November 16, 1989

1989Iamsu!, American rapper and producer^[†]

Sudan Ameer Williams, better known by his stage name Iamsu!, is an American rapper and record producer from Richmond, California. He is the co-founder and lead member of the hip-hop group HBK Gang, which was formed in 2008 and joined by fellow Bay Area artists including Kehlani and Sage the Gemini. He is best known for his guest appearances on Sage the Gemini's 2013 single "Gas Pedal" and LoveRance's 2011 single "Up!," both of which peaked within the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100. He signed with Alternative Distribution Alliance to release his debut studio album Sincerely Yours (2014), which moderately entered the Billboard 200 and received mixed reviews.

1989Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1938)^[†]

Jean-Claude Malépart was a French Canadian politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1976 and of the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until his death.

1989El Salvadoran army troops kill six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.^[†]

During the Salvadoran Civil War, on 16 November 1989, Salvadoran Army soldiers killed six Jesuits and two women, the caretaker's wife and daughter, at their residence on the campus of Central American University in San Salvador, El Salvador. Polaroid photos of the Jesuits' bullet-riddled bodies were on display in the hallway outside the chapel, and a memorial rose garden was planted beside the chapel to commemorate the murders.