* 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

The " Velvet Revolution " in 1989, offered a chance for profound and sustained political and economic reform.

Until the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the foreign policy of Czechoslovakia had followed that of the Soviet Union.

* 1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution – In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.

* 1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police.

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

This initiated the " Velvet Revolution " in 1989, in which both students and faculty of the university played a large role.

During the Velvet Revolution of 1989, he supported the Public against Violence ( VPN ) and the Civic Forum.

The great social and political changes that took place after the Velvet Revolution in November 1989 pushed concerns about organizing the Karlovy Vary IFF to the background.

In late 1989, during the fast-paced 1989 anti-Communist Velvet Revolution, he entered the new political party, Public Against Violence ( Verejnosť proti násiliu, VPN ), which was the Slovak counterpart to the better-known Czech Civic Forum.

* 1989 – 2-hour general strike of all citizens of Czechoslovakia during the Velvet Revolution

* Beckett's Catastrophe – dedicated to then-imprisoned Czech dissident playwright Václav Havel, who became president of Czechoslovakia after the 1989 Velvet Revolution – was first performed at the Avignon Festival on July 21, 1982 ; the film version ( in Beckett on Film ) was directed by David Mamet and performed by Harold Pinter, Sir John Gielgud, and Rebecca Pidgeon.

The Velvet Revolution () or Gentle Revolution () was a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that took place from November 17 to December 29, 1989.

Until the Velvet Revolution ( 1989 ) narcotics were only a minor problem in Czech society.

The 1989 " Velvet Revolution " in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the Communist government is considered one of the most important of the largely nonviolent Revolutions of 1989 .< ref name = Ives2001 >

RFE / RL also played a significant role in the 1989 Velvet Revolution, which brought an end to the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

In 1989, following the Velvet Revolution, which brought down the communist regime, he became chairman of the Czech PEN club.

After the " Velvet Revolution " in November 1989, Thomas J. Baťa arrived as soon as December 1989.

The band toured the United Kingdom in late 1988 and in 1989, they signed to Rough Trade, and released their second album, On Fire, which has been described as " lo-fi psychedelia reminiscent of Jonathan Richman being backed by The Velvet Underground ", and is considered the band's defining moment.

Klaus entered the Czechoslovak politics during the Velvet Revolution in 1989, during the second week of the political uprising, when he offered his co-operation as economist to the Civic Forum, whose purpose was to unify the anti-authoritarian forces in Czechoslovakia and to overthrow the Communist regime.

The protesters dubbed their actions a " Rose Revolution ", deliberately recalling the peaceful toppling of the Communist government in Czechoslovakia in the " Velvet Revolution " of 1989.

His mentor at that time was Pavel Tigrid who would be a longtime friend and who later became the minister of culture for Czechoslovakia following the Velvet Revolution in 1989.