About the day » Sunday December 24, 1989Calender converter

• Anne Daems, Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland († 1989)
• Cory O'Niel Robertson, Astoria, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1992)
• Maarten Christiaan Gunnink, Hoofddorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Robert Singleton, Hood Co., TX
• pieter van ool, helden-koningslust

• Beatrice "Bea" Apherlie Curd (84), Graves County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Benhard van Langen (77)
• Benda E Blumenstock (66), Bakersfield, Kern, California, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Ida DOORNBOS (80), Haren Groningen Netherlands
• "Jacques" Jean Gustave Ghislain de Jonghe d'Ardoye (74), Langon, Gironde, France
• Annie de Vos (67), Hardinxveld-Giessendam
• Catharina Josefine Loch (81), Wittlich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Aletta M. Jakobs Zimmer (89)
• Alfons Harren (53), Den Helder
• Aaltje Ida Doornbos (80)

• 1987 » Jane Summersett, American ice dancer
• 1988 » Emre Özkan, Turkish footballer
• 1988 » Simon Zenke, Nigerian footballer
• 1988 » Stefanos Athanasiadis, Greek footballer
• 1990 » Brigetta Barrett, American high jumper
• 1990 » Marcus Jordan, American basketball player
• 1990 » Ryo Miyake, Japanese fencer
• 1991 » Lara Michel, Swiss tennis player
• 1991 » Louis Tomlinson, English singer-songwriter
• 1991 » Wasim Tareen, Pakistani footballer

• 1985 » Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (b. 1904)
• 1986 » Gardner Fox, American author (b. 1911)
• 1987 » Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, 45th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919)
• 1987 » M. G. Ramachandran, Sri Lankan-Indian actor, producer, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (b. 1917)
• 1988 » Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (b. 1905)
• 1990 » Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (b. 1922)
• 1991 » Virginia Sorensen, American author (b. 1912)
• 1992 » Bobby LaKind, American singer-songwriter and conga player (b. 1945)
• 1992 » James Mathews, Australian rugby league player (b. 1968)
• 1992 » Peyo, Belgian cartoonist, created The Smurfs (b. 1928)

• 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 14 » Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
• April 1 » Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
• May 29 » Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
• August 7 » U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
• August 19 » Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
• December 2 » The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia.

The temperature on December 24, 1989 was between 7.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.