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October 24, 1989

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Headlines from October 24, 1989

Vast East German Protest

By Unknown Author

LEAD: Hundreds of thousands of people marched through Leipzig in the biggest demonstration since protests began last month. Page A14.

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ADMITS BREAKING ARMS PACT

By Bill Keller, Special To the New York Times

LEAD: Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze told the Soviet legislature today that the nine-year Soviet military role in Afghanistan had violated Soviet law and international norms of behavior.

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A 30-Year Feud Divides Experts On Meteorology

By William J. Broad

LEAD: REID A. BRYSON and Verner E. Suomi of the University of Wisconsin at Madison started their careers as best friends, colleagues who helped each other build homes on adjacent lots and who together ran the university's meteorology department, making it one of the best in the nation.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 18, 1989, covering October 24, 1989.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Dr. Feelgood by Motley Crue

    Dr. Feelgood

    Motley Crue

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 by Janet Jackson

    Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

    Janet Jackson

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    3
  3. 3
    Album cover for Girl You Know It's True by Milli Vanilli

    Girl You Know It's True

    Milli Vanilli

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    31
  4. 4
    Album cover for Steel Wheels by The Rolling Stones

    Steel Wheels

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul

    Forever Your Girl

    Paula Abdul

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    66

Notable Births

David Castañeda

1989David Castañeda, American actor[†]

David Castañeda is an American actor. In 2019, Castañeda began portraying Diego Hargreeves in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy.

1989Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer[†]

Anderson Conceição Benedito, known as Anderson Conceição, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre back for CRB.

Shenae Grimes-Beech

1989Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress[†]

Shenae Sonya Grimes-Beech, previously and still commonly credited as Shenae Grimes, is a Canadian actress best known as Annie Wilson on 90210. Prior to that, she had a recurring role on Naturally, Sadie, and was Darcy Edwards on Degrassi: The Next Generation for 4 seasons.

Eric Hosmer

1989Eric Hosmer, American baseball player[†]

Eric John Hosmer is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs. Internationally, Hosmer represents the United States. In the 2017 World Baseball Classic (WBC), he helped win Team USA's first gold medal in a WBC tournament and was named to the All-World Baseball Classic Team.

PewDiePie

1989PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber[†]

Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, is a Swedish YouTuber, best known for his gaming videos. Kjellberg's popularity on YouTube and extensive media coverage have made him one of the most noted online personalities and content creators. Media coverage of him has cited him as a figurehead for YouTube, especially in the gaming genre.

Eliza Taylor

1989Eliza Taylor, Australian actress[†]

Eliza Jane Morley, known professionally as Eliza Taylor, is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as Janae Timmins on the Australian soap opera drama Neighbours (2005–2008), as Clarke Griffin on the dystopian science fiction series The 100 (2014–2020), and as Hannah Carson in the NBC science fiction series Quantum Leap (2022–2024).

Notable Deaths

Jerzy Kukuczka

1989Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (born 1948)[†]

Józef Jerzy Kukuczka was a Polish mountaineer, regarded as one of the greatest high-altitude climbers in history. In 1987, he became the second man to climb all 14 eight-thousanders in the world, a feat known as the "Crown of the Himalayas." He accomplished this feat in less than eight years, and climbed all, except for Lhotse, by new routes or in winter. He is the only person to have climbed two eight-thousanders in one winter, and his ascents of Cho Oyu, Kangchenjunga and Annapurna were the first winter ascents. His ascent of K2 in 1986, in alpine style with Tadeusz Piotrowski, is now known as the Polish Line. No other mountaineers have attempted an ascent using the route since.

Historical Context for October 24, 1989

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