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Born on Wednesday June 28, 1989
Died on Wednesday June 28, 1989

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 28, 1989 at Delpher


Born on June 28

Died on June 28
  • 1978 » Clifford Dupont, English-Rhodesian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Rhodesia (b. 1905)
  • 1980 » José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
  • 1981 » Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (b. 1958)
  • 1983 » Alf Francis, German-English motor racing mechanic and racing car constructor (b. 1918)
  • 1984 » Yigael Yadin, Israeli archaeologist, general, and politician (b. 1917)
  • 1985 » Lynd Ward, American author and illustrator (b. 1905)
  • 1989 » Joris Ivens, Dutch journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
  • 1992 » Guy Nève, Belgian racing driver (b. 1955)
  • 1992 » Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (b. 1936)
  • 1995 » Petri Walli, Finnish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)

Names that were popular for boys in 1989
  1. Thomas
  2. Jan
  3. Robert
  4. Michael
  5. Mark
  6. Niels
  7. Jeroen
  8. Patrick
  9. Kevin
  10. Robin
  11. Peter
  12. Nick
  13. David
  14. Sander
  15. Johannes
  16. Martijn
Names that were popular for girls in 1989
  1. Kim
  2. Maria
  3. Laura
  4. Linda
  5. Jessica
  6. Sanne
  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.
  • January 4 » Second Gulf of Sidra incident: A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
  • April 1 » Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
  • July 26 » A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
  • August 20 » The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
  • November 20 » Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
  • December 17 » Romanian Revolution: Protests continue in Timișoara, Romania, with rioters breaking into the Romanian Communist Party's District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire.
Weather June 28, 1989

The temperature on June 28, 1989 was between 13.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.

Source: KNMI