The Year 1989 — Map & Timeline

Historical figures in 1989

The atlas holds 54 people and 107 moments here, in 1989. The most recorded lives are George H. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. Among them Political Leaders, Performers and Writers.

Notable people

José Eduardo dos Santos
in 1989
1 moment here
Angolan politician and military officer who served as Angola’s president from 1979 to 2017. His documented movements include exile in…
Kobe Bryant
in 1989
1 moment here
Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire 20-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers.…
Kurt Cobain
in 1989
1 moment here
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Nirvana. This chronology maps documented residences, recording sessions, performances,…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
in 1989
2 moments here
Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Liu Xiaobo
in 1989
5 moments here
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, human-rights activist, and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.…
Margaret Thatcher
in 1989
1 moment here
British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…
Marlon Brando
in 1989
1 moment here
American actor and activist whose stage and screen career ranged from Broadway in the 1940s to major films through the early 2000s.…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1989
7 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Momoko Kōchi
in 1989
1 moment here
Japanese film, stage, and television actress, born Momoko Ōkōchi. She became widely known for playing Emiko Yamane in Godzilla (1954), later worked…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1989
2 moments here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Muhammad Ali
in 1989
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
in 1989
1 moment here
Kenyan novelist, playwright, essayist, language advocate, and academic. Ngũgĩ’s life moved from colonial Kenya through education in Uganda and…
Raisa Gorbacheva
in 1989
2 moments here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Rajiv Gandhi
in 1989
2 moments here
Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian aircraft pilot and politician who served as prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989.…
Ram Narayan
in 1989
1 moment here
Indian sarangi player who established the sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music.…
Ravi Shankar
in 1989
1 moment here
Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar (1920–2012) was a leading exponent of Hindustani classical music whose performances, teaching, recordings,…
Robin Williams
in 1989
1 moment here
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian, born in Chicago and raised in Illinois, Michigan, and California.…
Ronald Reagan
in 1989
7 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Ruhollah Khomeini
in 1989
1 moment here
Iranian Shia cleric, revolutionary leader, and first Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.…
Saddam Hussein
in 1989
3 moments here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Salvador Dalí
in 1989
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Selena
in 1989
2 moments here
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, known mononymously as Selena, was an American Tejano singer, songwriter, fashion designer, and business owner.…
Sridevi
in 1989
1 moment here
Indian actress Sridevi (Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan) worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema from childhood through 2018.…
Steve Jobs
in 1989
1 moment here
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and executive who co-founded Apple, founded NeXT, and led Pixar.…

Historical figures in 1989

Notable people

José Eduardo dos Santos

Kobe Bryant

Kurt Cobain

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Liu Xiaobo

Margaret Thatcher

Marlon Brando

Mikhail Gorbachev

Momoko Kōchi

Muammar Gaddafi

Muhammad Ali

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Raisa Gorbacheva

Rajiv Gandhi

Ram Narayan

Ravi Shankar

Robin Williams

Ronald Reagan

Ruhollah Khomeini

Saddam Hussein

Salvador Dalí

Selena

Sridevi

Steve Jobs

Moments

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