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A
LOOK AT THE WORLD IN 1989 |
In The News In
1989
The largest oil spill in U.S. history occurrs after the Exxon Valdez strikes Bligh Reef in
Alaska's Prince William Sound.
In Liverpool, England a soccer stadium barrier collapses killing 94 and injuring 170 in
Britain's worst soccer disaster.
Hurricane "Hugo" causes 71 deaths and damage estimated at $4.2 billion.
A massive earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay area minutes before the World Series
between the Giants and A's, causing 59 deaths .
The Berlin Wall comes down, symbolically ending the Cold War. |
Entertainment in 1989
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Camilo Jose Cela - Spain
* Best Selling Fiction - Clear and Present Danger, Tom Clancy
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert
Fulghum
* Best Picture - Driving Miss Daisy, Warner Bros.
* Best Director - Oliver Stone, Born on the Fourth of July
* Best Actress - Jessica Tandy, Driving Miss Daisy
* Best Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot |
Sport champions in 1989
* MLB - Oakland Athletics
* NFL - San Francisco 49ers
* NBA - Detroit Pistons
* NHL - Calgary Flames
* NCAA-Basketball - Michigan
* KY Derby - Sunday Silence
* U.S. Open Golf - Curtis Strange
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Boris Becker
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Steffi Graf |
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