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November 13, 1989
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from November 13, 1989
Trial Forces Miami to Confront Its Legacy of Racial Tensions
By Jeffrey Schmalz, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: When testimony begins this week in the trial of a police officer accused of two killings that set off a riot in January, this city will again confront some of its rawest concerns - race relations, immigrants and police conduct - and, if the officer is acquitted, the fear of another riot.
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Adjustments Expected in Mexico Pact
By Jonathan Fuerbringer
LEAD: Mexico is getting far less in new loans than it hoped for when it worked out a debt agreement with its bankers in July. Because of this, bankers involved in the agreement say that some difficult last-minute adjustments are likely to be necessary.
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Dolphins Deflate Jets, 31-23
By Gerald Eskenazi, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: In this season of failure, the Jets today not only fell to Dan Marino's passing arsenal, but on their faces as well.
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FIGHTING IS FIERCE
By Lindsey Gruson, Special To the New York Times
LEAD: In their largest coordinated attack in almost a decade, leftist rebels today besieged dozens of targets across the country and in the capital, including the President's private home and his formal residence.
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Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 8, 1989, covering November 13, 1989.
- 1
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
Janet Jackson
- Last week
- 1
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 6
- 2
Girl You Know It's True
Milli Vanilli
- Last week
- 2
- Peak
- 1
- Weeks
- 34
- 3
Steel Wheels
The Rolling Stones
- Last week
- 4
- Peak
- 3
- Weeks
- 9
- 4
Dr. Feelgood
Motley Crue
- Last week
- 3
- Peak
- 1
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- 8
- 5
Pump
Aerosmith
- Last week
- 5
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- 5
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- 7
Notable Deaths
1989Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (born 1964)[†]
Victor Nicolas Davis, CM was a Canadian Olympic and world champion swimmer who specialized in the breaststroke. He also enjoyed success in the individual medley and the butterfly.
1989Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (born 1906)[†]
Franz Joseph II was the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein from 25 July 1938 until his death in November 1989.
1989Rohana Wijeweera, Sri Lankan rebel and politician (born 1943)[†]
Patabendi Don Jinadasa Nandasiri Wijeweera, better known as Rohana Wijeweera, was a Sri Lankan Marxist–Leninist political activist, revolutionary, and founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. Wijeweera led the party in two unsuccessful insurrections in Sri Lanka, in 1971 and 1987 until his assassination.
1989Dorothea Krook-Gilead, Latvian-South African author, translator and scholar (born 1920)[†]
Dorothea Krook-Gilead was an Israeli literary scholar, translator, and professor of English literature at the University of Cambridge, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Tel Aviv University.
Historical Events
1989Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.[†]
Hans-Adam II is the Prince of Liechtenstein, reigning since 1989. He is the son of Prince Franz Joseph II and his wife, Countess Georgina von Wilczek. He also bears the titles Duke of Troppau and Jägerndorf, and Count of Rietberg. Under his reign, a 2003 constitutional referendum expanded the powers of the Prince of Liechtenstein. In 2004, Hans-Adam transferred day-to-day governmental duties to his eldest son Hereditary Prince Alois as regent, as his father had done to him in 1984 to prepare him for the role of Prince.
Historical Context for November 13, 1989
In 1989, the world population was approximately 5,234,431,732 people[†]