March 21st, 1989

Born on March 21st, 1989.

People who were born on this exact date.

• Jordi Alba: Soccer player.

Top songs.

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on March 21st, 1989.

• United States: The Living Years - Mike & Mechanics
• United Kingdom: Like A Prayer - Madonna

Take me back to March 21st, 1989!

Let's take a walk down memory lane.

The date is March 21st, 1989, and it's a Tuesday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Aries. Spring has arrived, and the days are starting to get longer.

St. Patrick's Day of 1989 has recently come and gone. In America, the song The Living Years by Mike & Mechanics is at the top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, Like A Prayer by Madonna is the number-one hit song.

George W. Bush Snr. is the President of the United States, and the movie Lean on Me is at the top of the box office. Margaret Thatcher is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Cheers", "Married... with Children", "In the Heat of the Night", and "Roseanne".

In fashion, women are 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 still be alive.

People are playing video games such as "Duck Hunt", "Paperboy", "Gain Ground", and "Mega Man 2". Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Danger Mouse", "ThunderCats", "Adventures of the Gummi Bears", and "ALF". Children are playing with toys such as Pogo ball / Lolo ball, Mr Frosty, Koosh Ball, and the Ghostbusters Proton Pack.

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on March 21st, 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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  Best soccer players in the world.

  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 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.

  A new elastic hair tie called the "scrunchie" became fashionable in the late 1980s.

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  Late 1980s fashion.

  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.

  Waterbeds became a huge fad during the late 1980s. 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.

  VCRs became a common household item in the mid-1980s. By that stage, prices had started to drop. 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 Duck Hunt, The Legend of Zelda, and Super Mario Bros.

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  The Commodore 64.

  The Commodore 64 was dominating the home computer market.

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  Computers are replacing typewriters.

  Desktop computers were beginning to replace typewriters in offices.

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  TV remotes.

  Although TV remotes existed, many homes didn't have one. Infrared technology was still relatively new.

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  Wallpaper.

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

Facts.

Basic facts and information about this date:

• 34 years, 6 months, and 9 days have passed since March 21st, 1989.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 12 of 1989.
• Leap Year: 1989 was not a leap year.
• Age: People born on March 21st, 1989, are now 34 years old.
• Generation: People born in 1989 belong to the Generation Y (Millennial) generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 606441600.

Personality traits.

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Around this time.

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around March 21st, 1989.

• 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.
• March 3rd, 1989: Madonna releases her single "Like a Prayer".
• March 11th, 1989: The first episode of the reality TV series "Cops" is aired.
• This date: March 21st, 1989
• March 24th, 1989: The supertanker Exxon Valdez spills 10.8 million US gallons of oil after running aground near Tatitlek, Alaska.
• April 2nd, 1989: WrestleMania V: Hulk Hogan defeats "Macho Man" Randy Savage at the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
• April 4th, 1989: Partly-free parliamentary elections are announced in Poland, bringing an end to one-party Communist rule.
• April 5th, 1989: Pepsi cancels an advertisement featuring pop star Madonna after religious groups protest against her music video for "Like a Prayer".
• April 9th, 1989: Twenty people are killed after the Soviet Army disperses an anti-Soviet demonstration in Tbilisi, Georgia.
• April 12th, 1989: Boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson passes away at the age of 67.
• April 15th, 1989: The Tiananmen Square protests begin in China.
• April 15th, 1989: The Hillsborough disaster occurs.
• April 16th, 1989: The comic strip "Dilbert" is published for the first time.

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on March 21st, 1989, will have the star sign Aries.
• Zodiac Element: Fire.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1989 was the year of the Snake (Yin Earth).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 6.
• Native American Zodiac: March 21st, 1989 falls under the Falcon.
• 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 21st, 1995, instead.

Weather on March 21st, 1989.

Historical weather information for March 21st, 1989.

• Dublin, Ireland: It was 11.8 degrees Celsius. It was a very wet day. It was a windy day. It was a cloudy day.
• New York, USA: Temperature: 29.7 degrees Fahrenheit. -1.28 degrees Celsius. Fog was reported. Snow was reported. Rain fell. Precipitation: 5.08cm.
• London, England: Temperature: 6 degrees Celsius. Rain fell. Precipitation: 12.95cm.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on March 21st, 1989 was most likely conceived around June 28th, 1988.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on March 21st, 1989 is close to December 12th, 1989.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about March 21st, 1989.

• 12,612 days have passed since this date.
• 1,801 weeks have passed.
• 1,089,673,200 seconds have passed since March 21st, 1989.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 1,271,285,400 times.
• Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 562,271,371,200 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 181,612,200 times.
• You have taken approximately 93,711,895 steps. That's roughly 41,650 miles!
• Since this date, 13,076,078 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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