* Robert E. Cox ( 1917 – 1989 ) who conducted the " Gleanings for ATMs " column in Sky and Telescope magazine for 21 years.

* Nuclides and Isotopes – 14th Edition, GE Nuclear Energy, 1989.

* 1902 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer ( d. 1989 )

* 1989 – Dominic Roco, Filipino actor

* 1989 – Felix Roco, Filipino actor

* 1989 – Juliana Cannarozzo, American figure skater and actress

* 1989 – Romain Amalfitano, French footballer

* 1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress ( d. 1989 )

* 1989 – Meredith Deane, American actress

* 1989 – Jason Heyward, American baseball player

* 1989 – Stefano Okaka, Italian footballer

Most of Armenia's ethnic Azeri population was deported in 1988 – 1989 and remain refugees, largely in Azerbaijan.

The Australian team of 1989 was comparable to the great Australian teams of the past, and resoundingly defeated England 4 – 0.

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

Ashes series have generally been played over five Test matches, although there have been four-match series ( 1938 ; 1975 ) and six-match series ( 1970 – 71 ; 1974 – 75 ; 1978 – 79 ; 1981 ; 1985 ; 1989 ; 1993 and 1997 ).

* 1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972.

* 1989 – A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.

* 1961 – Pete de Freitas, Spanish drummer ( Echo & the Bunnymen ) ( d. 1989 )

* 1989 – Vanes-Mari Du Toit, South African netball player

* 1989 – Jo Kwon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor ( 2AM )

He subsequently expanded the system to include the rest of South America in 1981, and the world in 1989.

South Africa and the French government subsequently forced Denard and his mercenaries to leave the islands in 1989.

Since the 1989 coup and subsequent expulsion of South African-financed mercenaries, Comoros likewise turned away from South Africa and toward France for assistance with its security needs.

* 1989 – A magnitude 5. 6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

* 1989 – Yuri, South Korean singer ( Girls ' Generation )

* 1989 – Onew, South Korean singer ( Shinee ), musical actor and TV host

A racist sign on a beach in Durban under the South African apartheid laws ( 1989 )

Frederik Willem de Klerk ( born 18 March 1936 ), often known as F. W. de Klerk, was the seventh and last State President of apartheid-era South Africa, serving from September 1989 to May 1994. de Klerk was also leader of the National Party ( which later became the New National Party ) from February 1989 to September 1997.

The party continued to struggle until the general election of 1989 when the again renamed party won its first seat in parliament, the Dáil, when Roger Garland was elected in Dublin South.

Japan's aid to seven South Asian countries totaled US $ 1. 1 billion in 1988 and 1989, dropping to just under US $ 900 million in 1990.

* 1989 – Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so

* 1922 – Etienne Leroux, South African author ( d. 1989 )

* 1989 – Yoon Doo-joon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor ( Beast )

* 1989 – Jung Yong-hwa, South Korean singer-songwriter, musician, and actor ( CN Blue )

* 1989 – Kim Tae-Hwan, South Korean footballer

* 1989 – Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer

* 1989 – Ki Sung-Yueng, South Korean footballer

* 1989 – Hyomin, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress ( T-ara )

* 1989 – Steven De Groote, South African pianist ( b. 1953 )

In retirement Fraser served as Chairman of the UN Panel of Eminent Persons on the Role of Transnational Corporations in South Africa 1985, as Co-Chairman of the Commonwealth Group of Eminent Persons on South Africa in 1985 – 86, and as Chairman of the UN Secretary-General's Expert Group on African Commodity Issues in 1989 – 90.

* 2009 – Daul Kim, South Korean fashion model ( b. 1989 )

A downturn in the South Korean economy in 1989 spurred by a sharp decrease in exports and foreign orders caused deep concern in the industrial sector.

South Korean construction companies signed over US $ 7 billion of overseas contracts in 1989.

* 1989 – Park Tae-Hwan, South Korean swimmer

With its dedication, horse racing resumed, and the newly constructed Ttksom racecourse served as the hub of Korean horse racing until it was relocated to the modern racecourse in Gwacheon in 1989.

A secret core, Core 0, may have been unloaded between 1989 and 1990 and verification is needed to confirm North Korean claims that such an unloading or partial unloading did not take place.

Other notable Asian-American ( but not immigrant ) novelists include Amy Tan, best known for her novel, The Joy Luck Club ( 1989 ), tracing the lives of four immigrant families brought together by the game of Mahjong, and Korean American novelist Chang-Rae Lee, who has published Native Speaker, A Gesture Life, and Aloft.

Going further than Shin, Choe Nam-seon ( 1890 – 1957 ) and Lee Byeong-do ( 1896 – 1989 ) started to notice discrepancies between pre-Qin Chinese records of Jizi / Gija, and later accounts ( both Chinese and Korean ) of his role in Joseon.

Berkeley: Center for Korean Studies, 1989.

In 1989, he was elected president of the Korean Advanced Farmers Federation, and held this position until 1991.

The most tense involved the Berlin Blockade ( 1948 – 1949 ), the Korean War ( 1950 – 1953 ), the Suez Crisis ( 1956 ), the Berlin Crisis of 1961, the Cuban Missile Crisis ( 1962 ), the Vietnam War ( 1959 – 1975 ), the Yom Kippur War ( 1973 ), the Soviet war in Afghanistan ( 1979 – 1989 ), the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 ( 1983 ), and the “ Able Archer ” NATO military exercises ( 1983 ).

In 1989, Doi, together with Naoto Kan, Keiko Chiba, Tomiichi Murayama and other 129 Japanese politicians from Japan Socialist Party, Socialist Democratic Federation and Komeito signed a petition to the South Korean President Roh Tae-woo for the release of former death row inmate including Sin Gwang-su who had kidnapped a Japanese in June 1980.

* Tiffany ( South Korean singer ) ( born 1989 ), K-pop artist

The KTU was founded in 1989 under opposition from the South Korean government.

In 1989, the South Korean government started a 40-year initiative to rebuild the hundreds of structures that were destroyed by the colonial government of the Empire of Japan, during the period of occupied Colonial Korea ( 1910-1946 ).