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Born on Friday July 21, 1989
Died on Friday July 21, 1989

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 21, 1989 at Delpher


Born on July 21

Died on July 21
  • 1977 » Lee Miller, American model and photographer (b. 1907)
  • 1982 » Dave Garroway, American journalist and actor (b. 1913)
  • 1991 » Paul Warwick, English race car driver (b. 1969)
  • 1994 » Marijac, French author and illustrator (b. 1908)
  • 1997 » Olaf Kopvillem, Estonian-Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1926)
  • 1998 » Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
  • 1998 » Robert Young, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
  • 2000 » Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (b. 1948)
  • 2002 » Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (b. 1908)
  • 2003 » John Davies, English-New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1938)

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.
  • February 24 » United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
  • March 12 » Sir Tim Berners-Lee submits his proposal to CERN for an information management system, which subsequently develops into the world wide web.
  • July 27 » While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232.
  • September 4 » In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
  • December 1 » Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.
  • December 6 » The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
Weather July 21, 1989

The temperature on July 21, 1989 was between 12.8 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.

Source: KNMI