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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edward Abbey
Author
29-Jan-1927 14-Mar-1989 Desert Solitaire
Alvin Ailey
Dancer
5-Jan-1931 1-Dec-1989 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Fran Allison
Actor
20-Nov-1907 13-Jun-1989 Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Joseph Alsop
Journalist
11-Oct-1910 28-Aug-1989 Matter of Fact
Forrest H. Anderson
Politician
30-Jan-1913 20-Jul-1989 Montana governor, committed suicide
Robert B. Anderson
Government
4-Jun-1910 14-Aug-1989 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61
Harry Andrews
Actor
10-Nov-1911 6-Mar-1989 The Agony and the Ecstasy
Richard Armour
Author
15-Jul-1906 28-Feb-1989 It All Started with Columbus
A. J. Ayer
Philosopher
29-Oct-1910 27-Jun-1989 Language, Truth and Logic
Abdullah Azzam
Educator
1941 24-Nov-1989 Gatekeeper of the Jihad
Jim Backus
Actor
25-Feb-1913 3-Jul-1989 Mr. Howell on Gilligan's Island
Lucille Ball
Actor
6-Aug-1911 26-Apr-1989 I Love Lucy
Lynn Bari
Actor
18-Dec-1913 20-Nov-1989 Shock
Donald Barthelme
Author
7-Apr-1931 23-Jul-1989 Come Back, Dr. Caligari
Frances Bavier
Actor
14-Dec-1902 6-Dec-1989 Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show
George Beadle
Scientist
22-Oct-1903 9-Jun-1989 One gene, one enzyme theory
Stephen D. Bechtel
Business
24-Sep-1900 14-Mar-1989 Ran Bechtel from 1936-60
Samuel Beckett
Playwright
13-May-1906 22-Dec-1989 Waiting for Godot
Dominic Behan
Playwright
1929 3-Aug-1989 The Patriot Game
Lennox Berkeley
Composer
12-May-1903 26-Dec-1989 Stabat Mater
Irving Berlin
Composer
11-May-1888 22-Sep-1989 White Christmas, God Bless America
Benny Binion
Business
20-Nov-1904 25-Dec-1989 Founder, World Series of Poker
Earl Blaik
Football
15-Feb-1897 6-May-1989 Head Coach at Army, 1941-58
Amanda Blake
Actor
20-Feb-1929 16-Aug-1989 Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke
Mel Blanc
Actor
30-May-1908 10-Jul-1989 Man of 1,000 Voices
Bernard Blier
Actor
11-Jan-1916 29-Mar-1989 The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Robert D. Blue
Politician
24-Sep-1898 13-Dec-1989 Governor of Iowa, 1945-49
George Buchanan
Novelist
9-Jan-1904 1989 Entanglement
Jack Buetel
Actor
5-Sep-1915 27-Jun-1989 Deputy Taggert on Judge Roy Bean
Ted Bundy
Criminal
24-Nov-1946 24-Jan-1989 Serial killer, blamed pornography
Merritt Butrick
Actor
3-Sep-1959 17-Mar-1989 Johnny Slash on Square Pegs
Lee Calhoun
Track and Field
23-Feb-1933 22-Jun-1989 Olympic hurdler
John Cassavetes
Actor
9-Dec-1929 3-Feb-1989 Rosemary's Baby
André Cayatte
Film Director
3-Feb-1909 6-Feb-1989 Verdict
Nicolae Ceausescu
Head of State
26-Jan-1918 25-Dec-1989 Dictator of Romania
Frederic L. Chapin
Diplomat
13-Jul-1929 8-Sep-1989 US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84
Graham Chapman
Comic
8-Jan-1941 4-Oct-1989 Monty Python's King Arthur
Bruce Chatwin
Author
13-May-1940 18-Jan-1989 In Patagonia
James M. Collins
Politician
29-Apr-1916 21-Jul-1989 Congressman from Texas, 1968-83
Norris Cotton
Politician
11-May-1900 24-Feb-1989 US Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74
George Coulouris
Actor
1-Oct-1903 25-Apr-1989 Watch on the Rhine
Malcolm Cowley
Author
24-Aug-1898 27-Mar-1989 Exile's Return
Vincent Crane
Musician
21-May-1943 14-Feb-1989 Atomic Rooster and Arthur Brown keyboardist
Lindsay Crosby
Actor
5-Jan-1938 11-Dec-1989 Son of Bing Crosby, suicide with rifle
Morton DaCosta
Theater Director
7-Mar-1914 29-Jan-1989 The Music Man
Salvador Dali
Painter
11-May-1904 23-Jan-1989 Surrealist painter
Bette Davis
Actor
5-Apr-1908 6-Oct-1989 All About Eve
Victor Davis
Swimmer
10-Feb-1964 13-Nov-1989 Olympic Gold medalist, killed in hit-and-run
John N. Dempsey
Politician
3-Jan-1915 16-Jul-1989 Governor of Connecticut, 1959-61
Nigel Dennis
Novelist
16-Jan-1912 19-Jul-1989 Cards of Identity
Anton Diffring
Actor
20-Oct-1918 20-May-1989 Where Eagles Dare
Dona Drake
Actor
15-Nov-1914 20-Jun-1989 Road to Morocco
Daphne Du Maurier
Author
13-May-1907 19-May-1989 Rebecca
Roy Eldridge
Jazz Musician
30-Jan-1911 26-Feb-1989 Swing-era jazz trumpeter
Maurice Evans
Actor
3-Jun-1901 12-Mar-1989 Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes
Sammy Fain
Composer
17-Jun-1902 6-Dec-1989 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Victor French
Actor
4-Dec-1934 15-Jun-1989 Highway to Heaven
Bart Giamatti
Baseball
4-Apr-1938 1-Sep-1989 Baseball Commissioner, 1989
Lefty Gomez
Baseball
26-Nov-1908 17-Feb-1989 El Goofy
William J. Grede
Business
24-Feb-1897 5-Jun-1989 Grede Foundries, Inc.
Johnny Green
Composer
10-Oct-1908 15-May-1989 Body and Soul
Andrei Gromyko
Politician
5-Jul-1909 2-Jul-1989 Cold War Foreign Minister of the USSR
Claude Harmon
Golf
14-Jul-1916 23-Jul-1989 Winner, 1948 Masters Tournament
Nedda Harrigan
Actor
24-Aug-1899 1-Apr-1989 Devil's Island
Michael Harrington
Activist
24-Feb-1928 31-Jul-1989 The Other America
Doug Harvey
Hockey
19-Dec-1924 26-Dec-1989 NHL Hall of Famer
Wayne L. Hays
Politician
13-May-1911 13-Feb-1989 Congressman from Ohio, 1949-76
John D. Hickerson
Diplomat
26-Jan-1898 18-Jan-1989 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1959-61
John R. Hicks
Economist
8-Apr-1904 20-May-1989 Value and Capital
Emperor Hirohito
Royalty
29-Apr-1901 7-Jan-1989 Emperor of Japan 1926-89
Abbie Hoffman
Activist
30-Nov-1936 12-Apr-1989 Steal This Book
Sidney Hook
Philosopher
20-Dec-1902 12-Jul-1989 Pragmatist
Vladimir Horowitz
Pianist
1-Oct-1903 5-Nov-1989 Virtuoso pianist
Christine Jorgensen
Photographer
30-May-1926 3-May-1989 First successful surgical transsexual
Herbert von Karajan
Conductor
5-Apr-1908 16-Jul-1989 General music director of Europe
Ayatollah Khomeini
Religion
24-Sep-1902 3-Jun-1989 Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran
James Kirkwood
Novelist
22-Aug-1924 21-Apr-1989 A Chorus Line
Owen Lattimore
Author
29-Jul-1900 31-May-1989 Scholar of Mongolia
Reginald Le Borg
Film Director
11-Dec-1902 25-Mar-1989 The Mummy's Ghost
Mickey Leland
Politician
27-Nov-1944 7-Aug-1989 Congressman from Texas, 1979-89
Sergio Leone
Film Director
3-Jan-1929 30-Apr-1989 Writer/director of spaghetti westerns
Robert W. Levering
Politician
3-Oct-1914 11-Aug-1989 Congressman from Ohio, 1959-61
Beatrice Lillie
Actor
29-May-1894 20-Jan-1989 Too True To Be Good
Konrad Lorenz
Zoologist
7-Nov-1903 27-Feb-1989 Founder of modern ethology
Herschel C. Loveless
Politician
5-May-1911 4-May-1989 Governor of Iowa, 1957-61
Warren G. Magnuson
Politician
12-Apr-1905 20-May-1989 US Senator from Washington
Jock Mahoney
Actor
7-Feb-1919 14-Dec-1989 Yancy Derringer
Silvana Mangano
Actor
23-Apr-1930 16-Dec-1989 Bitter Rice and Anna
Timothy Cardinal Manning
Religion
15-Nov-1909 23-Jun-1989 Archbishop of Los Angeles, 1970-85
Robert Mapplethorpe
Photographer
4-Nov-1946 9-Mar-1989 Erotic photographer
Ferdinand Marcos
Head of State
11-Sep-1917 28-Sep-1989 Disgraced Philippine dictator
Billy Martin
Baseball
16-May-1928 25-Dec-1989 NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times
Konosuke Matsushita
Business
27-Nov-1894 27-Apr-1989 Founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
John Matuszak
Football
25-Oct-1950 17-Jun-1989 Oakland Raider turned actor
Dick Mayer
Golf
28-Aug-1924 2-Jun-1989 Winner, 1957 US Open
Mary McCarthy
Author
21-Jun-1912 25-Oct-1989 The Group
John J. McCloy
Military
31-Mar-1895 11-Mar-1989 World Bank, Warren Commission
Kenneth McMillan
Actor
2-Jul-1932 8-Jan-1989 Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
Sam Melville
Actor
20-Aug-1936 9-Mar-1989 Officer Mike Danko on The Rookies
Dutch Morial
Politician
9-Oct-1929 24-Dec-1989 Mayor of New Orleans, 1978-86
Joe Morrison
Football
21-Aug-1937 5-Feb-1989 NY Giant, Gamecocks Coach
Huey Newton
Activist
17-Feb-1942 22-Aug-1989 Black Panther
Laurence Olivier
Actor
22-May-1907 11-Jul-1989 Shakespearean actor
Okey L. Patteson
Politician
14-Sep-1898 3-Jul-1989 Governor of West Virginia, 1949-53
John Payne
Actor
23-May-1912 6-Dec-1989 Kansas City Confidential
Charles J. Pedersen
Chemist
3-Oct-1904 26-Oct-1989 Synthesis of crown ethers
Claude Pepper
Politician
8-Sep-1900 30-May-1989 Congressman from Florida, 1963-89
Perez Prado
Musician
11-Dec-1916 14-Sep-1989 Mambo king ("Dilo!")
Frederic Prokosch
Novelist
17-May-1908 6-Jun-1989 The Skies of Europe
Anthony Quayle
Actor
7-Sep-1913 20-Oct-1989 Ice-Cold in Alex
Richard Quine
Film Director
12-Nov-1920 10-Jun-1989 Bell Book and Candle
Gilda Radner
Comic
28-Jun-1946 20-May-1989 Saturday Night Live
Liam Redmond
Actor
27-Jul-1913 28-Oct-1989 Irish stage and film actor
Sugar Ray Robinson
Boxing
3-May-1921 12-Apr-1989 Welterweight and Middleweight champ
Charles H. Russell
Politician
27-Dec-1903 13-Sep-1989 Governor of Nevada, 1951-59
Andrei Sakharov
Physicist
21-May-1921 14-Dec-1989 Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb
Rebecca Schaeffer
Actor
6-Nov-1967 18-Jul-1989 Actress murdered by stalker
Franklin J. Schaffner
Film Director
30-May-1920 2-Jul-1989 Patton and Planet of the Apes
Secretariat
Racehorse
29-Mar-1970 4-Oct-1989 Greatest race horse of all time
Emilio Segrè
Physicist
30-Jan-1905 22-Apr-1989 Co-Discoverer of the antiproton
Wilfrid Sellars
Philosopher
20-May-1912 2-Jul-1989 Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Paul Shenar
Actor
12-Feb-1936 11-Oct-1989 The Secret of NIMH
William Shockley
Physicist
13-Feb-1910 12-Aug-1989 Co-Inventor of the transistor
Georges Simenon
Novelist
13-Feb-1903 4-Sep-1989 Prolific Belgian-French novelist
Larkin Smith
Politician
26-Jun-1944 13-Aug-1989 Congressman from Mississippi, 1989
Joe Spinell
Actor
28-Oct-1936 13-Jan-1989 Frank Zito in Maniac
R. G. Springsteen
Film Director
8-Sep-1904 9-Dec-1989 Taggart
Jack Starrett
Film Director
2-Nov-1936 27-Mar-1989 Cleopatra Jones
Steven Stayner
Victim
18-Apr-1965 16-Sep-1989 Boy kidnapped by Kenneth Parnell
I. F. Stone
Journalist
24-Dec-1907 17-Jul-1989 I. F. Stone's Weekly
Irving Stone
Novelist
14-Jul-1903 26-Aug-1989 Historical biographical novelist
May Swenson
Poet
28-May-1913 4-Dec-1989 Another Animal
E. P. Taylor
Business
29-Jan-1901 14-May-1989 Brewer, Thoroughbred horse breeder
Virgil Thomson
Composer
25-Nov-1896 30-Sep-1989 Four Saints in Three Acts
Mary Treen
Actor
27-Mar-1907 29-Jul-1989 It's A Wonderful Life
Barbara Tuchman
Historian
30-Jan-1912 6-Feb-1989 A Distant Mirror
Lee Van Cleef
Actor
9-Jan-1925 16-Dec-1989 The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Norma Varden
Actor
20-Jan-1898 19-Jan-1989 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Luis Calderón Vega
Politician
27-Feb-1911 7-Dec-1989 Los Siete Sabios de México
Romo Vincent
Actor
23-Dec-1908 16-Jan-1989 American comic character actor
Robert Penn Warren
Poet
24-Apr-1905 15-Sep-1989 First US Poet Laureate
Robert Webber
Actor
14-Oct-1924 19-May-1989 12 Angry Men
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Military
9-Jul-1897 17-Dec-1989 Victory Program
Keith Whitley
Country Musician
1-Jul-1955 9-May-1989 Don't Close Your Eyes
Cornel Wilde
Actor
13-Oct-1915 16-Oct-1989 A Song to Remember
Guy Williams
Actor
14-Jan-1924 7-May-1989 Prof. John Robinson on Lost in Space
Roland Winters
Actor
22-Nov-1904 22-Oct-1989 Charlie Chan
Edward Woods
Actor
5-Jul-1903 8-Oct-1989 The Public Enemy
Norman Wooland
Actor
16-Mar-1910 3-Apr-1989 Shakespearean stage actor
Hu Yaobang
Head of State
20-Nov-1915 15-Apr-1989 Chinese Communist leader, 1980-87


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