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14 February 1989 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 February 1989 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Straight Up” by Paula Abdul.
- Top Film of 1989
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1989 was Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
- Bestselling Novel of 1989
- “Clear and Present Danger” by Tom Clancy was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1989.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Cosby Show” (NBC) and “Roseanne” (ABC) were joint No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1989–90 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 14 February is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 February 1989 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 February 1989 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 14 February
- 1983 United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
- 1990 The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later becomes famous as Pale Blue Dot.
- 2000 The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
- 2003 Iraq disarmament crisis: UNMOVIC Executive Chairman Hans Blix reports to the United Nations Security Council that disarmament inspectors have found no weapons of mass destruction in Ba'athist Iraq.
- 2005 YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
Famous people born on February 14
- Kevin Keegan, English footballer and manager (1951–2026)
- Jimmy Hoffa, American trade union leader (1913–1975)
- Freddie Highmore, English actor (born 1992)
- Steve McNair, American football player (1973–2009)
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Events of 1989 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1989 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 24 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Alaska's Prince William Sound the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) 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.
- 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."
Life in the US in 1989
President
George H. W. Bush
Gas (per gallon)
$1.00
Loaf of Bread
$0.73
Average House
$107,600
Weekly Wage
$390
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