About the day » Thursday March 2, 1989Calender converter

• Wietse Reinold de Vries, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Jeannot Wouters
• Jacqueline Romeijn, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1989)
• Jacquenline Romeijn, rotterdam († 1989)

• Carroll Eugene Petty [K] (79), Pleasant View, Cheatham County, Tennessee burial Rock Springs Cemetery Dickson County, TN
• Anna Cornelia Adriana van Opstal (67), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie de Vreugd (74), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Wilhelmina Nigten (96), Breda
• Anton Eggebeen (77), East Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Nicolaas Willemsz de Kleine (82), Zwolle, ov.nld
• Aaltje Bouw (79), Barneveld
• Aaltje Willems Brouwer (81), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Berend Schaftenaar (86), Bennekom
• Antonius Nicolaas de Kleine (82), Zwolle

• 1988 » Édgar Andrade, Mexican footballer
• 1988 » James Arthur, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 » Laura Kaeppeler, Miss America 2012
• 1988 » Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
• 1989 » Alemão, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 » André Bernardes Santos, Portuguese footballer
• 1989 » Chris Woakes, English cricketer
• 1989 » Marcel Hirscher, Austrian skier
• 1989 » Shane Vereen, American football player
• 1989 » Toby Alderweireld, Belgian international footballer, defender

• 1979 » Christy Ring, Irish hurler (b. 1920)
• 1982 » Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer and academic (b. 1935)
• 1987 » Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
• 1991 » Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (b. 1928)
• 1992 » Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
• 1994 » Anita Morris, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1943)
• 1999 » Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
• 2000 » Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (b. 1963)
• 2003 » Hank Ballard, American singer-songwriter (b. 1927)

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. Tim

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.
• April 3 » The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.
• April 27 » The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
• May 12 » The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people. A week later an underground gasoline pipeline explodes killing two more people.
• July 19 » United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
• October 1 » Denmark introduces the world's first legal same-sex registered partnerships.
• November 28 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.

The temperature on March 2, 1989 was between 4.5 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.