June 1989

• Pope John Paul II began a 10-day trip to Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden. He arrived in Norway on June 1 and left on June 3, visiting Oslo, Trondheim and Tromsø.{{cite web |title=Apostolic Pilgrimage to Norway, Iceland, Finland, Denmark and Sweden (June 1–10, 1989) |department=Travels – John Paul II – The Holy Father |website=vatican.va |url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/travels/sub_index1989/trav_nord-europa_en.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207174740/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/travels/sub_index1989/trav_nord-europa_en.htm |archive-date=7 February 2011 |access-date=13 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.totus2us.co.uk/universal/norway/st-jpii-pilgrim-visit-1989/ |title=John Paul II's Apostolic Pilgrimage to Norway |website=TotusTuus – Totus2us |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• A farmer discovered the burned remains of German security hacker Karl Koch in a forest near Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany. Despite the unusual circumstances, Koch, who had sold computer data from military and aerospace companies to the KGB, was determined to have committed suicide by self-immolation on May 23.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/alle-grossen-anarchisten-starben-am-23-a-2363fbb1-0002-0001-0000-000013493816?context=issue |title="Alle großen Anarchisten starben am 23." |trans-title=All the great anarchists died on the 23rd. |magazine=Der Spiegel |department=Politik |date=11 June 1989 |language=de |access-date=15 November 2021}}
• During the night of June 1–2, American serial killer Oba Chandler raped 36-year-old Joan Rogers and her 17- and 14-year-old daughters Michelle and Christe and then murdered them by throwing them, alive, into Tampa Bay, Florida, weighted with concrete blocks.{{cite news |title=90-minute period may hold key to murders of three found in bay |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |agency=The Associated Press |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=8B |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}{{cite news |title=Telephone records link murder suspect to bay |journal=The Blade |location=Toledo, Ohio |agency=AP |date=8 June 1994 |page=13 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19940609&id=NEAxAAAAIBAJ&pg=6813,2144413 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220222632/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19940609&id=NEAxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BQQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6813,2144413 |archive-date=20 February 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• Born:
• Hadiza Aliyu, Nigerian actress and filmmaker; in Libreville, Gabon{{cite web |title=Hadiza Gabon |url=http://hausafilms.tv/actress/hadiza_gabon |date=3 November 2020 |website=HausaFilms.TV |access-date=15 November 2021}}
• Nataliya Goncharova, Russian Olympic volleyball player; in Skole, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/120797 |title=Nataliya Goncharova-Obmochayeva |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Sammy Alex Mutahi, Kenyan long-distance runner{{cite web |title=Sammy Alex MUTAHI | Profile |publisher=World Athletics |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/sammy-alex-mutahi-14329838 |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Irena Dubiska, 89, Polish violinist{{cite web |url=https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/irena-dubiska |author=Culture.pl |title=Irena Dubiska – Życie i twórczość | Artysta |trans-title=Irena Dubiska – Life and work of | Artist |publisher=Instytut Adama Mickiewicza |language=pl |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Aurelio Lampredi, 71, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer{{cite web |url=http://www.modelfoxbrianza.it/Progettisti.htm |title=Progettisti Ferrari Prima parte |trans-title=Ferrari designers Part one |website=Modelfoxbrianza.it |language=it |access-date=13 November 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719060318/http://www.modelfoxbrianza.it/Progettisti.htm |url-status=dead }}
• Martin Zoborosky (a.k.a. Martin Edwards), 72, Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played one game in the National Hockey League{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/z/zoborma01.html |title=Marty Zoborosky Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=12 November 2021}}

• Sōsuke Uno succeeded Noboru Takeshita as Prime Minister of Japan.{{cite encyclopedia |author=((Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) |title=Uno Sōsuke |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=23 August 2022 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Uno-Sosuke |access-date=31 March 2023}}
• 18-year-old Tina Bell disappeared in Billingham, England. Her remains would be found in April 1990 on wasteland at ICI Billingham. {{Asof|2019}}, Bell's murder would remain unsolved.{{cite news |last=Corrigan |first=Naomi |url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/tina-bell-murder-cop-reveals-15756665 |title=Tina Bell murder cop reveals hunch still nagging him almost 30 years after teen's horrific death |date=4 February 2019 |website=TeessideLive |department=Cleveland Police |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• The Uniroyal Chemical Co. announced a voluntary halt to sales in the United States of the chemical Alar, used to improve the shelf life and color of apples. Studies had linked Alar with tumor development in lab animals.{{cite news |url=https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=SNH19890604.1.9&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- |title=Manufacturer pulls Alar off market |agency=UPI |journal=Suffolk News-Herald |date=4 June 1989 |page=9A |access-date=11 November 2021 |via=Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive, Library of Virginia}}
• Born:
• Freddy Adu, American soccer player; in Tema, Ghana{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/freddy-adu/7392/ |title=USA – F. Adu – Profile with news, career statistics and history |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Liviu Antal, Romanian footballer; in Șimleu Silvaniei, Romania{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/43566/Liviu_Antal.html |title=Liviu Antal |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Davide Appollonio, Italian professional road bicycle racer; in Isernia, Molise, Italy{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=36013 |title=Davide Appollonio |website=Cycling Archives |publisher=de Wielersite |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Dean Burmester, South African professional golfer; in Mutare, Zimbabwe{{cite web |title=Player Profile – Dean Burmester |url=https://www.sunshinetour.info/profiles/profile.php?player=BUR025 |website=sunshinetour.info |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Austin Davis, National Football League quarterback and coach; in Meridian, Mississippi{{cite web |url=http://rams.imgrelay.com/html/DavisA_1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101054258/http://rams.imgrelay.com/html/DavisA_1.html |archive-date=1 November 2013 |title=St. Louis Rams Media Guide |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Cooper Helfet, National Football League tight end; in Kentfield, California{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HelfCo00.htm |title=Cooper Helfet Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Alex Love, American flyweight boxer; in Monroe, Washington{{cite web |url=http://usaboxing.org/athletes/alex-love |title=Alex Love | Athletes |website=USA Boxing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403192532/http://usaboxing.org/athletes/alex-love |archive-date=3 April 2012 |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Willy Moon (born William George Sinclair), New Zealand musician, singer and songwriter; in Wellington, New Zealand{{cite web |url=https://www.zimbio.com/Willy+Moon |title=Willy Moon |website=Zimbio |publisher=Livingly Media, Inc. |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Kilakone Siphonexay, Laotian Olympic sprinter; in Vientiane, Laos{{cite web |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/120929 |title=Kilakone Siphonexay |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Steve Smith, Australian cricketer; in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/steven-smith-267192 |title=Steven Smith profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |website=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media Ltd. |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Darius van Driel, Dutch professional golfer; in Leidschendam, Netherlands{{cite web |title=Darius VAN DRIEL – Players |publisher=The PGA European Tour |url=https://www.europeantour.com/players/36421/ |access-date=11 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.dariusvandriel.com/?lang=en |title=Darius van Driel |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Shane Yarran, Australian rules footballer; in Seville Grove, Western Australia (d. 2018, suicide){{cite web |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/S/Shane_Yarran.html |title=AFL Tables – Shane Yarran – Stats – Statistics |access-date=5 November 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/wafl/death-of-former-docker-shane-yarran-shatters-football-community-ng-b88813169z |last1=Knowles |first1=Gabrielle |last2=Duffield |first2=Mark |title=Death of former Docker Shane Yarran shatters football community |department=WAFL |date=20 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421131241/https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/wafl/death-of-former-docker-shane-yarran-shatters-football-community-ng-b88813169z |archive-date=21 April 2018 |journal=PerthNow |publisher=Seven West Media |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Nanda Zulmi, Indonesian footballer (d. 2017){{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/nanda-zulmi/230070/ |title=Indonesia – N. Zulmi – Profile with news, career statistics and history |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=12 November 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://medan.tribunnews.com/2017/07/06/innalillahi-wainnailahi-rajiun-mantan-pemain-psms-medan-meninggal-dunia-ini-riwayat-kariernya |title=Innalillahi Wainnailahi Rajiun! Mantan Pemain PSMS Medan Meninggal Dunia, Ini Riwayat Kariernya |trans-title=Innalillahi Wainnailahi Rajiun! Former PSMS Medan Player Dies, Here's His Career History |department=Liga 2 |date=6 July 2017 |journal=Tribun Medan |language=id |access-date=12 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Ted à Beckett, 81, Australian cricketer, Australian rules footballer and solicitor{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ted-a-beckett-3931 |title=Ted a'Beckett profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |website=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media Ltd. |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Guido Agosti, 87, Italian pianist and piano teacher{{cite web |url=https://www.pristineclassical.com/products/paco116 |last1=Rose |first1=Andrew |last2=Swanson |first2=Alan |title=DANCO The Complete Schumann Recordings (1949/52) – PACO116 |publisher=Pristine Classical |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Dick Mayer (born Alvin Richard Mayer), 64, American professional golfer{{cite web |url=https://www.golfcompendium.com/2019/09/golfer-dick-mayer.html |title=Golfer Dick Mayer: From U.S. Open Choker to Champion |publisher=GolfCompendium.com |access-date=15 November 2021}}
• Takeo Watanabe, 56, Japanese musician and composer, died of cancer.{{cite web |title=Biography / Discography: WATANABE Takeo |url=http://www.animeillusion.com/information/discography/composers/takeo.php |date=November 2005 |publisher=AnimeIllusion |language=fr |access-date=11 November 2021}}{{cite web |title=Takeo Watanabe |url=http://www.animeland.com/animebase/personne/voir/3628 |website=AnimeLand |department=Animebase |date=30 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923174531/http://www.animeland.com/animebase/personne/voir/3628 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |language=fr |access-date=11 November 2021}}

• The world's first high-definition television (test) broadcasts commenced in Japan, in analogue.{{cite web |url=http://www.birds-eye.net/definition/acronym/?id=1157827001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714112540/http://www.birds-eye.net/definition/acronym/?id=1157827001 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |last1=Bahlmann |first1=Bruce |last2=Ramkumar |first2=Preethi |title=HDTV – High Definition Television |publisher=Birds-Eye.Net |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Fergana massacre began in the Fergana Valley, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. By the time the massacre ended on June 12, at least 97 Meskhetian Turks had been killed and over 1000 wounded by Uzbek extremists.{{cite news |title=Soviet unrest kills 2, injures at least 72 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |agency=The Associated Press |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=6A |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}{{cite magazine |last=Payin |first=Emil |title=POPULATION TRANSFER: The Tragedy of the Meskhetian Turks |url=https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/population-transfer-tragedy-meskhetian-turks |magazine=Cultural Survival Quarterly |date=March 1992 |publisher=Cultural Survival, Inc. |access-date=10 November 2021}}{{Better source needed|reason=The sources give the month of the massacre as June 1989, but not the exact dates.|date=November 2021}}
• Pope John Paul II arrived in Iceland, visiting Reykjavík and Þingvellir before leaving on June 4.{{cite web |url=http://www.totus2us.co.uk/universal/iceland/st-jpii-pilgrim-visit-1989/ |title=St John Paul II's Apostolic Pilgrimage to Iceland |website=TotusTuus – Totus2us |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• The SkyDome, the world's first retractable roof stadium, opened in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/skydome-now-rogers-centre-turns-25-1.2662889 |title=SkyDome, now Rogers Centre, turns 25 |department=Toronto |work=CBC News |publisher=CBC/Radio-Canada |date=3 June 2014 |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Born:
• Nicole Della Monica, Italian Olympic pair skater; in Trescore Balneario, Province of Bergamo, Italy{{cite web |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/119109 |title=Nicole Della Monica |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Megumi Han, Japanese actress; in Tokyo, Japan{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
• Katie Hoff, American Olympic swimmer; in Abingdon, Maryland{{cite web |title=Katie Hoff |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/103232 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Artem Kravets, Ukrainian footballer; in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/41806/Artem_Kravets.html |title=Artem Kravets |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Imogen Poots, British actress; in London, England{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
• Viengsavanh Sayyaboun, Laotian footballer; in Vientiane, Laos{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/35036/Viengsavanh_Sayyaboun.html |title=Viengsavanh Sayyaboun |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Anthony Taugourdeau, French footballer; in Marseille, France{{cite web |title=France – A. Taugourdeau – Profile with news, career statistics and history |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/anthony-taugourdeau/68045/ |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Daniela Vega, Chilean actress and opera singer; in San Miguel, Santiago Province, Chile{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
• Died:
• Jack Belden (born Alfred Goodwin Belden), 79, American war correspondent, died of lung cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/belden.xml;query=china;brand=default |title=Jack Belden Papers 1937-1989 |website=Arizona Archives Online |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Ruhollah Khomeini, 86 or 89, Iranian philosopher, politician, revolutionary and Shia Muslim religious leader, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran, founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, died from surgical complications and heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-06-07-8902070407-story.html |title=Mourners Rip Shroud, Khomeini's Body Falls |first1=Ray |last1=Moseley |first2=Joseph A. |last2=Reaves |journal=Chicago Tribune |date=7 June 1989 |access-date=8 June 2022}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2009/03/khomeini-funeral-body-crowd |title=Ayatollah Khomeini's funeral: The funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini, writes James Buchan, was not a tragedy but a gruesome farce:id |magazine=New Statesman |first=James |last=Buchan |author-link=James Buchan |date=12 March 2009 |access-date=8 June 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://english.khamenei.ir/news/2116/Imam-Khomeini-s-Biography |title=Imam Khomeini's Biography |website=Khamenei.ir |access-date=8 June 2022}}

• A violent military crackdown took place on pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.{{cite news |date=5 June 2019 |last=Nevett |first=Joshua |title=How the Ufa train disaster was overshadowed by Tiananmen Square |department=Europe |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48510979 |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• The news of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini was announced to the people of Iran at 7:00 a.m. by Mohammad Reza Hayati, one of the veteran news anchors of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) tv1 and IRIB radio Iran. After hearing the news, people mourned on the streets and highways in Tehran and other cities. The text of the news of Ayatollah Khomeini's death on Radio Iran: "At 7:00 AM, this is Tehran, the voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful, inna lleh wa inna aliyeh rajiyun, the high spirit of the leader of the Muslims and the leader of the free people of the world, Imam Khomeini, has joined the kingdom of Allah." At 9:00 a.m., Ali Khamenei, the President of Iran, began reading Khomeini's last will and testament to the Assembly of Experts. In the afternoon the Assembly elected Khamenei as Supreme Leader (rahbar).
• An explosion near Ufa, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, killed 575 as two trains passing each other threw sparks near a leaky natural gas pipeline. The disaster received relatively little media attention, possibly due to Soviet censorship and the other major news events of the day.
• Solidarity's victory in the first round of the 1989 Polish legislative election{{cite web |url=https://www.prezydent.pl/kancelaria/archiwa-przelomu/zasob-archiwum-prezydenta-rp/kancelaria-rady-panstwa-krp/panstwowa-komisja-wyborcza-pkw----wybory-do-sejmu-prl-i-senatu-prl-z-8-i-19-czerwca/obwieszczenie-pkw-o-wynikach-glosowania-i-wynikach-wyborow-do-sejmu-prl-przeprowadzonych-dnia-4-czerwca-1989-103330-t1/ |title=Obwieszczenie Państwowej Komisji Wyborczej o wynikach głosowania i wynikach wyborów do Sejmu PRL przeprowadzonych dnia 4 czerwca 1989 r. – 1033/30 t.1 k. 1, 3-169 |trans-title=Announcement of the National Electoral Commission on the results of voting and the results of the elections to the Sejm of the People's Republic of Poland held on June 4, 1989 – 1033/30 t.1 k. 1, 3-169 |website=prezydent.pl |language=pl |access-date=5 November 2021 |archive-date=7 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107140224/https://www.prezydent.pl/kancelaria/archiwa-przelomu/zasob-archiwum-prezydenta-rp/kancelaria-rady-panstwa-krp/panstwowa-komisja-wyborcza-pkw----wybory-do-sejmu-prl-i-senatu-prl-z-8-i-19-czerwca/obwieszczenie-pkw-o-wynikach-glosowania-i-wynikach-wyborow-do-sejmu-prl-przeprowadzonych-dnia-4-czerwca-1989-103330-t1/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2255_89.htm |title=POLAND: parliamentary elections Sejm, 1989 |publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union |year=1989 |access-date=7 November 2021}} was the first of many anti-communist revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe.
• A giant wave struck the trimaran Rose-Noëlle, carrying four men from New Zealand on an adventure trip to Tonga, flipping it upside-down. The men would drift at sea for 119 days before winds and currents carried the wrecked yacht in a loop to Great Barrier Island.{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/lost-at-sea-the-rose-noelle-story/Y7RUHZKA6X3I76XMS67SVFDSQI/ |last=Phare |first=Jane |title=Lost at sea: The Rose-Noelle story |department=New Zealand |date=29 September 2009 |website=nzherald.co.nz |publisher=NZME Publishing Limited |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Pope John Paul II arrived in Finland, visiting Helsinki and Turku before leaving on June 6.{{cite web |url=http://www.totus2us.co.uk/universal/finland/st-jpii-pilgrim-visit-1989/ |title=John Paul II's Apostolic Pilgrimage to Finland |website=TotusTuus – Totus2us |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• The bodies of Joan, Michelle and Christe Rogers were found floating in Tampa Bay.{{cite news |title=Detectives seek public help in murders |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19890617&id=XHpPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3264,7718691 |journal=The Bryan Times |location=Bryan, Ohio |agency=UPI |volume=41 |issue=142 |date=17 June 1989 |page=1 |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• American driver Dale Earnhardt won the 1989 Budweiser 500 stock car race at Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover, Delaware.{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1989_Budweiser_500/W/ |title=1989 BUDWEISER 500 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• The V International AIDS Conference began in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It would continue through June 9.{{cite web |url=https://actupny.org/documents/cron-89.html |title=ACTUP Capsule History 1989 |work=The ACT UP Historical Archive |publisher=ACT UP |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• At the 43rd Tony Awards, The Heidi Chronicles won the award for Best Play, while Jerome Robbins' Broadway won the award for Best Musical.{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/year/1989/category/any/show/any/ |title=Winners / 1989 |website=The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards® |publisher=Tony Award Productions |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Born:
• Federico Erba, Italian footballer; in Rome, Italy{{cite web |title=Erba Federico Maria – Carriera, stagioni, squadre, presenze e goal |trans-title=Erba Federico Maria – Career, seasons, teams, appearances and goals |url=https://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Erba_Federico_Maria |website=TuttoCalciatori.Net |language=it |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Paweł Fajdek, Polish Olympic hammer thrower; in Świebodzice, Poland{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/121979 |title=Paweł Fajdek |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Eldar Gasimov, Azerbaijani singer (Ell & Nikki); in Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union{{cite web |url=https://www.zimbio.com/Eldar+Gasimov |title=Eldar Gasimov |website=Zimbio |publisher=Livingly Media, Inc. |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Bernard Le Roux, South African-born French rugby union player; in Moorreesburg, Western Cape, South Africa{{cite web |url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/players/bernard-leroux-16765.html |title=Bernard LE ROUX – Player statistics |website=It's rugby |publisher=SARL IT'S RUGBY |access-date=15 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Dik Browne, 71, American cartoonist, died of cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-06-mn-1586-story.html |title=Dik Browne; Cartoonist Drew 'Hagar,' 'Hi and Lois' |journal=Los Angeles Times |date=6 June 1989 |access-date=5 November 2021}}{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/browne.htm |last=Knudde |first=Kjell |title=Dik Browne |encyclopedia=Lambiek Comiclopedia |date=6 August 2021 |publisher=Lambiek |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Vernon Cracknell, 77, New Zealand politician{{cite journal |title=OBITUARY---V. F. CRACKNELL; E. S. F. HOLLAND |url=https://www.vdig.net/hansard/content.jsp?id=11286 |journal=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) |date=11 July 1989 |access-date=11 November 2021 |via=VDIG.net}}

• An unknown Chinese protester, "Tank Man", stood in front of a column of military tanks on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, temporarily halting them, an incident which achieved iconic status internationally through images taken by Western photographers.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-tiananmen-square-tank-man-20140603-story.html |last=Makinen |first=Julie |title=Tiananmen Square mystery: Who was 'Tank Man'? |journal=Los Angeles Times |department=World & Nation |date=4 June 2014 |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Eight people were killed, and hundreds injured, in a human crush during the viewing of Ayatollah Khomeini's body at the Musalla in Tehran.
• Born:
• Cam Atkinson, American National Hockey League right winger; in Riverside, Connecticut{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/a/atkinca01.html |title=Cam Atkinson Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Mónica Castaño, Colombian beauty queen and model{{cite web |author=www.lomaselite.com |title=Candidatas a Señorita Valle 2011-2012 |trans-title=Candidates for Miss Valle 2011-2012 |date=17 May 2011 |publisher=LoMasElite |language=es |url=http://www.lomaselite.com/presentacion-candidatas-senorita-valle-cauca-2011-2012-3279 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926021534/http://www.lomaselite.com/presentacion-candidatas-senorita-valle-cauca-2011-2012-3279 |archive-date=26 September 2013 |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Roxana Cocoș, Romanian Olympic weightlifter; in Bucharest, Romania{{cite web |title=Roxana Cocoș |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/116260 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Ed Davis, National Basketball Association player; in Washington, D.C.{{cite web |title=Ed Davis Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/davised01.html |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Megumi Nakajima, Japanese voice actress and singer; in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan{{cite web |title=Profile |url=http://www.nakajimamegumi.com/profile |website=Megumi Nakajima Official Web Site |language=ja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201124129/http://www.nakajimamegumi.com/profile |archive-date=1 December 2012 |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Died: Maurice Philippe, 57, British aircraft and Formula One car designer{{cite web |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/teamboss/Maurice_Phillippe |title=Maurice Phillippe |date=1 October 2021 |website=OldRacingCars.com |department=World Championship team bosses |publisher=Allen Brown |access-date=13 November 2021}}

• Japanese serial killer Tsutomu Miyazaki murdered 5-year-old Ayako Nomoto. Over the next two days he would engage in sexual acts with the girl's corpse and take photos and videos of it.{{cite book |last=Keller |first=Robert |title=Beyond Evil |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-5365-0764-5}}

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• Officials aborted the Ayatollah Khomeini's first funeral in Tehran after a large crowd stormed the funeral procession, nearly destroying Khomeini's wooden casket in order to get a last glimpse of his body. At one point, the body almost fell to the ground, as the crowd attempted to grab pieces of the death shroud. The Ayatollah's body had to be returned for the burial preparations to be repeated, before being brought back to the cemetery a few hours later.
• Pope John Paul II arrived in Denmark, visiting Åsebakken Priory, Roskilde, Copenhagen and Øm before leaving on June 7.{{cite web |url=http://www.totus2us.co.uk/universal/denmark/st-jpii-pilgrim-visit-1989/ |title=St John Paul II's Apostolic Pilgrimage to Denmark |website=TotusTuus – Totus2us |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Democratic Representative Tom Foley of Washington was elected Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, defeating Republican Representative Robert H. Michel by a vote of 251-164. The Speaker's chair had been vacated by the resignation of Jim Wright due to a scandal.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHlZCBqGvZIC&q=June |last1=Jenkins |first1=Jeffery A. |last2=Stewart |first2=Charles III |author-link2=Charles Stewart III |title=Fighting for the Speakership: The House and the Rise of Party Government |series=Princeton studies in American politics : historical, international, and comparative perspectives |location=Princeton and Oxford |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2013 |page=418 |isbn=978-0-691-11812-3 |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google Books}}
• In professional basketball, the 1989 NBA Finals began between the Detroit Pistons and the Los Angeles Lakers.{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/1989-nba-finals-lakers-vs-pistons.html |title=1989 NBA Finals – Lakers vs. Pistons |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Born:
• Bryn McAuley, Canadian actress; in Toronto, Ontario, Canada{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
• Robert Sacre, American-Canadian National Basketball Association player; in Baton Rouge, Louisiana{{cite web |title=Robert Sacre Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sacrero01.html |access-date=13 November 2021}}

• The British government announced that it would sell the Short Brothers aerospace company, the largest employer in Northern Ireland, to the Canadian company Bombardier Inc.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/29e5c67a02119487682e1cc310716f86 |title=Government Announces Sale of Short Brothers to Canada's Bombardier |date=7 June 1989 |publisher=AP News |access-date=11 November 2021}}

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• Surinam Airways Flight 764, originating from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, crashed in Paramaribo, Suriname, due to pilot error, killing 176. Among the dead were 14 members of an exhibition football team known as the "Colourful XI" (Kleurijk Elftal) (one of whom died in hospital three days later) and their coach; three players survived.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/oct/12/the-forgotten-story-of-the-colourful-xi-tragedy |last=Miller |first=Nick |title=The forgotten story of... the Colourful XI tragedy |date=12 October 2017 |journal=The Guardian |department=The forgotten story of... |access-date=5 November 2021 |issn=0261-3077}}
• Died in the crash of Surinam Airways Flight 764:
• Ruud Degenaar, 25, Heracles Almelo
• Lloyd Doesburg, 29, AFC Ajax
• Steve van Dorpel, 23, FC Volendam
• Wendel Fräser, 22, RBC Roosendaal
• Frits Goodings, 25, FC Wageningen
• Jerry Haatrecht, 28, Neerlandia
• Virgall Joemankhan, 20, Cercle Brugge K.S.V.
• Andro Knel, 21, NAC Breda
• Ruben Kogeldans, 22, Willem II Tilburg
• Fred Patrick, 23, PEC Zwolle
• Andy Scharmin, 21, FC Twente
• Elfried Veldman, 23, De Graafschap
• Florian Vijent, 27, SC Telstar
• Nick Stienstra, 34, RCH (coach)
• The United States Navy submarine USS Blenny, launched in 1944, was sunk as part of an artificial reef off Ocean City, Maryland. Former crewmembers of the Blenny were present for the sinking ceremony.{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zec6AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PA13 |last1=Toomey |first1=T. M. |last2=Biles |first2=D. M. |last3=Mason |first3=R. Jr. |title=A FAMILY AFFAIR A SWITCH IN THE SAR GAME PLAN – SINKING, NOT SAVING |journal=On Scene |year=1987 |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard |page=13 |access-date=12 November 2021}}
• Born:
• James Hamilton, New Zealand Olympic snowboarder; in Takapuna, New Zealand{{cite web |title=James Hamilton |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/119582 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Seiji Kobayashi, Japanese professional baseball catcher{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kobaya001sei |title=Seiji Kobayashi Japanese Leagues Statistics & History |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Agyemang Opoku (born Nana Opoku Agyemang-Prempeh), Ghanaian footballer; in Obuasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana{{cite web |title=Opoku Agyemang |publisher=National Football Teams |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/31707/Opoku_Agyemang.html |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Mitch Robinson, Australian rules footballer{{cite web |title=AFL Tables – Mitch Robinson – Stats – Statistics |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/M/Mitch_Robinson.html |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Sofía Sisniega, Mexican actress; in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p718175 |title=Sofia Sisniega | Movies and Filmography |publisher=AllMovie, Netaktion LLC |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Chico Landi (born Francisco Sacco Landi), 81, Brazilian Formula One driver{{cite web |url=http://www.4mula1stats.com/driver/Francisco_Landi |title=Francisco Landi Formula 1 driver |year=2013 |website=4mula1stats.com |access-date=14 November 2021}}
• Nara Leão, 47, Brazilian bossa nova singer, died of a brain tumor.{{cite web |title=Cronologia Nara Leão |trans-title=Nara Leão Chronology |url=http://www.naraleao.com.br/index.php?p=cronologia |language=pt |access-date=5 November 2021}}

• Pope John Paul II arrived in Sweden, visiting Stockholm, Uppsala and Vadstena Castle before leaving for Rome on June 10.{{cite web |url=http://www.totus2us.co.uk/universal/sweden/st-jpii-pilgrim-visit-1989/ |title=John Paul II's Apostolic Pilgrimage to Sweden |website=TotusTuus – Totus2us |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• A team led by Dr. Robert Ballard located the wreck of the German battleship Bismarck, which was sunk in 1941, about {{convert|600|mi|km}} west of Brest, France at a depth of {{convert|15,000|ft}}.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/14/world/nazi-ship-bismarck-is-found-in-good-shape.html |title=Nazi Ship Bismarck Is Found in 'Good Shape' |journal=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |date=14 June 1989 |page=A5 |access-date=6 November 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/06/23/The-Bismarck-It-belongs-to-Germany/6812614577600/ |last=Mackay |first=Robert |title=The Bismarck: 'It belongs to Germany' |date=23 June 1989 |publisher=United Press International, Inc. |access-date=6 November 2021}}
• Trump Shuttle began service between Washington, D.C., New York City and Boston. Businessman Donald Trump had acquired the operations of Eastern Air Lines Shuttle the previous day. USAir would acquire the shuttle service in 1992 and rename it USAir Shuttle.{{cite web |title=FAA HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY, 1926-1996 |url=https://www.faa.gov/about/history/chronolog_history/media/b-chron.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011194330/https://www.faa.gov/about/history/chronolog_history/media/b-chron.pdf |archive-date=October 11, 2018 |access-date=June 16, 2022 |publisher=Federal Aviation Administration |page=263 |department=History}}
• U.S. President George H. W. Bush held the first prime time news conference of his presidency. When asked whether he had contacted any of China's leaders by telephone about the recent events there, Bush replied, "Line was busy. Couldn't get through."{{cite news |last=Shales |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Shales |title=Bush's first news conference was tame, lame and bland |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |department=On the Air |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=4C |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• Born:
• Timea Bacsinszky, Swiss tennis player; in Lausanne, Switzerland{{cite web |title=Timea Bacsinszky |publisher=WTA Tour, Inc. |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/311579/timea-bacsinszky |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Richard Fleeshman, English actor and singer-songwriter; in Manchester, England{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/richard-fleeshman-491279 |title=Richard Fleeshman – Broadway Cast & Staff |work=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• Simon Trummer, Swiss racing driver; in Frutigen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland{{cite web |url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/simon-trummer/ |title=Simon Trummer | Racing career profile |work=Driver Database |publisher=DriverDB AB |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Amaury Vassili, French operatic tenor; in Rouen, Upper Normandy, France{{cite web |title=Biographie Amaury Vassili |trans-title=Amaury Vassili Biography |language=fr |url=http://www.nrj.fr/music-509/fiches-artistes-522/artiste/bio/13213-amaury-vassili.html/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722110413/http://www.nrj.fr/music-509/fiches-artistes-522/artiste/bio/13213-amaury-vassili.html/ |archive-date=22 July 2011 |publisher=NRJ |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Died: Susan Daniels Smith, 27–28, American FBI informant, was murdered by her handler and lover, Agent Mark Putnam.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/782fcc8b1c55b5c5a9b9eff10b35096f |last=Wells |first=Rob |title=Former FBI Agent Pleads Guilty To Slaying Kentucky Woman |date=12 June 1990 |publisher=AP News |access-date=15 November 2021}}

• Born:
• Chloë Agnew, Irish singer; in Knocklyon, County Dublin, Ireland{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
• Danilo Avelar, Brazilian footballer; in Paranavaí, Brazil{{cite web |title=Brazil – Danilo Avelar – Profile with news, career statistics and history |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/danilo-fernando-avelar/112357/ |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Logan Browning, American actress; in Atlanta, Georgia{{cite web |url=http://crowhavenroad.org/logan-browning/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121220050800/http://crowhavenroad.org/logan-browning/ |archive-date=20 December 2012 |title=Logan Browning |website=Crowhaven Road |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Baden Kerr, New Zealand rugby union player; in Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand{{cite web |url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/players/baden-kerr-19850.html |title=Baden KERR – Player statistics |website=It's rugby |publisher=SARL IT'S RUGBY |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Josie Tomic, Australian Olympic track cyclist; in Subiaco, Western Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/123793 |title=Josephine Tomic |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Dídac Vilà, Spanish footballer; in Mataró, Spain{{cite web |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/didac-vila/71577/ |title=Spain – Dídac Vilà – Profile with news, career statistics and history |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Died:
• George Beadle, 85, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, died of Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news |title=George Beadle, 85: Nobel-winning geneticist |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |agency=The New York Times |department=Deaths Elsewhere |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=3B |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}{{cite web |title=George Beadle – Facts |website=NobelPrize.org |publisher=Nobel Prize Outreach AB |year=2021 |access-date=5 November 2021 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1958/beadle/facts/}}
• Rashid Behbudov, 73, Azerbaijani singer and actor, died of kidney disease.{{cite magazine |url=http://azeri.org/Azeri/az_latin/latin_articles/latin_text/latin_54/eng_54/54_behbudov.html |last=Sharifov |first=Azad |title=With a Song in His Heart: Rashid Behbudov (1915-1989) |magazine=Azerbaijan International |volume=5 |issue=4 |date=Winter 1997 |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Vladimir Kasatonov, 78, Soviet admiral of the fleet, Hero of the Soviet Union{{cite web |url=https://warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1880 |title=Касатонов Владимир Афанасьевич |trans-title=Kasatonov Vladimir Afanasyevich |website=warheroes.ru |language=ru |access-date=21 November 2021}}
• José López Rega OIC, 72, Argentine politician, died of diabetes and a heart attack.{{cite news |title=Jose Lopez Rega, 72: Argentine official |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |agency=The Associated Press |department=Deaths Elsewhere |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=3B |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}{{cite web |url=https://www.historiadelpais.com.ar/rega.htm |title=JOSE LOPEZ REGA |website=historiadelpais.com.ar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627194140/https://www.historiadelpais.com.ar/rega.htm |archive-date=27 June 2013 |language=es |access-date=5 November 2021}}{{cite encyclopedia |author=((Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) |title=José López Rega |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=13 October 2022 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Lopez-Rega |access-date=31 March 2023}}
• Wolfdietrich Schnurre, 68, German writer, died of heart failure.{{cite dictionary |last=Blencke-Dörr |first=Katharina |title=Schnurre, Wolfdietrich |dictionary=Neue Deutsche Biographie |volume=23 |year=2007 |pages=346–347 |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118609831.html#ndbcontent |access-date=11 November 2021 |via=Deutsche Biographie}}

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• A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new, modern facility for Woodbridge Hospital (later known as the Institute of Mental Health) in Singapore.{{cite web |url=https://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline/data/pdfdoc/yct19890610s.pdf |last=Yeo |first=Cheow Tong |author-link=Yeo Cheow Tong |title=ADDRESS BY MR YEO CHEOW TONG, ACTING MINISTER FOR HEALTH, AT THE GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY OF THE NEW PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL ON 10 JUNE 1989 AT 10.00 AM |date=10 June 1989 |publisher=Ministry of Communications and Information |access-date=11 November 2021 |via=National Archives of Singapore}}
• United States Air Force Captain Jacquelyn S. Parker graduated from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, the first female pilot to do so.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.airforcemag.com/chronology-1980-1989/ |title=Chronology: 1980-1989 |magazine=Air Force Magazine |date=24 November 2018 |publisher=Air Force Association |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Born:
• DeAndre Kane, American-born Hungarian professional basketball player; in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania{{cite web |url=https://basketball.usbasket.com/player/DeAndre-Kane/The-Basketball-Tournament/Boeheims-Army-Syracuse-Alumni/209193 |title=DeAndre Kane Player Profile, Boeheim's Army (Syracuse Alumni), News, Stats |website=USbasket |publisher=Eurobasket Inc. |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• David Miller, South African cricketer; in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/david-miller-321777 |title=David Miller profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |website=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media Ltd. |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter; in Constanța, Romania{{cite web |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alexandra-stan-mn0002651146/biography |title=Alexandra Stan Biography, Songs, & Albums |publisher=AllMusic, Netaktion LLC |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• William Whetton, New Zealand rugby union player{{cite web |url=http://www.lnr.fr/william-whetton,17974.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217160117/http://www.lnr.fr/william-whetton,17974.html |archive-date=17 February 2015 |title=William WHETTON (joueur de rugby 3ème ligne) |trans-title=William WHETTON (3rd row rugby player) |publisher=Ligue Nationale de Rugby |language=fr |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Ortwin Linger, 21, Dutch footballer (HFC Haarlem), died three days after the crash of Surinam Airways Flight 764 as a result of his injuries.
• Richard Quine, 68, American actor and director, committed suicide by gunshot.{{cite news |title=Director Quine commits suicide |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |department=People |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=2A |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}

• American racer Kevin Schwantz of the Suzuki Pepsi Cola team won the 1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix at the Automotodrom Grobnik circuit near Rijeka, Yugoslavia.{{cite web |title=Sunday, June 11, 1989 Yugoslavian MotoGP |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1989-yugoslavian-motogp/ |work=Motorsport Database |publisher=Motor Sport Magazine |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• 27-year-old New Zealand mountaineer David Heymann fell {{convert|1000|m}} to his death from the Hörnli Ridge on the Matterhorn. His climbing partner, Greg Houston, descended the mountain alone without the pair's ropes, which Heymann had been carrying.{{cite news |last=Jeffries |first=Jane |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/facing-up-to-the-deadly-matterhorn/2IZBE5YMU7WSHNR5CYTSVEIYGM/ |title=Facing up to the deadly Matterhorn |website=The New Zealand Herald |publisher=NZME Publishing Limited |department=World |date=11 July 2015 |access-date=9 November 2021}}
• American driver Ricky Rudd won the 1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 stock car race at Sears Point International Raceway in Sonoma, California.{{cite news |title=Auto racing: EARNHARDT PADS HIS POINTS LEAD |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |department=Update |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=3D |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1989_Banquet_Frozen_Foods_300/W/ |title=1989 BANQUET FROZEN FOODS 300 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• A Beechcraft sightseeing plane carrying 10 tourists and the pilot disappeared between the islands of Hawaii and Maui.{{cite news |last=Elliott |first=Steve |title=Search fails to find missing tour plane in Hawaii |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |agency=The Associated Press |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=4A |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• Born:
• Lorenzo Ariaudo, Italian footballer; in Turin, Italy{{cite web |title=Italy – L. Ariaudo – Profile with news, career statistics and history |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/lorenz--ariaudo/59470/ |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Keith Aulie, Canadian National Hockey League defenceman; in Rouleau, Saskatchewan, Canada{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/a/aulieke01.html |title=Keith Aulie Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Ana Clara Duarte, Brazilian tennis player; in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil{{cite web |title=ANA-CLARA DUARTE |website=Billie Jean King Cup |url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800254485 |department=Players |publisher=ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. |access-date=15 April 2025 |archive-date=26 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126151803/https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800254485}}
• Maya Moore, American professional and Olympic champion basketball player; in Jefferson City, Missouri{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126588 |title=Maya Moore |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Conrad Baden, Norwegian composer and organist (b. 1908){{cite web |url=http://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002101215481685146257 |last=Gamble |first=Howard |title=Conrad Baden – Biography |date=12 October 2002 |website=Listen to Norway |access-date=14 November 2021 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220047/http://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002101215481685146257 |url-status=dead }}

• A powerful time bomb killed at least seven people and injured or maimed 54 others at the main railroad station in New Delhi, India.{{cite news |title=In India, 7 killed, 54 injured by railroad station time bomb |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |agency=The Associated Press |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=6A |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., canceled Robert Mapplethorpe's photography exhibition, "Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment", due to its sexually explicit content. Mapplethorpe had died of AIDS in March 1989.{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Roxanne |author-link=Roxanne Roberts |title=900 protest Corcoran cancellation; Group gathers at museum in support of Mapplethorpe |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=1 July 1989}}, cited in {{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/04/04/the-robert-mapplethorpe-protest-at-the-corcoran-was-one-of-washingtons-most-stunning/ |last=Argetsinger |first=Amy |author-link=Amy Argetsinger |title=Here's what the dazzling 1989 Robert Mapplethorpe protest at the Corcoran looked like |newspaper=The Washington Post |department=Arts and Entertainment |date=4 April 2016 |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Glen Sather stepped down as head coach of the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers and was succeeded by John Muckler.{{cite news |title=Hockey: SATHER GIVES UP COACHING POSITION |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |department=Update |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=3D |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• Testifying before the Dubin inquiry, Canadian Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson admitted under oath that he used steroids beginning in 1981, leading to his disqualification at the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |last=Byrd |first=Lee |title=Ben Johnson admits using steroids |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |agency=The Associated Press |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=1D |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• At Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada, American boxers Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns fought in a rematch of their September 1981 bout. The fight ended in a draw after 12 rounds.{{cite news |last=Schuyler |first=Ed Jr. |title='War' has no winner: Leonard, Hearns battle to draw in 12-round title bout |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |agency=The Associated Press |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |pages=1D, 4D |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}{{cite magazine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1989/06/19/another-classic-sugar-ray-leonard-survived-two-knockdowns-and-escaped-with-a-draw-in-a-thrilling-rematch-against-thomas-hearns |last=Putnam |first=Pat |title=ANOTHER CLASSIC |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=19 June 1989 |publisher=ABG-SI LLC |access-date=8 November 2021}} On the undercard, Andrew Maynard defeated Steve Schwan, Ray Mercer knocked out Ken Crosby, Kennedy McKinney won by decision over David Moreno, Michael Carbajal defeated Eduardo Nunez, and Robert Wangila won by decision over Buck Smith.
• Born:
• Emma Eliasson, Swedish professional and Olympic ice hockey defender; in Karesuando, Kiruna, Sweden{{cite web |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/110219 |title=Emma Eliasson |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Andrea Guardini, Italian cyclist; in Tregnago, Italy{{cite web |title=Andrea Guardini |website=ProCyclingStats |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/140184 |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Ibrahim Jeilan, Ethiopian long-distance runner; in Bale Province, Ethiopia{{cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/ethiopia/ibrahim-jeilan-14181523 |title=Ibrahim JEILAN | Profile |publisher=World Athletics |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Shane Lowry, Australian footballer; in Perth, Western Australia{{cite web |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/-/90120/ |title=Australia – S. Lowry – Profile with news, career statistics and history |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Tim Nanai-Williams, New Zealand-born Samoan rugby union player; in Auckland, New Zealand{{cite web |title=Tim Nanai-Williams | Rugby Union | Players and Officials |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/110378.html |website=ESPN Scrum |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Dale Stephens, English footballer; in Bolton, England{{cite web |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/dale-stephens/51068/ |title=England – D. Stephens – Profile with news, career statistics and history |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Bruce Hamilton {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}}, 77, Australian public servant{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122282133 |title=Obituary: Bruce Hamilton: Menzies' 'two-star general' |journal=The Canberra Times |date=12 July 1989 |page=23 |access-date=7 November 2021 |via=Trove}}
• Cath Vautier {{post-nominals|country=NZL|OBE|size=85%}}, 86, New Zealand netball player, teacher and sports administrator{{cite dictionary |first=Charlotte |last=Macdonald |author-link=Charlotte Macdonald |title=Vautier, Catherine Wilhelmina |dictionary=Dictionary of New Zealand Biography |year=1998 |via=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4v2/vautier-catherine-wilhelmina |access-date=11 November 2021}}

• Six miners drowned at the Emu Mine near Leinster, Western Australia, in an accident caused by heavy rains.{{cite web |last=Torlach |first=J M |title=SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT REPORT NO. 11: EMU MINE DISASTER |url=http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/documents/Significant_Incident_Reports/MS_GMP_SIR_011emumine(1).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601235705/http://www.dmp.wa.gov.au/documents/Significant_Incident_Reports/MS_GMP_SIR_011emumine(1).pdf |archive-date=1 June 2013 |publisher=Department of Mines, Western Australia |date=10 April 1990 |access-date=15 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wavmm.com/2018/06/13/remember-the-emu/ |author=Moya |title=Remember the EMU:- |date=13 June 2018 |website=Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial |access-date=15 November 2021}}
• The Hungarian Round Table Talks, which would help lead to the end of socialism in Hungary, formally began.{{cite book |last=Ripp |first=Zoltán |chapter=Unity and Division |title=The Roundtable Talks of 1989: The Genesis of Hungarian Democracy: Analysis and Documents |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VQhQqCmSaoC&dq=%22It+became+clear+even+a+few+days+after+the+beginning%22&pg=PA20 |editor-last=Bozóki |editor-first=András |editor-link=András Bozóki |year=2002 |publisher=Central European University Press |location=Budapest |page=20 |isbn=963-9241-21-0 |access-date=15 November 2021 |via=Google Books}}
• During a four-day visit by Mikhail Gorbachev, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, to West Germany, Gorbachev and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl signed a joint declaration in Bonn which promised respect for human rights and expressed support for disarmament measures. One passage constituted Gorbachev's renunciation of the Brezhnev Doctrine.{{cite news |last1=Bilski |first1=Andrew |last2=Trautman |first2=Peggy |last3=Lewis |first3=Peter |last4=Wilson-Smith |first4=Anthony |title=A hero's welcome: Gorbachev signs a far-reaching accord in Bonn |date=26 June 1989 |url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1989/6/26/a-heros-welcome |journal=Maclean's |access-date=9 November 2021 |archive-date=9 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109104650/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1989/6/26/a-heros-welcome |url-status=dead }}
• The sixteenth James Bond film, Licence to Kill, premiered at the Odeon Cinema in London, England. The first Bond film not to use or paraphrase the title of an Ian Fleming story, it was also the second and final film to star Timothy Dalton as the fictional spy. Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales, attended the premiere.{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58171-LICENCE-TOKILL?sid=86872f86-12f5-47af-b709-901b54bb2609&sr=12.883721&cp=1&pos=0 |title=Licence to Kill |work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Aboard Air Force One, U.S. President Bush vetoed a bill passed by the U.S. Congress that would have increased the minimum wage to $4.55 an hour over three years.{{cite news |last=Daniel |first=Leon |author-link=Leon Daniel |title=Bush veto stiffs working poor |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19890617&id=XHpPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3264,7718691 |journal=The Bryan Times |location=Bryan, Ohio |agency=UPI |volume=41 |issue=142 |date=17 June 1989 |page=4 |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• The Detroit Pistons won the 1989 NBA Finals, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 0.
• Born:
• Coline Aumard, French professional squash player; in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Paris, France{{cite web |title=Coline Aumard |website=PSA World Tour |publisher=Professional Squash Association |year=2018 |url=https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/7896 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512005947/https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/7896 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |access-date=13 November 2021 |url-status=bot: unknown }}
• Ben Barba, Australian rugby league footballer; in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/ben-barba/summary.html |title=Ben Barba – Career Stats & Summary |website=Rugby League Project |publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• James Calado, English racing driver; in Cropthorne, Worcestershire, England{{cite web |url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/james-calado/ |title=James Calado | Racing career profile |publisher=DriverDB AB |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Ryan McDonagh, American National Hockey League defenceman; in Saint Paul, Minnesota{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/mcdonry01.html |title=Ryan McDonagh Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Daniel Mortimer, Australian rugby league footballer; in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.titans.com.au/team/profiles/daniel_mortimer_0.html |title=Daniel Mortimer – Titans |website=Gold Coast Titans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143751/http://www.titans.com.au/team/profiles/daniel_mortimer_0.html |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Andreas Samaris, Greek footballer; in Patras, Greece{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/53842/Andreas_Samaris.html |title=Andreas Samaris |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Andreas Sander, German Olympic alpine skier; in Schwelm, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany{{cite web |title=Andreas Sander |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/137242 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Tommy Searle, English motocross racer; in Pembury, Kent, England{{cite web |url=https://mxgpresults.com/riders/tommy-searle/ |title=Tommy Searle – Motocross Racing Profile |website=Motocross Grand Prix Results |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Lisa Tucker, American singer and actress; in Anaheim, California{{cite web |title=Lisa Tucker |website=compoundent.com |url=http://www.compoundent.com/artists/lisa-tucker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504043106/http://www.compoundent.com/artists/lisa-tucker |archive-date=4 May 2011 |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Hassan Whiteside, National Basketball Association player; in Gastonia, North Carolina{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/whiteha01.html |title=Hassan Whiteside Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Erica Wiebe, Canadian Olympic champion wrestler; in Stittsville, Ontario, Canada{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/129525 |title=Erica Wiebe |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Dino Wieser, Swiss professional ice hockey forward{{cite web |title=Dino Wieser profile – Дино Wиесер Профиль |url=https://www.eurohockey.com/player/103132-.html |website=Eurohockey.com |publisher=European Ice Hockey Online AB & eSports.cz s.r.o. |language=en |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Fran Allison, 81, American actress and television personality, died of bone marrow failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/14/obituaries/fran-allison-81-the-human-side-of-kukla-fran-and-ollie-show.html |last=Anderson |first=Susan Heller |title=Fran Allison, 81, the Human Side Of 'Kukla, Fran and Ollie' Show |journal=The New York Times |date=14 June 1989 |page=D24 |access-date=6 November 2021}}
• Scott Ross, 38, American-born harpsichordist, died of pneumonia related to AIDS.{{cite book |last=Proulx |first=Michel |title=An Unfinished Destiny – Scott Ross, Master of the Harpsichord |year=1990}}, cited in {{cite web |url=https://www.overgrownpath.com/2006/12/rumour-about-aids-was-swelling.html |title=The rumour about Aids was swelling |website=On An Overgrown Path |date=1 December 2006 |access-date=14 November 2021}}

• During his first visit to London since leaving office in January, former U.S. President Ronald Reagan had lunch at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth II, who made him an honorary knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.{{cite news |title=Reagan accepts knighthood |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19890613&id=B_EvAAAAIBAJ&pg=5032,9154095 |journal=The Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |department=People |volume=83 |issue=235 |date=13 June 1989 |page=2A |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• The Secretary of State (United Kingdom) announced that, in cases where people incorrectly refused entry into the UK as children because they were "not related as claimed" could now prove their relationship to their relatives in the UK through DNA fingerprinting, in order to immigrate to the UK they would have to prove that they were still dependent on their UK sponsors and, if they were over 18, that there were compassionate circumstances other than the fact of wrongful separation.{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-ZBeyEGJFkC&pg=PA11 |last=Hasan |first=Manzoor |title=Ten years of immigration |journal=Third Way |volume=12 |issue=8 |date=August 1989 |page=11 |access-date=15 November 2021 |via=Google Books}}

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• The first Titan IV rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying a classified military payload.
• Born:
• Lucy Hale (born Karen Lucille Hale), American actress and singer; in Memphis, Tennessee{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lucy-hale-mn0001443290/biography |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |title=Lucy Hale Biography, Songs, & Albums |publisher=AllMusic, Netaktion LLC |access-date=6 November 2021}}
• Cory Higgins, National Basketball Association player; in Danville, California{{cite web |title=Cory Higgins Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/higgico01.html |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Mónica Olivia Rodríguez, Mexican Paralympic middle-distance runner; in Ciudad Guzmán, Zapotlán el Grande, Mexico{{cite web |title=Athletics RODRIGUEZ SAAVEDRA Monica Olivia – Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1365814-rodriguez-saavedra-monica-olivia.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830171842/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1365814-rodriguez-saavedra-monica-olivia.htm |archive-date=30 August 2021 |access-date=15 November 2021 |website=olympics.com |publisher=The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us}}
• Brad Takairangi, Australian-New Zealand rugby league footballer; in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/brad-takairangi/summary.html |title=Brad Takairangi – Career Stats & Summary |website=Rugby League Project |publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger, 82, Canadian politician{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=13677 |title=Profile – Bélanger, Louis-Philippe-Antoine |publisher=Library of Parliament |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Pete de Freitas, 27, English musician and producer (Echo & the Bunnymen), died in a motorcycle accident.{{cite web |url=https://themusicsover.com/2010/06/14/pete-de-freitas/ |title=Died On This Date (June 14, 1989) Pete de Freitas / Echo and the Bunnymen |website=The Music's Over |date=14 June 2010 |access-date=10 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG217596 |title=Echo and the Bunnymen |website=The British Museum |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• Joseph Malula, 71, Congolese Catholic archbishop and cardinal{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmalula.html |title=Joseph-Albert Cardinal Malula |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |date=11 July 2021 |publisher=David M. Cheney |access-date=14 November 2021}}{{Self-published source|date=November 2021}}

• The 1989 European Parliament election began in the twelve member states of the European Community.{{cite book |last=Raimbault |first=Guy |title=Comprendre simplement l'Union européene économique et financière depuis l'introduction de l'euro |trans-title=Simply understand the European Economic and Financial Union since the introduction of the euro |location=Paris |publisher=Presses ponts et chaussées |year=2002 |edition=2nd |page=97 |language=fr |isbn=2-85978-359-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LlJLPJUpra8C&pg=PA97 |access-date=15 November 2021 |via=Google Books}}
• At the 1989 Irish general election, Fianna Fáil, led by Taoiseach Charles Haughey, failed to win a majority.{{cite web |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2153_89.htm |title=IRELAND: parliamentary elections Dáil Éireann, 1989 |publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union |year=1989 |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• 21-year-old soldier Adam Gilbert of the Royal Marines was killed by friendly fire when his patrol fired at a stolen car in Belfast.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/16/world/british-soldier-shot-to-death-in-ulster-in-error-police-say.html |title=British Soldier Shot to Death In Ulster in Error, Police Say |journal=The New York Times |agency=AP |date=16 June 1989 |page=A8 |access-date=11 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1989.html |last=Sutton |first=Malcolm |title=An Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland |website=CAIN Web Service |access-date=11 November 2021}}{{cite web |title=M0410.pdf |url=https://www.nivets.org.uk/ROH/certs/M0410.pdf |publisher=Northern Ireland Veterans Association |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Sub Pop released Bleach, the debut studio album by the American rock band Nirvana.{{cite web |url=https://www.livenirvana.com/official/bleach.html |title=Bleach (Sub Pop Records, re-released by Geffen) |year=2001 |publisher=LiveNIRVANA.com |access-date=15 November 2021}}
• Born:
• Bayley (born Pamela Rose Martinez), American professional wrestler; in San Jose, California{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/17171892/wwe-profile-page-bayley |title=WWE Profile Page – Bayley |website=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN Enterprises, Inc. |access-date=12 November 2021}}
• Victor Cabedo, Spanish cyclist; in Onda, Castellón, Spain (d. 2012 in training crash){{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=15198 |title=Victor Cabedo Carda |website=Cycling Archives |publisher=de Wielersite |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Bryan Clauson, American auto racing driver; in Carmichael, California (d. 2016 in race crash){{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Bryan_Clauson/ |title=BRYAN CLAUSON |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Alex Puccio (born Alexandrea Elizabeth Cocca), American professional climber; in McKinney, Texas{{cite web |url=https://www.8a.nu/user/alex-puccio-f |title=Alex Puccio – 8a.nu profiles |website=8a.nu |publisher=Vertical-Life |access-date=9 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Maurice Bellemare, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}}, 77, Canadian lawyer and politician, died of diabetes.{{cite dictionary |url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/bellemare-maurice-1989/biographie.html |title=Maurice BELLEMARE (1912-1989) |publisher=Assemblée nationale du Québec |date=September 2017 |language=fr |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Victor French, 54, American actor and director, died of lung cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/16/obituaries/victor-french-54-actor-on-tv.html?scp=1&sq=victor%20french&st=cse |title=Victor French, 54, Actor on TV |journal=The New York Times |agency=AP |page=A28 |date=16 June 1989 |access-date=6 November 2021}}
• Judy Johnson (born William Julius Johnson), 89, American Negro league baseball third baseman and manager{{cite news |title=Hall of Famer dies |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19890617&id=XHpPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3264,7718691 |journal=The Bryan Times |location=Bryan, Ohio |agency=UPI |volume=41 |issue=142 |date=17 June 1989 |page=9 |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• Ray McAnally, 63, Irish actor, died of a heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/06/17/ray-mcanally-irish-character-actor/e7cb7849-ff30-4c9f-94c7-5af758feeba0/ |title=RAY MCANALLY, IRISH CHARACTER ACTOR |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=17 June 1989 |access-date=6 November 2021}}

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• A crowd of at least 100,000 gathered at Heroes Square in Budapest for the reburial of Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian Prime Minister who had been executed in 1958.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/17/world/hungarian-who-led-56-revolt-is-buried-as-a-hero.html |last=Kamm |first=Henry |author-link=Henry Kamm |title=Hungarian Who Led '56 Revolt Is Buried as a Hero |journal=The New York Times |date=17 June 1989 |page=1 |access-date=6 November 2021}}
• At about 7 a.m., three bank robbers, one of them disguised as a security guard, took four employees and police officer Daniel C. O'Connell hostage at the City National Bank of Florida in Hallandale, Florida. Police Lt. David H. Miles arrived on scene and a shootout ensued. Miles was shot in the upper abdomen and neck but survived due to his bulletproof vest and arrested one robber; O'Connell shot a second robber to death. The third man escaped but would be arrested on January 23, 1990.{{cite news |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1989-06-17-8901310278-story.html |last1=Krause |first1=Renee |last2=Davidson |first2=Tom |last3=Jung |first3=Carolyn |last4=Walker |first4=Donn |title=BANK ROBBER SLAIN IN POLICE SHOOT-OUT VEST SAVES HALLANDALE OFFICER'S LIFE |date=17 June 1989 |journal=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |department=News |access-date=12 November 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/06/17/Officer-wounded-suspect-killed-in-bank-shootout/5698614059200/ |last=Burmeister |first=Caren |title=Officer wounded, suspect killed in bank shootout |publisher=United Press International, Inc. |date=17 June 1989 |access-date=12 November 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-01-23-9101040706-story.html |last1=James |first1=Sallie |author2=Staff Writer |title=TWO NAMED 'OFFICERS OF YEAR' BANK ROBBERY FOILED BY HEROIC ACTIONS OF HALLANDALE POLICE |date=23 January 1991 |journal=South Florida Sun-Sentinel |department=News |access-date=12 November 2021}} Miles and O'Connell would be named Officers of the Year by the Broward 10-13 Club in New York City in January 1991.
• Police evacuated about 7,500 people from the east side of Akron, Ohio, due to the discovery of cases of unstable dynamite during building demolition. Members of the Summit County, Ohio hazardous materials squad and the sheriff's bomb squad burned the dynamite safely.{{cite news |title=Evacuate because of dynamite |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19890617&id=XHpPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3264,7718691 |journal=The Bryan Times |location=Bryan, Ohio |agency=UPI |volume=41 |issue=142 |date=17 June 1989 |page=1 |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• Born: Odion Ighalo, Nigerian footballer; in Lagos, Nigeria{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/58668/Odion_Ighalo.html |title=Odion Ighalo |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Arthur Häggblad, 80, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/87277 |title=Artur Häggblad |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Jerzy Pniewski, 76, Polish physicist{{cite encyclopedia |title=Pniewski Jerzy |language=pl |url=https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/;3958570 |encyclopedia=Internetowa encyklopedia PWN |publisher=WN PWN SA |access-date=15 November 2021}}

• Interflug Flight 102 crashed on takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport in East Germany, killing 21 of the 113 people on board.{{cite news |title=Jet crashes on takeoff |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19890617&id=XHpPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3264,7718691 |journal=The Bryan Times |location=Bryan, Ohio |agency=UPI |volume=41 |issue=142 |date=17 June 1989 |page=1 |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890617-2 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-62M DDR-SEW Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF) |publisher=Aviation Safety Network (ASN) |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• At least six people died in the crash of an Army National Guard helicopter in Yarmouth Port, Yarmouth, Massachusetts.{{cite news |title=Helicopter crash kills 6 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19890617&id=XHpPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3264,7718691 |journal=The Bryan Times |location=Bryan, Ohio |agency=UPI |volume=41 |issue=142 |date=17 June 1989 |page=1 |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google News}}
• Born:
• Simone Battle, American singer, dancer and actress (G.R.L.); in Los Angeles, California (d. 2014, suicide by hanging){{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/simone-battle |title=Simone Battle – Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins |publisher=Television Academy |access-date=8 November 2014}}{{cite magazine |url=https://people.com/celebrity/simone-battles-death-ruled-a-suicide/ |last=Telling |first=Gillian |title=Simone Battle's Death Ruled a Suicide |magazine=People |department=Celebrity |date=8 September 2014 |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Georgios Tofas, Cypriot footballer; in Larnaca, Cyprus{{cite web |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/-/19288/ |title=Cyprus – G. Tofas – Profile with news, career statistics and history |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Died:
• S. David Griggs, 49, American naval aviator and NASA astronaut, died in the crash of a vintage World War II airplane he was piloting.{{cite news |title=Astronaut Was 'Clowning Around' Before Crash |publisher=AP News |date=19 June 1989 |url=https://apnews.com/article/357f80246e1b5377f2899d9689ec0c80 |access-date=9 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/griggs_s_david.pdf |title=Biographical Data |publisher=NASA |date=June 1989 |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• John Matuszak, 38, American football defensive end and actor, died of acute propoxyphene intoxication.{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/06/19/Former-NFL-great-John-Matuszak-dead-at-38/4588614232000/ |last=Whitington |first=G. Luther |title=Former NFL great John Matuszak dead at 38 |date=19 June 1989 |publisher=United Press International, Inc. |access-date=5 November 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/28/sports/matuszak-s-death-caused-by-accidental-overdose.html |title=Matuszak's Death Caused By Accidental Overdose |journal=The New York Times |date=28 June 1989 |page=D24 |access-date=5 November 2021}}

• The second round of the 1989 Polish legislative election was held.
• In the first Greek legislative election of the year, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, led by Prime Minister of Greece Andreas Papandreou, lost control of the Hellenic Parliament.{{cite web |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2125b_89.htm |title=GREECE: parliamentary elections Vouli Ton Ellinon, 1989 |publisher=Inter-Parliamentary Union |year=1989 |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Belgian driver Thierry Boutsen of the Williams-Renault team won the 1989 Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/236/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118230114/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1989/236/ |archive-date=18 January 2015 |title=1989 Canadian Grand Prix |website=Formula 1 ® – The Official F1 ® Website |access-date=8 November 2021}}{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr474.html |title=Canadian GP, 1989 |website=Grandprix.com |publisher=Inside F1 Inc |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• American driver Terry Labonte won the 1989 Miller High Life 500 stock car race at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1989_Miller_High_Life_500/W/ |title=1989 MILLER HIGH LIFE 500 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• Born:
• Jonas Acquistapace, German footballer; in North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/jonas-acquistapace/55082/ |title=Germany – J. Acquistapace – Profile with news, career statistics and history |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born Gabonese professional and Olympic footballer; in Laval, Mayenne, France{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/123939 |title=Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=6 November 2021}}
• Chris Harris Jr., National Football League cornerback; in Tulsa, Oklahoma{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HarrCh01.htm |title=Chris Harris Jr. Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Anna Veith (born Anna Fenninger), Austrian Olympic champion alpine ski racer; in Hallein, Salzburg, Austria{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/118325 |title=Anna Fenninger-Veith |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Renee Olstead (born Rebecca Renee Olstead), American actress and singer; in Houston, Texas{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
• Died:
• John Rainey Adkins, 47, American guitarist and songwriter, died of a heart attack.{{cite news |last=Ussery |first=Peggy |url=https://dothaneagle.com/news/new-mural-celebrates-local-musical-influences/article_bd40541f-2d70-5220-a5cf-4ac23e665272.html |title=New mural celebrates local musical influences |journal=Dothan Eagle |date=30 April 2009 |access-date=15 November 2021}}{{cite web |date=2 June 2020 |title=John Rainey Adkins |url=https://wiregrassbluessociety.org/2019-deceased-john-rainey-adkins/ |access-date=7 June 2021 |website=Wiregrass Blues Society |language=en-US |archive-date=7 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607204721/https://wiregrassbluessociety.org/2019-deceased-john-rainey-adkins/ |url-status=dead }}
• I. F. Stone, 81, American investigative journalist and author{{cite web |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/18/american_radical_the_life_and_times |title="American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone" |date=18 June 2009 |website=Democracy Now! |access-date=8 June 2022}}

• Burma officially changed its name in English to the Union of Myanmar, also changing the name of its people's nationality from "Burmese" to "Myanmar". "Rangoon", the name of Myanmar's capital, was to be spelled "Yangon" in English.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-06-21-mn-2419-story.html |title=Burma Decides It's the "Union of Myanmar" |journal=Los Angeles Times |agency=Associated Press |date=21 June 1989 |access-date=15 November 2021}}
• At 1:10 a.m., a bomb exploded at the barracks of the British Army's Osnabrück Garrison in Osnabrück, West Germany, blowing a hole about {{convert|8|ft}} in diameter from the ground floor to the roof of the building. No one was injured in the blast. A 62-year-old West German boilerman surprised two suspects before they could set four more bombs to detonate; they fled after hitting the boilerman in the face, leaving him with bruises and scratches. West German authorities believed the Provisional Irish Republican Army was responsible for the bombing.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/029627c982f67064020173b05ba36e12 |title=Bomb Causes Major Damage at British Barracks; IRA Suspected |publisher=AP News |date=19 June 1989 |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Spain joined the European Monetary System.
• Born: Giacomo Gianniotti, Italian-Canadian actor; in Rome, Italy{{cite web |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/people/giacomo-gianniotti/ |title=Giacomo Gianniotti – Actor |website=TV Insider |publisher=NTVB Media, Inc. |access-date=5 December 2023}}
• Died:
• Dieter Aderhold, 49, German political scientist, university teacher and politician{{cite web |website=Landtag NRW |title=Detailansicht des Abgeordneten Prof. Dr.Dr. Dieter Aderhold |trans-title=Detailed view of the MP Prof. Dr.Dr. Dieter Aderhold |url=https://www.landtag.nrw.de/portal/WWW/Webmaster/GB_I/I.1/Abgeordnete/Ehemalige_Abgeordnete/details.jsp?k=00210 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812204218/https://www.landtag.nrw.de/portal/WWW/Webmaster/GB_I/I.1/Abgeordnete/Ehemalige_Abgeordnete/details.jsp?k=00210 |archive-date=12 August 2014 |language=de |access-date=12 November 2021}}
• Betti Alver, 82, Estonian poet{{cite dictionary |url=https://sisu.ut.ee/ewod/a/alver |author=M. M. |title=Betti Alver |dictionary=Estonian Writers' Online Dictionary |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Andrey Prokofyev, 30, Soviet Olympic champion track and field athlete, committed suicide by hanging.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/77604 |title=Andrey Prokofyev |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=15 November 2021}}

• Born:
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse, American actor and comedian; in Woodland Hills, California{{cite web |url=http://www.cineplex.com/Movies/FamousNews/FamousMagazine/June%202009.aspx?FamousArticles=31317 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603070724/http://www.cineplex.com/Movies/FamousNews/FamousMagazine/June%202009.aspx?FamousArticles=31317 |archive-date=3 June 2009 |last=Strauss |first=Bob |title=Christopher Mintz-Plasse's big sacrifice |date=June 2009 |website=Cineplex.com |publisher=Cineplex Entertainment LP |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Javier Pastore, Argentine footballer; in Córdoba, Argentina{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/38155/Javier_Pastore.html |title=Javier Pastore |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Terrelle Pryor, National Football League quarterback and wide receiver; in Jeannette, Pennsylvania{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PryoTe00.htm |title=Terrelle Pryor Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Matthew Raymond-Barker, English singer; in London, England{{cite web |title=Matthew Raymond-Barker de X Factor 2011 |department=Tous les candidats |year=2011 |website=Groupe M6 |publisher=M6web |language=fr |url=http://x-factor.m6.fr/candidat/matthew_raymond-baker/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417072753/http://x-factor.m6.fr/candidat/matthew_raymond-baker/ |archive-date=17 April 2011 |access-date=15 November 2021}}
• Died: Otto Kässbohrer, 85, German entrepreneur and design engineer{{cite web |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86026806.html |title=Kässbohrer, Otto, 1904-1989 |department=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies |website=Library of Congress |access-date=14 November 2021}}

• The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Texas v. Johnson that American flag-burning was a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.{{cite book |last=Welch |first=Michael |title=Flag Burning: Moral Panic and the Criminalization of Protest |location=New York |publisher=Aldine de Gruyter |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-202-30651-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s5btT1HO60kC |pages=68–71 |access-date=10 November 2021 |via=Google Books}}
• Born:
• Albert Anae, New Zealand rugby union player; in Wellington, New Zealand{{cite web |title=Albert ANAE – Player statistics |url=http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/players/albert-anae-8445.html |website=It's rugby |publisher=SARL IT'S RUGBY |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Raheleh Asemani, Iranian-born Belgian Olympic taekwondo practitioner; in Karaj, Iran{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/129153 |title=Raheleh Asemani |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Jarno Gmelich, Dutch cyclist; in Almere, Netherlands{{cite web |title=Jarno Gmelich Meijling |website=ProCyclingStats |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/140914 |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Abubaker Kaki Khamis, Sudanese Olympic runner; in Muglad, Sudan{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/115300 |title=Abubaker Kaki Khamis |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Christopher Lamb, American ski jumper{{cite web |url=https://berkutschi.com/de/front/stats_personal/lamb-chris |title=Persönliche Statistiken – Lamb, Chris |trans-title=Personal Statistics – Lamb, Chris |website=Berkutschi.com |publisher=berkutschi skijumping |language=de |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Lee Calhoun, 56, American Olympic champion track and field athlete{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78189 |title=Lee Calhoun |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Henri Sauguet, 88, French composer{{cite web |title=Henri Sauguet Biography |website=musicianguide.com |url=https://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608004110/Henri-Sauguet.html |publisher=Net Industries |access-date=11 November 2021}}

• In Gbadolite, Zaire, 18 African heads of state witnessed the declaration of Gbadolite, proclaiming a ceasefire in the Angolan Civil War to take effect on June 24.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g-AogouqICQC&dq=%22Outre+les+centaines+de+milliers+de+victimes%22&pg=PA39 |last=Guichaoua |first=André |author-link=André Guichaoua |chapter=Chronologie thématique |title=Exilés, réfugiés, déplacés en Afrique centrale et orientale |trans-title=Exiles, refugees, displaced persons in Central and East Africa |editor-last=Guichaoua |editor-first=André |location=Paris |publisher=Éditions Karthala |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102225233/https://books.google.com/books?id=g-AogouqICQC&dq=%22Outre+les+centaines+de+milliers+de+victimes%22&pg=PA39 |archive-date=2 November 2023 |page=39 |year=2004 |isbn=2-84586-525-2 |language=fr |access-date=15 November 2021 |via=Google Books |url-status=bot: unknown }}
• British police arrested 260 people celebrating the summer solstice at Stonehenge.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27405147 |last=Hallett |first=Emma |title=Summer solstice: How the Stonehenge battles faded |publisher=BBC News |department=England |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• The University of Limerick and Dublin City University were raised to the status of universities, the first established in Ireland since independence in 1922.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}
• Born:
• Daniel Aase, Norwegian footballer; in Kristiansand, Norway{{cite web |url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/daniel-aase/406606/ |title=Norway – D. Aase – Profile with news, career statistics and history |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=12 November 2021}}
• Jeffrey Earnhardt, American race car driver; in Mooresville, North Carolina{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Jeffrey_Earnhardt/ |title=JEFFREY EARNHARDT |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Christian Eyenga (born Christian Eyenga Moenge), Congolese National Basketball Association player; in Kinshasa, Zaire{{cite web |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/eyengch01.html |title=Christian Eyenga Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Jung Yong-hwa, South Korean musician, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor; in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea{{cite web |url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Jeong_Yong-hwa.php |title=Jung Yong-hwa (정용화) |website=HanCinema |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Andreas Mikkelsen, Norwegian alpine skier and rally driver; in Oslo, Norway{{cite web |url=https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?profile=68 |title=Andreas Mikkelsen |website=eWRC-results.com |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Cédric Mongongu, Congolese footballer; in Kinshasa, Zaire{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/25075/Cedric_Mongongu.html |title=Cédric Mongongu |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Died: Glenn Michael Souther (a.k.a. Mikhail Yevgenyevich Orlov), 32, American-Soviet sailor and defector, committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.{{cite news |last=Fein |first=Esther B. |title=Defector to Moscow Is Dead; Work for K.G.B. Is Lauded |journal=The New York Times |date=28 June 1989 |page=A8 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/28/world/defector-to-moscow-is-dead-work-for-kgb-is-lauded.html |access-date=15 November 2021}}{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,958122,00.html |title=Soviet Union The Odd Case of M. Orlov |magazine=Time |date=10 July 1989 |access-date=15 November 2021}}

• The Greek-registered oil tanker World Prodigy struck a reef at the mouth of Narraganset Bay off Newport, Rhode Island, spilling {{convert|297,000|USgal}} of home heating oil into the ocean. Beaches and shellfish beds in Rhode Island were forced to close, but the environmental damage was relatively light.{{cite news |last=Middleton |first=Tom |title=Captain and owners plead guilty to World Prodigy oil spill |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/08/16/Captain-and-owners-plead-guilty-to-World-Prodigy-oil-spill/5611619243200/ |date=16 August 1989 |publisher=United Press International, Inc. |access-date=12 November 2021}}
• The film Batman opened on general release, earning more than $40 million in its first weekend, a box office record.
• Born:
• Lauren Bennett, English model, dancer and singer (G.R.L.); in Meopham, Kent, England{{cite web |url=https://www.zimbio.com/Lauren+Bennett |title=Lauren Bennett |website=Zimbio |publisher=Livingly Media, Inc. |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• Lisa Carrington, New Zealand Olympic champion flatwater canoeist; in Tauranga, New Zealand{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126097 |title=Lisa Carrington |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Marielle Jaffe, American actress, singer and model; in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
• Jordan Nolan, Canadian National Hockey League forward; in Garden River First Nation, Ontario, Canada{{cite web |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/n/nolanjo01.html |title=Jordan Nolan Stats |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Ayana Taketatsu, Japanese voice actress; in Saitama Prefecture, Japan{{cite web |title=Taketatsu Ayana |url=http://www.usagi.org/doi/seiyuu/taketatsu-ayana/ |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Michel Aflaq, 79, Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.mideastweb.org/Middle-East-Encyclopedia/michel_aflaq.htm |last=Isseroff |first=Ami |title=Michel Aflaq |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of the Middle East |date=14 October 2008 |publisher=MidEastWeb for Coexistence RA |access-date=14 November 2021}}
• Werner Best, 85, German Nazi official, jurist, police chief and SS-Obergruppenführer leader{{cite web |title=Werner Best |publisher=Holocaust Historical Society |year=2018 |url=https://www.holocausthistoricalsociety.org.uk/contents/germanbiographies/wernerbest.html |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Timothy Manning, 79, Irish-American Catholic archbishop and cardinal, died of cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/24/obituaries/timothy-cardinal-manning-79-guided-los-angeles-archdiocese.html |title=Timothy Cardinal Manning, 79; Guided Los Angeles Archdiocese |journal=The New York Times |agency=AP |date=24 June 1989 |page=29 |access-date=14 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmanning.html |title=Timothy Finbar Cardinal Manning |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |publisher=David M. Cheney |date=28 November 2020 |access-date=14 November 2021}}{{Self-published source|date=November 2021}}

• In the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests, Jiang Zemin became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, succeeding Zhao Ziyang.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/06/25/new-chinese-party-chief-rose-by-following-prevailing-political-winds/b8118752-2001-41ca-8263-56615d6545e6/ |last=Weisskopf |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Weisskopf |title=NEW CHINESE PARTY CHIEF ROSE BY FOLLOWING PREVAILING POLITICAL WINDS |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=25 June 1989 |access-date=8 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100020661 |title=Jiang Zemin |website=Oxford Reference |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• 36-year-old Catholic civilian Liam McKee was shot and killed by the Ulster Freedom Fighters at his home in Lisburn, County Antrim.
• Born:
• Juan José Barros, Peruvian footballer; in Barranquilla, Colombia{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/29891/-.html |title=Juan José Barros |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Fabian Böhm, German handball player; in Potsdam, East Germany{{cite web |title=Fabian Böhm / Player |url=http://history.eurohandball.com/ec/ehfc/men/2018-19/player/532971/Fabian+B%26%23246%3bhm |website=EHF Competition Archive |publisher=European Handball Federation |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Ilektra-Elli Efthymiou, Greek Olympic rhythmic gymnast{{cite web |title=Ilektra-Elli Efthymiou |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/107886 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Teklemariam Medhin, Eritrean Olympic long-distance runner; in Hazega, Ethiopia{{cite web |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114983 |title=Teklemariam Medhin |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Hibari Misora (born Kazue Katō), 52, Japanese singer, died of heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://apnews.com/article/255d1c92bd8e355871cfe9a2ddb63e99 |title=Popular Singer's Funeral Held Amid Nationwide Mourning |date=22 July 1989 |publisher=AP News |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia, 81{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/28/obituaries/vasili-romanov-81-nephew-of-last-czar.html |title=Vasili Romanov, 81, Nephew of Last Czar |journal=The New York Times |agency=AP |date=28 June 1989 |page=D21 |access-date=7 November 2021}}

• Mexican boxer Humberto González defeated South Korean boxer Lee Yul-woo in a bout in Jeonju, South Korea, to claim the WBC Light Flyweight Championship.{{cite web |url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/000445 |title=Humberto Gonzalez |publisher=BoxRec |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• American driver Bill Elliott won the 1989 Miller High Life 400 (Michigan) stock car race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1989_Miller_High_Life_400_%28June%29/W/ |title=1989 MILLER HIGH LIFE 400 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• A group of 16- and 17-year-old volunteer firefighters at the District Heights Fire Station in Prince George's County, Maryland, were discussing their frustration with their fire chief's criticisms of their performance when one of them suggested setting a fire to help prove themselves. The conversation led to some of the first in a series of arsons that would continue until July 1990 and also involve young volunteer firefighters from Boulevard Heights, acting independently of the District Heights group.{{cite news |last=Price |first=Debbie M. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/09/15/firefighter-says-criticism-drove-volunteers-to-arson/fbe035ad-3dbb-448b-8f16-fc18ab359120/ |title=FIREFIGHTER SAYS CRITICISM DROVE VOLUNTEERS TO ARSON |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=15 September 1990 |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• Born: Chris Brochu, American actor and singer-songwriter; in Washington, D.C.{{cite web |url=https://www.zimbio.com/Chris+Brochu |title=Chris Brochu |website=Zimbio |publisher=Livingly Media, Inc. |access-date=11 November 2021}}{{Unreliable source?|date=November 2021}}
• Died: Idris Cox, 89, Welsh communist activist and newspaper editor{{cite journal |url=http://psimg.jstor.org/fsi/img/pdf/t0/10.5555/al.sff.document.0001.9976.000.119.1989.pdf |title=EDITORIAL NOTES |journal=The African Communist |issue=119 |date=Fourth Quarter 1989 |publisher=South African Communist Party |page=15 |access-date=11 November 2021 |jstor= |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111190944/http://psimg.jstor.org/fsi/img/pdf/t0/10.5555/al.sff.document.0001.9976.000.119.1989.pdf |url-status=dead }}

• The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Penry v. Lynaugh that the execution of persons with intellectual disabilities did not violate the ban on cruel and unusual punishment in the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution.{{cite web |url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep492/usrep492302/usrep492302.pdf |title=PENRY v. LYNAUGH, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Born:
• Carlos Lopez, American stunt performer; in North Carolina (d. 2014, accidental fall){{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/stuntman-carlos-lopez-dies-overseas-737957/ |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |title=Stuntman Carlos Lopez Dies After Overseas Accident |journal=The Hollywood Reporter |department=General News |date=3 October 2014 |access-date=14 November 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://independenttribune.com/obituaries/lopez-carlos/article_7fa29b82-5db9-5005-8034-9e5103b65f8f.html |title=Lopez, Carlos |journal=Independent Tribune |department=Obituaries |date=3 October 2014 |access-date=14 November 2021}}
• Magid Magid, Somali-British activist and politician; in Burao, Somali Democratic Republic{{cite web |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/197812/MAGID_MAGID/history/9 |title=9th parliamentary term | Magid MAGID | MEPs |website=European Parliament |date=26 June 1989 |access-date=10 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Howard Charles Green, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}}, 93, Canadian politician and parliamentarian{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=13419 |title=Profile – Green, Howard Charles |publisher=Library of Parliament |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Earle Riddiford, 67, New Zealand mountaineer{{cite web |url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C33816 |title=Harold Earle Riddiford |work=Online Cenotaph |publisher=Auckland War Memorial Museum |access-date=9 November 2021}}

• The International Labour Organization adopted the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, the major binding international convention concerning indigenous peoples and tribal peoples.{{cite web |title=C169 – Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169) |url=http://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C169 |date=27 June 1989 |publisher=International Labour Organization (ILO) |access-date=15 November 2021 |via=NORMLEX Information System on International Labour Standards}}
• 34-year-old Protestant David Black of the Royal Ulster Constabulary was killed while off-duty by a bomb attached to his car by the Irish Republican Army at his home in Artigarvan, County Tyrone.
• Born:
• Hana Birnerová, Czech tennis player{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/hana-birnerova_prs236354/person.shtml |title=Hana Birnerová – Player Profile – Tennis |website=Eurosport |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Sabino Brunello, Italian chess Grandmaster; in Brescia, Italy{{cite web |url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=95809 |title=The chess games of Sabino Brunello |date=27 June 2018 |website=Chessgames.com |publisher=Chessgames Services LLC |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Kimiko Glenn, American actress and singer; in Phoenix, Arizona{{cite web |title=Kimiko Glenn – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/kimiko-glenn-503569 |work=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=11 November 2021}}
• Matthew Lewis, British actor; in Leeds, England{{cite web |url=https://www.infoplease.com/people/who2-biography/matthew-lewis |title=Matthew Lewis |website=Infoplease |access-date=7 November 2021 |archive-date=7 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707201945/https://www.infoplease.com/people/who2-biography/matthew-lewis |url-status=live}}
• Frank Stäbler, German Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler; in Böblingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/123207 |title=Frank Stäbler |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Bruna Tenório, Brazilian supermodel; in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil{{cite web |url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/bruna_tenorio/ |title=Bruna Tenório – Fashion Model |publisher=FMD – The Fashion Model Directory |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Sir A. J. Ayer {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA}}, 78, British philosopher{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Macdonald |first1=Graham |last2=Krishna |first2=Nakul |title=Alfred Jules Ayer |encyclopedia=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |date=7 May 2005 |edition=Fall 2018 |editor-last=Zalta |editor-first=Edward N. |editor-link=Edward N. Zalta |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2018/entries/ayer/ |publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University |issn=1095-5054 |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Jack Buetel, 73, American actor{{cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1305a76 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303190846/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1305a76 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |title=Jack Buetel |publisher=British Film Institute |department=Films, TV and people |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Michele Lupo, 56, Italian film director{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/117741%7C112292/Michele-Lupo#overview |title=Michele Lupo |publisher=Turner Classic Movies, Inc. |access-date=7 November 2021}}

• On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević delivered the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.pecat.co.rs/2011/06/govor-slobodana-milosevica-na-gazimestanu-1989-godine/ |title=Govor Slobondana Miloševića na Gazimestanu 1989. godine |trans-title=Slobodan Milošević's speech at Gazimestan in 1989 |magazine=Pečat |language=sr |date=30 June 2011 |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Born:
• Ronny Fredrik Ansnes, Norwegian cross-country skier; in Meldal, Norway (d. 2018, drowned){{cite news |url=https://www.vg.no/sport/langrenn/i/WLA4oj/den-tidligere-langrennsloeperen-ronny-fredrik-ansnes-er-doed |last=Haram |first=Ola |title=Den tidligere langrennsløperen Ronny Fredrik Ansnes er død |trans-title=Former cross-country skier Ronny Fredrik Ansnes has died |journal=VG |date=18 July 2018 |language=no |access-date=13 November 2021}}{{cite web |title=Ronny Fredrik Ansnes – Player Profile – Cross-Country Skiing |website=Eurosport |url=https://www.eurosport.com/cross-country-skiing/ronny-fredrik-ansnes_prs269287/person.shtml |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Sergio Asenjo, Spanish footballer; in Palencia, Spain{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/64431/Sergio_Asenjo.html |title=Sergio Asenjo |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Jason Clark, Australian rugby league footballer; in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jason-clark/summary.html |title=Jason Clark – Career Stats & Summary |website=Rugby League Project |publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Andrew Fifita, Tongan rugby league footballer; in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.sharks.com.au/team/profiles/andrew-fifita.html |title=Andrew Fifita |website=Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918165314/http://www.sharks.com.au/team/profiles/andrew-fifita.html |archive-date=18 September 2015 |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• David Fifita, Tongan rugby league footballer; in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia{{cite web |url=http://www.sharks.com.au/team/profiles/david-fifita.html |title=David Fifita |website=Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908053346/http://www.sharks.com.au/team/profiles/david-fifita.html |archive-date=8 September 2015 |access-date=7 November 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/david-fifita/summary.html |title=David Fifita – Career Stats & Summary |website=Rugby League Project |publisher=Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Joe Kovacs, American Olympic shot putter; in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania{{cite web |title=Joe Kovacs |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/136251 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Nicole Rottmann, Austrian tennis player; in Wagna, Austria{{cite web |url=https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800252032 |title=NICOLE ROTTMAN |website=Billie Jean King Cup |department=Players |publisher=ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. |access-date=15 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121101025/https://www.billiejeankingcup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800252032 |archive-date=21 November 2021}}
• Julia Zlobina, Azerbaijani Olympic ice dancer; in Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union{{cite web |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/127391 |title=Yuliya Zlobina |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Died:
• Joris Ivens, 90, Dutch filmmaker{{cite web |url=https://ivens.nl/biografie |title=Biografie |website=Europese Stichting Joris Ivens |language=nl |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Alfredo Sadel (born Manuel Alfredo Sánchez Luna), 59, Venezuelan singer and actor, died of a heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.buenamusica.com/alfredo-sadel/biografia |title=Biografía de Alfredo Sadel: La historia, vida y legado musical de Alfredo Sadel |trans-title=Biography of Alfredo Sadel: The story, life and musical legacy of Alfredo Sadel |publisher=BuenaMusica.com |language=es |access-date=14 November 2021}}

• Born:
• Maciej Szymon Cieśla, Polish graphics designer; in Katowice, Poland (d. 2016, bone cancer){{cite web |url=https://info.wiara.pl/doc/3274581.Macku-do-zobaczenia-w-niebie |last=Juroszek |first=Joanna |title=Maćku, do zobaczenia w niebie! |trans-title=Maciek, see you in heaven! |date=5 July 2016 |website=wiara.pl |publisher=Instytut Gość Media |language=pl |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Isabelle Gulldén, Swedish Olympic and professional handball player; in Sävedalen, Partille Municipality, Sweden{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/112008 |title=Isabelle Gulldén |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Maciej Sadlok, Polish footballer; in Oświęcim, Poland{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/34562/Maciej_Sadlok.html |title=Maciej Sadlok |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• Jens Westin, Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman; in Kalix, Sweden{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=112729 |title=Jens Westin Hockey Stats and Profile |publisher=hockeyDB.com |access-date=8 November 2021}}

• A military coup led by Omar al-Bashir ousted the civilian government of Prime Minister of Sudan Sadiq al-Mahdi.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/01/world/military-coup-in-sudan-ousts-civilian-regime.html |last=Cowell |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Cowell |title=Military Coup In Sudan Ousts Civilian Regime |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 July 1989 |page=1 |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Retired United States Navy Admiral James B. Busey IV took office as the 11th Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
• At 10:29 a.m., an electrical fire broke out on the sixth floor of the South Tower of Peachtree 25th, a 10-story office building in Atlanta, Georgia. The fire killed five people and injured 29.{{cite book |title=Five-Fatality Highrise Office Building Fire Atlanta, Georgia |url=https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-033.pdf |series=U.S. Fire Administration/Technical Report Series |date=March 2011 |publisher=FEMA |access-date=10 November 2021 |archive-date=19 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819214825/https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-033.pdf |url-status=dead }}
• In Washington, D.C., over 900 artists and supporters of the late Robert Mapplethorpe took part in a protest of the cancellation of his exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, during which enlargements of Mapplethorpe's photos were projected onto the façade of the gallery.
• Born:
• Asbel Kiprop, Kenyan Olympic champion middle-distance runner; in Eldoret, Kenya{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/114599 |title=Asbel Kiprop |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 November 2021}}
• Ginta Lapiņa, Latvian model; in Riga, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union{{cite web |url=https://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Ginta_Lapina/ |title=Ginta Lapina – Fashion Model |publisher=FMD – The Fashion Model Directory |access-date=7 November 2021}}
• Steffen Liebig, German rugby union player{{cite web |url=http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/110157.html |title=Steffan Liebig | Rugby Union | Players and Officials |website=ESPN Scrum |publisher=ESPN Sports Media Ltd. |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Damián Lizio, Argentine-born Bolivian footballer; in Florida, Buenos Aires, Argentina{{cite web |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/57500/Damian_Lizio.html |title=Damián Lizio |publisher=National Football Teams |access-date=13 November 2021}}
• David Myers, Australian rules footballer{{cite web |url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/D/David_Myers.html |title=AFL Tables – David Myers – Stats – Statistics |access-date=8 November 2021}}
• Died: Hilmar Baunsgaard, 69, Danish politician and 34th Prime Minister of Denmark{{cite web |url=https://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=hilmarbaunsgaard |title=Hilmar Baunsgaard |language=da |website=gravsted.dk |access-date=7 November 2021}}

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*1989-06