About the day » Monday March 6, 1989Calender converter

• Steven SPRAY († 2015)
• Michael Albert Black, Boston, Massachusetts
• Jarad Phillip Burgess, Shelton Washington († 1989)
• Jessalyn Marie Verploeg, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa († 1999)
• Debby Veldhuis, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)

• Anna de Korte (82), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bernardus Johannes Gerhardus op de Woert (59), Arnhem, Nederland
• Bernardus Schaap (85)
• Adriaantje Jacoba Schelling (72), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arendina Engelina Broekers (89), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arnoldus Billen (75), Leuven, België
• Catharina Johanna Hulshoff (81), Boekelo, gem. Enschede
• Anna de Korte (82), Kortgene
• Agatha Wilhelmina Maria Moorman (73), Den Helder
• Alida Fokker (83), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland

• 1987 » José Manuel Flores, Spanish footballer
• 1987 » Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer
• 1988 » Agnes Carlsson, Swedish singer
• 1988 » Marina Erakovic, New Zealand tennis player
• 1988 » Simon Mignolet, Belgian footballer
• 1989 » Agnieszka Radwańska, Polish tennis player
• 1990 » Derek Drouin, Canadian athlete
• 1991 » Emma McDougall, English footballer († 2013)
• 1991 » Lex Luger, American keyboard player and producer
• 1991 » Tyler Gregory Okonma, American rapper

• 1982 » Ayn Rand, Russian-American philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1984 » Billy Collins, Jr., American boxer (b. 1961)
• 1984 » Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican-American actor and producer (b. 1905)
• 1984 » Homer N. Wallin, American admiral (b. 1893)
• 1984 » Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (b. 1892)
• 1986 » Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (b. 1887)
• 1988 » Daniel McCann, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1988 » Mairéad Farrell, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1957)
• 1988 » Seán Savage, Provisional IRA volunteer (b. 1965)
• 1994 » Melina Mercouri, Greek actress and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (b. 1920)

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.
• January 8 » Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
• April 2 » Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
• June 4 » Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
• August 2 » Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
• September 14 » The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year old pressman, killed 8 people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
• December 17 » The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".

The temperature on March 6, 1989 was between 7.1 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.