About the day » Wednesday February 1, 1989Calender converter

• Michael Gerard Henri Drenth, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2005)
• Michael Gerard Henri Drenth, Emmen Drenthe († 2005)
• Kevin Groot Breteler, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1989)

• Christiaan Hubert KESSELS (84), Waterschei,3600,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Arendina Johanna Dijkslag (59), Bennebroek
• Augustinus Antonius Luyck (87), Hasselt
• Aaltjen Pasman (85), Zutphen
• Christina Gijsbertha Zijlstra (91), Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden (Frl)
• Cornelis Nagtzaam (84), Noordhoek
• Cornelis Nagtzaam (84)
• Bastian Cornelis van Kooten (82), Lynden, Whatcom County, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Aagtje Kooistra (84), Bergum
• Annie Baas (77), New Richland, Freeborn Co., Minnesota

• 1986 » Jorrit Bergsma, Dutch speed skater
• 1986 » Lauren Conrad, American fashion designer and author
• 1987 » Austin Jackson, American baseball player
• 1987 » Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer
• 1987 » Moises Henriques, Portuguese-Australian cricketer
• 1987 » Ronda Rousey, American mixed martial artist and actress
• 1987 » Sebastian Boenisch, Polish footballer
• 1988 » Brett Anderson, American baseball player
• 1989 » Ricky Pinheiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1991 » Kyle Palmieri, American hockey player

• 1979 » Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist (b. 1929)
• 1981 » Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American engineer and businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company (b. 1892)
• 1981 » Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1908)
• 1986 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1987 » Alessandro Blasetti, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1989 » Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (b. 1918)
• 1992 » Jean Hamburger, French physician and surgeon (b. 1909)
• 1996 » Ray Crawford, American race car driver, pilot, and businessman (b. 1915)
• 1997 » Herb Caen, American journalist and author (b. 1916)
• 1999 » Paul Mellon, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1907)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Robert
4. Michael
5. Mark
6. Niels
7. Kevin
8. Patrick
9. Jeroen
10. Nick
11. Peter
12. Robin
13. David
14. Johannes
15. Martijn
16. Sander

1. Kim
2. Maria
3. Laura
4. Sanne
5. Linda
6. Jessica
7. Chantal
8. Anne
9. Lisanne
10. Anna
11. Johanna
12. Stephanie
13. Sarah
14. Samantha
15. Charlotte
16. Nicole

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
• March 2 » Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
• March 12 » Sir Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the world wide web.
• August 23 » Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands.
• September 8 » Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.
• December 16 » U.S. Appeals Court Judge Robert Smith Vance is assassinated by a mail bomb sent by Walter Leroy Moody, Jr.
• December 25 » Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.

The temperature on February 1, 1989 was between 0.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.