At A Glance

28 December 1989 at a glance

Day of the week
28 December 1989 was a Thursday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Do They Know It's Christmas?” by Band Aid II.
Top Film of 1989
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1989 was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Star sign
The star sign for 28 December is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 28 December 1989 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 28 December 1989 was New Moon.

On this day: 28 December

  • 1956 Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try to resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
  • 1967 American businesswoman Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • 1973 The United States Endangered Species Act is signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
  • 2006 War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.
  • 2025 Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution.

Famous people born on 28 December

  • Sienna Miller, American-British actress and fashion designer (born 1981)
  • Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer (born 1954)
  • Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor (1922–2018)
  • Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Canadian actress (born 2001)

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Events of 1989 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1989 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 5 February – At 6pm, the world's first commercial DBS system, Sky Television goes on air. Three new services – Sky News, Sky Movies and Eurosport – with the fourth being Sky Channel.
  • 27 April – Security Service Act for the first time places MI5 on a statutory basis.
  • 5 May – The Vale of Glamorgan constituency in South Wales is seized by the Labour Party in a by-election after 38 years of Conservative control.
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Life in 1989

Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

85p

Loaf of Bread

53p

Average House

£59,587

Weekly Wage

£250.00

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