On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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LEAD: Miami, rated No. 2 in the news service polls and No. 4 in The New York Times computer ranking, suffered its first loss of the season last night when it fell to Florida State, 24-10, at Tallahassee, Fla.
LEAD: AS one astounding development succeeds another in what used to be known as the Soviet bloc, it is no longer visionary to think of the possibility of a new Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals by the end of the century. The extent of change in the East became even clearer last week, but so did the implication that the
LEAD: A QUICK scan of the political landscape last week suggested one lesson future candidates may draw from the campaigns of 1989: hit hard, hit fast, hit nasty.
LEAD: The Oakland Athletics won the World Series last night with a 9-6 victory over the San Francisco Giants, to complete a four-game sweep that had been interrupted for 11 days by the earthquake of Oct. 17.
LEAD: THE boiler groans and expires. The windows were leaky last winter and now another cold season is on the way. The elevator won't pass inspection and the broken and buckled sidewalk outside, which everyone thought belonged to the city, turns out to be the building owners' responsibility.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 25, 1989, covering October 29, 1989.
Janet Jackson
Milli Vanilli
Motley Crue
The Rolling Stones
Paula Abdul
1989Irina Karamanos, Chilean anthropologist and political scientist, First Lady of Chile[†]
Irina Sabine Alice Karamanos Adrian is a Chilean social science professional. She was the domestic partner of Gabriel Boric, who was inaugurated as President of Chile on 11 March 2022. As a result, she assumed the roles of First Lady of Chile and Director of the Sociocultural Area of the Presidency. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Anthropology and Education Sciences from the University of Heidelberg.
1989Primož Roglič, Slovenian ski jumper and cyclist[†]
Primož Roglič is a Slovenian professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe. A former ski jumper, Roglič switched to cycling after an accident suffered at Planica. Despite becoming a professional at the relatively late age of 23, Roglič has since become one of the most successful cyclists of his generation, with many notable wins in time trials, one-week stage races, and Grand Tours.
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]