About the day » Tuesday February 21, 1989Calender converter

• Christian Stroink, Lübeck

• Barbara Grisel (62), Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• * Alida Helena Schep (77), Utrecht
• Adriana Johanna Ouwens (85)
• Adrianus Antonoius van MERODE (82), Putte, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoinette Johanna Isabella Las van Bennekom (54), Amsterdam
• Cornelia Krina Maria Elenbaas (90), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Lee Lewis (57), Blue Springs, Jackson, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Brant Vos (78)
• Albertje Jans Weggemans (87), Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bernardus Marinus Theyssen (62), Gaanderen

• 1985 » Georgios Samaras, Greek footballer
• 1986 » Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 » Ellen Page, Canadian actress
• 1989 » Corbin Bleu, American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter
• 1990 » Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1991 » Devon Travis, American baseball player
• 1991 » Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer
• 1991 » Joe Alwyn, English actor
• 1991 » Riyad Mahrez, Algerian footballer
• 1991 » Suppasit Jongcheveevat, Thai actor

• 1980 » Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (b. 1914)
• 1982 » Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1897)
• 1984 » Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1985 » Louis Hayward, South African-American actor (b. 1909)
• 1986 » Helen Hooven Santmyer, American novelist (b. 1895)
• 1991 » Dorothy Auchterlonie Green, Australian poet, critic, and academic (b. 1915)
• 1993 » Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (b. 1888)
• 1994 » Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (b. 1913)
• 1996 » Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
• 1999 » Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)

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

1. Kim
2. Maria
3. Laura
4. Linda
5. Sanne
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.
• February 19 » Flying Tiger Line flight 66 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four.
• August 20 » The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
• September 11 » Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
• September 13 » Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
• November 7 » East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
• December 20 » The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega.

The temperature on February 21, 1989 was between -1.4 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.