Historical Events
- NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii & Ascension
Nolan Ryan's 300th Strikeout
Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout
- Senegambia separates back into Gambia & Senegal
- Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title
- West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher grants escaping East Germans free passage to the West in speech from West German embassy balcony in Prague
Famous Weddings
Larry Bird
NBA legend Larry Bird (32) weds long-time girlfriend Dinah Mattingly in Terre Haute, Indiana
Famous Deaths
- Virgil Thomson, American composer and music critic (Four Saints in Three Acts; Louisiana Story), dies at 92
- William Fairbank, American physicist (superconductivity), dies at 72
Died in 1989 1989 Highlights
About September 30, 1989
Day of the Week: Saturday
How Long Ago? 34 years, 6 months and 26 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Millennial
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Star Sign: Libra
Music Charts
#1 Song: Girl I'm Gonna Miss You - Milli Vanilli
#1 Song: Ride On Time - Black Box
