On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: Two days after a United Airlines jet plunged into a cornfield here, the initial sense of relief that arose from the large number of survivors has given way to a more somber reality: the crash has dealt severe physical and psychological blows.
LEAD: Nearly 40,000 blacks have been forced out of Mauritania since early May in what relief workers and Senegalese officials say are racially motivated expulsions.
LEAD: The sweeping overhaul of the major banking companies in Texas reached a milestone today as Federal regulators named a group of investors to take control of the state's last big troubled bank.
LEAD: Arguing that Poland's dire economic situation demands cooperation among all major political forces, President Wojciech Jaruzelski has strongly urged Solidarity to join the Communist Party in forming a coalition Government.
LEAD: With Kremlin leaders openly alarmed that the Communist Party is losing control over events in the country, President Mikhail S. Gorbachev has called for a sweeping purge of the party ranks from the shop floor to the ruling Politburo, according to a transcript made public today.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 19, 1989, covering July 22, 1989.
Prince
Fine Young Cannibals
Bobby Brown
New Kids on the Block
Tom Petty
1989Israel Adesanya, New Zealand mixed martial artist and kickboxer[†]
Israel Mobolaji Temitayo Odunayo Oluwafemi Owolabi Adesanya is a Nigerian-New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, former kickboxer and boxer. As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former two-time UFC Middleweight Champion. In kickboxing, he is a former Glory Middleweight Championship title challenger. As of 4 February 2025, he is #4 in the UFC middleweight rankings.
1989Keegan Allen, American actor, photographer and musician[†]
Keegan Phillip Allen is an American actor, photographer, author and musician known for his main role as Toby Cavanaugh on the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]