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Born on Thursday April 20, 1989
Died on Thursday April 20, 1989

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 20, 1989 at Delpher


Born on April 20

Died on April 20
  • 1980 » M. Canagaratnam, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1924)
  • 1982 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (b. 1892)
  • 1986 » Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (b. 1916)
  • 1991 » Don Siegel, American director and producer (b. 1912)
  • 1991 » Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
  • 1992 » Benny Hill, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
  • 1992 » Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (b. 1922)
  • 1993 » Cantinflas, Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
  • 1995 » Milovan Đilas, Yugoslav communist, politician, theorist and author (b. 1911)
  • 1996 » Trần Văn Trà, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918)

Names that were popular for boys in 1989
  1. Thomas
  2. Jan
  3. Robert
  4. Michael
  5. Mark
  6. Niels
  7. Kevin
  8. Jeroen
  9. Patrick
  10. Peter
  11. Nick
  12. Robin
  13. David
  14. Johannes
  15. Sander
  16. Stefan
Names that were popular for girls in 1989
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1989
  • 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.
  • June 16 » Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
  • August 2 » Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
  • August 16 » A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.
  • August 22 » Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
  • 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.
Weather April 20, 1989

The average temperature on April 20, 1989 was 5.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.

Source: KNMI