March 2nd, 1989.

Music charts.

Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on March 2nd, 1989.

• United States: Lost In Your Eyes - Debbie Gibson
• United Kingdom: Belfast Child - Simple Minds

Take me back to March 2nd, 1989!

Let's take a stroll down memory lane!

The date is March 2nd, 1989, and it's a Thursday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Pisces. Spring has started to creep in and the days are beginning to get longer.

In America, the song Lost In Your Eyes by Debbie Gibson is on top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, Belfast Child by Simple Minds is the number one hit song. George W. Bush Snr. is currently the President of the United States, and the movie The 'Burbs is at the top of the Box Office.

In the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher is the current Prime Minister. In fashion, women are currently wearing sweater dresses, short skirts, small shoulder pads, animal print, long full wool coats and bulky sweaters. Meanwhile, men are wearing tracksuits, sweatshirts, Nike Air Jordan shoes and denim. It's 1989, so the airwaves are being dominated by music artists such as Madonna, The Bangles, Phil Collins, Roxette, Milli Vanilli and The B-52s.

If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Sugar Ray Robinson, Ruhollah Khomeini, Mel Blanc and Paul C would all be still alive. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Columbo", "Magnum, P.I.", "Sherlock Holmes" and "21 Jump Street". Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "Duck Hunt", "Altered Beast", "Super Mario Bros. 3" and "RoboCop".

Children and teenagers are currently watching television shows such as "Growing Pains", "Pingu", "Garfield and Friends" and "Noozles". Popular toys at the moment include the likes of Operation, Screwball Scramble, Pound Puppies and Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles figures.

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are trending news stories and fads that were prevalent at this time. These are topics that would have been in the media on March 2nd, 1989.

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  1989 in music.

  Popular music artists in 1989 included Def Leppard, Paula Abdul, Bon Jovi, Tone Lōc, Debbie Gibson, Milli Vanilli, Rod Stewart, Roxette, The Bangles, Fine Young Cannibals, Madonna, Jody Watley, Donny Osmond, Bette Midler, Simply Red, Martika, Love and Rockets, Gloria Estefan, New Kids on the Block, Cher, Janet Jackson, Bad English, Billy Joel, Phil Collins and Soul II Soul.

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  Who were the best NBA players in 1989?

  In 1989, the best NBA players were Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Akeem Olajuwon, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Tom Chambers, Chris Mullin, Patrick Ewing, John Stockton, Kevin Johnson, Dominique Wilkins, Terry Cummings, Robert Parish, Dale Ellis and Mark Price.

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  1989 in movies.

  Movies released in 1989 included Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Batman, Back to the Future Part II, Look Who's Talking, Dead Poets Society, Lethal Weapon 2, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Ghostbusters II, The Little Mermaid, Uncle Buck and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

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  Who were the best football players in 1989?

  In 1989, the best soccer players were Marco van Basten, Franco Baresi, Diego Maradona, Frank Rijkaard, Lothar Matthäus, Peter Shilton, Dragan Stojković, Ruud Gullit, Gheorghe Hagi and Jürgen Klinsmann.

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  Driving Miss Daisy.

  "Driving Miss Daisy" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1989.

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  Mikhail Gorbachev.

  Mikhail Gorbachev was named as the Time Person of the Year in 1989 after overseeing the Soviet Union's first free elections.

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  Bette Midler - "Wind Beneath My Wings"

  "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler won a Grammy for 1989's Song of the Year.

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  The Scrunchie is becoming fashionable.

  In the late 1980s, a new elastic hair tie called the "scrunchie" became fashionable.

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  Late 1980s fashion.

  During this period, the mini skirt became extremely popular. Shoulder pads became increasingly smaller. Popular clothing included reversible inside-out coats, bright-colored shoes with thin heels, berets, lacy gloves, rugby sweatshirts, sweater dresses, jumpsuits, capri leggings, bike shorts and skirts worn with leggings. Colors included neon hues, plum, gold, and bright wines.

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  People are buying waterbeds.

  In the late 1980s, waterbeds reached their height in popularity. Although they were invented in the 1970s, they didn't reach their heyday until the 1980s. In 1986 and 1987, nearly a quarter of all beds sold were filled with water.

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  VCRs have become a common household item.

  From the mid-80s onward, VCRs started to become a common household item. This device gave people the ability to play VCR tapes and record TV programs and movies.

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  The Nintendo Entertainment System.

  During the second half of the 1980s, the Nintendo Entertainment System became one of the most popular video game consoles in the world. Releases for the NES included the likes of Duck Hunt, The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros.

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  The Commodore 64.

  The Commodore 64 dominated the home computer market during this period.

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  People are using wallpaper to decorate their homes.

  Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, wallpaper was extremely common in people's homes. It wasn't until the mid-late 1980s that "modernism" started to creep in.

Basic facts.

Basic facts and information about this date.

• 34 years and 26 days have passed since March 2nd, 1989.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 09 of 1989.
• Leap Year: 1989 was not a leap year.
• Age: A person born on March 2nd, 1989 will be 34 years old.
• Generation: People born in 1989 belong to the Generation Y (Millennial) generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 604800000.

Around this time.

Notable events that happened close to March 2nd, 1989.

• January 31st, 1989: Hip Hop trio De La Soul release their single "Eye Know".
• February 2nd, 1989: The video game "SimCity" is released.
• February 3rd, 1989: Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner is overthrown in a coup.
• February 9th, 1989: 20-year-old Tiffany Sessions goes missing in Florida.
• February 12th, 1989: The Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan.
• February 12th, 1989: Irish human rights lawyer Pat Finucane is murdered by loyalist paramilitaries who were acting in collusion with the British government intelligence service MI5.
• February 20th, 1989: The Provisional IRA blow up a section of a British Army barracks in Ternhill, England.
• February 24th, 1989: My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown (1989) is released in cinemas.
• This date: March 2nd, 1989
• March 3rd, 1989: Madonna releases her single "Like a Prayer".
• March 11th, 1989: The first episode of the reality TV series "Cops" is aired.
• March 24th, 1989: The supertanker Exxon Valdez spills 10.8 million US gallons of oil after running aground near Tatitlek, Alaska.

Personality traits.

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Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on March 2nd, 1989, will have the star sign Pisces.
• Zodiac Element: Water.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1989 was the year of the Snake (Yin Earth).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 5.
• Native American Zodiac: March 2nd, 1989 falls under the Wolf.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of March will have the birthstone Aquamarine.
• Birth flower (March): The Daffodil and the Jonqui.

Photos of late 1980s fashion.

Photographs of late 1980s fashion and hairstyles.

Cars in 1989.

1989 saw the introduction of cars such as the Chevrolet Lumina, the Citroën XM, the Ford Fiesta (third generation), the Dodge Spirit, the Eagle Talon and the Lexus ES.

Were you born on this date?

If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1989.

This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.

If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out March 2nd, 1995, instead.

Weather on March 2nd, 1989.

Historical weather information for March 2nd, 1989.

• Dublin, Ireland: It was 11.9 degrees Celsius. There was heavy rain. It was a windy day. There were 3 hours of sunshine.
• New York, USA: Temperature: 17.6 degrees Fahrenheit. -8 degrees Celsius. Snow was reported. Precipitation: 0.25cm.
• London, England: Temperature: 6.83 degrees Celsius. Rain fell. Precipitation: 5.08cm.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on March 2nd, 1989 was most likely conceived around June 9th, 1988.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on March 2nd, 1989 is close to November 23rd, 1989.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about March 2nd, 1989.

• A total of 12,445 days have passed since this date.
• 1,777 weeks have passed.
• 1,075,244,400 seconds have passed since the March 2nd, 1989.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,254,451,800 times.
• Since March 2nd, 1989, the Earth has travelled approximately 554,826,110,400 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 179,207,400 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 92,471,018 steps. That's about 41,098 miles!
• Since this date, 12,902,933 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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