and son of Bing Crosby (b. 1938) December 15 – Arnold Moss, actor (b. 1910) December 16 – Lee Van Cleef, actor (b. 1925) December 25 – Billy Martin, baseball player and manager (b. 1928) See also 1989 in American television List of American films of 1989 Timeline of United States history (1970–1989) References External links 1989 Category:1980s in the United States United States United States Category:Years of the 20th century in the United States