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Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 11, 1989, covering January 13, 1989.
Anita Baker
U2
Soundtrack
Bon Jovi
Guns N' Roses
Bobby Brown
Def Leppard
Traveling Wilburys
Poison
Artist not listed
1989Morgan Burnett, American football player[†]
Morgan Mark Burnett is an American former professional football safety. He played college football at Georgia Tech and was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the third round of the 2010 NFL draft. He also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns.
1989Heath Hembree, American baseball player[†]
Richard Heath Hembree, nicknamed Heater, is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. Listed at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg), Hembree throws and bats right-handed. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the San Francisco Giants in 2013 and has also played for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Tampa Bay Rays.
1989Doug Martin, American football player[†]
Douglas Martin is an American former professional football player who was a running back for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Boise State Broncos and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft. Martin also played for the Oakland Raiders.
1989Beau Mirchoff, Canadian-American actor[†]
William Beau Mirchoff is a Canadian-American actor best known for his role in the MTV series Awkward, his role as Jamie Hunter in Good Trouble, and his role in Now Apocalypse on Starz.
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