* 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 – Jang Wooyoung, South Korean singer ( 2PM )

* 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

Though by the close of the 1989 season the team boasted a powerhouse bullpen in the AL Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen ( set franchise record with 23 wins in ), two time All-Star Mark Gubicza ( 15 game winner in 1989 ) and 1989 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up Tom Gordon ( won 17 games in 1989 ), the organization felt they were still missing a few pieces that would give the divisional rivals Oakland Athletics a run for their money.

" Little Nemo in Slumberland " is also the inspiration for the video of the 1989 song Runnin ' Down a Dream by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.

* 1989 – Tom Maynard, Welsh cricketer ( d. 2012 )

* Wilt ( from a novel by Tom Sharpe ) ( 1989 )-Inspector Flint

* 1989 – Tom Dice, Belgian singer and songwriter

* 1989 S Tommy Myers, K Tom Dempsey

Rock ' n ' Roll, a play by award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard, references the Prague Spring, as well as the 1989 Velvet Revolution.

Scott made Someone to Watch Over Me, a romantic thriller starring Tom Berenger and Mimi Rogers in 1987, and Black Rain ( 1989 ), a police drama starring Michael Douglas and Andy García, shot partially in Japan.

* 1989 – Tom Kaulitz, German guitarist ( Tokio Hotel )

During their time together, the five members of the Traveling Wilburys frequently collaborated on each others ' solo records ; Lynne and Petty worked on Orbison's final album Mystery Girl ( 1988 ), Harrison played on Dylan's Under the Red Sky ( 1990 ), and Petty and Harrison worked on Lynne's Armchair Theatre ( 1990 ); Lynne produced Petty's solo albums Full Moon Fever ( 1989 ) ( which involved all the Wilburys, save for Dylan ) and Highway Companion ( 2006 ), as well as the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album Into the Great Wide Open ( 1991 ).

In Born on the Fourth of July ( 1989 ) Tom Cruise portrays disenchanted Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic who, wounded in action and wheel-chair bound, leads rallies against the war.

In 1989, he collaborated with artist Tom Phillips on a television serial A TV Dante, dramatising the first few cantos of Dante's Inferno.

Clear and Present Danger is a novel by Tom Clancy, written in 1989, and is a canonical part of the Jack Ryan universe.

Celebrity Narconon supporter Tom Cruise at the 61st Academy Awards ( 1989 ).

Schoenfeld was replaced with John Cunniff in 1989 – 90, and Tom McVie was re-hired midway through the 1990 – 91 season and helmed the team through its third-straight first-round elimination in 1991 – 92.

* The phrase Rebel without a clue also occurs in the 1989 song I'll Be You by The Replacements, which inspired Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to include it onto their 1991 song Into the Great Wide Open.

* Tom Johnson: " The Voice Of New Music " ( Het Apollohuis, 1989 )

In 1989, she was cast as Pru Forrest, the long-time silent wife of Tom Forrest, in the BBC soap opera The Archers on its 10, 000th edition.

In 1989, Feldman appeared in The ' Burbs opposite Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher.

* Tom Maynard, Surrey Cricketer ( 1989 – 2012 )

* Tom Ed McHugh ( born 1943 ), East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President ( 1989 – 2000 )