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August 28, 1989

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Headlines from August 28, 1989

Angry Cordero Suspended

By Steven Crist, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Angel Cordero Jr., after being suspended 10 days for careless riding and fined $1,000 for an outburst against a Saratoga Race Track official, denounced the New York track stewards today as incompetent to judge race-riding because ''they have never even ridden a pony.''

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'The Gulag' Goes Home

By Unknown Author

LEAD: Fifteen years after Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was exiled, a Soviet magazine has begun publishing portions of ''The Gulag Archipelago.'' Page A7.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 23, 1989, covering August 28, 1989.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Batman (Soundtrack) by Prince

    Batman (Soundtrack)

    Prince

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  2. 2
    Album cover for Repeat Offender by Richard Marx

    Repeat Offender

    Richard Marx

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    15
  3. 3
    Album cover for Hangin' Tough by New Kids on the Block

    Hangin' Tough

    New Kids on the Block

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    53
  4. 4
    Album cover for Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul

    Forever Your Girl

    Paula Abdul

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    58
  5. 5
    Album cover for Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty

    Full Moon Fever

    Tom Petty

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    16

Notable Births

CĂ©sar Azpilicueta

1989CĂ©sar Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer[†]

César Azpilicueta Tanco is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the Spain national team. He is considered as one of the best wing-backs of his generation.

Valtteri Bottas

1989Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver[†]

Valtteri Viktor Bottas is a Finnish racing driver, who serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Mercedes. Bottas competed in Formula One from 2013 to 2024, and twice finished runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship in 2019 and 2020 with Mercedes; he won 10 Grands Prix across 12 seasons.

Jo Kwon

1989Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer[†]

Jo Kwon is a South Korean singer, television host, actor, entertainer and the leader of South Korean boy band 2AM. He has starred in multiple musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar playing the role of King Herod and Everybody's Talking About Jamie as Jamie New.

Cassadee Pope

1989Cassadee Pope, American singer-songwriter[†]

Cassadee Blake Pope is an American pop and country singer. She was the lead vocalist and songwriter of the pop punk band Hey Monday, with whom she released one studio album and two EPs. Pope embarked on a solo career in early 2012 and released the EP Cassadee Pope in May 2012. She took part in the 3rd season of The Voice and became the first female winner in December 2012. Her debut solo country album, Frame by Frame, was released in 2013 to a top 10 Billboard 200 charting. It debuted at No. 1 on Top Country Albums, with 43,000 copies sold in its first week.

Notable Deaths

1989John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (born 1950)[†]

John Steptoe was an author and illustrator for children’s books dealing with aspects of the African-American experience. He is best known for Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, which was acknowledged by literary critics as a breakthrough in African history and culture.

Historical Context for August 28, 1989

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