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May 13, 1989

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Headlines from May 13, 1989

Delay in Filling Jobs

By Unknown Author

LEAD: The slow pace of filling jobs in the Administration has brought complaints that nobody is in charge to solve a backlog of problems. Page 9.

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BUSH VOICES HOPE ON SOVIET CHANGE, BUT WITH CAUTION

By Maureen Dowd, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: In a long-awaited speech on Soviet-American policy, President Bush said today that the United States was ready to welcome the Soviet Union ''back into the world order.'' But he cautioned that Moscow still had to earn the right to a new and warmer relationship with Western nations.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 10, 1989, covering May 13, 1989.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Like A Prayer by Madonna

    Like A Prayer

    Madonna

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for G N' R Lies by Guns N' Roses

    G N' R Lies

    Guns N' Roses

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    22
  3. 3
    Album cover for Loc-ed After Dark by Tone-Loc

    Loc-ed After Dark

    Tone-Loc

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Raw & The Cooked by Fine Young Cannibals

    The Raw & The Cooked

    Fine Young Cannibals

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for Don't Be Cruel by Bobby Brown

    Don't Be Cruel

    Bobby Brown

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    43

Notable Births

P. K. Subban

1989P. K. Subban, Canadian ice hockey player[†]

Pernell-Karl Sylvester Subban is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Between 2009 and 2022, he played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Nashville Predators, and New Jersey Devils. The Canadiens selected Subban in the second round, 43rd overall, of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. In 2013, he won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenceman, and tied with Kris Letang as the season's leading scorer among defencemen. In the summer of 2014, he signed an eight-year, $72 million contract with the Canadiens, running through the 2021–22 season. After the 2015–16 season, Subban was traded to the Nashville Predators, where he spent three seasons before being traded to New Jersey in 2019. He is now a broadcast analyst for the NHL on ESPN.

Historical Events

1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

1989Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.[†]

The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989. After weeks of unsuccessful attempts between the demonstrators and the Chinese government to find a peaceful resolution, the Chinese government deployed troops to occupy the square on the night of 3 June in what is referred to as the Tiananmen Square massacre. The events are sometimes called the '89 Democracy Movement, the Tiananmen Square Incident, or the Tiananmen uprising.

Historical Context for May 13, 1989

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