1989 in the United States

1989 in the United States
Events from the year 1989 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Ronald Reagan (R-California) (until January 20), George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) (starting January 20)
Vice President: George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) (until January 20), Dan Quayle (R-Indiana) (starting January 20)
Chief Justice: William Rehnquist (Wisconsin)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Jim Wright (D-Texas) (until June 6), Tom Foley (D-Washington) (starting June 6)
Senate Majority Leader: Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) (until January 3), George J. Mitchell (D-Maine) (starting January 3)
Congress: 100th (until January 3), 101st (starting January 3)
Events
January
January 1 – The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.
January 4 – Second Gulf of Sidra incident: Two Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are engaged and shot down by two US Navy F-14 Tomcats.
January 10 – Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago settles a government enforcement action by agreeing to pay $14 million in backpay to women and minorities, the largest such settlement ever obtained from a single employer.
January 11
President Ronald Reagan delivers his farewell address to the nation.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association adopts Proposition 42, which withdraws athletic scholarships from athletes who fail to meet minimal academic standards.
January 12 – President-elect George H. W. Bush announces the final members of his cabinet, naming James D. Watkins as Secretary of Energy and William Bennett as the first director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
January 13 – Bernhard Goetz is sentenced to one year in prison and fined $5,000 for shooting four young men on the New York subway in 1984.
January 16 – A Hispanic Miami police officer shoots and kills a speeding black motorcyclist in the Overtown section of Miami, Florida, starting three days of rioting.
January 17 – Stockton massacre: Patrick Edward Purdy kills five children, wounds 30 and then shoots himself in Stockton, California.
January 18 – The Republican National Committee elects Lee Atwater as its chairman.
January 20 – George H. W. Bush is sworn in as the 41st president of the United States, and Dan Quayle is sworn in as the 44th vice president.
January 22 – The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII.
January 24
Serial killer Theodore Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair.
Joel Steinberg is convicted of manslaughter in the beating death of a 6-year-old child he was raising.
January 29 – Shining Time Station, a children's sitcom debuts on PBS. Starring Didi Conn, Brian O'Connor and Ringo Starr, the series introduces British children's television series Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends to America.
January 31 – Northway, Alaska records the highest mean sea level pressure on record in the United States with a reading of 31.85 inHg (1078.6 millibars)
February
February 7
The Los Angeles, California City Council bans the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons.
The 101st United States Congress rejects a proposed 51 percent pay raise for its members, federal judges, and certain other high-ranking government officials.
February 10
Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major United States political party.
President Bush meets with Prime Minister of Canada Brian Mulroney in Ottawa, laying the groundwork for the Acid Rain Treaty of 1991.
February 11 – Barbara Harris is the first woman consecrated as a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
February 14 – The first of 24 Global Positioning System satellites is placed into orbit.
February 23 – After protracted testimony, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee rejects, 11–9, President Bush's nomination of John Tower for Secretary of Defense.
February 23–27 – U.S. President Bush visits Japan, China, and South Korea, attending the funeral of Hirohito and then meeting with China's Deng Xiaoping and South Korea's Roh Tae-woo.
February 26 – 60 Minutes in the United States airs a report claiming that apples sprayed with Alar may cause cancer in children, leading many schools to remove apples from their cafeterias.
March
March – The unemployment rate drops to a low of 5.0%, the lowest since December 1973.
March 1
The Berne Convention, an international treaty on copyrights, is ratified by the United States.
Louis Wade Sullivan starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
James D. Watkins starts his term of office as U.S. Secretary of Energy.
March 3 – Former National Security Advisor Robert McFarlane is fined $20,000 and given two years' probation for misleading Congress about the Iran–Contra affair.
March 4
Time, Inc. and Warner Communications announce plans for a merger, forming Time Warner.
Eastern Air Lines machinists and baggage workers walk off the job to protest pay cuts. The airline subsequently filed for bankruptcy protection five days later, on March 9.
March 9 – By a vote of 53 to 47, the Senate votes to reject the nomination of John Tower as United States Secretary of Defense. President Bush subsequently nominated Dick Cheney the next day, and Cheney was confirmed and sworn in as defense secretary on March 17.
March 13 – A geomagnetic storm causes the collapse of the Hydro-Québec power grid. 6 million people are left without power for 9 hours. Some areas in the northeastern U.S. and in Sweden also lose power, and aurorae are seen as far as Texas.
March 13–17 – The Food and Drug Administration bans the import of grapes from Chile after traces of cyanide are found in two grapes.
March 13–18 – The Space Shuttle Discovery flies mission STS-29.
March 14 – Gun control: U.S. President George H. W. Bush bans the importation of certain guns deemed assault weapons into the United States.
March 20 – Dick Cheney is sworn in as the new Secretary of Defense, succeeding Frank Carlucci.
March 22
Congress passes a bill to protect the job of whistle blowers who expose government waste or fraud.
National Football League commissioner Pete Rozelle, commissioner since 1960, announces he will step down when a replacement is found.
Clint Malarchuk of the NHL Buffalo Sabres suffers an almost fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.
March 23 – Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce that they have achieved cold fusion at the University of Utah.
March 24 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Alaska's Prince William Sound the Exxon Valdez spills of oil after running aground.
March 29 – The 61st Academy Awards, the first since 1971 with no official host are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, with Barry Levinson's Rain Man winning four awards out of eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The television broadcast is the most-viewed in Oscar history until 1998, garnering nearly 43 million viewers.
April
April 1 – Bill White becomes president of baseball's National League, becoming the first African American to head a major sports league.
April 3
The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team defeats the Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team to win the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
Richard M. Daley is elected Mayor of Chicago.
April 5 – Beginning of the Pittston Coal strike after miners had worked 14 months without a contract.
April 9 – More than 300,000 demonstrators march in Washington, D.C. in support of legal abortion in the United States.
April 14 – The U.S. government seizes the Irving, California Lincoln Savings and Loan Association; Charles Keating (for whom the Keating Five were named – John McCain among them) eventually goes to jail, as part of the massive 1980s Savings and Loan Crisis which costs U.S. taxpayers nearly $200 billion in bailouts, and many people their life savings.
April 15
The Tiananmen Square protests begin.
April 17 – The House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct charges House Speaker Jim Wright with improperly evading limits on outside income and accepting improper gifts.
April 19
Trisha Meili is attacked while jogging in New York City's Central Park; as her identity remains secret for years, she becomes known as the "Central Park Jogger."
A gun turret explodes on the U.S. battleship Iowa, killing 47 crew members.
April 20 – NATO debates modernizing short range missiles; although the U.S. and U.K. are in favor, West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl obtains a concession deferring a decision.
May
May 1 – Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World opens to the public for the first time.
May 4
In the trial of Oliver North on charges related to the Iran–Contra affair, the jury finds North guilty of three criminal charges and not guilty of nine.
STS-30 was launched, deploying the Venus-bound Magellan probe.
May 8 – STS-30 lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California after four days of its mission and the successful deployment of a Venus spacecraft.
May 12 – A Southern Pacific Railroad freight train crashes on Duffy Street in San Bernardino, California.
May 15–25 – Los Angeles schoolteachers go on strike. The strike ends with the teachers gaining more administrative control and a 24% pay raise.
May 19 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,500 for the first time since Black Monday (1987).
May 25 – Thirteen days after the Southern Pacific train derailment, the Calnev Pipeline explodes at the same section of Duffy Street in San Bernardino, California.
May 26 – United States House of Representatives Majority Whip Tony Coelho resigns from the United States House of Representatives, saying he wants to spare his family from an investigation into his finances.
May 31 – Jim Wright announces his resignation as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
June
June 4
– Jerome Robbins' Broadway wins the Tony Award for Best Musical and five other Tonys.
The Tiananmen Square protests end.
June 6 – The United States House of Representatives elects Tom Foley as its new speaker.
June 12 – The Corcoran Gallery of Art cancels Robert Mapplethorpe's photography exhibition, "Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Moment", due to its sexually explicit content.
June 13
The Detroit Pistons beat the Los Angeles Lakers to win the 1989 NBA Finals.
President Bush vetoes a minimum-wage bill passed by Congress on May 17 that would have increased the minimum wage to $4.55 an hour.
June 14 – A Titan IV blasts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
June 21 – In Texas v. Johnson, the United States Supreme Court rules that burning the Flag of the United States is protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
June 23 – The film Batman opens on general release, earning more than $40 million in its first weekend, a box office record.
June 23–24 – Three shipping accidents in a 12-hour period create oil spills in Rhode Island, Delaware and Texas.
June 26 – In Penry v. Lynaugh, the Supreme Court rules that states can execute murderers as young as 16 or who are mentally challenged.
June 27 – A federal appeals court overturns the February 1988 conviction of Lyn Nofziger for illegal lobbying.
July
July 3 – In Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, the Supreme Court gives the states new authority to restrict abortions.
July 5
The television show Seinfeld premieres.
Oliver North is fined $150,000, and given a two-year suspended sentence and three years probation and ordered to perform 1,200 hours of community service for his crimes in the Iran-contra affair.
July 9–12 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush travels to Poland and Hungary, pushing for U.S. economic aid and investment.
July 17 – Maiden flight of the B-2 stealth bomber.
July 18 – Actress Rebecca Schaeffer is murdered by obsessed fan Robert John Bardo, leading to stricter stalking laws in California.
July 19 – United Airlines Flight 232 (Douglas DC-10) crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 112; 184 on board survive.
July 21 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,600 for the first time since Black Monday (1987).
July 26 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert Tappan Morris, Jr. for releasing a computer virus, making him the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
July 31 – Nintendo's Game Boy is released in North America.
August
August 5 – Congress passes the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, which is signed into law by President Bush on August 9. The act provides a $166-billion bailout to failed savings and loans and overhauls regulation of the industry.
August 7
U.S. Representative Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
Federal Express purchases Flying Tiger Line for approximately 800 million U.S. dollars.
August 8 – STS-28: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret 5-day military mission.
August 10 – President Bush nominates United States Army Gen. Colin Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, making him the first African American to hold that position.
August 16–17 – Woodstock '89 festival.
August 20 – In Beverly Hills, California, Lyle and Erik Menéndez shoot their wealthy parents to death in the family's den.
August 22 – Nolan Ryan becomes the first pitcher in the history of Major League Baseball to get 5,000 strikeouts.
August 23 – Yusef Hawkins is shot in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, sparking racial tensions between African Americans and Italian Americans.
August 24
Record-setting baseball player Pete Rose agrees to a lifetime ban from the sport following allegations of illegal gambling, thereby preventing his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ends the day at 2,734.64, its highest closing since Black Monday (1987).
August 27 – A Delta II rocket owned by McDonnell Douglas launches a television satellite, the first time a privately owned rocket had orbited a payload.
August 29 – Harry Zych, a diver and salvager, files a lawsuit to gain ownership of the wreck of the Lady Elgin which he has recently discovered in Lake Michigan in Highland Park, Illinois.
September
September 1 – Commissioner of Baseball A. Bartlett Giamatti dies of a heart attack. On September 13, club owners elect Fay Vincent as his successor.
September 2–3 – Fraternity members attending the Greekfest fraternity festival in Virginia Beach, Virginia spend two days rioting and looting.
September 5 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush holds up a bag of cocaine purchased across the street at Lafayette Park, and proposes to spend $7.9 billion in the War on Drugs, in his first televised speech to the nation.
September 8 – Former president Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove fluid on his brain. He recovers quickly.
September 14 – Standard Gravure shooting: Factory worker Joseph Wesbecker kills 8 and injures 12 before committing suicide inside a factory in Louisville, Kentucky.
September 21 – Hurricane Hugo makes landfall in South Carolina, causing $7 billion in damage.
September 27–28 – President Bush and the governors of the 50 U.S. states meet at the University of Virginia to discuss education policy.
September 28 – Braniff Incorporated files for bankruptcy for the second time since 1982.
September 28 – Former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos dies in an inter-organ failure at his hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
September 29 – In the biggest narcotics seizure on record, drug agents confiscate 21.4 short tons of cocaine and more than $12 million in cash from a Los Angeles warehouse.
October
October 4 – More than 55,000 Boeing machinists go on strike. They return to work on November 22 after winning higher pay.
October 5 – A jury in Charlotte, North Carolina convicts televangelist Jim Bakker of fraud and conspiracy. On October 24, he is sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $500,000.
October 9 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at a record high of 2,791.41.
October 12
The Dallas Cowboys and the Minnesota Vikings complete the Herschel Walker trade.
Congress passes the Flag Protection Act of 1989, which Bush allows to become law without his signature on October 28.
October 13 – Friday the 13th mini-crash: The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges 190.58 points, or 6.91 percent, to close at 2,569.26, most likely after the junk bond market collapses.
October 15 – Wayne Gretzky becomes the leading scorer in the history of the National Hockey League.
October 17 – The 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Sixty-three people were killed and damage amounted to $5.6–6 billion.
October 18 – STS-34 is launched, deploying the Jupiter-bound Galileo probe.
October 19 – The Wonders of Life pavilion opens at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Florida.
October 20
The Senate convicts Judge Alcee Hastings of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida of perjury and conspiracy to obtain a bribe, and removes him from office.
A federal jury in New York City convicts Rep. Robert García of extortion and conspiracy.
October 23
The Phillips Disaster in Pasadena, Texas kills 23 and injures 314 others.
STS-34 lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California after five days of its mission and the successful deployment of a Jupiter-bound spacecraft.
Congress fails to override Bush's veto of a bill that would have restored funding for abortions for poor women who were the victims of rape or incest.
October 26 – NFL owners elect Paul Tagliabue as NFL commissioner.
October 28 – The Oakland Athletics beat the San Francisco Giants to win the 1989 World Series.
November
November 2 – North Dakota and South Dakota celebrate their 100th birthdays.
November 3 – The Senate convicts Judge Walter Nixon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and removes him from office.
November 7
Douglas Wilder wins the Virginia governor's race, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
David Dinkins becomes the first African American mayor of New York City.
November 8 – Congress passes legislation to raise the minimum wage from $3.35 to $4.25 an hour by April 1991. Bush signs this bill on November 17.
November 9 – The Berlin Wall is brought down.
November 15 – Lech Walesa, leader of Poland's Solidarity movement, addresses a Joint session of the United States Congress.
November 15–16 – November 1989 tornado outbreak: Tornadoes in the Eastern United States kill at least 31 people.
November 16
Six Jesuit priests—among them Ignacio Ellacuría, Segundo Montes, and Ignacio Martín-Baró—their housekeeper, and her teenage daughter, are murdered by U.S. trained Salvadoran soldiers.
The House of Representatives passes amendments to strengthen the Ethics in Government Act of 1978; the Senate passes its own amendments the next day.
November 17 – Walt Disney Feature Animation's 28th feature film, The Little Mermaid, is released to critical acclaim and is one of Disney's biggest financial successes at the time. After the success of 1986's The Great Mouse Detective and the 1988 Disney/Amblin live-action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the film is given credit for breathing life back into the art of Disney animated feature films after some prior films produced by Disney were struggling. It also marks the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance.
November 19 – United States Soccer Team qualified to the 1990 FIFA World Cup after 40 years of absences, beating Trinidad & Tobago 1–0 in Port Spain, The goal scored by Paul Caligiuri was named as:Shot heard round the world
November 21 – North Carolina celebrates its bicentennial statehood.
November 22
Congress repeals the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988.
The Space Shuttle Discovery begins STS-33.
December
December 2 – The Solar Maximum Mission research satellite, launched in 1980, crashes back to earth.
December 3 – Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between their nations may be coming to an end.
December 7 – A Miami, Florida jury convicts police officer William Lozano for the January 16 deaths of a black motorcyclist and his passenger.
December 12 – Hotelier Leona Helmsley is sentenced to four years in prison and fined $7.2 million for tax evasion.
December 16–18 – Mail bombings kill a federal judge in Birmingham, Alabama and a lawyer in Savannah, Georgia.
December 17 – The television show The Simpsons premiers on FOX.
December 20 – Operation Just Cause is launched in an attempt to overthrow Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega.
Ongoing
Cold War (1947–1991)
Undated
Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers is established.
TM Capital Corp. is founded.
Births
January
January 3
Christian Ballard, football player
Bryan Burke, soccer player
Alex D. Linz, actor
Seth Rich, employee for the DNC (died 2016)
January 4
Joe Barksdale, singer/songwriter and football player
Sessilee Lopez, model
Kevin Pillar, baseball player
Graham Rahal, race car driver
January 6
James Durbin, singer
Derrick Morgan, football player
January 8
Jessica Beard, sprinter
Steven Christopher Parker, actor
January 9 – Michael Beasley, basketball player
January 10
Marvin Austin, football player
Conor Dwyer, Olympic swimmer
Emily Meade, actress
January 13
Andy Allo, Cameroonian-born singer/songwriter, guitarist, and actress
Bryan Arguez, football player
James Bird, Welsh-born rugby player
Morgan Burnett, football player
Beau Mirchoff, American-born Canadian actor
January 15
Kaveh Akbar, Iranian-born poet and scholar
Kelci Bryant, Olympic diver
Keiffer Hubbell, ice dancer
Tasha Reign, pornographic actress, nude model, stripper, producer, and sex columnist
Nicole Ross, Olympic foil fencer
January 16
Charlie Buckingham, Olympic sailor
Yvonne Zima, actress
January 17
Byron Bell, football player
Blake Beavan, baseball player
Kelly Marie Tran, actress
January 18
Rich Balchan, soccer player
Steven Bohlemann, Paralympic soccer player
January 19
John Albert, ice hockey player
Dustin Poirier, mixed martial artist
January 21 – Kayla Banwarth, volleyball player and coach
January 22
Brad Bolen, judoka
Nick Simmons, actor and singer
January 23 – James Aiono, football player
January 24 – Chris Banchero, American-born Filipino basketball player
January 25
Vincent Brown, football player
Kevin Burwell, basketball player
January 26
MarShon Brooks, basketball player
Emily Hughes, Olympic figure skater
January 27
Dyllón Burnside, actor and singer
Brooke Butler, actor
January 29
Maikon Bonani, football player
Troy Brewer, basketball player
January 30
Jahvid Best, football player and Olympic track and field athlete representing St. Lucia
Thomas Biesemeyer, Olympic alpine skier
Jonathon Blum, ice hockey player
Kylie Bunbury, Canadian-born actress
Keith Butler, baseball player
Khleo Thomas, actor and rapper
January 31
Coady Andrews, soccer player
Joanna Atkins, sprinter
February
February 1 – Sara Jacobs, politician
February 2 – Harrison Smith, football player
February 3 – Ryne Sanborn, hockey player and actor
February 4
Victor Aiyewa, football player
Lavoy Allen, basketball player
February 5
Mew2King, esports athlete
Jeremy Sumpter, actor
February 6 – Randall Burden, football player
February 7 – Isaiah Thomas, basketball player
February 8
JaJuan Johnson, basketball player
Julio Jones, football player
Courtney Vandersloot, basketball player
February 9 – Mike Brown, football player
February 10 – Chas Alecxih, football player
February 11 – Brian Brikowski, football player
February 13 – Katie Volding, actress
February 14 – Chazz Anderson, football player
February 15
Matt Balasavage, football player
Bonnie Dennison, actress
February 16 – Elizabeth Olsen, actress
February 17 – Chord Overstreet, actor and singer
February 18
Whitney Ashley, Olympic discus thrower
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, politician
February 19
Danielle Adams, basketball player
Robyn Adele Anderson, singer and actress
Matt Hamilton, Olympic curler
February 20
Nate Bussey, football player
Jack Falahee, actor
February 21
Jake Bequette, football player and political candidate
Corbin Bleu, actor, model, dancer, film producer, and singer/songwriter
Kristin Herrera, actress
Scout Taylor-Compton, actress
February 22 – Chris Bassitt, baseball player
February 23
Evan Bates, Olympic ice dancer
Chris Conte, football player
February 24
Jacqueline Alemany, journalist and political reporter
Brian Bell, wheelchair basketball player
Ammar Campa-Najjar, politician
Trace Cyrus, musician and guitarist for Metro Station
Kosta Koufos, Greek-born basketball player
February 26 – Courtney LaPlante, American-born Canadian singer and vocalist for Iwrestledabearonce (2012-2015) and Spiritbox (2016–present)
February 27 – Stefano Langone, singer
February 28 – Chad Bell, baseball player
March
March 1
Sonya Kitchell, singer/songwriter
Daniella Monet, actress and singer
March 3
Val Astaire, pop singer/songwriter
Seth Blair, baseball player
Marcus Boyd, sprinter
John Brantley, football player
D. J. Bryant, football player
March 4 – Erin Heatherton, fashion model
March 5
Jake Lloyd, actor
Sterling Knight, actor
March 6
Colin Briggs, lacrosse player
Stephanie Brombacher, softball player
Josh Bush, football player
Dwight Buycks, basketball player
Tabitha Peterson, Olympic curler
March 7 – Gerald Anderson, Filipino-born actor
March 8 – Drayson Bowman, ice hockey player
March 10 – Nina Jankowicz, researcher and author, head of the U.S. Disinformation Governance Board
March 11 – Anton Yelchin, Russian-born Actor (d. 2016)
March 12 – Tyler Clary, Olympic swimmer
March 13
Joshua Allen, dancer and So You Think You Can Dance winner
Jordan Lane Price, actress, singer, and model
March 14 – Colby O'Donis, singer
March 15
Brandon Barden, football player
Ben Blood, ice hockey player
LaVon Brazill, football player
Jordan Feliz, Christian singer/songwriter
Gil Roberts, Olympic printer
Caitlin Wachs, actress
March 16
Michael Blazek, baseball player
Shannon Breen, football player
Brian M. Rosenthal, investigative journalist
Blake Griffin, basketball player
March 17
Bront Bird, football player
Mason Musso, musician and singer/songwriter
Ronnie Canizaro, singer and frontman for Born of Osiris
March 18
Jonathan Ahdout, actor
Lily Collins, British-born actress
March 19
Ben Briley, singer
Vincent Hancock, Olympic skeet shooter
March 20
Heather Bergsma, Olympic speed skater
Tommy Ford, Olympic Alpine skier
March 21
Matt Blanchard, football player
Bryan Bulaga, football player
March 22
Broderick Adé Hogue, art director, designer, and letterer (d. 2021)
Tyler Oakley, YouTube and podcast personality
Karen Rodriguez, singer
J. J. Watt, American Football player
March 25
James Anderson, basketball player
Allen Bailey, football player
Bree Boyce, beauty pageant winner
Aly Michalka, actress and singer
March 26 – Von Miller, football player
March 28 – Nick Boulle, racing driver
April
April 2 – Nicole Baukus, convicted criminal
April 3 – T. J. Brennan, ice hockey player
April 5 – Audrey Bolte, beauty pageant winner
April 8 – Nicholas Megalis, singer/songwriter
April 9
Bianca Belair, wrestler
Danielle Kahle, figure skater
April 10
Valerie Arioto, softball player
Richard Helms, businessman
Juice Robinson, pro wrestler
April 11
Blake Brettschneider, soccer player
Zola Jesus, singer
April 12
Greg Blum, soccer player
iLoveMakonnen, rapper
April 13
Ryan Bailey, Olympic sprinter
Anamika Bhargava, tennis player
April 14 – Joe Haden, football player
April 16
Baths, musician
Mia Yim, wrestler
April 17
Darius Adams, American-born Bulgarian basketball player
Beau Knapp, actor
April 18
Don Barclay, football player
Jessica Jung, American-born Korean singer
Alia Shawkat, actress
April 19
Tori Anthony, pole vaulter
Ashley Everett, dancer and actress
April 20
Shane Bannon, football player
Nina Davuluri, public speaker and advocate
Han Hee-jun, Korean-American singer
April 21 – Tatyana McFadden, Russian-born paralympian athlete
April 22
DeJuan Blair, basketball player
Chance Barrow, wrestler
April 23
Anastasia Baranova, Russian-born actress
Kate Buesser, ice hockey player
April 24
David Boudia, Olympic diver
Thomas Sanders, influencer
April 25 – Joe Bendik, soccer player
April 26
Cole Beasley, football player
Chad Bettis, baseball player
April 27
La'Shard Anderson, basketball player
Martha Hunt, model
Emily Rios. actress
April 28
Kenjon Barner, football player
Stephen Ettinger, mountain biker
April 29 – Candace Owens, conservative author, talk show host, political commentator, and activist
April 30
Armando Allen, football player
Baauer, record producer and DJ
May
May 1
Denzel Bowles, basketball player
Tim Urban, actor, singer/songwriter, and American Idol, contestant
May 2
Graham Alexander, singer/songwriter, entertainer, and entrepreneur
Tommy Brenton, basketball player
May 3
Anya Alvarez, golfer and writer
Bryan Barberena, mixed martial artist
Brandon Bostick, football player
May 4
Greg Casar, politician
James van Riemsdyk, hockey player
May 5 – Chris Brown, singer and actor
May 6 – Anna Paulina Luna, Air Force veteran and politician
May 7 – Earl Thomas, football player
May 8
Andrew Blaser, Olympic skeleton racer
Brandon Bogotay, football player
Nyle DiMarco, model and activist
Reckful, Twitch streamer (d. 2020)
May 9
Becca, singer/songwriter and guitarist
Clint Boling, football player
May 10
Drew Butler, football player
Marisha Ray, voice actress
Lindsey Shaw, actress
Jesse Vargas, boxer and political candidate
Gabrielle Walsh, actress
May 11
David Buchanan, baseball player
Pratyush Buddiga, New Zealand-born poker player
Tyler Carron, Paralympic ice sled hockey player
Cam Newton, football player
Prince Royce, singer/songwriter
May 12
Nick Bellore, football player
Kylee Botterman, gymnast
May 14 – Rob Gronkowski, football player
May 15 – Sunny Lee, American-born Korean singer
May 16 – Bill Bentley, football player
May 17 – Olivia Luccardi, actress and producer
May 18
Fatima Ali, Pakistani-born chef (d. 2019)
Nathan Bartholomay, Olympic pair figure skater
Alan Becker, online animater and YouTuber
Josh Bellamy, football player
Leif Nordgren, Olympic biatlete
May 19 – Gaelan Connell, actor and musician
May 20 – Grant Amato, convicted murderer
May 21 – Rodney Bartholomew, basketball player
May 22
Drake Britton, baseball player
Trevor Reckling, baseball player
May 24
G-Eazy, hip-hop rapper and producer
Lelia Broussard, musician and member of Jupiter Winter
Kalin Lucas, basketball player
Tara Correa-McMullen, actress (died 2005)
Sarah Reich, tap dancer
May 26 – Chad Billins, ice hockey player
May 28 – Isaac Butts, basketball player
May 29
Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-born football player
Riley Keough, actress
Brandon Mychal Smith, actor
May 30
Kamar Aiken, football player
Ailee, Korean-born singer/songwriter
Greg Billington, Olympic triathlete
Kevin Covais, actor and singer
May 31
Lauren Barnes, soccer player
Jordan Bernstine, football player
Cortlan Brown, racing cyclist
Noah Gundersen, singer/songwriter and guitarist
Sean Johnson, soccer player
Justine Lupe, actress
June
June 1
Chaisson Allen, basketball player and coach
Trey Britton, basketball player
Brandon Taylor, writer
June 2
Freddy Adu, Ghanaian-born soccer player
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, writer
Austin Davis, football player
Cooper Helfet, football player
June 3 – Jillette Johnson, singer
June 4 – Saul Almeida, Brazilian-born boxer and mixed martial artist
June 5 – Cam Atkinson, hockey player
June 6
Prince Amukamara, football player
Matt Broha, football player
Dusty Button, ballerina
June 7 – Ashley Melnick, model and Miss Texas 2010
June 8 – Kelvin Beachum, football player
June 9
Bill Algeo, mixed martial artist
Logan Browning, actress
June 10 – DeAndre Kane, basketball player
June 11
Cryaotic, YouTuber and internet personality
Maya Moore, basketball player
Chris Roettler, singer and frontman for Like Moths to Flames
June 12
Dallas Beeler, baseball player
Jud Birza, model and television personality
Jeff Brooks, American-born Italian basketball player
June 13
Jude Brewer, writer, producer, actor, and podcast host
Lisa Tucker, singer and actress
June 14
Shane Austin, football player
Peter Avalon, wrestler
Benjamin Booker, musician, singer/songwriter, and guitarist
Lucy Hale, actress and singer
June 15
Alyssa Farah Griffin, political strategist and TV personality
Bayley, wrestler
June 16 – AraabMuzik, record producer and DJ
June 17
Simone Battle, actress and singer (died 2014)
Monica Barbaro, actress
June 18 – Renee Olstead, actress and singer
June 20
Luke Babbitt, basketball player
Christopher Mintz-Plasse, actor
Terrelle Pryor, football player
June 21 – Jamar Abrams, basketball player
June 22
Jeshua Anderson, sprinter and hurdler
Jeffrey Earnhardt, race car driver
June 23 – Chasten Buttigieg, teacher, writer, and LGBTQ rights advocate
June 24
Jamie Blatnick, football player
Rafi Gavron, English-born actor
June 25 – Chris Brochu, actor and singer/songwriter
June 27 – Kimiko Glenn, actress and singer
June 28
Joe Kovacs, Olympic shot putter
Markiplier, YouTube personality
Alex T. Marshall, guitarist and pianist for The Cab
June 29
Gwen Berry, Olympic hammer thrower
Sylvia Hoffman, Olympic bobsledder
June 30 – Adam Bice, football player
July
July 1
Kent Bazemore, basketball player
Brittany Borman, Olympic discus and javelin thrower
July 2
Emma Coronel Aispuro, beauty queen
Dev, pop singer/songwriter
Michael Dunigan, basketball player
Alex Morgan, soccer player
July 3 – Elle King, singer/songwriter and actress
July 4
Jabari Blash, baseball player
Alyssa Miller, model
July 5
LaMark Brown, football player
Sean O'Pry, model
July 6 – Laith Ashley, model, actor, activist, singer/songwriter, and entertainer
July 7
Sam Bell, politician
Skyler Bowlin, basketball player
Austin Kerr, bassist for Set It Off
July 10
Scott Alexander, baseball player
Akeem Ayers, football player
July 11
Big Swole, wrestler
Miel Bredouw, comedian, podcaster, and musician
Shareeka Epps, actress
David Henrie, actor and director
July 12
Tyler Bowen, football coach
Hilary Knight, Olympic hockey player
July 13 – Leon Bridges, singer/songwriter and record producer
July 14
Andre Branch, football player
Rob Brantly, baseball player
Pedro De Abreu, Brazilian-born entrepreneur, educator, and author
Rolando McClain, football player
July 15
David Bakal, soccer player
Tristan Wilds, actor and singer
July 16
Tony Bishop, American-born Panamanian basketball player
Carlito Olivero, singer
July 18 – Derek Dietrich, baseball player
July 19 – James Austin Johnson, comedian and impressionist
July 21
Chelsie Hightower, dancer and choreographer
Jasmine Cephas Jones, actress
Rory Culkin, actor
Narcissa Wright, video game speedrunner
July 22
Keegan Allen, actor
Alex Andrade, politician
July 23
Gibson Bardsley, soccer player
K. J. Wright, football player
Donald Young, tennis player
July 24 – Jansen Allen, racquetball player
July 25 – Andrew Caldwell, actor
July 26 – Jonathan Dwyer, football player
July 27 – Mike Brewster, football player
July 28
Adrien Broner, boxer
Matt Brown, football player
Nick Jackson, pro wrestler
July 29
Nick Afanasiev, Russian-born actor
Marlen Esparza, boxer
Jake Smollett, actor
July 31
Brandon Adams, boxer
Brandon Burton, football player and coach
Alexis Knapp, actress and singer
Aljamain Sterling, mixed martial artist
Jessica Williams, actress
Zelda Williams, actress
August
August 1
Landry Allbright, actress
Malcolm Armstead, American-born Kosovan-Romanian basketball player
Madison Bumgarner, baseball player
Tiffany Young, American-born Korean singer
August 3
Isa Abdul-Quddus, football player
Josh Boyd, football player
August 4
Anita Antoinette, raggae singer/songwriter and television personality
Jacob Blankenship, American-born Greek basketball player
Travis Bowen, soccer player
Taylor Brown, basketball player
August 5
Chasen Bradford, baseball player
Brinson, Christian rapper
Jessica Nigri, model and actress
August 7 – DeMar DeRozan, basketball player
August 8
Fatima Ali, Pakistani-born chef, restaurateur, and television personality (d. 2019)
Ken Baumann, actor and author
Brandon Bing, football player
Anthony Rizzo, baseball player
August 9
Sam Adonis, wrestler
Dustin Antolin, baseball player
Meredith Deane, actress
Jason Heyward, baseball player
August 10
Bad Luck Brian, internet personality
Jon Baldwin, football player
Alycia Bellamy, singer, actress, and muse
Elli Burris, soccer player
August 11 – Monique Burkland, Paralympic volleyball player
August 12 – Scott Bamforth, basketball player
August 13 – Forrest Bennett, politician
August 14 – Brandon Brown, basketball player
August 15
Joe Jonas, musician, actor, singer, and member of the Jonas Brothers
Carlos PenaVega, actor, dancer, and singer
August 16
Cedric Alexander, wrestler
Freddie Gray, African-American man killed by police
August 18
Anna Akana, actress, filmmaker, author, and comedian
Amelia Brodka, Polish-born skateboarder, coach, and president of Exposure Skate Organization
LaRon Byrd, football player
August 19
Brandon Brooks, football player
Romeo Miller, rapper, actor, entrepreneur and model
Julianna Peña, mixed martial artist
August 20
Aalias, music producer and musician
Kirko Bangz, rapper
August 21
Ehire Adrianza, Venezuelan-born baseball player
Hayden Panettiere, actress, singer, and model
August 22 – Bobby Bollier, swimmer
August 23 – Trevor Bryan, boxer
August 24
J. C. Banks, soccer player
Josh Bynes, football player
August 25
Brent Antonello, actor
Ryan Benoit, mixed martial artist
August 26 – James Harden, basketball player
August 27 – Juliana Cannarozzo, figure skater
August 28
Matt Andriese, baseball player
Cassadee Pope, singer/songwriter and lead singer of Hey Monday
August 30
Bebe Rexha, pop singer, rapper, and songwriter
Billy Burns, baseball player
Westside Boogie, rapper
August 31
Trent Blank, baseball player
Nate Brakeley, rugby player
Dezmon Briscoe, football player
September
September 1 – Bill Kaulitz, German-born singer/songwriter and frontman for Tokio Hotel
September 2 – Bianca Butler, pair figure skater
September 4 – Nigel Bradham, football player
September 5 – Kat Graham, Swiss-born actress, singer, dancer, and model
September 6
Jeff Adams, football player
Kaelin Burnett, football player
September 7
Loren Allred, singer/songwriter and actress
Tim Benford, football player
Robert Blanton, football player
Jonathan Majors, actor
September 8
Salvijus Bercys, Lithuanian-born chess grandmaster
Armon Binns, football player
Avicii, Swedish DJ, remixer and music producer.
September 9
Damario Ambrose, football player
Sean Malto, skateboarder
September 10 – Sanjaya Malakar, singer
September 11
Michele Aquino, Italian-born soccer player
Angela Bys, volleyball player
September 12
Ron Anderson, basketball player
Kyle Barone, basketball player
Megan Blunk, wheelchair baasketball player
Justin Boston, stock car racing driver
Freddie Freeman, baseball player
Andrew Luck, football player
September 14
Jimmy Butler, basketball player
Tony Finau, golfer
Logan Henderson, actor, dancer, singer, and member of Big Time Rush
Jonathon Simmons, basketball player
September 15 – BbyMutha, rapper
September 17
Tim Abromaitis, basketball player
Danielle Brooks, actress and singer
September 19
Tyreke Evans, basketball player
George Springer, baseball player
September 21
Phil Bates, football player
Brianna Buentello, politician
Jason Derulo, singer
September 22
Corey Anderson, mixed martial artist
Jon Bass, actor
September 23
Joe Brady, football coach
Brandon Jennings, basketball player
Kevin Norwood, football player
September 24 – Jake Buchanan, baseball player
September 27
Derek Buttles, football player
Landon Tewers, singer and frontman for The Plot in You
September 29 – Ian Crawford, musician
October
October 1
Lauren Albanese. tennis player
Brie Larson, actress and singer
October 3
Akeem Auguste, football player
Chase Austin, racing driver
Johnthan Banks, football player
Joplo Bartu, football player
October 4
Audra the Rapper, rapper, songwriter, and television personality
Carlon Brown, basketball player
Austin Davis, politician, 35th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania
Dakota Johnson, actress
Lil Mama, rapper
Kimmie Meissner, figure skater
Rich Homie Quan, rapper
Supa Bwe, hip hop recording artist, producer, and audio engineer
October 5
Jackson Anderson, football player
Jerime Anderson, basketball player
Travis Kelce, football player
October 6 – Peter Badovinac, football coach
October 10
Austin Block, ice hockey player
Joey Bradford, BMX racer
Aimee Teegarden, actress
October 11
Brian Arnfelt, football player and lawyer
Michelle Wie, golfer
October 12
Ben Bass, football player
Beef, rapper
Dee Bost, American-born Bulgarian basketball player
DeAndre Brown, football player
October 13
Brace Belden, podcaster and union activist
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, politician
Skyler Page, animator and voice actor
October 15
Callie Brownson, football player and coach
Blaine Gabbert, football player
Tucker Reed, blogger, author, journalist, and feminist activist
October 16 – Jack Salvatore Jr., production assistant and actor
October 17 – Kyle Carpenter, marine, Afghan War veteran, and Medal of Honor Recipient
October 18
Carson Blair, baseball player
Chad Bumphis, football player and coach
Matthew Centrowitz Jr., Olympic middle-distance runner
Laci Green, internet feminist
October 19
David Bingham, soccer player
Suleiman Braimoh, Nigerian-born basketball player
October 21
Danny Barnes, baseball player
Damien Berry, football player
October 22
Ross Barkan, journalist, novelist, columnist, and essayist
Marco Restrepo, musician
Muhammad Wilkerson, football player
October 23
Kye Allums, basketball player
Zach Brown, football player
October 24
Ken Brown, basketball player
T'erea Brown, track and field athlete
Will Bruin, soccer player
Eric Hosmer, baseball player
October 25
Delvin Breaux, American-born Canadian football player
Amber English, Olympic skeet shooter
Marina Keegan, author and journalist
October 27
Mark Barron, football player
Mia Kilburg, Olympic speed skater
October 30
Seth Adkins, actor
Nastia Liukin, Russian-born Olympic artistic gymnast
October 31
Gerald Bowman, football player
Scott McGough, baseball player
November
November 1 – Derek Ali, mixing engineer
November 2
Angel Bunner, softball player
Katelyn Tarver, singer/songwriter and actress
November 3
Jonathon Acosta, politician
Paula DeAnda, Mexican-born singer
November 5
Alvin Alvarez, actor
Chris Avalos, boxer
November 4 – Jarrett Boykin, football player
November 6
Jozy Altidore, soccer player
Harry Bush, cricketer
Aaron Hernandez, football player (d. 2017)
November 8
SZA, musician
Giancarlo Stanton, baseball player
November 10 – Conrad Bassett-Bouchard, scrabble player
November 11 – Adam Rippon, Olympic figure skater
November 12
Jana Bieger, German-born gymnast
Mikhail Varshavski, Russian-American doctor and YouTuber
November 13 – Lane Adams, baseball player
November 14
Matthias Bonvehi, soccer player
T. Y. Hilton, football player
Stella Maeve, actress
Jordan Mark Witzigreuter, singer/songwriter
November 16 – Ryan Anderson, monster truck driver
November 19
Brian Logan Dales, singer/songwriter and frontman for The Summer Set
Tyga, rapper
November 20
Zach Anderson, football player
Erin Blanchard, Olympic trampoline gymnast
Mama Cax, model and disabled rights activist (d. 2019)
Chris Fronzak, singer and frontman for Attila
Cody Linley, actor
November 21
Colin Anderson, football player
Sadie Maubet Bjornsen, Olympic cross country skier
Justin Tucker, football player
November 22
Joe Adams, football player
Hillary Bor, Kenyan-born Olympic runner
Alden Ehrenreich, actor
Candice Glover, singer and actress
November 23 – Corey Baker, baseball player
November 25 – William Li, livestreamer
November 26 – Nickardo Blake, Jamaican-born soccer player
November 27 – Harry Adams, sprinter
November 28 – Leonardo Bates, football player
November 30 – Kimberly Hill, Olympic volleyball player
December
December 1
Kelechi Anuna, American-born Nigerian basketball player
Larry Black, football coach
December 2
Auburn, singer/songwriter
Robert Turbin, football player
Oliver Cooper, actor
December 4
Garron DuPree, musician
Nafessa Williams, actress
December 5 – Gregory Tyree Boyce, actor
December 6 – Deshauna Barber, beauty pageant titleholder, motivational speaker, and U.S. Army Captain
December 8 – Jen Ledger, British-born singer and drummer for Skillet
December 9 – Eric Bledsoe, basketball player
December 11
Jeff Bernat, Filipino-born singer/songwriter and record producer
Stephen Burton, football player
December 12
Janelle Arthur, singer
Nick Bailen, American-born Belarusian hockey player
Mike Glennon, football player
December 13
Katherine Schwarzenegger, author
Taylor Swift, country and pop singer/songwriter
December 15
Ben Blankenship, Olympic middle-distance runner
Nichole Bloom, actress and model
Jeff Wittek, internet personality
December 16 – Randy Bullock, football player
December 17
Frank Alexander, football player
Taylor York, guitarist for Paramore
December 18 – Ashley Benson, actress
December 19 – Isaiah Anderson, football player
December 20
John Boyett, football player
Becky Burke, basketball player and coach
December 21
Quinta Brunson, writer, producer, actress, and comedian
Mark Ingram II, football player
December 22
Logan Huffman, actor
Patrick Kivlehan, baseball player
Jordin Sparks, singer/songwriter and actress
December 25 – Blayne Barber, golfer
December 26 – Bassel Bawji, basketball player
December 28
Austin Barnes, baseball player
Melissa Bolona, actress and model
Mackenzie Rosman, actress
December 29
Drew Barham, basketball player
Travis Benjamin, football player
Jane Levy, actress
Daniel Shaver, man killed by police (died 2016)
December 30
Tyler Anderson, baseball player
Alix Klineman, Olympic beach volleyball player
Ryan Sheckler, skateboarder
December 31 – AKINO, American-born Japanese singer/songwriter
Full date unknown
Nicole Addimando, convicted murderer
Shaindel Antelis, singer/songwriter and actress
Carter Arey, wheelchair basketball player
Jamareo Artis, bass guitarist
American Artist, contemporary artist
Ben Babbitt, artist and musician
Daniel Bachman, musician
Katya Bachrouche, American-born Lebanese Olympic swimmer
Rachael Bade, journalist
Sam Bailey, writer, producer, director, and actress
Ryan Bancroft, conductor
Leslie Barlow, artist
Candice Bennatt, lawyer and beauty pageant winner
Isidore Bethel, American-born French filmmaker
Stevie Boi, fashion designer and founder of SB Shades
Annie Booth, jazz pianist
Katie Bouman, engineer and computer scientist
Kris Bowers, composer and pianist
Diedrick Brackens, artist
Juliette Brindak, businesswoman and co-founder of Miss O & Friends
Jonathan Daniel Brown, actor and director
Lex Brown, artist
Molly Burhans, cartographer, data scientist, environmental activist, and founder of GoodLands
Ari Fitz, model, vlogger, television personality, and filmmaker
Deaths
January 9 – Bill Terry, baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
January 21 – Billy Tipton, jazz musician (b. 1914)
January 24 – Ted Bundy, serial killer
February 18 – Mildred Burke, wrestler and trainer (b. 1915)
March – Edith Achilles, psychologist (b. 1892)
April 12
Abbie Hoffman, political activist (b. 1936)
Sugar Ray Robinson, boxer (b. 1921)
April 20 – Edward DeSaulnier, American politician (b. 1921)
April 22 – Henry R. Paige, Marine Corps general (b. 1904)
April 26 – Lucille Ball, film and television comedy actress and model (b. 1911)
May 30 – Claude Pepper, U.S. Senator from Florida from 1936 to 1951 (b. 1900)
July 10 – Mel Blanc, voice actor, actor, radio comedian and recording artist (b. 1908)
September 28 – Ferdinand Marcos, politician, 10th president of the Philippines (b. 1917)
October 6 – Bette Davis, screen actress (b. 1908)
October 25 – Mary McCarthy, novelist, critic and political activist (b. 1912)
November 5 – Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-born American classical pianist and composer (b. 1903)
November 19 – Grant Adcox, race car driver (b. 1950)
December 1 – Alvin Ailey, African American choreographer (b. 1931)
See also
1989 in American television
List of American films of 1989
Timeline of United States history (1970–1989)
References
External links
1980s in the United States
United States
United States
Years of the 20th century in the United States