MVHS1989 http://mvhs1989.com Mounds View High School - Class of 1989 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:07:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Entertainment 1989 http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/entertainment-1989/ http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/entertainment-1989/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:26:29 +0000 admin http://www.mvhs1989.com/?p=33 Events
  • Salman Rushdie‘s novel Satanic Verses is published and sparks immediate controversy. Islamic militants put a price on his head.
  • America’s beloved comedienne Lucille Ball dies at age 87.
  • Visionary Jaron Lanier coins the term virtual reality and produces the equipment to experience it.

Movies

  • Glory, Born on the Fourth of July, My Left Foot, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Field of Dreams

Books

  • Oscar Hijuelos, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
  • Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day
  • Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club

Entertainment Awards

Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: Breathing Lessons, Anne Tyler
Music: Whispers Out of Time, Roger Reynolds
Drama: The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserstein

Oscars awarded in 1989
Academy Award, Best Picture: Rain Man, Mark Johnson, producer (United Artists)

Nobel Prize for Literature: Camilo José Cela (Spain)

1989 Emmy Awards

1989 Tony Awards

Grammys awarded in 1989
Record of the Year: “Don’t Worry Be Happy,” Bobby McFerrin
Album of the Year: Faith, George Michael (Columbia/CBS)
Song of the Year: “Don’t Worry Be Happy,” Bobby McFerrin, songwriter

Miss America: Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (MN)

More Entertainment Awards…

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San Francisco d. Cincinnati (20-16)
World Series
Oakland A’s d. SF Giants (4-0)
NBA Championship
Detroit Pistons d. LA Lakers (4-0)
Stanley Cup
Calgary d. Montreal (4-2)
Wimbledon
Women: Steffi Graf d. M. Navratilova (6-2 6-7 6-1)
Men: Boris Becker d. S. Edberg (6-0 7-6 6-4)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Sunday Silence
NCAA Basketball Championship
Michigan d. Seton Hall (80-79 OT)
NCAA Football Champions
Miami-FL (11-1-0)
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Federal spending: $1143.17 billion
Federal debt: $2868.0 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $28,906
Consumer Price Index: 124
Unemployment: 5.3%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.25

]]> http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/economics-1989/feed/ 0 US Events 1989 http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/us-events-1989/ http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/us-events-1989/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:22:54 +0000 admin http://www.mvhs1989.com/?p=27 George Herbert Walker Bush inaugurated as 41st US President (Jan. 20).
  • Ruptured tanker Exxon Valdez sends 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound (March 24).
  • US jury convicts Oliver North in Iran-Contra affair (May 4).
  • Army Gen. Colin R. Powell is first black Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (Aug. 9).
  • A San Francisco Bay area earthquake measuring 7.1 in magnitude, killed 67 and injured over 3,000. Over 100,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. (Oct. 17)
    • ]]>     http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/us-events-1989/feed/ 0     World Events 1989 http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/world-events-1989/ http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/world-events-1989/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:21:57 +0000 admin http://www.mvhs1989.com/?p=25 US planes shoot down two Libyan fighters over international waters in Mediterranean (Jan. 4).
  • Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini declares author Salman Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses offensive and sentences him to death (Feb. 14).
  • Tens of thousands of Chinese students take over Beijing‘s Tiananmen Square in rally for democracy (April 19 et seq.). More than one million in Beijing demonstrate for democracy; chaos spreads across nation (mid-May et seq.). Thousands killed in Tiananmen Square as Chinese leaders take hard line toward demonstrators (June 4 et seq.).
  • Mikhail S. Gorbachev named Soviet President (May 25).
  • P. W. Botha quits as South Africa’s President (Aug. 14).
  • Deng Xiaoping resigns from China’s leadership (Nov. 9).
  • After 28 years, Berlin Wall is open to West (Nov. 11).
  • Czech Parliament ends Communists’ dominant role (Nov. 30).
  • Romanian uprising overthrows Communist government (Dec. 15 et seq.); President Ceausescu and wife executed (Dec. 25).
  • US troops invade Panama, seeking capture of General Manuel Noriega (Dec. 20).
    • ]]>     http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/world-events-1989/feed/ 0     Top Grossing Movies of 1989 http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/top-grossing-movies-of-1989/ http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/top-grossing-movies-of-1989/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:23:16 +0000 admin http://www.mvhs1989.com/?p=9 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
    Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
    Look Who’s Talking (1989)
    Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
    Back to the Future Part II (1989)
    Ghostbusters II (1989)
    Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
    The Little Mermaid (1989)
    Batman (1989)
    Parenthood (1989)

    ]]>     http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/top-grossing-movies-of-1989/feed/ 0     Top 100 Songs of 1989 http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/top-100-songs-of-1989/ http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/top-100-songs-of-1989/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:21:08 +0000 admin http://www.mvhs1989.com/?p=6 1. Look Away, Chicago
    2. My Prerogative, Bobby Brown
    3. Every Rose Has Its Thorn, Poison
    4. Straight Up, Paula Abdul
    5. Miss You Much, Janet Jackson
    6. Cold Hearted, Paula Abdul
    7. Wind Beneath My Wings, Bette Midler
    8. Girl You Know Its True, Milli Vanilli
    9. Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird, Will To Power
    10. Giving You The Best That I Got, Anita Baker
    11. Right Here Waiting, Richard Marx
    12. Waiting For A Star To Fall, Boy Meets Girl
    13. Lost In Your Eyes, Debbie Gibson
    14. Don’t Wanna Lose You, Gloria Estefan
    15. Heaven, Warrant
    16. Girl I’m Gonna Miss You, Milli Vanilli
    17. The Look, Roxette
    18. She Drives Me Crazy, Fine Young Cannibals
    19. On Our Own, Bobby Brown
    20. Two Hearts, Phil Collins
    21. Blame It On The Rain, Milli Vanilli
    22. Listen To Your Heart, Roxette
    23. I’ll Be There For You, Bon Jovi
    24. If You Don’t Know Me By Now, Simply Red
    25. Like A Prayer, Madonna
    26. I’ll Be Loving You (Forever), New Kids On The Block
    27. How Can I Fall?, Breathe
    28. Baby Don’t Forget My Number, Milli Vanilli
    29. Toy Solider, Martika
    30. Forever Your Girl, Paula Abdul
    31. The Living Years, Mike + the Mechanics
    32. Eternal Flame, The Bangles
    33. Wild Thing, Tone Loc
    34. When I See You Smile, Bad English
    35. If I Could Turn Back Time, Cher
    36. Buffalo Stance, Neneh Cherry
    37. When I’m With You, Sheriff
    38. Don’t Rush Me, Taylor Dayne
    39. Born To Be My Baby, Bon Jovi
    40. Good Thing, Fine Young Cannibals
    41. The Lover In Me, Sheena Easton
    42. Bust A Move, Young M.C.
    43. Once Bitten, Twice Shy, Great White
    44. Batdance, Prince
    45. Rock On, Michael Damian
    46. Real Lov, Jody Watley
    47. Love Shack, B-52′s
    48. Every Little Step, Bobby Brown
    49. Hangin’ Tough, New Kids On The Block
    50. My Heart Can’t Tell You No, Rod Stewart
    51. So Alive, Love and Rockets
    52. You Got It (The Right Stuff), New Kids On The Block
    53. Armageddon It, Def Leppard
    54. Satisfied, Richard Marx
    55. Express Yourself, Madonna
    56. I Like It, Dino
    57. Soldier Of Love, Donny Osmond
    58. Sowing The Seeds Of Love, Tears For Fears
    59. Cherish, Madonna
    60. When The Children Cry, White Lion
    61. 18 And Life, Skid Row
    62. I Don’t Want Your Love, Duran Duran
    63. Second Chances, .38 Special
    64. The Way You Love Me, Karyn White
    65. Funky Cold Medina, Tone Loc
    66. In Your Room, Bangles
    67. Miss You Like Crazy, Natalie Cole
    68. Love Song, Cure
    69. Secret Rendesvous, Karyn White
    70. Angel Eyes, Jeff Healey Band
    71. Patience, Guns N’ Roses
    72. Walk On Water, Eddie Money
    73. Cover Girl, New Kids On The Block
    74. Welcom To The Jungle, Guns N’ Roses
    75. Shower Me With Your Love, Surface
    76. Stand, R.E.M.
    77. Close My Eyes Forever, Lita Ford
    78. All This Time, Tiffany
    79. After All, Cher and Peter Cetera
    80. Roni, Bobby Brown
    81. Love In An Elevator, Aerosmith
    82. Lay Your Hands On Me, Bon Jovi
    83. This Promise, When In Rome
    84. What I Am, Edie Brickell and The New Bohemians
    85. I Remember Holding You, Boys Club
    86. Paradise City, Guns N’ Roses
    87. Iwanna Have Some Fun, Samantha Fox
    88. She Wants To Dance With Me, Rick Astley
    89. Dreamin’, Vanessa Williams
    90. It’s No Crime, Babyface
    91. Poison, Alice Cooper
    92. This Time I Know It’s For Real, Donna Summer
    93. Smooth Criminal, Michael Jackson
    94. Heavan Help Me, Deon Estus
    95. Rock Wit’cha, Bobby Brown
    96. Thinking Of You, Sa-fire
    97. What You Don’t Know, Expose
    98. Surrender To Me, Ann Wilson and Robin Zander
    99. The End Of The Innocence, Don Henley
    100. Keep On Movin’, Soul II Soul ]]>     http://mvhs1989.com/2008/09/top-100-songs-of-1989/feed/ 0