1989 San Francisco 49ers season
This was the season where the 49ers added the black trim on the SF logo on the helmets which lasted until the 1995 season and the final season the team wore screen-printed numbers on jerseys.


1989 San Francisco 49ers season
Quarterback Joe Montana had one of the greatest statistical passing seasons in NFL history in 1989. Montana set a then-NFL record with a passer rating of 112.4, with a completion percentage of 70.2%, and a 26/8 touchdown-to-interception ratio. In the playoffs, Montana was even more dominant, with a 78.3% completion percentage, 800 yards, 11 touchdowns, no interceptions, and a 146.4 rating. Cold Hard Football Facts calls Montana's 1989 season "the one by which we must measure all other passing seasons."


1989 San Francisco 49ers season, Training Camp
The 1989 San Francisco 49ers season held training camp at Sierra College in Rocklin, California.


1989 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season
The 49ers offense was just as dominating as it was during the previous regular season. Quarterback Joe Montana threw for 3,512 yards, 26 touchdowns, and only 8 interceptions, giving him what was then the highest passer rating in NFL history (112.4). Montana also rushed for 227 yards and 3 touchdowns, and earned both the NFL Most Valuable Player Award and the NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award. Wide receiver Jerry Rice had another outstanding season, catching 82 passes for 1,483 yards and 17 touchdowns. Running back Roger Craig was the team's leading rusher with 1,054 yards and 6 touchdowns, and he recorded 49 receptions for 473 yards and another touchdown.


1989 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season
But other stars on the 49ers offense began to emerge, enabling the team to spread the ball around. After being used primarily as a punt returner during his first 2 seasons, wide receiver John Taylor had a breakout season, catching 60 passes for 1,077 yards and 10 touchdowns, while also returning 36 punts for 417 yards. Tight End Brent Jones recorded 40 receptions for 500 yards. Fullback Tom Rathman had the best season of his career, rushing for 305 yards and catching 73 passes for 616 yards.


1989 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season
Even Montana's backup, quarterback Steve Young had a great year, throwing for 1,001 yards and 8 touchdowns with only 3 interceptions, while also rushing for 126 yards and 2 touchdowns. With all of these weapons, San Francisco's offense led the league in total yards from scrimmage (6,268) and scoring (442 points). The 49ers Defense was ranked #3 in the NFL. Three starters from the Defense made the 1989 All-Pro Team: (Ronnie Lott, Don Griffin, and Michael Walter)


1989 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Season summary, Week 1 at Indianapolis Colts
Week One proved to be a struggle for the Niners as Joe Montana led five scoring drives putting the Niners ahead by 23-10 entering the fourth, but Chris Chandler ran in a touchdown early in the fourth and a 58-yard touchdown bomb to Jerry Rice was answered by a blocked punt and recovery for a touchdown by the Colts; they could get no closer than a 30-24 Niners margin.


1989 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Season summary, Week 3 at Philadelphia Eagles
The Niners fell behind 21–10 in the fourth but despite giving up a safety Joe Montana erupted, outscoring the Eagles 28-7 and throwing for 428 yards and five touchdowns in total, winning 38–28.


1989 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Season summary, Week 5 at New Orleans Saints
This game was originally scheduled for Candlestick Park, but was played at the Louisiana Superdome instead because the 49ers' fellow Candlestick Park tenant, the San Francisco Giants, played host to Games 3, 4, and 5 of the 1989 National League Championship Series. The November 6 game was moved to San Francisco.


1989 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Season summary, Week 7 vs. New England Patriots
This game was played at Stanford Stadium, as Candlestick Park had sustained damage in the Loma Prieta earthquake five days earlier.


1989 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Season summary, Week 9 vs. New Orleans Saints
This game was originally scheduled for Louisiana Superdome, but was played at Candlestick Park instead, because the originally scheduled October 8 game at Candlestick Park was moved to the Louisiana Superdome.


1989 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Season summary, Week 11 vs. Green Bay Packers
The Niners fell to the Green Bay Packers, what would be the final loss of the season for the Niners, as Don Majkowski ran in two touchdowns and threw a third, overcoming 325 yards by Joe Montana, who was sacked five times. The 49ers took the lead in the 4th quarter on an interception return for a touchdown, however, a penalty nullified the score.


1989 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season, Season summary, Week 14 at Los Angeles Rams
In what many 49ers fans consider one of the greatest regular-season wins in team history, the 49ers come from a 27-10 4th quarter deficit to beat the Rams 30–27. The Rams had already beaten the 49ers earlier in the year and looked poised to do it again. but the 49ers with help from John Taylor's big game took the lead late with a Roger Craig 1 yard touchdown. John Taylor had 11 catches for an astonishing 286 yards receiving, which included a touchdown catch of 92 yards, and another touchdown catch for 96 yards. Joe Montana was 30 for 42 and passed for 458 yards.


1989 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks season
The 1989 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks season was the club's first overall, as they debuted in the Western Soccer League. The Blackhawks finished in first place in the North Division and reached the Final in the playoffs, getting past the Los Angeles Heat in the semis. The San Diego Nomads beat the Blackhawks in the final, 1-0.


1989 San Francisco Bay Blackhawks season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1989 San Francisco Giants season
The 1989 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 107th season in Major League Baseball, their 32nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 30th at Candlestick Park. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 92 wins and 70 losses. It was their second division title in three years. The Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs in five games in the National League Championship Series. However, they were swept by their cross-Bay rivals, the Oakland Athletics, in an earthquake-marred World Series.


1989 San Francisco Giants season, Game log and schedule, Dave Dravecky
The previous season, a cancerous desmoid tumor was found in Dravecky's pitching arm. He underwent surgery on October 7, 1988, removing half of the deltoid muscle in his pitching arm and freezing the humerus bone in an effort to eliminate all of the cancerous cells. By July 1989, he was pitching in the minors, and on August 10, he made a highly publicized return to the major leagues, pitching 8 innings and defeating Cincinnati 4-3.


1989 San Francisco Giants season, Game log and schedule, Dave Dravecky
In his following start five days later against the Expos, Dravecky pitched three no-hit innings, but in the fifth inning, he felt a tingling sensation in his arm. In the sixth inning he started off shaky, allowing a home run to the lead off batter and then hitting the second batter. Then, on his first pitch to Tim Raines, his humerus bone snapped, ending his career.


1989 San Francisco Giants season, Game log and schedule, Dave Dravecky
To see a pitcher break his arm with a loud cracking sound while doing something as ordinary as throwing a pitch, then fall to the ground rolling in agonizing pain, was shocking, unusual, and upsetting, especially for those who had followed his touching story. The pitch was replayed on television repeatedly over the following days.


1989 San Francisco Giants season, Game log and schedule, Dave Dravecky
The Giants won the National League pennant in 1989, and in the post-game celebration, Dravecky's arm was broken a second time. A doctor examining Dravecky's x-rays noticed a mass in his arm. Cancer had returned. Eighteen days later, Dravecky retired from baseball, aged 33, leaving a 64-57 record with 558 strikeouts and a 3.13 ERA in 1,062.2 innings. He won the 1989 Willie Mac Award honoring his spirit and leadership.


1989 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1989 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1989 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1989 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1989 San Francisco Giants season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1989 San Francisco Giants season, National League Championship Series, Game 5
The Giants made it to their first World Series since 1962 with a 3-2 win over the Cubs to win the 1989 National League pennant, four games to one. The final game pitted Mike Bielecki against a well-rested (due to his quick exit from Game 2) Rick Reuschel. Reuschel made amends for his poor start in Game 2 by giving up only one run over eight innings. The one run Reuschel gave up was an unearned run the Cubs scored when Walton reached on an error by Mitchell and then scored on Sandberg's double. The Cubs held the 1-0 lead until the seventh inning when Will Clark tripled and scored on Mitchell's sacrifice fly.


1989 San Francisco Giants season, National League Championship Series, Game 5
With two outs in the eighth, the Cubs appeared ready to perhaps send the series back to Chicago. But Candy Maldonado pinch-hit for Reuschel and walked. Bielcki then proceeded the load the bases by walking both Butler and Thompson. Don Zimmer sent for Mitch Williams to end the jam, but Clark drove a single to center that gave the Giants a 3-1 lead. The Cubs strung together three straight singles with two outs in the ninth to pull within a run, but Bedrosian got Sandberg to ground out to second to end the game and the series.


1989 San Francisco Giants season, National League Championship Series, Game 5
The Giants were in their first World Series since 1962. Clark's stellar performance earned him Most Valuable Player honors for the Giants. Clark hit .650 with eight RBIs.


1989 San Francisco Giants season, World series
It was the first World Series in which the losing team never had the lead and never had the tying run at the plate in its final turn at-bat.


1989 San Francisco Giants season, World series, Game 3
The game was delayed until October 27, or about ten days, due to the Loma Prieta earthquake.


1989 San Francisco State Gators football team
The 1989 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University during the 1989 NCAA Division II football season.


1989 San Francisco State Gators football team
San Francisco State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC). They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7, 0–5 NCAC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 165–280.


1989 San Francisco State Gators football team
The Gators were led by head coach Vic Rowen in his 29th, and last year at the helm. In his 29 seasons as head coach at San Francisco State, Rowen compiled a record of 130–165–10, a .443 winning percentage. His teams won the conference championship five times, and they appeared in one bowl game during his tenure (the 1967 Camelia Bowl).


1989 San Francisco State Gators football team, Team players in the NFL
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1990 NFL Draft.


1989 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 1989 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big West Conference. The team was led by head coach Claude Gilbert, in his sixth (and last) year as head coach at San Jose State. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1989 season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5, 5–2 Big West).


1989 San Jose State Spartans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1987, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1989 San Marino Grand Prix
The 1989 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the IX Gran Premio Kronenbourg di San Marino) was a Formula One motor race held at the Imola circuit on 23 April 1989. It was the second race of the 1989 Formula One season. The race was overshadowed by Gerhard Berger's massive accident at Tamburello corner. The race was stopped for one hour and restarted. The race was won by Ayrton Senna who started from pole position.


1989 San Marino Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
As at the previous race in Brazil, the Brabhams were easily the fastest cars in the Friday morning session. Stefano Modena was quickest on this occasion, with Martin Brundle in second. Alex Caffi pre-qualified his Dallara in third, with Nicola Larini's Osella in fourth. Only four cars went through from this session now that the injured Philippe Streiff had been replaced at AGS by Gabriele Tarquini, who had left the abortive FIRST team.


1989 San Marino Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
Onyx improved on their showing in Brazil, with Bertrand Gachot just missing out on pre-qualification in fifth place. The EuroBrun of Gregor Foitek was sixth, ahead of the second Osella of Piercarlo Ghinzani. The other Onyx of Stefan Johansson was eighth, followed by the second AGS of Joachim Winkelhock. Tenth was the Coloni of Pierre-Henri Raphanel, just ahead of the two Zakspeeds of Aguri Suzuki and Bernd Schneider, the Japanese driver outpacing his more experienced team-mate. Nearly four seconds adrift at the bottom of the time sheets was the Rial of Volker Weidler, despite the German trying all three of the team's cars.


1989 San Marino Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
The only change to the entry list for the San Marino Grand Prix was the arrival of Gabriele Tarquini in the second car of the small AGS team, which had only run one car in Brazil after Philippe Streiff had suffered career ending injuries in pre-season testing. A record 39 cars were entered for the Grand Prix, although only 26 were allowed to start the race.


1989 San Marino Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
After their defeat in Brazil, McLaren spent eight days testing at Imola prior to the San Marino Grand Prix. According to Ayrton Senna, they tested everything on the McLaren MP4/5, including aerodynamics, suspension, brakes and fuel consumption. It worked for Senna and Alain Prost, as they locked out the front row and were over 1.5 seconds faster than the Ferrari of Nigel Mansell. Riccardo Patrese showed his and Williams' revival with fourth on the grid followed by Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) with Thierry Boutsen rounding out the top six.


1989 San Marino Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
At Tyrrell, Michele Alboreto failed to qualify for a race for the first time since the 1981 German Grand Prix, in the new Tyrrell 018. Only one 018 was available, and although team mate Jonathan Palmer managed to sneak onto the grid in 25th in the older model 017, he raced the 018.


1989 San Marino Grand Prix, Race, Race report
At the start Ayrton Senna got away well but behind him Alain Prost found himself just ahead of Nigel Mansell's Ferrari but the Englishman could not find his way around Prost's McLaren. Mansell fell off a little after that and found himself battling with Riccardo Patrese while on the second lap Ivan Capelli had a nasty accident in his March. On lap four, fifth-placed Gerhard Berger's Ferrari speared off the track at the fast Tamburello corner due to a mechanical failure.


1989 San Marino Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Berger hit the wall at an estimated 180 mph and when his car came to a rest it was covered in fuel and it immediately burst into flames. Three fire marshalls (Bruno Miniati, Paolo Verdi and Gabriele Violi) arrived on foot sixteen seconds after impact and the fire was put out ten seconds later; the fuel had also burned up in the inferno. The race was red-flagged and Berger escaped with broken ribs and second-degree burns.


1989 San Marino Grand Prix, Race, Race report
The race was restarted after half an hour and run a further 55 laps on aggregate timing. This time Prost got away much better and got past Senna while behind them Mansell made a poor start and fell behind Patrese and Alessandro Nannini. On the run-down to the Tosa hairpin Senna got alongside Prost into Villeneuve and out-braked him into Tosa. The McLarens proceeded to pull away from the competition while behind them there was more drama as Stefano Modena put his Brabham into the wall rather violently, escaping unhurt. Olivier Grouillard was disqualified on Lap 5 for his car being illegally worked on by his team during the one-hour delay.


1989 San Marino Grand Prix, Race, Race report
As the McLarens pulled away Mansell, Patrese, and Nannini were busy fighting over third place. It was settled in the space of three laps as Patrese retired with a timing belt failure and Mansell followed shortly afterwards with a gearbox problem. This left Nannini in third while up front Senna cruised home to victory from Prost who, in his pursuit of Senna, had suffered a spin on lap 42 at Variante Bassa. Nannini led home Thierry Boutsen, Derek Warwick in the Arrows and Jonathan Palmer in the Tyrrell. Olivier Grouillard was disqualified because Ligier illegally repaired his car on the grid before the second start. Thierry Boutsen and Alex Caffi were initially disqualified after a protest from Ligier because they had changed tyres in the pitlane before the second start, but were reinstated following an appeal.


1989 San Marino Grand Prix, Race, Race report
The Prost/Senna war began to build up speed after the Frenchman said that McLaren had a pre-race agreement that whoever led into the first turn should stay there, which was ironically suggested by Senna. In Prost's view, Senna had broken this agreement by passing him partway round the first lap after the restart.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season
The 1989 San Miguel Beermen season was the 15th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable achievement
The San Miguel Beermen became the third team in PBA Annals History to win the Grandslam, duplicating the feat achieved by the famed Crispa Redmanizers, first in 1976 and in 1983. It also made Norman Black the 3rd. PBA coach to win the said feat behind Baby Dalupan & Tommy Manotoc.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Championships
Import Michael Phelps returns in the Open Conference. The Beermen completed a 10-game sweep in the elimination round and advances into the finals with ease with still four scheduled playing dates left in the semifinals. San Miguel easily retains the Open Conference crown with a 4-1 series victory over Formula Shell.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Championships
San Miguel and Purefoods Hotdogs, two equally talented teams, eventually played in the championship series in a highly anticipated All-Filipino finals affair. The Beermen prevailed in six games to win their first All-Filipino crown and seventh league title as they achieved step number two towards a possible grandslam.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Championships
The Beermen welcomes the return of Ricardo Brown from the lineup after skipping the first two conferences, they brought in Indiana's Keith Smart, best remembered for hitting the marginal basket that gave Indiana the 1987 NCAA championship, as their import. After the first round of eliminations, Smart was replaced by Ennis Whatley. San Miguel are tied with Purefoods Hotdogs with six wins and four losses after the elimination round. They lost their first two games in the semifinals in overtime, both by two points to Añejo Rum and Purefoods, before winning six in a row for a third trip in the finals series. San Miguel won the Grandslam with a 4-1 series win over sister team Añejo Rum 65.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Occurrences
In their second meeting with the hot-streaking Purefoods Hotdogs during the All-Filipino Conference on July 18, the Beermen lost Samboy Lim to an injury due to a bad fall late in the fourth quarter after going up against three hotdogs' defenders, San Miguel lost the match, 115-125, for their second defeat in nine games while the Hotdogs avenged their one-point loss to the Beermen in the first round and won for the fifth straight time and tied San Miguel on top of the standings.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
March 5: The defending champions opened its title-retention campaign with a thrilling 140-136 come-from-behind victory over Formula Shell in the second game of the league opening before a jampacked crowd at the ULTRA. The Beermen overcame Bobby Parks' 72 points for Shell and spoiled the debut of prize rookie center Benjie Paras, who tallied only 8 points in his first game.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
March 16: San Miguel carved out a 118-107 win over Presto Ice Cream as the Beermen swept the first round of eliminations in the Open Conference.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
April 9: The Beermen's three-point bombs in the final stretch took the sting out of sizzling Purefoods rally. Ahead by only three, 105-102, the Beermen banked on a three-point scoring spree of Ricky Cui, Franz Pumaren and import Michael Phelps to post a commanding 114-102 lead with 5:21 to go as the Beermen fashioned out a 122-116 victory over Purefoods to complete a rare 10-game sweep in the elimination round.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
April 27: Yves Dignadice struck with a 16-foot fall-away jumper from the right side with five seconds left to lift the Beermen to their 13th win in 15 games, a 101-99 victory over Presto Ice Cream as the Beermen claim the first finals berth in the Open Conference.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
July 2: Franz Pumaren scored on a go-ahead layup with three ticks left as San Miguel nip Purefoods, 117-116, in the first meeting between two-highly rated teams in the All-Filipino Conference. Pumaren scored the last five points for the Beermen. The Hotdogs trailed for most of the way but grab the upperhand twice in the final two minutes, the last at 116-115 on Nelson Asaytono's follow-up shot with six seconds to go.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
July 25: The Beermen snapped a two-game losing streak with a 123-115 win over eliminated-Presto Tivolis and avenged their first round loss to this same team last June 29. San Miguel finish the eliminations with eight wins and three losses.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
July 27: San Miguel halted Purefoods' seven-game winning run and tied their won-loss standings at nine wins and three losses with a 112-108 victory on the first day of the semifinal round.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
August 6: The "Skywalker" returns as the buzzer-beating basket by Samboy Lim on a perfect pass by Bobby Jose gave San Miguel a narrow 121-120 win over Formula Shell, which placed the game under protest.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
October 15: San Miguel notch its third win in a row after losing their first two games in the Reinforced Conference by beating Presto Tivoli, 139-136. Beermen import Keith Smart completed a three-point play with five seconds to go in a bizarre ending placed under protest by the Tivolis, citing the grievous error and judgment call by referee Rudy Hines, who ruled a sideline inbound in favor of the Beermen when the ball clearly bounced off the foot of Smart with six seconds remaining and the score tied at 136-all.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
November 21: San Miguel secured a finals seat and a quest for a Grandslam bid alive, defeating Alaska Milkmen, 124-119, for its 12th win in 18 games, leaving the other seat contested by Purefoods Hotdogs and Añejo Rum 65.


1989 San Miguel Beermen season, Roster
Assistant Coach: Derrick Pumaren / Filomeno Pumaren Team Manager: Augusto Gregorio


1989 Santa Clara Broncos football team
The 1989 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University during the 1989 NCAA Division II football season. Santa Clara competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC).


1989 Santa Clara Broncos football team
The Broncos were led by fifth-year head coach Terry Malley. They played home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Santa Clara finished the season with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4, 3–3 WFC). The Broncos outscored their opponents 250–211 for the season.


1989 Santa Clara Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL
No Santa Clara Broncos players were selected in the 1990 NFL Draft.


1989 Santa Clara Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1989, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1989 Santa Elmira massacre
The Santa Elmira massacre was a massacre on activists of the Brazilean Landless Workers' Movement (MST) in Rio Grande do Sul in 1989. In early 1989 a group of the MST that had been resettled in Salto do Jacuí occupied the Santa Elmira ranch. An order to dislodge them was issued, but the MST refused to leave the land. They were forcefully evicted from the land by military forces and small farming aircraft of the União Democrática Ruralista (that dropped tear gas bombs). 19 MST activists were killed by gunfire, 400 were injured and 22 were taken prisoner.


1989 Santa Elmira massacre, Bibliography
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1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division A
The 1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division A was the third tier of domestic South African rugby, below the two Currie Cup divisions.


1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division A, Competition, Regular season and title play-offs
There were six participating teams in the Santam Bank Trophy Division A. Teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. Teams received two points for a win and one points for a draw. The top two teams in the division – along with the top two teams from Division B qualified for the title play-off finals. The team that finished first in Division A would play at home against the team that finished second in Division B and the team that finished second in Division A would play at home against the team that finished first in Division B.


1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division A, Competition, Promotion play-offs
The Division A champion qualified for the promotion play-offs. That team played off against the team placed sixth in the Currie Cup Division B over two legs. The winner over these two ties qualified for the 1990 Currie Cup Division B, while the losing team qualified for the 1990 Santam Bank Trophy.


1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division A, Competition, Relegation play-offs
The bottom team on the log qualified for the relegation play-offs. That team played off against the team that won the Santam Bank Trophy Division B over two legs. The winner over these two ties qualified for the 1990 Santam Bank Trophy Division A, while the losing team qualified for the 1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division B.


1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division A, Santam Bank Trophy Finals
The top two teams from Division A and the top two teams from Division B qualified to the Trophy finals:


1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division A, Promotion/Relegation Play-Offs, Promotion Play-Offs
In the promotion play-offs,  Eastern Free State conceded the second leg to  Boland, who won promotion to the Currie Cup Division B. Eastern Free State were initially relegated, but due to the Currie Cup Division B's expansion to 8 teams, they retained their place.


1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division A, Promotion/Relegation Play-Offs, Relegation Play-Offs
In the relegation play-offs,  South Western Districts beat  Northern Natal on aggregate and won promotion to Division A. However, due to the withdrawal of  South West Africa and the Currie Cup Division B being expanded from six teams to eight teams, only nine teams were left in the Santam Bank Trophy and it was decided to merge Division A and Division B into a single division for 1990.


1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division B
The 1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division B was the fourth tier of domestic South African rugby, below the two Currie Cup divisions and Division A.


1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division B, Competition, Regular season and title play-offs
There were six participating teams in the Santam Bank Trophy Division B. Teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away. Teams received two points for a win and one points for a draw. The top two teams in the division – along with the top two teams from Division A qualified for the title play-off finals. The team that finished first in Division A would play at home against the team that finished second in Division B and the team that finished second in Division A would play at home against the team that finished first in Division B.


1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division B, Competition, Promotion play-offs
The Division B champion qualified for the promotion play-offs. That team played off against the team placed bottom in Division A over two legs. The winner over these two ties qualified for the 1990 Santam Bank Trophy Division A, while the losing team qualified for the 1990 Santam Bank Trophy Division B.


1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division B, Santam Bank Trophy Finals
The top two teams from Division A and the top two teams from Division B qualified to the Trophy finals:


1989 Santam Bank Trophy Division B, Promotion Play-Offs
In the promotion play-offs,  South Western Districts beat  Northern Natal on aggregate and won promotion to Division A. However, due to the withdrawal of  South West Africa and the Currie Cup Division B being expanded from six teams to eight teams, only nine teams were left in the Santam Bank Trophy and it was decided to merge Division A and Division B into a single division for 1990.


1989 Sardinian regional election
The Sardinian regional election of 1989 took place on 11 June 1989.


1989 Sardinian regional election
After the election a centre-left government composed of Christian Democracy, the Italian Socialist Party and the Italian Democratic Socialist Party was formed. The position of President of the Region was held by Mario Floris (1989–1991) and Antonello Cabras (1991–1994).


1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
The 1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders was the 75th season in the club's 79th year of existence. The team finished in 3rd place in the Canadian Football League's West Division with a 9–9 record. The Roughriders defeated the Calgary Stampeders in the West Semi-Final and then defeated the heavily-favoured Edmonton Eskimos who had finished with a CFL-record 16 regular season wins. Due to their West Final win, the Roughriders qualified for their first Grey Cup game since the club's loss in the 1976 championship game.


1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders season
In the 77th Grey Cup, the team faced the 12–6 Hamilton Tiger-Cats who had already defeated the Roughriders in both regular season matches. However, the Roughriders kept it a close game and ultimately won with a Dave Ridgway field goal to win the championship. It was Saskatchewan's first Grey Cup win in 23 years (since the 1966 Grey Cup), and only their second in team history.


1989 Saskatchewan Roughriders season, Postseason, Grey Cup, Grey Cup aftermath
For the Grey Cup celebrations, 18,000 fans showed up at Taylor Field, in minus 10 degree Celsius weather to welcome back the club. A few weeks later, it was revealed that the playoff run nearly bankrupted the team. Instead of a projected $85,000 profit, the Riders lost $195,000 due to the cost of the three road games. General Manager Al Ford declared that the team's debt increased to 1.6 million dollars.


1989 Scheldeprijs
The 1989 Scheldeprijs was the 76th edition of the Scheldeprijs cycle race and was held on 19 April 1989. The race was won by Jean-Marie Wampers.


1989 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan
The 1989 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan was a series of matches played in May 1989 in Japan by Scotland national rugby union team.


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Canada's women's national curling championship, was played February 25 to March 4 at the Kelowna Memorial Arena in Kelowna, British Columbia. It was the first time since the introduction of Team Canada that the defending champions would win back to back championships.


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Heather HoustonThird: Lorraine LangSecond: Diane AdamsLead: Tracy KennedyAlternate: Gloria Taylor


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Debbie ShermackThird: Penny RyanSecond: Diane AlexanderLead: Twyla PrudenAlternate: Sandra Ripple


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Julie SuttonThird: Pat SandersSecond: Georgina HawkesLead: Melissa SoligoAlternate: Diane Nelson


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Chris MoreThird: Karen PurdySecond: Lori ZellerLead: Kristen KurulukAlternate: Laurie Allen


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Heidi HanlonThird: Kathy FloydSecond: Sheri SmithLead: Judy BlanchardAlternate: Mary Harding


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Laura Phillips Third: Diane RyanSecond: Sandra SparrowLead: Karen ThomasAlternate: Michele Renouf


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Colleen JonesThird: Mary MattatallSecond: Monica MoriartyLead: Kelly AndersonAlternate: Kim Ackles


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Jill GreenwoodThird: Yvonne SmithSecond: Carol DavisLead: Fran GareauAlternate: Chris Hushagen


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Kathie GallantThird: Susan McInnisSecond: Kathy O'RourkeLead: Bea Graham-MacDonaldAlternate: Joan Butcher


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Agnes CharetteThird: Guylaine DeschateletsSecond: France CharetteLead: Helene ChicoineAlternate: Josee L'Ecuyer


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Michelle SchneiderThird: Joan StrickerSecond: Lorie KehlerLead: Leanne EberleAlternate: Kenda Richards


1989 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Shirley KingThird: Colleen RuddSecond: Linda CarterLead: Donna HuntAlternate: Susan Taylor


1989 Scottish Cup Final
The 1989 Scottish Cup Final was played between Celtic and Rangers at Hampden Park on 20 May 1989.


1989 Scottish Cup Final
Celtic won the match 1–0. The only goal came when Joe Miller capitalised on a defensive error and slotted the ball past Rangers' goalkeeper.


1989 Scottish Cup Final
This was to be the last Old Firm Scottish Cup Final for 10 years until 1999.


1989 Scottish Cup Final
While less than 50% of the all-time record crowds at Hampden, the attendance of just over 72,000 has become a landmark figure as no match in Scotland has come close to matching it since, owing to subsequent stadium modernisation which left no venue with a greater capacity.


1989 Scottish League Cup Final
The 1989 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 22 October 1989 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 44th Scottish League Cup competition (Skol Cup). The final was contested by Aberdeen and Rangers for the third season in succession, with Rangers winning the previous two.


1989 Scottish League Cup Final
Aberdeen won the match 2–1 thanks to a Paul Mason double.


1989 Scottish Masters
The 1989 Regal Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13 and 17 September 1989 at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.


1989 Scottish Masters
Stephen Hendry won the tournament by defeating Terry Griffiths 10–1 in the final.


1989 Scottish Professional Championship
The 1989 Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament which took place in February 1989 in Edinburgh, Scotland.


1989 Scottish Professional Championship
The tournament featured eight exclusively Scottish professional players. The quarter-final and semi-final matches were contested over the best of 9 frames, the final best of seventeen.


1989 Scottish Professional Championship
The 1989 tournament was the last for twenty-two years, before its revival in 2011.


1989 Scottish Professional Championship
John Rea won the event, beating Murdo MacLeod 9–7 in the final. in his earlier match against Ian Black, Rea had become the first Scottish player ever to compile a 147 maximum break, which was also his first competitive century break. The title was the first, and only, of Rea's career.


1989 Seattle Mariners season
The Seattle Mariners 1989 season was their 13th since the franchise creation, and the team finished sixth in the American League West, with a record of 73–89 (.451). The Mariners were led by first-year manager Jim Lefebvre and the season was enlivened by the arrival of nineteen-year-old Ken Griffey Jr., the first overall pick of the 1987 draft.


1989 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1989 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1989 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1989 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings Pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1989 Seattle Mariners season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned Run Average; SO = Strikeouts


1989 Seattle Seahawks season
The 1989 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 14th season with the National Football League. The season marked the end of an era for the team, as the last original Seahawk remaining, wide receiver Steve Largent, retired after the season as the NFL's all-time reception leader up to that time.


1989 Seattle Seahawks season, Schedule, Regular season
Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC East.


1989 Segunda División de Chile
The 1989 Segunda División de Chile was the 38th season of the Segunda División de Chile.


1989 Senior League World Series
The 1989 Senior League World Series took place from August 14–19 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. Pingtung, Taiwan defeated Surrey, Canada twice in the championship game. It was Taiwan's second straight title. This was the final SLWS to feature 8 teams, a host team would be added in 1990.


1989 Senior PGA Tour
The 1989 Senior PGA Tour was the 10th season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003 and PGA Tour Champions in 2016). The season consisted of 35 official money events with purses totalling $13,345,000 (not including the PaineWebber Invitational, canceled due to Hurricane Hugo), including four majors. Bob Charles won the most tournaments, five. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.


1989 Senior PGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1989 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.


1989 Seoul Open
The 1989 Seoul Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul in South Korea that was part of the 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix. The tournament was held from April 10 through April 17, 1989. Robert Van't Hof won the singles title.


1989 Seoul Open, Finals, Doubles
Scott Davis /  Paul Wekesa defeated  John Letts /  Bruce Man-Son-Hing 6–2, 6–4


1989 Seoul Open – Doubles
Andrew Castle and Roberto Saad were the defending champions but only Castle competed that year with Robert Van't Hof.


1989 Seoul Open – Doubles
Castle and Van't Hof lost in the quarterfinals to Scott Davis and Paul Wekesa.


1989 Seoul Open – Doubles
Davis and Wekesa won in the final 6–2, 6–4 against John Letts and Bruce Man-Son-Hing.


1989 Seoul Open – Singles
Dan Goldie was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1989 Seoul Open – Singles
Robert Van't Hof won in the final 7–5, 6–4 against Brad Drewett.


1989 Seychellois presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Seychelles in June 1989. Following a coup in 1977, the Seychelles People's Progressive Front was the sole legal party, and its leader, France-Albert René, was the only candidate in the election. He was re-elected with 96.1% of the votes on a 91.5% turnout.


1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Sikkim in November 1989 to elect the 32 members of the second Legislative Assembly.


1989 Singapore Open
The 1989 Singapore Open (known as Epson Singapore Super Tennis for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the National Stadium in Singapore and was part of the 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix. The tournament took place from April 24 through April 30, 1989.


1989 Singapore Open, Finals, Doubles
Rick Leach /  Jim Pugh defeated  Paul Chamberlin /  Paul Wekesa 6–3, 6–4


1989 Singapore Open – Doubles
Rick Leach and Jim Pugh won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Paul Chamberlin and Paul Wekesa.


1989 Singapore Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received a bye into the quarterfinals.


1989 Singapore Open – Singles
Kelly Jones won in the final 6–1, 7–5 against Amos Mansdorf.


1989 Singapore Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1989 Singaporean presidential election
The 1989 Singaporean presidential election was held to elect the next President of Singapore with Wee Kim Wee as the winning candidate elected by the Parliament of Singapore.


1989 Singaporean presidential election
During the election, 69 members of Parliament were present and 13 members were absent.


1989 Singaporean presidential election
Wee was sworn in for his second term as president on 2 September 1989.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit
The four-day Sino-Soviet Summit was held in Beijing from 15-18 May 1989. This would be the first formal meeting between a Soviet Communist leader and a Chinese Communist leader since the Sino-Soviet split in the 1950s. The last Soviet leader to visit China was Nikita Khrushchev in September 1959. Both Deng Xiaoping, the paramount leader of China, and Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, proclaimed that the summit was the beginning of normalized state-to-state relations. The meeting between Mikhail Gorbachev and then General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Zhao Ziyang, was hailed as the "natural restoration" of party-to-party relations.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Improvements in Bilateral Relations (1986–1989)
The first breakthrough in Sino-Soviet relations was in July 1986. In a speech in the city of Vladivostok, Gorbachev announced a series of unilateral concessions to the Chinese. The Soviet Union pledged to withdraw troops from Mongolia, East Russia and from Afghanistan, and would also accept the Chinese position regarding the border issue – "recognizing that the border between the two countries should run along the line of the Chinese bank of the two border rivers – Amur and Ussuri".


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Improvements in Bilateral Relations (1986–1989)
Furthermore, in 1986, the Chinese opened a consulate in Leningrad while the Soviets opened a consulate in Shanghai. China also held its first large scale industrial and trade exhibition in thirty three years in Moscow and the Soviet Union reciprocated and held its own industrial and trade exhibition in Beijing. In May of the same year, the two countries also agreed to a two year cultural accord to expand cooperation in science, culture, education, journalism, broadcasting, sports, television, art, and film.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Improvements in Bilateral Relations (1986–1989)
In a closed session of foreign ministers at the Warsaw meeting of the Political Consultative Body of the Warsaw Treaty in July 1988, the Soviet Union admitted that it could no longer afford to keep the arms race with the United States going. The Soviet Union recognized that peace was now its highest priority regardless of social and political ideologies. The Soviet Union also wanted to constrain US-China cooperation and influence in the region.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Improvements in Bilateral Relations (1986–1989)
During Eduard Shevardnadze's (former Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991) visit to Beijing in February 1989, both nations agreed on a date and timetable for Gorbachev's visit. Gorbachev was finally officially invited by the President of the People's Republic of China, Yang Shangkun.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Summit Meeting 15-18 May 1989
Due to the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests, the original plans of receiving the Soviet delegation with a grand ceremony at Tiananmen Square had to be scratched. Instead, the Soviet delegation only received a small welcoming ceremony at the airport. Some students who were occupying the square were holding banners and hailing Gorbachev as "The Ambassador of Democracy" as a result of the political reforms Gorbachev has instituted back in the Soviet Union. On May 16, 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev finally met with the Chinese paramount leader, Deng Xiaoping, at the Great Hall of the People.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Summit Meeting 15-18 May 1989
Gorbachev also met with General Secretary Zhao Ziyang and the Premier of the People's Republic of China, Li Peng. Gorbachev's meeting with Deng was supposed to represent the normalization of state-to-state relations while his meeting with General Secretary Zhao Ziyang was supposed to represent the restoration of party-to-party relations. Chinese politicians emphasized that the restoration of party relations did not mean returning to the dominance of the Soviet Union. They stressed that the relationship would be of equality, independence, and sovereignty. Deng also viewed the summit as his last chance to assert his will over Sino-Soviet relations. The two sides agreed that the two nations would share information and experiences, but will not harmonize policies.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Summit Meeting 15-18 May 1989
One of the central issues that was discussed was the disagreement over the Cambodian issue. China viewed Cambodia was a Vietnamese puppet state and called for Vietnamese troop withdrawal from the area. The Chinese supported the idea of a quadrilateral coalition government headed by Prince Sihanouk. They wanted written Soviet commitment to a comprehensive settlement. The Soviets, on the other hand, considered Cambodian national reconciliation a domestic issue and it should be handled as such. Gorbachev discussed future economic developments, such as cooperation in metallurgy and energy and transportation, with Premier Li Peng.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Summit Meeting 15-18 May 1989
One area where progress was made during the summit was the reduction in military tensions. Both sides agreed to reduce the military numbers along the borders to a minimum. On May 17, Gorbachev announced a plan to set up a "working negotiating mechanism" for troop reductions along the border.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Summit Meeting 15-18 May 1989
During Gorbachev's meeting with Zhao, Zhao emphasized the fact that Deng's retirement from the 13th party congress had only been formal and that he remained the paramount leader in China. Soviet assessment of this statement was that Zhao was putting the blame on Deng for the student protests that had disrupted some of the social events planned for the Soviet delegation.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Summit Meeting 15-18 May 1989, Summit Atmosphere According to State Media
Renmin Ribao [People's Daily] called Gorbachev's meeting with Deng on May 17 "friendly and frank" while Pravda added "constructive".


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Summit Meeting 15-18 May 1989, Summit Atmosphere According to State Media
Renmin Ribao called the meeting with Li Peng "frank and friendly" while Pravda described it as "warm and friendly".


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Summit Meeting 15-18 May 1989, Summit Atmosphere According to State Media
Renmin Ribao reported that the Gorbachev's meeting with Zhao Ziyang was "friendly" but this was not reflected in Pravda. Russian news agency, TASS, had reported on May 16 that the meeting with Zhao was "warm and friendly", but Pravda omitted this the next day.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Gorbachev's View of the Tiananmen Square Protests
The timing of Gorbachev's visit was far from ideal by virtue of the massive student protests in the Chinese capital. Nonetheless, neither side proposed to postpone or reschedule the meeting.


1989 Sino-Soviet Summit, Gorbachev's View of the Tiananmen Square Protests
Gorbachev refused to pass judgement on the student protests in hopes that the Chinese leaders and the student protesters would resolve their differences by themselves. Even though the demonstrations disrupted the reception of the Soviet delegation and many of the social events of the visit were cancelled, Gorbachev was still very pleased with the reception in Beijing as well as the summit as a whole as he was able to accomplish his goal of normalizing relations. According to political scientist, William Taubman, even though Gorbachev did not say it directly during the Summit or afterward, he sympathized with the protestors as they were pushing for the political changes that Gorbachev had implemented in the Soviet Union.


1989 Skate America
The 1989 Skate America was held at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1989 Skate Canada International
The 1989 Skate Canada International was held in Cornwall, Ontario on October 26–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1989 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 1989 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship. Coolera/Strandhill claimed their first Intermediate title, after defeating St. Farnan's in the final. This year's Championship was extended from eight teams to eleven, as the structures were being altered.


1989 Sligo Senior Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 1989 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Patrick's, Dromard retained the title, their seventh and last to date, after repeating the previous year's final's outcome - a one-point defeat of Tubbercurry. Geevagh and Innisfree Gaels, an amalgamation of St. Michael's and Calry, reached the semi-finals, the only time either side managed this feat.


1989 Solomon Islands general election
General elections were held in the Solomon Islands on 22 February 1989. A total of 257 candidates contested the election, the result of which was a victory for the People's Alliance Party, which won 23 of the 38 seats.


1989 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
The 1989 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State during the 1989 NCAA Division II football season. Sonoma State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference in 1989.


1989 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
The 1989 Cossacks were led by first-year head coach Tim Walsh. They played home games at Cossacks Stadium in Rohnert Park, California. Sonoma State finished the season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6, 2–3 NCAC). The Cossacks were outscored by their opponents 196–205 for the season.


1989 Sonoma State Cossacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Sonoma State players were selected in the 1990 NFL Draft.


1989 Soul Train Music Awards
The 1989 Soul Train Music Awards was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and aired live in select cities on April 13, 1989 (and was later syndicated in other areas), honoring the best in R&B, soul, rap, jazz, and gospel music from the previous year. The show was hosted by Patti LaBelle, Ahmad Rashād and Dionne Warwick.


1989 South African Open (tennis)
The 1989 South African Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Johannesburg in South Africa that was part of the 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the 86th edition of the tournament and was held from 13 through 19 November 1989.


1989 South African Open (tennis), Finals, Doubles
Luke Jensen /  Richey Reneberg defeated  Kelly Jones /  Joey Rive 6–0, 6–4


1989 South African Open – Doubles
Kevin Curren and David Pate were the defending champions but only Pate competed that year with Jeremy Bates.


1989 South African Open – Doubles
Bates and Pate lost in the first round to John Fitzgerald and Todd Witsken.


1989 South African Open – Doubles
Luke Jensen and Richey Reneberg won in the final 6–0, 6–4 against Kelly Jones and Joey Rive.


1989 South African Open – Singles
Jakob Hlasek was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1989 South African Open – Singles
Christo van Rensburg won in the final 6–4, 7–6, 6–3 against Paul Chamberlin.


1989 South African Professional Championship
The 1989 South African Professional Championship was a non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in January 1989. The tournament featured eleven South African players.


1989 South African Professional Championship
Perrie Mans won the title, beating Robbie Grace 8–5 in the final.


1989 South African general election
General elections were held in South Africa on 6 September 1989, the last under apartheid. Snap elections had been called early (no election was required until 1992) by the recently elected head of the National Party (NP), F. W. de Klerk, who was in the process of replacing P. W. Botha as the country's president, and his expected program of reform to include further retreat from the policy of apartheid. The creation of the Conservative Party had realigned the NP as a moderate party, now almost certain to initiate negotiations with the black opposition, with liberal opposition (the PFP) openly seeking a new constitutional settlement on liberal democratic and federalist principles.


1989 South African general election
Although the National Party won a comfortable majority of seats (94 of 166) in the House of Assembly, the governing party suffered a setback and received only 48% of the popular vote, the first elections since 1961 in which the NP failed to win a majority of the vote. However, the first-past-the-post system, and a severely fractured opposition as well as the twelve appointed and indirectly elected members entrenched the NP's majority, allowing it to comfortably remain in power.


1989 South African general election
The Conservative Party (CP), which opposed any form of power-sharing with other races, failed to accomplish a breakthrough beyond its conservative Afrikaner backing as some had expected, but remained the official opposition with 39 seats. By some estimates, the party had received the backing of a slim majority of Afrikaners particularly in the Orange Free State, once the NP's heartland, but with very limited support among English-speaking voters.


1989 South African general election
Before the elections, the liberal Progressive Federal Party (PFP) had dissolved itself and regrouped as the Democratic Party (DP), winning 33 seats, six seats short of retaking its position as the official opposition. In terms of vote share, it fell a quarter million votes behind the CP, but was favoured by its stronghold in the Cape Province and Natal.


1989 South African general election, House of Assembly (white)
The White Chamber of Parliament had 178 members, 166 of whom were directly elected (including a seat from Walvis Bay annexed from South West Africa, which was added in 1981) with 8 members indirectly elected by the directly elected members on the basis of proportional representation and four nominated by the State President (one from each province).


1989 South African general election, House of Assembly (white)
The results of the election were interpreted by the government (based on support for the NP and the DP together) as a mandate from the white electorate to reform the apartheid system and seek a compromise with the African National Congress and its leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela was released half a year later, and the 1989 elections were the last under the limited, whites-only franchise and the Tricameral Parliament introduced in 1984.


1989 South African general election, House of Assembly (white)
Of the twelve appointed and indirectly-elected seats, nine were taken by the National Party, two by the Conservative Party and one by the Democratic Party.


1989 South African general election, House of Representatives (coloured)
All five appointed and indirectly-elected seats were taken by the Labour Party.


1989 South African general election, House of Delegates (Indian)
Of the five appointed and indirectly-elected seats, three were taken by Solidarity, one by the National People’s Party and one by the Merit People's Party.


1989 South African presidential election
The South African presidential election of 1989 resulted in the election of Frederik Willem de Klerk as State President.


1989 South African presidential election
After the South African Constitution of 1983 came into force in 1984, the State President had been both Head of State and Head of Government, but also, in the tradition of the Westminster system, the leader of the most important party represented in the House of Assembly of Parliament. He was elected by an electoral college composed of members of the majority party in each chamber of the tricameral parliament following each legislative renewal.


1989 South African presidential election
The 1989 presidential election was the first and only one to be held following the simultaneous general election of the three chambers of parliament. On the basis of  the dominant political parties in each of the three chambers, the electoral college was composed of 50 members of the then-ruling National Party elected by the House of Assembly (the white representative chamber), 25 representatives of the Labor Party elected by the House of Representatives (the colored representative chamber) and 13 members of the Solidarity Party elected by the House of Delegates (the Indian representative chamber).


1989 South African presidential election
Frederik Willem de Klerk, the leader of the National Party and the last State President of the Apartheid era, had been Acting State President since the resignation of P. W. Botha on August 15, 1989. The only candidate for the post of Head of State, he was elected unanimously by the electoral college on September 14 and sworn into office in Pretoria on September 20.


1989 South American Championships in Athletics
The 1989 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia, between 5 and 8 August.


1989 South American Cross Country Championships
The 1989 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 26, 1989. The races were held in Asunción, Paraguay.


1989 South American Cross Country Championships
Complete results, results for junior and youth competitions, and medal winners were published.


1989 South American Cross Country Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 6 countries participated.


1989 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
The 21st South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Montevideo, Uruguay from June 16th –19th, 1989.


1989 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 248 athletes from about 10 countries:  Argentina (52), Bolivia (4), Brazil (59), Chile (30), Colombia (5), Ecuador (10), Paraguay (27), Peru (6), Uruguay (32), Venezuela (23).


1989 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners are published for men and womenComplete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


1989 South American Rugby Championship
The 1989 South American Rugby Championship was the 16th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.


1989 South American Rugby Championship
The tournament was played in Montevideo and won by Argentina.


1989 South Asian Games
The 1989 South Asian Games, officially the IV South Asian Federation Games, were held in Islamabad, Pakistan from 20 October to 28 October 1989. Muhammad Ali appeared as a special guest at the closing ceremony.


1989 South Asian Games, The Games, Sports
Squash was introduced for the first time in 1989 games. It replaced basketball from the previous games.


1989 South Asian Games, Medal tally
Host nation Pakistan finished in 2nd place with a total of 97 medals (42 gold, 33 silver, and 22 bronze).


1989 South Australian Open
The 1989 South Australian Open also known as the Australian Hard Court Championships was a men's Grand Prix tennis circuit tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Memorial Drive Park in Adelaide, Australia and was part of the 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 2 January through 9 January 1989. Fourth-seeded Mark Woodforde won his second consecutive singles title at the event.


1989 South Australian Open, Finals, Doubles
Neil Broad /  Stefan Kruger defeated  Mark Kratzmann /  Glenn Layendecker 6–2, 7–6


1989 South Australian Open – Doubles
Darren Cahill and Mark Kratzmann were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Cahill with Mark Woodforde and Kratzmann with Glenn Layendecker.


1989 South Australian Open – Doubles
Cahill and Woodforde lost in the semifinals to Neil Broad and Stefan Kruger.


1989 South Australian Open – Doubles
Kratzmann and Layendecker lost in the final 6–2, 7–6 against Broad and Kruger.


1989 South Australian Open – Singles
Mark Woodforde was the defending champion and won in the final 7–5, 1–6, 7–5 against Patrik Kühnen.


1989 South Australian state election
State elections were held in South Australia on 25 November 1989. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Premier of South Australia John Bannon defeated the Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition John Olsen. Labor won 22 out of 47 seats, and secured a majority of 24 with the support of two Independent Labor members.


1989 South Australian state election, Background
Parliamentary elections for both houses of the Parliament of South Australia were held in South Australia in 1989. John Bannon's Labor government had initially presided over an economic boom, but at the time of the election the economy had slowed due to the late 1980s recession. The Liberals' campaign accused Bannon of inaction during the poor economic conditions, capitalising on the fact that he was national president of Australian Labor Party at the time.


1989 South Australian state election, Outcome
The Liberals gained five seats (Adelaide, Bright, Fisher, Hayward and Newland), but Labor held power with of the support of the two "independent Labor" members.


1989 South Australian state election, Outcome
The John Olsen-led Liberal Party of Australia failed to win office despite gaining 52 percent of the two-party vote.


1989 South Australian state election, Outcome
It was only the second time that a Labor government in South Australia had been re-elected for a third term, however it would be the first eleven-year-incumbent Labor government.


1989 South Australian state election, Outcome
In the South Australian Legislative Council, the numbers were unchanged (Labor 10, Liberal 10, Australian Democrats 2). Thus the Democrats retained sole balance of power. They had held sole balance of power since 1985, and would continue to hold it until 1997.


1989 South Australian state election, Aftermath
Before the election, the Liberal Party made allegations of a Labor 'gerrymander', due to the perceived unfair state of the electoral boundaries. While Labor had not instituted any type of imbalanced electoral legislation, it had nonetheless not issued a redistribution since 1983 (which it was not required to do, because redistributions were only required after every third election). So while the electoral districts were equal within the required 10 percent tolerances when they were drawn in 1983, population shifts had increased that imbalance substantially.


1989 South Australian state election, Aftermath
Because of this, a 1991 state referendum made redistributions mandatory by the Electoral Commission of South Australia after each election, and included a 'fairness clause' where the commission should redraw boundaries with the objective that the party which receives over 50 percent of the statewide two-party vote at the forthcoming election should win the two-party vote in a majority of seats.


1989 South Australian state election, Aftermath
Olsen was replaced as Liberal leader by Dale Baker in 1990. Baker resigned as leader in 1992 without contesting an election, and the subsequent leadership ballot was won by Dean Brown, ahead of Olsen and Jennifer Cashmore.


1989 South Australian state election, Aftermath
The parliament had three by-elections (1990 Custance by-election, the 1992 Alexandra by-election and the 1992 Kavel by-election), but all were retained by the Liberal party, so resulted in no change in the numbers in parliament.


1989 South Australian state election, Aftermath
Independent Labor Martyn Evans joined the ALP in 1993 and stood at the 1993 election as an endorsed ALP candidate.


1989 South Australian state election, Results, House of Assembly
South Australian state election, 25 November 1989House of Assembly << 1985–1993 >>


1989 South Australian state election, Results, Legislative Council
South Australian state election, 25 November 1989Legislative Council << 1985–1993 >>


1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season finishing with a 6–4–1 record. The Gamecocks were led by Sparky Woods in his first year as head coach following the death of former head coach Joe Morrison. Morrison died of a heart attack in February 1989.


1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, Roster
Todd Ellis* QBDickie DeMasi QBBen Hogan QBPat Turner QBHarold Green* RBMike Dingle RBAlbert Haynes RBKen Watson RBKeith Bing RBKevin Jones RBRobert Brooks* WREddie Miller* WRGeorge Rush* WRCarl Platt WRDavid Pitchko WRSkeets Thomas WRBill Zorr WRDarren Greene WRDavid Hodge* TECharles Steward TEDany Branch* OLIke Harris* OLKenny Haynes* OLCurt High* OLCalvin Stephens* OLHal Hamrick OLAntoine Rivens OLMarty Dye* DLCurtis Godwin* DLTim High* DLCorey Miller* DLPatrick Blackwell DLTroy Duke DLTrent Simpson DLRobert Gibson* LBPatrick Hinton* LBDavid Taylor* LBScott Windsor* LBMike Conway LBJoe Reaves LBKeith Emmons LBErik Anderson* DBLeon Harris* DBKeith McDonald* DBAntonio Walker DBStephane Williams DB


1989 South Carolina Gamecocks football team, References, Additional sources
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1989 South Glamorgan County Council election
The fifth election to South Glamorgan County Council was held in May 1989. It was preceded by the 1985 election and followed by the 1993 election.


1989 South Glamorgan County Council election, Candidates
Conservative and Labour candidates contested all seats. Following the break-up of the SDP-Liberal Alliance, most seats were contested by both the Social and Liberal Democrats and the continuing SDP. There were a smaller number of Plaid Cymru and Green Party candidates and a few Independents.


1989 South Glamorgan County Council election, Outcome
Labour retained control with an increased majority, by capturing a number of Conservative seats. A few other seats also changed hands. The Social and Liberal Democrats held all their seats bar one, but polled poorly elsewhere.


1989 South Glamorgan County Council election, Outcome
A by-election was held on the same day in the Vale of Glamorgan constituency. This resulted in a much higher turnout than usual for local elections in wards which lay within the constituency. Labour captured the parliamentary seat from the Conservatives.


1989 South Glamorgan County Council election, Outcome
This table summarises the result of the elections in all wards. 62 councillors were elected.


1989 South Glamorgan County Council election, Outcome
One of the Labour 'gains' was in Thornhill ward which the party had already won at a by-election.


1989 South Glamorgan County Council election, Ward Results, Thornhill
The seat had been won by an Alliance (SDP) candidate in 1985 but was gained by Labour at a subsequent by-election.


1989 South Pacific Mini Games
The 1989 South Pacific Mini Games were held at Nuku'alofa in Tonga from 22 August to 1 September 1989. It was the third edition of the South Pacific Mini Games.


1989 South Pacific Mini Games
Tonga's national stadium, the Teufaiva Sport Stadium, was built for the Games on the previous site of the agricultural showgrounds. The stadium, new Atele gymnasium, and tennis courts, were built or refurbished with the aid of Taiwan and France. The venues were eventually completed just in time for the games following some controversy in the preceding months with the construction alarmingly behind schedule.


1989 South Pacific Mini Games, Sports
The six sports contested at the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games were:


1989 South Pacific Mini Games, Notes
Western Samoa won six gold medals in the boxing competition that captured the local people's imagination – as reported by Pacific islands Monthly, "it seemed half of Nuku'alof was crammed into the indoor stadium".


1989 South Pacific Mini Games, Notes
Golf: Fiji, captained by Adi Sainimili Tuivanuavou, won the women's team bronze at the 1989 South Pacific Mini Games.


1989 South Pacific Mini Games, Notes
Netball: Cook Islands won the competition, defeating PNG by 53–49 in the final. Fiji did not play in the tournament.


1989 South Pacific Mini Games, Notes
Nauru's 18-year-old Marcus Stephens broke all three South Pacific Games records in the 60 kg weightlifting class.


1989 Southeast Asian Games
The 1989 Southeast Asian Games (Malay: Sukan Asia Tenggara 1989), officially known as the 15th Southeast Asian Games, was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 20 to 31 August 1989 with 25 sports featured in the games. It was officially opened by 9th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Azlan Shah. Although Cambodia did not participate, Laos returned to compete for the first time under the new federation name in this edition of the games. A unified Vietnam first participated in the SEA Games in 1989 as well.


1989 Southeast Asian Games
The closing ceremony of this multi-sports events coincides with the 32nd anniversary of Malaysia's Independence. This was the fourth time Malaysia host the games, and its first time since 1977. Malaysia previously also hosted the 1965 games and the 1971 games, when the Southeast Asian Games were known as the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games at those times. The games was opened and closed by Sultan Azlan Shah, the King of Malaysia at the Stadium Merdeka. The final medal tally was led by Indonesia, followed by host Malaysia and Thailand.


1989 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Mascot
The official 1989 SEA Games mascot was a turtle named Johan.


1989 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Logo
The official logo was derived from a top or locally called gasing.


1989 Southeast Asian Games, Marketing, Songs
"Reach for the sky" ("Kini Saatnya" in Malay) was the official theme song of the 1989 Southeast Asian Games. It was sung in English by Francissca Peter and in Malay by Jay Jay.


1989 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Medal table
A total of 957 medals, comprising 303 Gold medals, 302 Silver medals and 352 Bronze medals were awarded to athletes. The host Malaysia's performance was their best ever yet in Southeast Asian Games History and were placed only second to Indonesia as overall champion.


1989 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1989 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Perry Field in Gainesville, Florida, United States, from May 11th to May 14th. Auburn won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament.


1989 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1989 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held in Asheville, North Carolina from April 27 through April 29. The South Division's top seed Western Carolina won their fifth consecutive tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Western Carolina claimed its fifth tournament title of the first six in modern SoCon history.


1989 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
The tournament used a double-elimination format. Heavy rains forced the cancellation of the tournament after five games. A three team playoff was held in Montreat, North Carolina between Appalachian State, Marshall, and Western Carolina to determine the automatic qualifier in the NCAA Tournament.


1989 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding
With Davidson's departure from the conference beginning with the 1989 season, the Southern Conference did away with the divisional structure for a seven-team league. All seven teams were in the tournament for the first time, with seeding based on conference winning percentage. Furman claimed more wins over East Tennessee State in the regular season, and were awarded the sixth seed.


1989 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 3–5, 1989 at the Asheville Civic Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The East Tennessee State Buccaneers, led by head coach Les Robinson, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1989 NCAA Tournament.


1989 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All of the conference's eight members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.


1989 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
The 1989 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Under first-year head coach Bob Smith, the team compiled a 2–9 record (1–5 against conference opponents) and tied for sixth place in the conference. The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.


1989 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
The 1989 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern Mississippi as an independent during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Curley Hallman, the team compiled a 5–6 record.


1989 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
The 1989 Golden Eagles, led offensively by quarterback Brett Favre and defensively by linebacker Orlando Harris, had one of the biggest upsets of the college football season when they beat Florida State by a score of 30–26. In a game against Louisville, Southern Miss was on its own 21-yard line with six seconds left in a 10–10 tie. This was the result of a missed field goal by Louisville would have given them the lead.


1989 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
Favre threw a Hail Mary pass that was deflected, but it bounced off the helmet of Southern Mississippi's Michael Jackson and into the hands of wide receiver Darryl Tillman, who scored a touchdown with no time left. The play was later voted on as one of the "Top 5 Memorable Moments" in college football history in an online vote at ESPN.com.


1989 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–6 at Super Pit in Denton, Texas.


1989 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
McNeese State defeated North Texas in the championship game, 85–68, to win their first Southland men's basketball tournament.


1989 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Cowboys received a bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament as #16 seed in the Midwest region. They were the only Southland member invited to the tournament.


1989 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All six of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two teams earning byes into the semifinal round. The other four teams began play in the quarterfinal round.


1989 Southland Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
First round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at the Super Pit in Denton, Texas.


1989 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1989 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament was held from May 18 through May 20 at Olsen Field on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.


1989 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament
The number 1 seed Texas A&M Aggies went 3-0 to win the team's 2nd SWC Tournament under head coach Mark Johnson.


1989 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The tournament featured the top four finishers of the SWC's 8 teams in a double-elimination tournament.


1989 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
Texas A&M won the tiebreaker over Arkansas based on a 2-1 head to head record.


1989 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 11-0, 1989 at Reunion Arena in Dallas, TX.


1989 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Number 1 seed Arkansas defeated 2 seed Texas 100-76 to win their 4th championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament.


1989 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format and Seeding
The tournament consisted of the top 8 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament.


1989 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 8-11, 1989 at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, TX.


1989 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Number 1 seed Texas defeated 2 seed Arkansas 101-99 to win their 7th championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Tournament.


1989 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Format and Seeding
The tournament consisted of a 6 team single-elimination tournament. The top two seeds had a bye to the Semifinals.


1989 Southwest Outdoor Soccer League
The 1989 Southwest Outdoor Soccer League season was the first outdoor and fourth overall season of the Southwest Indoor Soccer League.


1989 Southwest Outdoor Soccer League, Overview
After running three winter indoor seasons beginning in 1986, the Southwest Indoor Soccer League added its first summer outdoor season in 1989. With the move outdoors, the league added the Colorado Comets and Tulsa Renegades who quickly proved their worth when they finished at the top of the standing. The move outdoor brought a short-lived name change as the league rebranded itself as the Southwest Outdoor Soccer League. The season began on May 27, 1989.


1989 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team
The 1989 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) as an independent during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Nelson Stokley, the team compiled a 7–4 record.


1989 Soviet Cup Final
The 1989 Soviet Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on June 25, 1989. The match was the 48th Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and FC Torpedo Moscow. The Soviet Cup winner Dnipro qualified for the Champions Cup for winning the champion's title, while the finalist Torpedo was allowed to compete at the Cup Winners' Cup first round for the Soviet Union. The last year defending champions Metalist Kharkiv were eliminated in the second round of the competition by FC Torpedo Moscow (1:1, 1:2). For Dnipro this was their first final. For Torpedo it was their 14th Cup Final and the eighth loss at this stage.


1989 Soviet Cup Final, Road to Moscow
All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Dnepr and Torpedo both qualified for the competition automatically.


1989 Soviet Cup Final, Previous Encounters
Previously they only met seven times with Torpedo winning four and Dnipro 3, the goals were 7 to 5 respectively. The very first time they met each other on March 12, 1972, at the Round of 16 when Torpedo playing home was victorious 2:0. The last encounter was during the last season when in the semifinals Torpedo once again defeated Dnipro in overtime playing at home.


1989 Soviet First League
The 1989 Soviet First League was the 50th season of the Soviet First League, an association football league in the Soviet Union.


1989 Soviet Second League
1989 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.


1989 Soviet Second League, Finals
1989 Soviet Second League Finals were taken place when all competitions in each nine zones (groups) of the league. Winners of each zone proceeded to the finals and were split in three groups of three participants. The group winners would receive the actual promotion to the 1990 Soviet First League.


1989 Soviet Second League, Zone 6
1989 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 59th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League. The Soviet Second League was split after the season and all national (republican) competitions were placed at the lower league (4th division), while the upper league (3rd division) was transformed into a buffer league.


1989 Soviet Second League, Zone 6
The 1989 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won for the first time by FC Volyn Lutsk. In the competition Volyn passed the 1988 Football Champion of Ukrainian SSR, FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi. Like the last season Bukovyna, Volyn also failed to earn promotion to the First League as it lost the inter-zonal playoffs.


1989 Soviet Top League
The 1989 Soviet Top League season was the 52nd since its establishment. Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk were the defending 2-times champions.


1989 Soviet Top League
The season began on 11 March with six games played on the date and lasted until 27 October 1990. The season was won by FC Spartak Moscow.


1989 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Stanislav Cherchesov (30), Aleksei Prudnikov (2). Defenders: Vasili Kulkov (30 / 1), Gennady Morozov (25 / 1), Aleksandr Bokiy (23), Sergei Bazulev (21), Boris Pozdnyakov (17), Yuri Susloparov (12), Aleksandr Bubnov (11), Boris Kuznetsov (5), Dmitri Gradilenko (1), Vladimir Sochnov (1). Midfielders: Fyodor Cherenkov (28 / 7), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (26 / 2), Viktor Pasulko (22 / 3), Igor Shalimov (20 / 1), Vladimir Kapustin (12), Aleksandr Mostovoi (11 / 3), Andrei Ivanov (10), Sergei Novikov (6 / 2), Valeri Shikunov (1). Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (28 / 16), Valeri Shmarov (27 / 11), Dmitri Popov (5).


1989 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
One own goal each scored by Serhiy Kuznetsov (FC Chornomorets Odesa) and Gennady Lesun (FC Dinamo Minsk).


1989 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Aleksandr Bubnov (to  Red Star), Vladimir Sochnov, Valeri Shikunov (both to RVShSM-RAF Jelgava).


1989 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (21), Serhiy Krakovskyi (9). Defenders: Andriy Sydelnykov (29 / 2), Oleksiy Cherednyk (24), Evgeny Yarovenko (20 / 2), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (16), Serhiy Puchkov (15 / 1), Volodymyr Gerashchenko (13), Oleksandr Sorokalet (10), Oleksandr Chervonyi (8), Yuriy Kulish (6), Petro Buts (1). Midfielders: Volodymyr Bahmut (30 / 5), Mykola Kudrytsky (29 / 10), Volodymyr Lyutyi (29 / 7), Andriy Yudin (26 / 3), Vadym Tyshchenko (20 / 3), Anton Shokh (16), Marat Kabayev (1). Forwards: Eduard Son (27 / 6), Yevhen Shakhov (25 / 8), Valentyn Moskvyn (8), Igor Shkvyrin (4).


1989 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Lyutyi (to  FC Schalke 04), Ivan Vyshnevskyi (to  Fenerbahçe S.K. ), Igor Shkvyrin, Marat Kabayev (both to FC Pakhtakor Tashkent).


1989 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Viktor Chanov (22), Aleksandr Zhidkov (10). Defenders: Oleh Kuznetsov (29 / 4), Oleh Luzhny (27), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (26), Serhiy Zayets (22 / 4), Andriy Bal (18), Volodymyr Bezsonov (17 / 5), Vladimir Gorilyi (17), Anatoliy Demyanenko (5 / 2), Albert Sarkisyan (3). Midfielders: Hennadiy Lytovchenko (29 / 7), Ivan Yaremchuk (18 / 1), Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko (15 / 3), Andrei Kanchelskis (15), Vasyl Rats (13 / 3), Mykhaylo Stelmakh (11 / 1), Pavlo Yakovenko (10). Forwards: Oleh Protasov (26 / 7), Oleg Salenko (26 / 3), Ihor Belanov (18 / 3).


1989 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
One own goal scored by Aleksei Arifullin (FC Lokomotiv Moscow).


1989 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Ihor Belanov (to  Borussia Mönchengladbach).


1989 Soviet Union legislative election
In 1989, elections were held for the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union. The main elections were held on 26 March and a second round on 9 April. They were the first partially free nationwide elections held in the Soviet Union, and would prove to be the final national elections held as the country dissolved in 1991. The elections were followed by regional elections in 1990, the last legislative elections to take place in the country.


1989 Soviet Union legislative election, Background
In January 1987, Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), announced the new policy of demokratizatsiya (democratization). Under this concept the electorate would have a choice between multiple candidates per constituency, although all candidates would still have to be members of the CPSU. The concept was introduced by Gorbachev to enable him to circumvent the CPSU hardliners who resisted his perestroika and glasnost reform campaigns, while still maintaining the Soviet Union as a one-party communist state.


1989 Soviet Union legislative election, Background
In December 1988, the 1977 Soviet Constitution was amended to create a new legislative body, the Congress of People's Deputies (CPD), to replace the old Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. The Congress of People's Deputies consisted of 2,250 deputies.


1989 Soviet Union legislative election, Background
750 deputies (one third) were reserved for the CPSU and its affiliated organizations, however, the remaining two-thirds would be elected under the principles of demokratizatsiya, with 750 under the system of the old Soviet of the Union (one deputy per 300,000 citizens) and 750 under the system of the old Soviet of Nationalities (an equal number of deputies for each of the fifteen Union Republics). Elections for the new legislature were set for March 1989.


1989 Soviet Union legislative election, The elections
While the majority of CPSU-endorsed candidates were elected (84 percent of the Congress consisted of the CPSU candidates by Gorbachev's estimate), over 300 candidates won out over the endorsed candidates. Among them were Boris Yeltsin, who won over the CPSU-endorsed candidate to represent Moscow's district with 89% of the vote. It was Yeltsin's first return to political power after resigning from the Politburo in 1987. On a union republic level Yeltsin was also later elected to the RSFSR's Congress and then, indirectly, to its Supreme Soviet. Anti -corruption prosecutor Telman Gdlyan, trapeze artist Valentin Dikul, ethnographer Galina Starovoytova, lawyer Anatoly Sobchak, physicist Andrei Sakharov, weightlifter Yury Vlasov, and hockey player Anatoli Firsov were among the other non-endorsed candidates who were elected to the CPD.


1989 Soviet Union legislative election, The elections
All in all, while the majority of seats were won by endorsed candidates, one Politburo member, five Central Committee members, and thirty five regional CPSU chiefs lost re-election to non-endorsed candidates. Gorbachev hailed the elections as a victory for perestroika and the election was praised in state media such as TASS and Izvestia, despite the strong opposition of hardliners within the Politburo and Central Committee.


1989 Soviet Union legislative election, Aftermath
The first session of the new Congress of People's Deputies opened in late May 1989. Although hardliners retained control of the chamber, the reformers used the legislature as a platform to debate and criticize the Soviet system, with the state media broadcasting their comments live and uncensored on television. Yeltsin managed to secure a seat on the reconstituted Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, and in the summer formed the first opposition, the Inter-Regional Deputies Group, formed of Russian nationalists and liberals. As it was the final legislative group in the Soviet Union, those elected in 1989 played a vital part in continuing reforms and the eventual fall of the Soviet Union two years later.


1989 Soviet nuclear tests
The Soviet Union's 1989 nuclear test series was a group of 7 nuclear tests conducted in 1989. These tests  followed the 1988 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1990 Soviet nuclear tests series.


1989 Sovran Bank Classic
The 1989 Sovran Bank Classic was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C. in the United States that was part of the 1989 Nabisco Grand Prix. It was the 21st edition of the tournament was held from July 24 through July 30, 1989. First-seeded Tim Mayotte won the singles title.


1989 Sovran Bank Classic, Finals, Doubles
Neil Broad /  Gary Muller defeated  Jim Grabb /  Patrick McEnroe 6–7, 7–6, 6–4


1989 Sovran Bank Classic – Doubles
Rick Leach and Jim Pugh were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1989 Sovran Bank Classic – Doubles
Neil Broad and Gary Muller won in the final 6–7, 7–6, 6–4 against Jim Grabb and Patrick McEnroe.


1989 Sovran Bank Classic – Doubles, Seeds
The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1989 Sovran Bank Classic – Singles
Jimmy Connors was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1989 Sovran Bank Classic – Singles
Tim Mayotte won in the final 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 against Brad Gilbert.


1989 Sovran Bank Classic – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix
The 1989 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Jerez on 1 October 1989. It was the fourteenth race of the 1989 Formula One World Championship.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix
The 73-lap race was won from pole position by Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Gerhard Berger was second in a Ferrari, while Senna's teammate and Drivers' Championship rival Alain Prost was third.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix
With Nigel Mansell banned from the race and fined $50,000 following his disqualification and collision with Senna in Portugal the previous week, Ferrari entered only one car for Berger. Senna's win kept the Drivers' Championship alive, but Prost's result meant that the Brazilian had to win both remaining races in order to beat the Frenchman to the title.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
Osella topped a pre-qualifying session for the first time this season as Nicola Larini was fastest by four tenths of a second, ahead of Onyx driver JJ Lehto. Larini's team-mate Piercarlo Ghinzani was third, only the second time in 1989 he had progressed to the main qualifying sessions. The fourth pre-qualifier was the Larrousse-Lola of Philippe Alliot.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying, Pre-qualifying report
Gabriele Tarquini was fifth in his AGS, his sixth successive failure to pre-qualify. Stefan Johansson was down in sixth in the other Onyx after an engine failure, failing to pre-qualify after his podium achievement at the previous race. Roberto Moreno was seventh in the Coloni, with the other Larrousse-Lola of Michele Alboreto down in eighth, his lowest placing thus far. The usual suspects were in the lower positions, with ninth-placed Bernd Schneider notching up his thirteenth consecutive failure to pre-qualify in the Zakspeed, followed by Yannick Dalmas in the other AGS. Schneider's team-mate Aguri Suzuki was eleventh, his fourteenth failure, ahead of Oscar Larrauri's EuroBrun. Bottom of the timings was Enrico Bertaggia in the second Coloni, over two seconds behind his team-mate Moreno.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Ayrton Senna blasted around the 4.218 km (2.6209 mi) Jerez circuit in 1:20.291 to take his pole position record to 40. Gerhard Berger was second in his Ferrari 640, only 0.274 seconds behind the man who would be his 1990 teammate at McLaren. Over a second behind Senna in third was world championship leader Alain Prost in his McLaren, with the surprise of late season qualifying, Pierluigi Martini, fourth in his Minardi, the Pirelli qualifying tyres once again coming to the fore. Martini had been an incredible second fastest after Friday qualifying, only 0.388 slower than Senna.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Philippe Alliot snared a career best fifth place on the grid in his Larrousse, proving that both the Lola chassis and the Lamborghini V12 designed by Mauro Forghieri was starting to come good. It also enhanced Alliot's reputation as a demon qualifier.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
Williams-Renault entered two different model cars for their drivers Thierry Boutsen and Riccardo Patrese. Boutsen qualified 21st the new Williams FW13 that had debuted in Portugal, while Patrese reverted to the older model FW12C and ended up sixth on the grid ahead his former Brabham teammate Nelson Piquet in a surprisingly fast Lotus.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix, Qualifying, Qualifying report
René Arnoux (Ligier) and the Rial pair of Pierre-Henri Raphanel and Gregor Foitek all failed to qualify for the race.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Race report
McLarens reigning World Champion Ayrton Senna took the pole, set the fastest race lap and kept the world championship alive with his sixth win of the season. Second with his third podium finish in a row following his second in Italy and his win in the previous race in Portugal was the Ferrari 640 of Gerhard Berger. World Championship leader Alain Prost finished third in his McLaren-Honda in what was his last race finish for the team with whom he won the 1985 and 1986 World Drivers' Championships.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Rounding out the points were the 'find of the season' Jean Alesi in his Tyrrell in fourth, the older model Williams-Renault of Patrese in fifth in what would be the FW12C's final race, and giving the Lamborghini V12 its first ever points finish in Formula One was Alliot in what would be the best drive of his Grand Prix career.


1989 Spanish Grand Prix, Race, Race report
Prost's third place gave him a 16-point lead over Senna with only two races to go. If he was to retain his title, the Brazilian would need to win in both Japan and Australia with Prost scoring no more than two more points. If that had turned out to be the case and the pair had ended the season with the same number of points, Senna would have won the championship on a count back with six wins to Prost's four.


1989 Spanish Open
The 1989 Spanish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona in Barcelona in Spain that was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1989 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 25 April to 30 April 1989. Second-seeded Arantxa Sánchez won the singles title.


1989 Spanish Open, Finals, Doubles
Jana Novotná /  Tine Scheuer-Larsen defeated  Arantxa Sánchez /  Judith Wiesner 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–3)


1989 Spanish Open – Doubles
Iva Budařová and Sandra Wasserman were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1989 Spanish Open – Doubles
Jana Novotná and Tine Scheuer-Larsen won in the final 6–2, 2–6, 7–6 against Arantxa Sánchez and Judith Wiesner.


1989 Spanish Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1989 Spanish Open – Singles
Neige Dias was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Tine Scheuer-Larsen.