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May 8, 1989

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Historical Context for May 8, 1989

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

Notable Births

Lars Eller

1989Lars Eller, Danish ice hockey player[โ€ ]

Lars Fosgaard Eller is a Danish professional ice hockey player for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Tiger", he was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 13th overall, in the 2007 NHL entry draft. Eller made his NHL debut in 2009 with the Blues and was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in 2010, where he played six seasons, before being traded to the Capitals in 2016. He became the first person from Denmark to win the Stanley Cup when the Capitals won in 2018, scoring the Stanley Cup-winning goal. After a brief stint with the Colorado Avalanche, Eller joined the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2023, becoming the first Danish player to play in 1,000 NHL games, before being traded back to the Capitals in 2024. Internationally, Eller has played for the Danish national team at both the junior and senior level, including at five World Championships.

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Headlines from May 8, 1989

Jury Acts in Commodity Inquiry

By Kurt Eichenwald

LEAD: A Federal grand jury in Manhattan has issued subpoenas as part of a criminal investigation of trading practices on the floors of as many as four New York commodity exchanges, people involved in the inquiry said yesterday.

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Revamped Rangers Hear New Noise: Cheers

By Thomas Hayes

LEAD: THE Texas Rangers have never won a division title, but their futility on the field, including a few August swoons that lost pennants and fans, is not the only reason major league baseball has been declasse in these parts.

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The American Sense of Peril: A Stifling Cost of Modern Life

By Peter Passell

LEAD: Is the slight risk of contracting cancer from Alar too high a price to pay for crisper apples? Is the dramatic increase in milk production available through genetically engineered growth hormones worth the unknown risk to children's health? If a few aging aircraft suffer explosive decompressions, should all old airliners be grounded?

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Five Years After Settlement, Agent Orange War Lives On

By Stephen Labaton

LEAD: Five years after the $180 million settlement in the case brought by thousands of Vietnam veterans and their survivors against the makers of the herbicide Agent Orange, the outcome of the complex civil case is still being criticized by veterans and undergoing scrutiny by the legal community.

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WPP Tells Ogilvy It Will Raise Offer

By Randall Rothenberg

LEAD: The bitter battle between two of the world's leading marketing communications companies intensified during the weekend when the WPP Group P.L.C., the British parent of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency, told the Ogilvy Group Inc. that it would raise its bid for the company.

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