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'89 In Review

NEWSWORTHY

  1. Prime Minister was Brian Mulroney

  2. Premier of Quebec was Robert Bourassa (it was his second time as premier)

  3. Mayor of Montreal was  Jean Doré

  4. Time Magazine's Man of the Year was Mikhail Gorbachev

  5. George H. W. Bush succeeds Ronald Reagan as the 41st President of the United States of America

  6. Satellite television service Sky Television plc is launched in Europe

  7. World's population is 5.190 billlion

  8. Arsenio Hall becomes first African American to host nightly talk show

  9. Pepsi pulls commercial set to Madonna's "Like A Prayer" because religious groups are offended

  10. The 61st Academy Awards are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, with Rain Man winning Best Picture

  11. Exxon Valdez oil spill

  12. Motorola introduces the Motorola MicroTAC Personal Cellular Telephone, then the world's smallest mobile phone

  13. The Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL) win their first Stanley Cup with a 4–2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.

  14. Batman (1989 film) is released to positive reviews and becomes the highest grossing film based on a DC comic book

  15. June 4 Tienanmen Square protest in China leaves 3000-7000 dead. 

  16. July 5 – The television show Seinfeld premieres 

  17. A massive earthquake hits San Francisco with many perishing under the collapsed Nimitz Freeway

  18. NASA launched the Galileo spacecraft

  19. November 9 – Cold War: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel freely to West Germany for the first time in decades (the next day celebrating Germans began tearing the wall down)

  20. December 6 – École Polytechnique Massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal

 

 

TOP TV SHOWS

  1. The Cosby Show (NBC)

  2. Roseanne (ABC)

  3. Cheers (NBC)

  4. A Different World (NBC)

  5. America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC)

  6. The Golden Girls (NBC)

  7. 60 Minutes (CBS)

  8. The Wonder Years (ABC)

  9. Empty Nest (NBC)

  10. Monday Night Football (ABC)

TOP GROSSING MOVIES

  1. Batman

  2. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

  3. Lethal Weapon 2

  4. Look Who's Talking

  5. Honey, I Shrunk The Kids

  6. Back To The Future Part II

  7. Ghostbusters II

  8. Driving Miss Dasy

  9. Parenthood

  10. Dead Poets Society

SPORTS

  1. World Series Champions:Oakland Athletics

  2. Superbowl XXIII Champions:San Francisco 49ers

  3. NBA Champions:Detroit Pistons

  4. Stanley Cup Champs:Calgary Flames

  5. U.S. Open GolfCurtis Strange

  6. U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies)Boris Becker/Steffi Graf

  7. Wimbledon (Men/Women):Boris Becker/Steffi Graf

  8. NCAA FootballChampions:Miami

  9. NCAA Basketball Champions:Michigan

  10. Kentucky Derby:Sunday Silence

BILLBOARDS TOP 100 SINGLES 1989

December 24, 1988- January 13, 1989:
Every Rose Has Its Thorn - Poison

 

January 14 - January 20:
My Prerogative- Bobby Brown

 

January 21 - February 3:
Two Hearts - Phil Collins

 

February 4 - February 10:
When I'm With You - Sheriff

 

February 11 - March 3:
Straight Up - Paula Abdul

 

March 4 - March 24:
Lost In Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson

 

March 25 - March 31: 
The Living Years - Mike & The Mechanics

 

April 1 - April 7:
Eternal Flame - The Bangles

 

April 8 - April 14:
The Look - Roxette

 

April 15 - April 21:
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals

 

April 22 - May 12:
Like a Prayer - Madonna

 

May 13 - May 19:
I'll Be There for You - Bon Jovi

 

May 20 - June 2:
Forever Your Girl - Paula Abdul

 

June 3 - June 9:
Rock On - Michael Damian

 

June 10 - June 16:
Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler

 

June 17- June 23:
I'll Be Loving You (Forever) - New Kids On The Block

 

June 24 - June 30:
Satisfied - Richard Marx

 

July 1 - July 7:
Baby Don't Forget My Number - Milli Vanilli

 

July 8 - July 14:
Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals

 

July 15 - July 21:

If You Don't Know Me By Now - Simply Red

 

July 22 - August 4:
Toy Soldiers - Martika

 

August 5 - August 11:
Batdance - Prince

 

August 12 - September 1:
Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx

 

September 2 - September 8:
Cold Hearted - Paula Abdul

 

September 9 - September 15:
Hangin' Tough - New Kids On The Block

 

September 16 - September 22:
Don't Wanna Lose You - Gloria Estefan

 

September 23 - October 6:
Girl I'm Gonna Miss You - Milli Vanilli

 

October 7 - November 3:
Miss You Much - Janet Jackson

 

November 4 - November 10:
Listen to Your Heart - Roxette

 

November 11 - November 24:
When I See You Smile - Bad English

 

November 25 - December 9:
Blame It On the Rain - Milli Vanilli

 

December 9 - December 22:
We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel

 

December 23, 1989 - January 13, 1990:
Another Day In Paradise - Phil Collins

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