1960 ), first black New York City Police Commissioner, 1983 – 1989

" Based on samples of households in 1976 and 1989, researchers found that white households are at least twice as likely to receive an inheritance ( than black households ).

The discord between conflicting visions of Mauritanian society as either black or Arab, again rose to the surface during the intercommunal violence that broke out in April 1989 ( the " 1989 Events "), when a Mauritania-Senegal border dispute escalated into violence between the two communities.

Meet the Feebles is a 1989 black comedy film written and directed by Peter Jackson.

* December 26 – The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, founder of Organization US ( a black nationalist group ) and later chair of Black Studies, at California State University, Long Beach from 1989 to 2002.

Desmond's ( 1989 – 94 ) was the first British sitcom with a black cast set in the workplace, and Drop the Dead Donkey ( 1990 – 98 ) brought topicality to the form as it was recorded close to transmission.

* Heathers, a 1989 black comedy film in which the ostensible suicides of popular high school students spur copycat attempts.

This was replaced by the current black steel gates in 1989.

* 1989 — Identification of GS2023 + 338 / V404 Cygni as a binary black hole candidate system

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* 1989 – 90 – 1997 – 98 – The home jerseys were white with black pinstripes, and black numbers with blue trim.

The Magic participated in the NBA's " Hardwood Classics " campaign in 2003, debuting the retro black away jerseys from 1989 during Christmas Day.

Since the 1989 – 90 NBA season the Spurs uniform has remained practically the same, with the road uniform now using the team nickname from their logo ; a minor change included the addition of another black ( road ) and white ( home ) trim to the already silver-trimmed block numbers in the 2002 – 03 season.

The film itself shaped history when, on October 7, 1989, a group of African Americans became enraged after drinking and discussing the film, particularly the scene in which a white man beat a young black boy who was praying, and one of the group incited the others to beat up a passing 14-year-old white boy based on his skin color.

Young won re-election by wide margins in November 1977, November 1981, November 1985 and November 1989, for a total of 20 years as mayor, based largely on black votes.

Bal-Sagoth was conceived in 1989 by Byron Roberts, in an attempt to form what he called " A sublimely symphonic black / death metal band swathed in a concept of dark fantasy / science fiction and ancient myths & legends.

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* In Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman, the character of Jack Napier ( who later and as a result of this event becomes the Joker ), played by Jack Nicholson, prominently wears black leather gloves during his robbery of the Axis Chemicals business office.

* In Steven Spielberg's 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the character Dr. Elsa Schneider played by Alison Doody wears black leather gloves throughout the ending of the film.

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The wearing of maroon robes — only while on ashram premises — was reintroduced in summer 1989, along with white robes worn for evening meditation and black robes for group-leaders.

Bronx born and reared Nancy Savoca's 1989 comedy True Love, explores two Italian-American Bronx sweethearts in the days before their wedding.

One of the major developments of the 1990s was the re-emergence of the romantic comedy film, encouraged by the success of When Harry Met Sally ... in 1989.

Charles appeared in the John Godber comedy play Teechers, in which he swapped in and out of various roles, at the Arts Theatre, London, and at the Edinburgh Festival ( 1989 ), and he played Idle Jack in the pantomime Dick Whittington, at the Hull New Theatre ( 1997 ).

Graham Arthur Chapman ( 8 January 1941 – 4 October 1989 ) was an English comedian, writer, actor, and one of the six members of the surreal comedy group Monty Python.

With Connick's reputation growing, director Rob Reiner asked him to provide a soundtrack for his 1989 romantic comedy, When Harry Met Sally ..., starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal.

Some of Spacey's early roles include a widowed eccentric millionaire on L. A. Law, the television miniseries The Murder of Mary Phagan ( 1988 ), opposite Lemmon, and the Richard Pryor / Gene Wilder – starring comedy See No Evil, Hear No Evil ( 1989 ).

The television series Moonlighting ( 1985 – 1989 ), Married ... with Children ( 1987 – 1997 ), NewsRadio ( 1995 – 1999 ), Gilmore Girls ( 2000 – 2007 ), and Standoff ( 2006 – 2007 ) have also adapted elements of the screwball comedy genre for the small screen.

When Harry Met Sally … is a 1989 American romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner.

Gretzky hosted the Saturday Night Live comedy program in 1989.

Carrey would again appear with Eastwood in the poorly received comedy Pink Cadillac ( 1989 ) alongside Bernadette Peters.

* Lorry ( tv-series ), Swedish comedy series from 1989.

In 1989, he appeared in the U. S. comedy television series Nearly Departed, about a ghost who haunts the family inhabiting his former home.

In 1989 he created the children's comedy TV series Maid Marian and her Merry Men, a loose retelling of the legend of Robin Hood in which he appeared as the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Curtis made her television debut in an episode of Columbo, but her first starring TV role was opposite Richard Lewis in the situation comedy Anything But Love, which ran for four seasons from 1989 through 1992.

In 1989, Smith co-founded a Christchurch theatresports group, Scared Scriptless, performing live comedy.

In 1989, Sykes starred as the Secretary in the ITV situation comedy The Nineteenth Hole, written by Johnny Speight ; it was not a success and ran for only one series.

DeLaria is also known for her touring " musical comedy about perverts ," Dos Lesbos ( 1987 – 1989 ) as well as Girl Friday, a comedy she conceived, wrote, directed and starred in, and which won the 1989 Golden Gull for Best Comedy Group in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Gilda Susan Radner ( June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989 ) was an American comedian and actress, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, for which she won an Emmy Award in 1978.

* Twister ( 1989 film ), a comedy film starring Suzy Amis and Crispin Glover