On this day

January 14, 1989

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from January 14, 1989

KEY NORTH COUNTS DISMISSED BY COURT

By Michael Wines, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Federal District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell today dismissed the main criminal charges against Oliver L. North in the Iran-contra case, saying he was ''totally powerless'' to try the two charges without classified documents the Reagan Administration had ordered withheld.

National Desk835 words
Continue reading...
Share

Goetz Is Given One-Year Term On Gun Charge

By Ronald Sullivan

LEAD: An unrepentant Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced yesterday to one year in jail for possessing an unlicensed gun when he shot four men he thought were going to rob him on an IRT train on Dec. 22, 1984.

Metropolitan Desk1335 words
Continue reading...
Share

New Limits Imposed On 376 Substances Found in Workplace

By Irvin Molotsky, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: The Labor Department today broadened its regulation of toxic and hazardous substances in the workplace, putting new limits on such substances as grain dust and gasoline fumes while strengthening existing limits on others.

National Desk689 words
Continue reading...
Share

BONN SAYS IT KNEW OF A GERMAN ROLE IN A LIBYAN PLANT

By Serge Schmemann, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: West Germany said today that its intelligence services had warned of possible participation by German companies in a suspect Libyan chemical plant almost a month before President Reagan told Chancellor Helmut Kohl of similar concern.

Foreign Desk1263 words
Continue reading...
Share

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 11, 1989, covering January 14, 1989.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Giving You The Best That I Got by Anita Baker

    Giving You The Best That I Got

    Anita Baker

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    11
  2. 2
    Album cover for Rattle And Hum (Soundtrack) by U2

    Rattle And Hum (Soundtrack)

    U2

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    12
  3. 3
    Album cover for Cocktail by Soundtrack

    Cocktail

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    23
  4. 4
    Album cover for New Jersey by Bon Jovi

    New Jersey

    Bon Jovi

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  5. 5
    Album cover for Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses

    Appetite For Destruction

    Guns N' Roses

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    73

Notable Births

Frankie Bridge

1989Frankie Bridge, English singer-songwriter and dancer[†]

Francesca Bridge is an English singer, formerly a member of S Club Juniors and a member of girl group the Saturdays. Bridge began her career at just 12 years old, when she auditioned for Simon Fuller's reality television competition S Club Search in 2001, broadcast on CBBC. She successfully auditioned and won a place in the pop group S Club Juniors. Bridge and the rest of the group then starred in their own reality TV show S Club Juniors: The Story. Together with the band, Bridge successfully released seven singles and two albums. Whilst in the group, she made an appearance in S Club 7's TV show Viva S Club. The group then began featuring in their own children's musical television programme I Dream. Bridge played a main role in the show and went onto release the duet single "Dreaming" along with fellow S Club 8 member Calvin Goldspink.

1989Emma Greenwell, American-English actress[†]

Emma Greenwell is an American-born English actress. She made her acting debut as Mandy Milkovich in the second season of the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless (2012–2016), then appearing as a series regular in the third and fourth seasons, after taking over the role from Jane Levy. Greenwell also appeared as a series regular on the Hulu drama The Path (2016–2018) and headlined the Starz miniseries The Rook in 2019.

Historical Context for January 14, 1989

In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]