November 8th, 1989

Born on November 8th, 1989.

People who were born on this exact date.

• Sophie Kasaei: TV personality.
• SZA: Singer.

Music charts.

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on November 8th, 1989.

• United States: When I See You Smile - Bad English
• United Kingdom: All Around The World - Lisa Stansfield

Take me back to November 8th, 1989!

Let's take a stroll down memory lane!

The date is November 8th, 1989, and it's a Wednesday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Scorpio. It's November, so the evenings are getting darker and the days are getting colder.

In America, the song When I See You Smile by Bad English is at the top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, All Around The World by Lisa Stansfield is the number-one hit song. George W. Bush Snr. is the President of the United States, and the movie Black Rain is at the top of the box office.

Margaret Thatcher is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 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 Sammy Davis, Jr, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Roald Dahl would all still be alive. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Magnum, P.I.", "The Cosby Show", "Who's the Boss?", and "MacGyver". Meanwhile, gamers are playing titles such as "Missile Command", "Paperboy", "Altered Beast", and "Super Mario Land".

Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "The Smurfs", "Adventures of the Gummi Bears", "Pingu", and "Dink, the Little Dinosaur". Popular toys at the moment include Operation, Speak & Spell, Boglins (hand puppets), 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 November 8th, 1989.

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  The Sega Genesis.

  The Sega Genesis was one of the most popular video game consoles. Outside of North America, it was known as the Sega Mega Drive.

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  The Game Boy.

  A hand-held game console called the "Game Boy" was all the rage. The console boasted games such as Super Mario Land, Tetris, Donkey Kong, Kirby's Dream Land, and a number of Pokémon releases.

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  The MicroTAC 9800x.

  Motorola released the MicroTAC 9800x on April 25th, 1989. This is considered by many to be the first truly portable phone.

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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:

• 33 years, 10 months, and 21 days have passed since November 8th, 1989.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 45 of 1989.
• Leap Year: 1989 was not a leap year.
• Age: People born on November 8th, 1989, are now 33 years old.
• Generation: People born in 1989 belong to the Generation Y (Millennial) generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 626486400.

Personality traits.

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Around this time.

Notable events that happened close to November 8th, 1989.

• October 22nd, 1989: Minnesota crime: 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling is abducted in Long Prairie, Minnesota.
• October 23rd, 1989: Phil Collins releases the song "Another Day in Paradise".
• October 25th, 1989: Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is sentenced to 3 days in jail for slapping a Beverly Hills police officer.
• October 27th, 1989: 14-year-old Melanie Melanson goes missing in Woburn, Massachusetts.
• November 7th, 1989: Serial killer Richard Ramirez is sentenced to death.
• November 7th, 1989: Anti-government protests force East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph and his cabinet to resign.
• This date: November 8th, 1989
• November 9th, 1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall.
• November 10th, 1989: People begin to dismantle the Berlin Wall.
• November 14th, 1989: NWA rapper "The Doc" is involved in a serious car crash that crushes his larynx and permanently changes his voice.
• November 17th, 1989: Disney's movie The Little Mermaid (1989) is released.
• November 17th, 1989: The Velvet Revolution begins as popular demonstrations take place against the one-party Communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
• November 22nd, 1989: Back to the Future Part II (1989) is released.
• November 22nd, 1989: Lebanese President René Moawad is assassinated by a car bomb in Beirut.
• November 26th, 1989: The first episode of "MTV Unplugged" airs on television.
• November 27th, 1989: 107 people die when Pablo Escobar blows up Avianca Flight 203 in Colombia.
• November 28th, 1989: In response to widespread protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia agrees to give up power.
• November 29th, 1989: Communist rule ends in Czechoslovakia.
• December 1st, 1989: National Lampoon's Winter Holiday (1989) is released in movie theaters.
• December 6th, 1989: 14 women are killed after Marc Lépine goes on a shooting spree at the École Polytechnique engineering school in Montreal, Canada.

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on November 8th, 1989, will have the star sign Scorpio.
• 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 1.
• Native American Zodiac: November 8th, 1989 falls under the Snake.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of November will have the birthstones Topaz and Citrine.
• Birth flower (November): The Chrysanthemum.

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 November 8th, 1995, instead.

Weather on November 8th, 1989.

Historical weather information for November 8th, 1989.

• Dublin, Ireland: It was 7.6 degrees Celsius. There was heavy rain. It was a cloudy day.
• New York, USA: Temperature: 42.4 degrees Fahrenheit. 5.78 degrees Celsius. Fog was reported. Rain fell. Precipitation: 17.02cm.
• London, England: Temperature: 8.56 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 November 8th, 1989 was most likely conceived around February 15th, 1989.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on November 8th, 1989 is close to August 1st, 1990.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about November 8th, 1989.

• 12,379 days have passed since this date.
• 1,768 weeks have passed.
• 1,069,542,000 seconds have passed since November 8th, 1989.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 1,247,799,000 times.
• Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 551,883,672,000 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 178,257,000 times.
• You have taken approximately 91,980,612 steps. That's roughly 40,880 miles!
• Since this date, 12,834,504 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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