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Canada-US Trade Agreement
Jan 2 Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan sign Canada-US Free Trade Agreement
- Jan 2 Right-wing guerrillas ambush a train near Mozambique's western border, killing at least 22 people and injuring 71.
- Jan 3 Israel orders 9 Palestinian "instigators" deported from W Beirut
Thatcher Longest-serving
Jan 3 Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century
Roy Orbison and Friends
Jan 3 Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night premieres on Cinemax; concert performance includes James Burton; Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, and k.d. lang)
- Jan 8 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
- Jan 8 Dow Jones down 140.58 points
HP's Scientific Calculator
Jan 8 Hewlett-Packard introduces HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator
"Piano Lesson"
Jan 9 August Wilson's play "Piano Lesson" premieres in Boston
- Jan 11 ABC premiere of fact-based "Evil in Clear River"
- Jan 11 USSR announces it will participate in Seoul Summer Olympics
Garvey Retires
Jan 13 MLB Los Angeles Dodger/San Diego Padre Steve Garvey retires
- Jan 13 Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays & other expressive activities
- Jan 15 19-year-old Indian cricket leg-spinner Narenda Hirwani records best bowling figures on debut in Test history; captures 16-136 in 255 run 4th Test win v West Indies in Madras; Hirwani takes 8 wickets in each innings
- Jan 15 Indian cricket wicketkeeper Kiran More stumps 5 West Indian batsman in 4th Test at Madras; world Test record
- Jan 15 Narendra Hirwani takes 16-136 (8-61 & 8-75) v WI on Test debut
- Jan 15 NFL analyst Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes several questionable comments about African Americans during a lunchtime interview on CBS' NFL Today; fired the next day
Dissident Havel Arrested
Jan 16 Czech dissident Václav Havel is arrested in Prague for taking part in demonstrations against the communist government
"Got My Mind Set On You"
Jan 16 George Harrison's single "Got My Mind Set On You" tops the Billboard charts; the cover song was written by Rudy Clark and originally recorded by James Ray in 1962
- Jan 16 Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks
- Jan 16 NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix
- Jan 17 Leslie Manigay elected President of Haiti
- Jan 18 Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board
- Jan 19 "48 Hours" premieres on CBS-TV
- Jan 19 Disabled writer Christopher Nolan wins the Whitbread Book of the Year prize
3rd Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Jan 20 3rd Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: The Beach Boys; The Beatles; The Drifters; Bob Dylan; The Supremes; Woody Guthrie; Leadbelly; Les Paul; and Berry Gordy, Jr.
- Jan 20 Andre Hoffman skates world record 1,500m (1:52.06)
- Jan 20 Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Gov Evan Mecham
- Jan 21 US accepts immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children
Tyson vs. Holmes
Jan 22 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats former titleholder Larry Holmes by TKO in round 4 at Convention Centre, Atlantic City to retain his undisputed heavyweight boxing title
- Jan 23 Bob Benoit bowls 1st 300-pt game in a televised title match
- Jan 24 Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $21 million
- Jan 24 NBC premiere of fact based "The Murder of Mary Phagan"
- Jan 25 Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
- Jan 25 Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname
Rather and Bush Clash
Jan 25 US Vice President George H. W. Bush and Dan Rather famously clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in Iran-Contra affair
- Jan 26 Australian 200th anniversary parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbour
Kennedy Nominated
Jan 27 Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony Kennedy to US Supreme Court
- Jan 28 Canada's Supreme court declares anti-abortion law unconstitutional
- Jan 28 Denver Nuggets point guard Michael Adams takes record streak to 79 consecutive games with at least one 3-point field goal in 117-102 loss against Indiana at Market Square Arena; streak ends next game
Dionne Sets Record
Jan 28 New York Rangers' Marcel Dionne scores a 2nd period power play goal in 5-2 win in Philadelphia; becomes 1st first player in NHL history to get 20 goals in each of his first 17 seasons
- Jan 29 Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
- Jan 29 Detroit Pistons draw a then record NBA regular season crowd of 61,983 fans to the Pontiac Silverdome for a 125-108 win over the Boston Celtics
- Jan 29 Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers
- Jan 29 United Airlines Boeing 747SP, circles world in 36h54m15s
- Jan 30 Hansie Cronje gets a pair in 2nd 1st-class game (OFS v N Tvl)
- Jan 31 Barge sinks near Anacortes, WA, spills 70,000 gallons of oil
Super Bowl XXII
Jan 31 Super Bowl XXII, Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA: Washington Redskins beat Denver Broncos, 42-10; MVP: Doug Williams, Washington, QB
Boon's 184 Not Out
Feb 2 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* v England at Sydney
- Feb 3 Nurses across the UK strike over pay and funding for the NHS
- Feb 3 US Senate confirms Anthony Kennedy to seat on US Supreme Court by a 97-0 vote
- Feb 4 Despite union calls to end the strike, rank-and-file seamen at major British ports refuse to return to work
Noriega Indicted
Feb 4 Panamanian General Manuel Noriega indicted by US federal grand jury for drug trafficking and racketeering
André the Giant vs. Hulk Hogan
Feb 5 1st prime-time wrestling match in 30 yrs, André the Giant defeats Hulk Hogan
- Feb 5 Arizona House of Reps vote to impeach Republican Governor Evan Mecham
- Feb 6 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Feb 8 NASA launches DOD-2
- Feb 9 NH begins a NCAA record 32-game losing streak at home (ends Feb 1991)
- Feb 10 3-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)
- Feb 10 Rocky Malebane-Metsing coup in Bophuthatswana fails
Cold War Bumping Incident
Feb 12 US Navy frigate USS Yorktown bumped by Russian frigate Bezzavetny in the Black Sea in dispute over right of innocent passage
- Feb 13 Christine Wachtel runs world record 800m indoor (1:56:40)
- Feb 13 European Community plans removal of internal boundaries on Jan 1, 1992
- Feb 13 Heike Dreschler long jumps world record indoor (7.37m)
- Feb 13 Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41)
- Feb 13 XV Winter Olympic Games open in Calgary, Canada
Daytona 500
Feb 14 30th Daytona 500: Bobby Allison beats his son, Davey, to the finish line; remembered for Richard Petty's rollover crash in the tri-oval on lap 106, rolls over 8 times and hit by Brett Bodine; walks away unhurt
Election of Interest
Feb 14 Alfredo Stroessner re-elected President of Paraguay
- Feb 15 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Feb 16 1st documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador
- Feb 17 US Lt Col William Higgins kidnapped in south Lebanon by Lebanese terrorists & later killed
- Feb 18 Anthony Kennedy, sworn in as 106th US Supreme Court Justice
- Feb 18 Federal Road Safety Corps is established in Nigeria
- Feb 19 Helga Arendt, Silke-Beate Knoll, Mechthild Kluth, Gisela Kinzel walk indoor female world record 4x200m (1:32.55)
- Feb 20 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Feb 20 Andre Hoffmann skates world record 1500m (1:52.06)
Olympic Gold
Feb 20 Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
- Feb 20 Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
- Feb 20 Kelly Hrudy's 5th Islander shut-out win-Hartford 3-0
Murdoch Sells NY Post
Feb 20 Peter Kalikow purchases NY Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million
- Feb 20 Rob Druppers runs world record indoor 1000m (2:16.2)
- Feb 20 Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)
- Feb 21 Gustafson skates world record 10km (13:48.20)
- Feb 21 Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation
Skating Word Record
Feb 22 Bonnie Blair skates world record 500m (39.10 sec)
- Feb 23 Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights & play up to 18 night games
Sports History
Feb 23 Yvonne van Gennip skates female record 3k (4:11.94)
Olympic Gold
Feb 24 Finnish ski jumper Matti Nykanen wins his 3rd gold medal of the Calgary Winter Olympics as part of the winning large hill team; normal and large hill individual champion
- Feb 24 South African apartheid regime bans the UDF
- Feb 24 US Supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody
Tunnel of Love
Feb 25 Bruce Springsteen's "Tunnel of Love" Tour begins in Worcester, Massachusetts
- Feb 25 South Korea adopts constitution
- Feb 26 Christa Rotherburger (GDR) skates ladies world record 1000m (1:17.65)
- Feb 27 Bonnie Blair (US) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1
- Feb 27 Gulfstream G-IV goes around the world 36:08:34
- Feb 27 Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating
- Feb 28 Anti-Armenian pogrom in Azerbaijan, 30 killed
- Feb 28 British television programme "That's Life!" surprises guest Nicholas Winton with an audience full of grown-up children that he saved from German-occupied Czechoslovakia, bringing them to safety in the UK
- Feb 28 Pat Verbeek becomes 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game
- Feb 28 XV Winter Olympic Games close in Calgary, Canada
- Feb 28 Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)
- Feb 29 KWK-FM in St Louis Missouri changes call letters to WKBG
Event of Interest
Feb 29 Nazi document implicates Kurt Waldheim in WWII deportations
- Feb 29 New Zealand cricket batsman Mark Greatbatch scores an unbeaten 107 on debut to rescue a draw in 2nd Test v England at Eden Park, Auckland
- Feb 29 NYC Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs
Sports History
Mar 1 Edmonton's Wayne Gretzky picks up a 1st period assist in Oilers' 5-3 win over LA Kings to move ahead of Gordie Howe as NHL's all time leader in career assists; Howe 1,049 assists in 26 years, Gretzky 1,050 in 9 years
Sports History
Mar 1 For first time since 1956, the Special Veterans Committee does not elect anyone to the Baseball Hall of Fame; Phil Rizzuto, Leo Durocher, Joe Gordon and Gil Hodges passed over
- Mar 1 Iraq says it launched 16 missiles into Tehran
- Mar 1 Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile
Grammy Awards
Mar 2 30th Grammy Awards: Record of the year - Paul Simon "Graceland"; Album of the Year - U2 "The Joshua Tree"; Jody Watley Best New Artist
- Mar 2 The flaming basketball is adopted as NBA franchise Miami Heat’s official logo from over 13,000 entries; Mark Henderson submits the winning entry
- Mar 5 Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
- Mar 6 18th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,200,000
- Mar 6 3 IRA suspects shot dead in Gibraltar by SAS officers
- Mar 6 Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories)
- Mar 7 Colombia becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
Film & TV History
Mar 7 Howard Stern's 1st pay-per-view "Underpants & Negligee Party"
- Mar 7 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the US, becoming 1st baseball player to win the award
Appointment of Interest
Mar 9 Actress Audrey Hepburn is appointed a UNICEF Special Ambassador (Goodwill Ambassador 1989)
- Mar 9 US President Ronald Reagan presides at unveiling of Knute Rockne stamp
Event of Interest
Mar 10 Avalanche at Swiss Ski resort Klosters nearly kills Prince Charles
Sports History
Mar 10 NHL New York Islanders celebrate Mike Bossy night
- Mar 11 British pound note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by one pound coin
- Mar 11 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire
- Mar 13 Japan's Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest tunnel with an underwater segment (53.90 km in total) opens, connecting Honshu-Hokkaido by rail. The Channel Tunnel remains the longest underwater tunnel.
- Mar 15 Eugene Marino of Atlanta appointed 1st African American archbishop
- Mar 15 NASA reports accelerated breakdown of ozone layer by CFK
- Mar 15 NFL's St Louis Cardinals officially move to Phoenix
- Mar 16 Chemical attack on Kurdish town of Halabja by Iraqi forces kills 5000 civilians - largest ever chemical weapons attack
- Mar 16 Federal grand jury indicts North & Poindexter in Iran-Contra affair
- Mar 16 North Ireland Protestant fires on Catholic funeral, 3 killed
- Mar 16 US sends 3,000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
- Mar 17 Iran says Iraq uses poison gas
- Mar 17 Then highest scoring NCAA basketball game to date; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115
- Mar 19 Two British Army corporals are attacked during a funeral procession, beaten and shot dead by the Provisional IRA in Belfast, North Ireland
- Mar 19 Yvonne van Gennip skates un-official world record 10 km (15:25.25)
- Mar 20 David Henry Hwang's "M. Butterfly," premieres in NYC
- Mar 20 Defending champion Mike Tyson beats Tony Tubbs by TKO in round 2 at the Tokyo Dome, Tokyo for the undisputed world heavyweight boxing title
- Mar 20 Eritrean War of Independence: Having defeated the Nadew Command, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front enters the town of Afabet, victoriously concluding the Battle of Afabet.
- Mar 22 US Congress overrides President Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill
Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm
Mar 23 Geffen Records releases "Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm", Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's 13th studio album
- Mar 24 San Diego Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts announces his retirement after 15 seasons
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Mar 25 "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas is released
- Mar 25 NASA launches space vehicle S-206
- Mar 25 Robin Givens demands full access to husband Mike Tyson's money
- Mar 26 American Janet Evans swims 1,500m freestyle female world record 15:52.10 in the USA Spring Nationals in Orlando, Florida
- Mar 27 Ice Dance Championship at Budapest won by Bestemianova & Bukin (URS)
- Mar 27 Ice Pairs Championship at Budapest won by E Valova & O Vasiliev (URS)
- Mar 27 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA)
- Mar 27 Ok-Hee Ku wins Standard Register Turquoise Classic Golf Tournament
- Mar 29 US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
- Mar 30 Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns & 144 to win Ranji Trophy
- Mar 31 Last East Limburg coal mine closes in Gent Belgium
Sports History
Mar 31 New York Islanders celebrate defenseman Denis Potvin's 1,000 points and 1,000 NHL games at tribute night at Nassau Coliseum
Event of Interest
Mar 31 Pulitzer prize awarded to Toni Morrison for her novel "Beloved"
Cricket Debut
Apr 2 West Indies cricket fast bowling great Curtly Ambrose makes his debut in 9 wicket 1st Test defeat to Pakistan in Georgetown, Guyana; low key debut with 2-108
Sports History
Apr 3 Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretzky's 7 year streak
Golf Major
Apr 3 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Amy Alcott wins the 2nd of her 3 DS events, 2 strokes ahead of runner-up Colleen Walker
- Apr 3 NJ Devils beat Blackhawks, 4-3 in OT to join playoffs for 1st time
- Apr 3 Somalia & Ethiopia sign accord about Ogaden desert
- Apr 3 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- Apr 4 Eddie Hill becomes the world's first driver to cover the quarter mile in under 5 seconds
- Apr 4 Largest crowd (55,438) at an MLB Opening Day game at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium; Reds win over St. Louis Cardinals, 5-4 in 12 innings
- Apr 4 Last broadcast of British soap opera "Crossroads" on ITV
- Apr 4 MLB New York Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs, in a 10-6 win over Expos at Montreal
- Apr 6 African American polar explorer Matthew Henson buried next to Robert Peary in Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia
- Apr 6 NJ Devils' 1st playoff game; lose to NY Islanders 4-3 (OT) in 1st round
- Apr 7 Murderer of Gerrit Jan Heijns, Ferdi Elsas, arrested in the Netherlands
- Apr 7 Russia announces it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan
- Apr 7 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Apr 9 NHL New Jersey Devils win 3-0 over New York Islanders; Devils lead 2-1 in playoff 1st round
- Apr 9 US imposes economic sanctions on Panama
- Apr 10 Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet
- Apr 10 Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2
Academy Awards
Apr 11 60th Academy Awards: "The Last Emperor", Michael Douglas & Cher win
- Apr 11 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
- Apr 12 Devils 4-2 over Islanders-Devils lead 3-2 in 1st round
Election of Interest
Apr 12 Entertainer and restaurateur Sonny Bono is elected mayor of Palm Springs, California
Sports History
Apr 12 Frank Robinson replaces Cal Ripkin as manager of Baltimore Orioles
- Apr 12 Harvard University patents a genetically engineered mouse (1st for animal life)
- Apr 13 Italian government of Ciriaco De Mita forms
- Apr 14 NHL playoffs: New Jersey Devils win 6-5 over NY Islanders to take 1st round 4-2
- Apr 14 USSR, US, Pakistan & Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty
- Apr 15 Meteorite explode above Indonesia
Heidi Chronicles
Apr 15 Wendy Wasserstein's play "Heidi Chronicles" premieres in NYC
- Apr 17 Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50)
Warm All Over
Apr 18 Barbra Streisand records "Warm All Over"
- Apr 20 Baltimore Orioles set worst record to start a season 0-14 (will go 0-21)
- Apr 20 NJ Devils 1st playoff hat trick-Eric Broten
- Apr 20 US accuses Renamo of killing 100,000 Mozambiquians
- Apr 20 Yanks HR 9,999 (D Winfield) 10,000 (C Washington) 10,001 (J Clarke)
- Apr 21 Barbra Streisand records "You'll Never Know"
- Apr 22 NJ Devil Patrik Sundstrom sets NHL playoff record of 8 pts in a playoff game (hat trick & 5 assists) in 10-4 rout over the Capitals
- Apr 22 Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana)
- Apr 23 A Greek pedals self-powered aircraft, 74 miles
- Apr 23 Federal smoking ban during domestic airline flights of 2 hrs or less
- Apr 23 Karolina Szabo runs female world record 25k (1:29:30)/30k (1:47;06)
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