page_title: 1989
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 1989 / Deaths / July
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Herbert von Karajan Herbert von Karajan (Porträt) Abgebildete Personen: Karajan, Herbert von: Dirigent, Generalmusikdirektor der Wiener Staatsoper, Österreich
context_page_description: 1989 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1989th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 989th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1980s decade.
  1989 was a turning point in political history because a wave of revolutions swept the Eastern Bloc in Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power sharing, coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, embracing the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December, and ending in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. These are collectively known as the Revolutions of 1989.
  It was the year of the first Brazilian presidential election in 29 years, since the end of the military government in 1985 that ruled the country for more than twenty years, and marked the redemocratization process's final point.
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context_section_description: July 2
  Andrei Gromyko, Soviet politician and diplomat (b. 1909)
  Franklin Schaffner, American film director (b. 1920)
  Ben Wright, British actor in radio, film and television (b. 1915)
  July 3 – Jim Backus, American actor (b. 1913)
  July 4
  Jack Haig, British actor (b. 1913)
  Vic Perrin, American voice actor (b. 1916)
  Win Maung, 3rd President of Myanmar (b. 1916)
  Nelson Sullivan American videographer (b. 1948)
  July 5 – Berthold Wolpe, German-born British calligrapher, typographer and illustrator (b. 1905)
  July 6 – János Kádár, Hungarian politician and communist leader, 46th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1912)
  July 9 – Andrex, French actor (b. 1907)
  July 10 – Mel Blanc, American voice actor and radio personality (b. 1908)
  July 11
  Horia Macellariu, Romanian admiral (b. 1894)
  Laurence Olivier, English stage and screen actor and director (b. 1907)
  July 12
  Prince Wolfgang of Hesse (b. 1896)
  July 14 – José María García Lahiguera, Spanish archbishop (b. 1903)
  July 15 – Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (b. 1956)
  July 16 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor (b. 1908)
  July 17 – Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (b. 1922)
  July 18
  Donnie Moore, American baseball player (b. 1954)
  Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (b. 1967)
  July 19 – Kazimierz Sabbat, 2-time Prime Minister of Poland and 15th President of Poland (b. 1913)
  July 20
  Juan Carlos Altavista, Argentine actor (b. 1929)
  Forrest H. Anderson, American politician (b. 1913)
  Mary Treen, American film actress (b. 1907)
  July 22 – Martti Talvela, Finnish bass (b. 1935)
  July 23
  Donald Barthelme, American writer (b. 1931)
  Archduchess Charlotte of Austria (b. 1921)
  Michael Sundin, English television presenter (b. 1961)
  July 24 – Ernie Morrison, American actor (b. 1912)
  July 29 – Nancy Andrews, American actress (b. 1920)
  July 30 – Lane Frost, American bull rider (b. 1963)
caption: Herbert von Karajan
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