Remember When: 1989
Warner Communications and Time, Inc merge to create Time-Warner, Inc.
Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts bought RJR Nabisco for $25 billion dollars
Leona Helmsley was convicted of tax evasion even as she makes mention that "only little people pay taxes"
George Bush is inaugurated as the 41st president
The Exxon Valdez runs aground on Prince William Sound spilling 240,000 barrels of crude oil
The Mapplethorp exhibit is cancelled in Washington D.C.
Rob Lowe was in hot water over allegations of a video tape being made with an underage girl
Pete Rose was banned from baseball
Reality TV makes its debut with Cops, Totally Hidden Video, and America's Most Wanted
Nintendo released the Gameboy
An earthquake hits San Francisco causing a week delay in the start of the World Series.
The Berlin Wall falls in Germany
Iran's Ayatolla Kohmeni puts a death sentance on author Salmon Rushdie for his book Satanic Verses
Chinese students take over Tianammen Square in a protest for democracy
Romanian uprisings overthrow the communist government. President Nicolae Ceausescu summarily executed
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Notable deaths of 1989
Jim Backus, Lucille Ball, Sir Laurence Olivier, Mel Blanc, Billy Martin, Bette Davis, Salvador Dali