1989 West Papua earthquake, Details and relief
Local authorities distributed food, blankets, clothing, and money to survivors. Helicopters supplied food and other relief supplies, but they were slowed by cracks in the local airstrips. More than 25 survivors were treated for severe injuries and another 100 for less grave maladies. Between two hundred and three-hundred people were evacuated in the aftermath of the tremor, and 3,500 Hupla people were resettled at a lower altitude, thus moving them from their traditional settlements.


1989 West Papua earthquake, Geology
The focal mechanism for the earthquake demonstrated reverse faulting. The region around the epicenter has a history of powerful earthquakes. Between two earthquakes in 1976 and 1981, 1000 people died. There have been large earthquakes in the region as recently as 2009 and 2010.


1989 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1989 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 97th overall season and they competed as a Division I-A Independent. The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his tenth year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of eight wins, three losses and one tie (8–3–1 overall), and earned a Gator Bowl berth against No. 14 Clemson, where they were defeated 27–7.


1989 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Season summary
Coming off of its first ever 11-win season and with junior Major Harris returning to lead a potent offense, West Virginia entered the 1989 season ranked 17th in the AP Poll and with high expectations. The Mountaineers started the season accordingly, racing to a 4-0 record and to #9 in the AP Poll. In Week 5 against #10 Pitt, however, West Virginia fell victim to another memorable collapse in the Backyard Brawl. Trailing 31-9 in the 4th quarter, Pitt scored 22 unanswered points and kicked a game-tying field goal as time expired to force a 31-31 tie.


1989 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, Season summary
The Mountaineers would suffer another heartbreaking result the following week with a 12-10 home loss to Virginia Tech, as well as a 19-9 loss to #16 Penn State in State College. Despite those disappointing defeats, WVU finished the regular season at 8-2-1, a #17 ranking in the AP Poll, and a trip to the Gator Bowl to face #14 Clemson. The Mountaineers faltered, however, losing 27-7 and finished the season at 8-3-1 with a #21 ranking in the final AP Poll.


1989 Western Australian state election
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 4 February 1989 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Peter Dowding, won a third term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Barry MacKinnon.


1989 Western Australian state election
The result was a major swing against the Labor Party, coming in the wake of revelations of dealings between Government and business that came to be known as WA Inc.


1989 Western Australian state election
The redistribution that took place in 1988, based upon the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987 which abolished several country and outer metropolitan electorates while creating new metropolitan ones, makes it difficult to assess how Labor would have performed on the old boundaries—while it lost four seats, it gained one Liberal-held seat and won several of the new seats, so in net terms, it only lost one seat despite the massive swing and the low two-party-preferred result.


1989 Western Australian state election
This was the first election in WA contested by the Australian Greens Party.


1989 Western Australian state election, Results, Legislative Assembly
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1989 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1989 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Al Molde, the Broncos compiled a 5–6 record (3–5 against MAC opponents), finished in sixth place in the MAC, scored 210 points and allowed opponents to likewise score 210 points. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1989 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Brad Tayles with 1,909 passing yards, Dan Boggan with 744 rushing yards, and Allan Boyko with 563 receiving yards. Tayles was named the MAC freshman of the year.


1989 Western Soccer League
Final league standings for the 1989 Western Soccer League season.


1989 Western Soccer League, 1989 National Professional Soccer Championship
In anticipation of a proposed merger, which eventually took place the following year, the WSL champions faced off against the American Soccer League champions in the 1989 National Pro Soccer Championship on September 9 at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The matched marked the first time since 1984 that an undisputed national champion of professional soccer was crowned in the U.S.


1989 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971-2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1989.


1989 Wichita State Shockers baseball team
The 1989 Wichita State Shockers baseball team represented Wichita State University in the 1989 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Shockers played their home games at Eck Stadium. The team was coached by Gene Stephenson in his 12th season at Wichita State.


1989 Wichita State Shockers baseball team
The Shockers won the College World Series, defeating the Texas Longhorns in the championship game.


1989 Wichita State Shockers baseball team, Shockers in the 1989 MLB Draft
The following members of the Wichita State Shockers baseball program were drafted in the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft.


1989 Wightman Cup
The 1989 Wightman Cup was the 61st and as it turned out, the final edition of the annual women's international tennis competition between the United States and Great Britain. It was held at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia in the United States and played on indoor hard courts. The Wightman Cup was discontinued after this edition.


1989 Wightman Cup, Notable stories, Youngest player ever to play in Wightman Cup
In this edition of the Cup 13-year-old Jennifer Capriati played the second match against Clare Wood, notching a 6–0, 6–0 victory over the Briton. She became the youngest player to play in the Wightman Cup's history, beating the previous record by two years.


1989 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 1989 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as an independent during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his tenth year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with a record of 8–3–1 and ranked No. 10 in the final NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll. The Tribe qualified for the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs, losing to Furman in the first round.


1989 Wiltshire County Council election
Elections to Wiltshire County Council were held on 4 May 1989. The whole council was up for election and the result was no overall control.


1989 Wimbledon Championships
The 1989 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 103rd edition of the Wimbledon Championships and were held from 26 June to 9 July 1989.


1989 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 1989 championships was £3,133,749. The winner of the men's title earned £190,000 while the women's singles champion earned £171,000.


1989 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
John Fitzgerald /  Anders Järryd defeated  Rick Leach /  Jim Pugh, 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)


1989 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Jana Novotná /  Helena Suková defeated  Larisa Savchenko /  Natasha Zvereva, 6–1, 6–2


1989 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Jim Pugh /  Jana Novotná defeated  Mark Kratzmann /  Jenny Byrne, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4


1989 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Jared Palmer /  Jonathan Stark defeated  John-Laffnie de Jager /  Wayne Ferreira, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2)


1989 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Jennifer Capriati /  Meredith McGrath defeated  Andrea Strnadová /  Eva Švíglerová, 6–4, 6–2


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Jason Stoltenberg and Todd Woodbridge were the two-time defending champions, but Stoltenberg did not compete. Woodbridge played with Johan Anderson but lost in the semifinals to John-Laffnie de Jager and Wayne Ferreira.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Jared Palmer and Jonathan Stark defeated de Jager and Ferreira in the final, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–2) to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Nicklas Kulti defeated Todd Woodbridge in the final, 6–4, 6–3 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Jennifer Capriati and Meredith McGrath defeated Andrea Strnadová and Eva Švíglerová in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Andrea Strnadová defeated Meredith McGrath in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Ken Flach and Robert Seguso were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to John Fitzgerald and Anders Järryd.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Fitzgerald and Järryd defeated Rick Leach and Jim Pugh in the final, 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4, 7–6(7–4) to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Boris Becker defeated the defending champion Stefan Edberg in the final, 6–0, 7–6(7–1), 6–4 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
The semifinal match between Ivan Lendl and Becker was (at the time) the longest ever Wimbledon semifinal, at four hours and one minute long. It was later surpassed by the 2013 encounter between Novak Djokovic and Juan Martín del Potro, which would last four hours and forty-three minutes.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
John McEnroe reached the semifinals, his best showing at a major since reaching the 1985 US Open final. The tournament also featured the first major appearances of future champions Pete Sampras and Michael Stich in the main draw.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Sherwood Stewart and Zina Garrison were the defending champions but lost in the third round to Mark Kratzmann and Jenny Byrne.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Jim Pugh and Jana Novotná defeated Kratzmann and Byrne in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, to win their fourth Mixed Doubles tennis title, the first at the Wimbledon Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini were the defending champions but lost in the quarterfinals to Nicole Provis and Elna Reinach.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Jana Novotná and Helena Suková defeated Larisa Savchenko and Natasha Zvereva in the final, 6–1, 6–2 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Steffi Graf was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Martina Navratilova in the final, 6–2, 6–7(1–7), 6–1 to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1989 Wimbledon Championships.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
In her final Wimbledon appearance, Chris Evert, who was beaten by Graf in the semi-finals, reached her 52nd Grand Slam semi-final, an Open Era record. She failed to reach the semi-finals of a Grand Slam tournament only 4 times during her career, and in the 18 Wimbledons she contested missed the semi-finals only once, in 1983.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1989 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1989 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1989 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 3rd place in the East Division with a 7–11 record.


1989 Winnipeg municipal election
The 1989 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 25, 1989 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.


1989 Winnipeg municipal election
Bill Norrie was re-elected to a fifth term as mayor without serious opposition.


1989 Winnipeg municipal election, Results, School trustees, Transcona-Springfield School Division
Electors could vote for three candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.


1989 Winter Universiade
The 1989 Winter Universiade, the XIV Winter Universiade, took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.


1989 Wisconsin Badgers football team
The 1989 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season.


1989 Wisconsin Badgers football team, Schedule and results
The Badgers allowed Indiana running back Anthony Thompson to rush for 377 yards in a game on November 11. This broke the NCAA Division I-A record and stood as a Big Ten Conference single-game rushing record for 25 years until it was finally broken by Melvin Gordon (Wisconsin) in 2014. However, the 377 yards still stands as an Indiana Hoosiers football school record.


1989 Women's African Volleyball Championship
The 1989 Women's African Volleyball Championship was the Fourth Edition African continental volleyball Championship for women in Africa and it was held in Port Louis, Mauritius, with Fourth teams participating.


1989 Women's British Open Squash Championship
The 1989 Hi-Tec Women's British Open Squash Championships was held at East Grinstead and the Wembley Squash Centre in London from 12–17 April 1989. Susan Devoy won her sixth consecutive title defeating Martine Le Moignan in the final.


1989 Women's European Cricket Cup
The 1989 Women's European Cricket Cup was an international cricket tournament held in Denmark from 19 to 21 July 1989. It was the first edition of the Women's European Championship, and all matches at the tournament held One Day International (ODI) status.


1989 Women's European Cricket Cup
Four teams participated, with the hosts, Denmark, joined by the three other European members of the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) – England, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Denmark was making its ODI debut. The tournament was played using a round-robin format, with England finishing undefeated in its three matches. Two English players, Wendy Watson and Jo Chamberlain, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively. All matches were played at the Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club, located in the town of Nykøbing Mors.


1989 Women's European Cricket Cup, Statistics, Most runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


1989 Women's European Cricket Cup, Statistics, Most wickets
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


1989 Women's European Volleyball Championship
The 1989 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the sixteenth edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in West Germany from 2 to 10 September 1989, with the final round held in Stuttgart.


1989 Women's European Volleyball Championship, Format
The tournament was played in two different stages. In the first stage, the twelve participants were divided in two groups of six teams each. A single round-robin format was played within each group to determine the teams' group position. The second stage of the tournament consisted of three sets of semifinals to determine the tournament final ranking. The group stage firsts and seconds played the semifinals for 1st to 4th place, group stage thirds and fourths played the 5th to 8th place semifinals and group stage fifths and sixths played the 9th to 12th semifinals. The pairing of the semifinals was made so teams played against the opposite group teams which finished in a different position (1st played against 2nd, 3rd played against 4th and 5th played against 6th).


1989 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 1989 Women's Champions Trophy is the 2nd edition of Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held from September 3–10, 1989 in Frankfurt, West Germany.


1989 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 46 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 3.07 goals per match.


1989 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
The 1989 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup was the first edition of the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, the quadrennial women's under-21 field hockey world championship organized by the International Hockey Federation. It was held at Nepean Sportsplex in Ottawa, Canada from 19 to 30 July 1989.


1989 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup
West Germany won the first edition of the Junior World Cup by defeating South Korea 2–0 in the final. The Soviet Union won the bronze medal by defeating the Netherlands 4–3.


1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
The 1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship was the seventh edition of the tournament which took place in Nigeria from 22 September to 1 October 1989. Fifteen teams competed in the competition from three continents with Algeria, Switzerland and Turkey making their first appearance in a tournament.


1989 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
In the final, the Soviet Union took home their sixth gold medal and their fourth in a row after defeating South Korea by three goals. Bulgaria claimed their first junior medal after defeating Yugoslavia for third.


1989 Women's Lacrosse World Cup
The 1989 Women's Lacrosse World Cup was the third Women's Lacrosse World Cup and was played in Perth, Australia from 2–9 September 1989. The United States defeated England in the final to win the tournament.


1989 Women's World Open Squash Championship
The 1989 Women's NCM World Open Squash Championship was the women's edition of the 1989 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Warmond in the Netherlands between 5 March and 19 March 1989. Martine Le Moignan won the World Open title, defeating Susan Devoy in the final.


1989 Women's World Open Squash Championship, Draw and results, Notes
World number one Susan Devoy suffered a rare defeat at the hands of Martine Le Moignan in the final. Robyn Lambourne was formerly Robyn Friday. Liz Irving defeated Sarah Fitz-Gerald 9-5 9-2 9-1 in the third place play off.


1989 Women's World Snooker Championship
The 1989 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 14 to 21 October 1989. It was the 1989 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976. The event was held at the Pontins resort in Brixham.


1989 Women's World Snooker Championship
The tournament was won by defending champion Allison Fisher, who defeated Ann-Marie Farren 6–5 in the final and received £3,500 prize money. This was Fisher's fourth world snooker title in five years, and she would go on to win a total of seven championships before focusing her efforts on pool in the United States from 1995.


1989 Women's World Team Squash Championships
The 1989 Women's NCM World Team Squash Championships were held in Warmond, in the Netherlands and took place from March 14 until March 19, 1989.


1989 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men took place on 11 and 12 February 1989 in Oslo at the Valle Hovin ice rink.


1989 World Allround Speed Skating Championships for women
The 50th edition of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women took place on 4 and 5 February 1989 in Lake Placid at the James B. Sheffield Olympic Skating Rink.


1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 17 to October 1, 1989. The fifth edition of this competition, held a year after the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.


1989 World Archery Championships
The 1989 World Archery Championships was the 35th edition of the World Archery Championships. The event was held in Lausanne, Switzerland in July 1989 and was organised by World Archery Federation (FITA). Soviet archer Stanislav Zabrodsky, winner of the men's individual recurve competition, set 4 world records during the competition.


1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 25th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Stuttgart, West Germany, in 1989 from October 14 to October 22.


1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The scoring rule New Life was introduced. This meant that gymnasts' scores were not carried over to the all-around and the event finals from the team competition.


1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Women, Vault
Brandy Johnson was awarded scores of 9.937 and 9.950 for her two vaults in competition, giving her an average score of 9.943, enough for third place and the bronze medal, which was presented to her at the medal ceremony. Subsequently, however, the judges accepted a protest from the USA and revised her score to an average of 9.950, to share second place with Cristina Bontaș. She returned to the arena to be awarded her silver medal before the medal ceremony for uneven bars.


1989 World Badminton Grand Prix Finals
The 1989 World Badminton Grand Prix was the seventh edition of the World Badminton Grand Prix finals. It was held in Singapore, from December 6 to December 10, 1989.


1989 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
Boris Becker was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1989 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
John McEnroe won in the final 6–3, 6–3, 7–6 against Brad Gilbert.


1989 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
The finals were held in Dallas, Texas at Reunion Arena.


1989 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1989 World Club Challenge
The 1989 World Club Challenge (also known as the Foster's World Club Challenge due to sponsorship by brewers, Foster's) was the third ever and first official World Club Challenge match. 1989's NSWRL season premiers, the Canberra Raiders travelled to England to play 1988–89 RFL champions, Widnes.


1989 World Club Challenge, Background, Widnes
Widnes came into the World Club Challenge having won two straight Stones Bitter Premierships. Coach Doug Laughton's team had won many admirers throughout England for their free-flowing, attacking style of rugby. At this time player poaching from rugby union was at a level not seen in decades, and the Chemics benefited from a board flush with cash and a coach with a keen eye for talent. Three members of their famed back division all came from the amateur code.


1989 World Club Challenge, Background, Widnes
Alan Tait started in union for Scotland but had grown up around league as his father played for Workington Town in the Borders. Jonathan Davies cited a need to provide for a young family and heavy pressure as Wales five-eighth as his motivation for accepting a then-record £230,000 signing fee. Finally Martin Offiah desired to prove doubters wrong, whether they be Southern union power-brokers put off by his unapologetic blackness or St. Helens scouts who passed him over, believing he was "an uncoordinated clown". Combining with home-grown talents like Andy Currier, the Hulme brothers and Tony Myler, the Chemics scored an eye-popping 726 points in the 1988-89 league, winning the title over Wigan by three points.


1989 World Club Challenge, Background, Canberra Raiders
The 1989 NSWRL season was the 8th in the history of Australian club the Canberra Raiders. Coached by Tim Sheens and captained by Australian international centre Mal Meninga, the Raiders finished the minor rounds in 4th spot. They then won through to their second ever Grand Final (after playing in the 1987 game) where they made history by not only being the first team to win the premiership from 4th spot or lower after defeating Balmain in the Grand Final, but also by becoming the first non-Sydney team to win the premiership in its history dating back to 1908.


1989 World Club Challenge, Details
The match was played on Wednesday, 4 October at Old Trafford, Manchester. A crowd of 30,786 saw an all-action game of two halves, with a Mal Meninga-inspired Canberra opening up a 12-0 lead by playing a brand of rugby that BBC commentator Ray French described as "like basketball". However Widnes' offload game would bring them back into the match, with tries by Offiah and Paul Hulme both coming as a result of good late passes to make it 12-8 at the interval.


1989 World Club Challenge, Details
The match turned in the second half when Jonathan Davies was clothes-lined across the chin by Laurie Daley in the act of scoring a try: Daley could call himself lucky to only be given a sin-bin by the French referee. Widnes would consolidate the man-advantage by crossing the Stretford End try-line twice courtesy of Offiah and Eyres, adding a Darren Wright try as insurance while Steve Walters would got a valedictory four-pointer for the Australians. David Hulme was named man-of-the-match.


1989 World Cup (men's golf)
The 1989 World Cup took place 16–19 November at Las Brisas Golf Club in Marbella, Spain. It was the 35th World Cup event. The tournament was shortened, due to rain, from 72 to 36 holes. Both the second round on Friday and the fourth round on Sunday were cancelled and only the Thursday and Saturday rounds were counted in the competition. The World Cup, previously named the Canada Cup, had been shortened before, due to bad weather; 1963, 1972 and 1984, but it was the first time since the event was instituted in 1953, that two full rounds were lost.


1989 World Cup (men's golf)
It was a stroke play team event with 32 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The Australia team of Peter Fowler and Wayne Grady won by three strokes over the Spain team of José María Cañizares and José María Olazábal. The individual competition was won by Fowler. Beside the prize money mentioned, Fowler won additional US$10,000 for having the lowest individual score in the first round and the Australia team won additional US$10,000 for the lowest team score the first day.


1989 World Cup (snooker)
The 1989 Snooker World Cup was a team snooker tournament played at the Bournemouth International Centre.


1989 World Cup (snooker)
England went on to win their record fourth title with the same players from last year Steve Davis, Jimmy White and Neal Foulds beat a Rest of the World team with South Africa's Silvino Francisco, New Zealand's Dene O'Kane and Malta's Tony Drago who were 5-8 behind to finish in a final frame encounter between Davis and O'Kane which ended in a re-spotted black.


1989 World Fencing Championships
The 1989 World Fencing Championships were held in Denver, United States from July 5 to July 15.


1989 World Fencing Championships, Overview
The United States applied to organise World Fencing Championships as soon as the 1986 congress of the International Fencing Federation (FIE). They maintained their request the year after, suggesting Cleveland or Indianapolis as hosts. The latter was chosen, but withdrew three months before the event. Denver put itself forward as replacement.


1989 World Fencing Championships, Overview
The competition was marred by several incidents involving the directoire technique. For instance, Bulgaria's men sabre team unknowingly arrived late at their quarter-final match against Germany, as the official timetable had been changed along the way; Germany requested and obtained the Bulgarians' disqualification.


1989 World Fencing Championships, Overview
The SSSR and Germany dominated the championships, especially in foil and sabre. Épée saw several surprises, notably the victory of Spain's Manuel Pereira, who had never placed in the Top 8 of an international tournament before, and who never reached that level again. Women's épée was still a young weapon, allowed by the FIE at the 1988 World Criterium as a demonstration event. It made its first official apparition in Denver. An outsider, Switzerland's Anja Straub, prevailed over Germany's Ute Schäper and Italy's Annalisa Coltorti, while the women's team event saw the beginning of the Hungarian domination.


1989 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1989 World Figure Skating Championships was held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 14 to 19. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1989 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Men
Kurt Browning became the first man to win a world championship while completing a quadruple jump.


1989 World Figure Skating Championships, Results, Ladies
Midori Ito was the first Japanese skater to win gold and the first woman to do a triple axel in a major ISU competition.


1989 World Games
The 1989 World Games (German: 1989 Weltspielen), the third World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Karlsruhe, West Germany.


1989 World Games, Titles
112 titles were awarded in 19 sports (5 invitational sports not included).


1989 World Games, Medal table
The medal tally was as follows. Italy won the most gold medals in this edition; West Germany led in overall medals. Two bronze medals were awarded in the men's karate kata event and in each karate kumite (10) and taekwondo (12) event.


1989 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 1989 Embassy World Indoor Bowls Championship  was held at Preston Guild Hall, Preston, England, from 01-12 March 1989. The event moved to the Preston Guild Hall from Alexandra Palace. Richard Corsie won the title beating Willie Wood in the final.


1989 World Indoor Bowls Championship
In the Pairs final David Bryant and Tony Allcock secured their third world title. The Pairs Championship was held alongside the Singles for the first time. There was no Women's event.


1989 World Judo Championships
The 1989 World Judo Championships were the 16th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in the Pionir Hall in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (current Serbia) from October 10–15, 1989.


1989 World Junior Curling Championships
The 1989 World Junior Curling Championships were held from March 19 to 25 in Markham, Ontario, Canada.


1989 World Junior Curling Championships
It was the first World Junior Championships to include teams from Italy.


1989 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 1989 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held from November 29 to December 4, 1988 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. The event was sanctioned by the International Skating Union and open to ISU member nations. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (1989 WJHC) was the 13th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Anchorage, Alaska, United States at the Sullivan Arena. The Soviet Union won the gold medal, its eighth, and ultimately final, championship. Sweden won silver, and Czechoslovakia the bronze.


1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Final standings
The 1989 tournament was a round-robin format, with the top three teams winning gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.


1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Qualification for Pool B
Because Denmark had used an ineligible player in last year's Pool C, a special challenge was played with Italy (who had come second). The games were played in Canazei, Italy.


1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool B
Eight teams contested the second tier this year in Chamonix, France from March 19 to 28. It was played in a simple round robin format, each team playing seven games.


1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool B
Poland was promoted to Pool A and the Netherlands was relegated to Pool C for 1990.


1989 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Pool C
This five team tournament was a round robin played in Basingstoke, Great Britain from March 16 to 22.


1989 World Junior Speed Skating Championships
The 1989 World Junior Speed Skating Championships was held on March 3–5, 1989, at the Ice Stadium in Kyiv (Ukrainian SSR). The format of the competition was allround and medals were awarded for overall classification.


1989 World Marathon Cup
The 1989 World Marathon Cup was the third edition of the World Marathon Cup of athletics and were held in Milan, Italy.


1989 World Masters Athletics Championships
The eighth World Masters Athletics Championships were held in Eugene, United States, from July 27 - August 6, 1989. The World Masters Athletics Championships serve the division of the sport of athletics for people over 35 years of age, referred to as masters athletics.


1989 World Masters Athletics Championships
A full range of track and field events were held, along with a cross country race and a marathon.


1989 World Matchplay (snooker)
The 1989 Everest World Matchplay was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place in 7 to 16 December 1989 in Brentwood, England with ITV showing television coverage from 9 December.


1989 World Matchplay (snooker)
The matches had now been expanded to 17 frame matches up to the sem-final and the final, a 35 frame, four session match as in the World Championship and Jimmy White won the event, defeating John Parrott 18–9 in the final.


1989 World Matchplay (snooker)
Stephen Hendry got the highest break of the championship with 129. He received £10,000 in prize money.


1989 World Men's Curling Championship
The 1989 World Men's Curling Championship was held at the Milwaukee Auditorium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from April 3–9, 1989.


1989 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Pat Ryan Third: Randy Ferbey Second: Don Walchuk Lead: Don McKenzie Alternate: Murray Ursulak


1989 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Tommy Stjerne Third: Per Berg Second: Peter Andersen Lead: Anders Søderblom Alternate: Ivan Frederiksen


1989 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Dominique Dupont-Roc Third: Christian Dupont-Roc Second: Daniel Cosetto Lead: Patrick Philippe Alternate: Thierry Mercier


1989 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Roland Jentsch Third: Uli Sutor Second: Charlie Kapp Lead: Thomas Vogelsang Alternate: Andy Kapp


1989 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrea Pavani Third: Adriano Lorenzi Second: Fabio Alvera Lead: Stefano Morona Alternate: Stefano Zardini


1989 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Eigil Ramsfjell Third: Sjur Loen Second: Morten Søgaard Lead: Bo Bakke Alternate: Morten Skaug


1989 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Graeme Adam Third: Ken Horton Second: Andrew McQuistin Lead: Robin Copland


1989 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Thomas Norgren Third: Jan-Olov Nässén Second: Anders Lööf Lead: Mikael Ljungberg Alternate: Peter Cederwall


1989 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Patrick Hürlimann Third: Andreas Hänni Second: Patrik Lörtscher Lead: Mario Gross


1989 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jim Vukich Third: Curtis Fish Second: Bard Nordlund Lead: Jim Pleasants Alternate: Jason Larway


1989 World Mountain Running Trophy
The 1989 World Mountain Running Championships was the 5th edition of the global mountain running competition, World Mountain Running Championships, organised by the World Mountain Running Association and was held in Châtillon-en-Diois, France on 16 September 1989.


1989 World Orienteering Championships
The 1989 World Orienteering Championships, the 13th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Skövde, Sweden, 17–20 August 1989.


1989 World Orienteering Championships
The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women.


1989 World Polo Championship
The 1989 World Polo Championship was played in Berlin, Germany during August 1989 and was won by the United States. This event brought together eight teams from around the world in the St. Moritz Polo Club.


1989 World Rally Championship
The 1989 World Rally Championship was the 17th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). The season consisted of 13 rallies, with some adjustments to the schedule versus the previous season. The WRC ended its participation in North America by removing the Olympus Rally from the schedule, implementing in its place Rally Australia. An anomaly in the schedule was that 1989 was the only year in which the Swedish Rally and the Rallye de Monte Carlo were switched in place, with the Swedish event taking place to start the year. This made it the second and last time that Monte Carlo would not mark the first event of the WRC season until the 2009 season.


1989 World Rally Championship
Martini Lancia continued their domination of the sport for a third year in 1989, winning the first six rallies in which manufacturer points were awarded, and ultimately winning the title with plenty of room to spare. Italian Miki Biasion, Finn Markku Alén and Frenchman Bruno Saby returned to the team, while other successful drivers employed by the team through the year included French native Didier Auriol, Swede Mikael Ericsson, and Argentine driver Jorge Recalde. The team drove the Lancia Delta Integrale through the year.


1989 World Rally Championship
The car also remained the one of choice for the Jolly Club team's main drivers, Italians Alex Fiorio and Dario Cerrato. Complementing the manufacturer's success in the standings, Lancia drivers placed well throughout the top ranks in the drivers championship as well. Biasion seized the championship handily, becoming the WRC's second repeat champion, while Fiorio settled for a distant second, a position fought for through the year against Toyota's driver, Kankkunen. Other successful Lancia pilots included Mikael Ericsson in fourth and Auriol behind him in fifth place.


1989 World Rally Championship
Toyota Team Europe represented the only serious challenge to Martini and the Lancias with it Toyota Celica GT-Four and a stable of drivers that included former world champion Finn Juha Kankkunen and the only Group A winner, Swede Kenneth Eriksson, as well as a rising star from Spain, Carlos Sainz. All three had successes during the year, though the team was never able to overcome Lancia's early domination of the manufacturer title race. Kankkunen challenged for second overall, but ultimately had to settle for third place, while Kenneth Eriksson took sixth and Sainz finished in eighth.


1989 World Rally Championship
After an initial win in Sweden by its main driver, Swede Ingvar Carlsson, Mazda Rally Team Europe was unable to repeat their success, yet still captured third overall amongst manufacturers while Carlsson took seventh in the driver championship standings. Mitsubishi's competitive team Ralliart made its entrance to the WRC scene, taking two rally wins with its Galant VR-4 car, one by Swede Mikael Ericsson in Finland and a second by Finn Pentti Airikkala in England.


1989 World Rally Championship
Ericsson's victory in Finland followed his win in the previous round in Argentina driving a Lancia, giving him the distinction of being the first winner of consecutive WRC events for different manufacturers. Mitsubishi was able to obtain fourth place overall in the standings.


1989 World Rally Championship
The Audi Quattro continued to be competitive in the hands of privateers during the early part of the season, garnering the maker with enough points for fifth, while Simon Racing's Renault 5 GT Turbo powered their driver, Frenchman Alain Oreille to victory in the Ivory Coast and 10th place in the driver standings while securing sixth for the manufacturer.


1989 World Rally Championship
For 1989, the number of rallies for which manufacturer points would be awarded was reduced to ten of the thirteen events, with events in Sweden, the Ivory Coast, and New Zealand only counting towards the driver titles.


1989 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The XIV World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, on 27 September – 1 October 1989.


1989 World Rowing Championships
The 1989 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 2 to 10 September 1989 at Lake Bled near Bled in SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia.


1989 World Sambo Championships
The 1989 World Sambo Championships were held in West Orange, USA in November 1989. Championships were organized by FIAS.


1989 World Series
The 1989 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1989 season. The 86th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants. The Series ran from October 14 through October 28, with the Athletics sweeping the Giants in four games. It was the first World Series sweep since 1976, when the Cincinnati Reds swept the New York Yankees.


1989 World Series
The four-game sweep by the Athletics at the time would mark only the third time in World Series history that a team never trailed in any game, with the 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers, 1966 Baltimore Orioles, and later the 2004 Boston Red Sox being the only other times this occurred, and the first in the playoff era (post-1968).


1989 World Series
This marked the fourth World Series matchup, and first since 1913, between the two franchises. The previous three matchups occurred when the Giants were in New York and the Athletics resided in Philadelphia. The then New York Giants defeated the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1905 World Series four games to one, the Athletics defeating the Giants in the 1911 World Series four games to two, and then again in the 1913 Fall Classic four games to one.


1989 World Series
The series would be historic in other ways as well: the 76-year gap between matchups was the longest in World Series history, a record this World Series would hold until 2018 when the Red Sox and Dodgers met for their first World Series meeting in 102 years; it also marked the first time two franchises had faced off in the World Series after having once played each other when both were based in a different city.


1989 World Series
Fay Vincent, who had just taken over as Commissioner of Baseball after the sudden death of his predecessor Bart Giamatti in September, presided over his first World Series and dedicated it to his predecessor's memory.


1989 World Series
This Series was also known as the "Bay Bridge Series," "BART Series," "Battle of the Bay," and "Earthquake Series" as the two participant cities lie on opposite sides of San Francisco Bay, connected by the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that occurred before the start of Game 3.


1989 World Series
It was the first cross-town World Series (involving two teams from the same metropolitan area) since 1956, and only the third such series that did not involve New York City (the 1906 and 1944 World Series, which featured matchups between the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns respectively, were the others).


1989 World Series
On October 17, just minutes before the scheduled start of Game 3, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Bay Area causing significant damage to both Oakland and San Francisco. Candlestick Park in San Francisco suffered damage to its upper deck as pieces of concrete fell from the baffle at the top of the stadium and the power was knocked out. The game was postponed out of concerns for the safety of everyone in the ballpark as well as the loss of power, with Vincent later saying that he did not know when play would resume. The series resumed on October 27 and finished the next day.


1989 World Series
At the time, October 28 was the latest end date ever for a World Series, surpassing the 1986 World Series by one day, even though the 1986 series went the maximum seven games and the 1989 series only lasted the minimum four games. (The 1981 World Series, which went six games, had also ended on October 28. This record was subsequently tied again in 1995, and has since been surpassed several times, first in 2001.) The World Series now regularly concludes at the end of October or beginning of November due to the addition of the Division Series and Wild Card Games to the postseason.


1989 World Series, Background
The San Francisco Giants won the NL West division by three games over the San Diego Padres, then defeated the Chicago Cubs four games to one in the National League Championship Series. The Oakland Athletics won the AL West division by seven games over the Kansas City Royals, then defeated the Toronto Blue Jays four games to one in the American League Championship Series.


1989 World Series, Background
It was the Giants' first World Series appearance since 1962, while the Athletics were playing in their second straight Fall Classic following the 1988 Series.


1989 World Series, Summary
AL Oakland Athletics (4) vs. NL San Francisco Giants (0)


1989 World Series, Summary
† Game 3 was originally slated for October 17 at 5:35 pm; however, it was postponed when an earthquake occurred at 5:04 pm.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Prior to Game 1, a tribute to late Commissioner Bart Giamatti was held; Giamatti's son Marcus threw out the first pitch, and the Whiffenpoofs from Yale University (Giamatti's alma mater) sang the national anthem. Dave Stewart, the Athletics' ace, took on Giants pitcher Scott Garrelts in Game 1 of the Bay Bridge series.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Oakland took the lead in the bottom of the second when Dave Henderson walked, advanced to second on a Terry Steinbach single, and scored on another single by Tony Phillips that moved Steinbach up to third. Walt Weiss then sent a soft ground ball toward first, but Giants first baseman (and NLCS MVP) Will Clark threw the ball low and to the right of catcher Terry Kennedy. Steinbach knocked the ball out of Kennedy's mitt, scoring the second run of the inning. Kennedy was charged with an error, and Phillips advanced to second. Rickey Henderson then drove in Phillips on a single to right field; the second inning ended with Oakland leading 3–0.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
A's designated hitter Dave Parker tattooed a home run to lead off the third off of Garrelts, and Weiss added a lead off home run in the fourth. Oakland starter Stewart dominated the Giants, allowing five hits in a complete game, handing the A's a one-game edge in the Series. "We ran into a buzz saw", Clark said of Stewart's pitching.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Little League World Series MVP and future NHL star Chris Drury threw out the ceremonial first pitch in Game 2. Oakland starter Mike Moore took on Giant Rick Reuschel.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Oakland got off to a fast start; Rickey Henderson led off the bottom of the first with a walk. Henderson promptly stole second, and scored one pitch later when Carney Lansford hit a double to right field. The Giants scored their first run of the Series in the top of the third; José Uribe reached first on a fielder's choice, advanced to third via a Brett Butler single, and scored on a Robby Thompson sacrifice fly.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The A's regained the lead in the bottom of the 4th when Dave Parker drove a line shot off the wall that was both an inch from being foul and an inch from being a home run. Jose Canseco, who drew a walk earlier that inning, scored on the play. Parker stood at the plate for a moment to watch the flight of the ball, and started to run as soon as the ball hit the wall; Giants right fielder Candy Maldonado appeared to throw Parker out at second, but second base umpire Dutch Rennert called Parker safe. After Dave Henderson walked and Mark McGwire struck out, Terry Steinbach hit a three-run home run off Reuschel to left field, scoring both Parker and Henderson. The Giants had no answer for Oakland's relievers, and the A's won 5–1 and took a 2–0 lead in the Series.


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake struck on October 17, 1989, at 5:04 p.m. Game 3 was scheduled to start at 5:35 p.m. at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, and thousands of people were already in the stadium when the quake hit. It was the first major earthquake in the United States to be broadcast by live television.


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
Experts credit the timing of the Series as a lucky break that prevented massive loss of life in the region; key in reducing the loss of life was the fact that many people on both sides of the bay had left work early or were staying late to participate in after-work group viewings and parties, reducing the traffic that would otherwise have been on the collapsed freeways at 5:04 p.m. on a Tuesday (indicating that 42 people had died in the collapse of the Cypress Street Viaduct in Oakland). A Goodyear Blimp that was covering the telecast was used to coordinate emergency efforts.


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
At the time the earthquake hit, ABC's crew was in the booth as Tim McCarver was presenting a highlight package. The earthquake hit while the video was playing and temporarily knocked the feed out, and just before it was knocked out Al Michaels could be heard on air saying "I'll tell you what, we're having an earth-" with the feed cutting out just before he finished. The feed ended up being replaced with a green ABC Sports "World Series" telop graphic as used for technical difficulties.


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
Michaels, McCarver, and third man in the booth Jim Palmer grabbed for whatever they could to brace themselves and grabbed on to one another's legs, leaving all three men with thigh bruises. The audio was restored, first to be heard was the sound of the fans cheering, then Michaels began talking over a screen bumper until the video was restored jokingly saying that the earthquake was the "greatest opening in the history of television, bar none!"


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
By contrast, the broadcasting team in the CBS Radio booth next door, consisting of Jack Buck, Johnny Bench, and John Rooney, was off the air when the earthquake started because their show was in a pretaped segment being played from New York. Bench ran to a spot underneath a steel grate, to which Buck later quipped, "If he moved that fast when he played, he'd never hit into a double play. I never saw anyone move that fast in my life."


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
The ESPN live coverage of the Series (ESPN and ABC at the time produced separate broadcasts) was interrupted during then-television analyst Joe Torre's pre-game report on the field. Their equipment van was the only one with a generator, and they continued their live coverage with Chris Berman and Bob Ley.


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, ABC aired a rerun of Roseanne (and later, The Wonder Years) before Ted Koppel began anchoring news coverage from Washington, with Michaels acting as a de facto reporter. The Goodyear Blimp (which was already aloft for the game) provided video of structural damage and fires within the city. The ABC opening for this telecast (leading up to Al Michaels informing the viewers of the earthquake) was used at the beginning of a 1990 television movie (documenting the Loma Prieta earthquake) called After the Shock.


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
As for the Series itself, Fay Vincent decided to postpone Game 3 (although he did not tell anyone before doing so, resulting in an umpire protest, though the original reason for the postponement was loss of power in the stadium, concern about possible structural damage, and the danger of possible aftershocks) initially for five days, resulting in the longest delay in World Series history. It was postponed for another five days (until October 27) because of delays in restoring transmission links.


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
Then San Francisco mayor Art Agnos wanted to wait a month before resuming it, with Vincent responding to Agnos by telling him that he might move it elsewhere if the delay would be that long. With that, Vincent quickly had several other National and American League parks put on standby, including Wrigley Field and Comiskey Park in Chicago, The Kingdome in Seattle, The Astrodome in Houston, or Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium in New York City. (Moving the game to the opponents' stadium was not an option, because the Oakland A's were also based in the SF Bay area. Also, it was noted in the news media that there were three major league stadiums in southern California.)


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
Players for the Oakland Athletics returned home, but had to travel via State Route 237 in San Jose, adding an extra 90 minutes due to the collapse of the Bay Bridge and the I-880 Cypress Street Viaduct. Not long after returning, Jose Canseco (still in full uniform) and his wife Esther were spotted filling up their car at a self-service gas station.


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
As noted in his later book Juiced, Canseco noted that someone wrote an article portraying him as chauvinistic forcing his wife to pump the gas, but that in reality, she told him to let her do it because if people saw him in his full uniform, it would cause a scene.


1989 World Series, Matchups, The Loma Prieta earthquake
The earthquake would affect the National Anthem performances for the games at Candlestick Park as well. Stevie Wonder, who was slated to play the National Anthem on his harmonica at Game 3 on October 17, pulled out days following the earthquake, and in his place Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, who had been slated to perform at Game 4 on October 18, would sing the National Anthem when Game 3 was finally played on October 27.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
During the ten-day delay, Candlestick Park was inspected, and found to have only minor damage. This was quickly repaired, and the stadium was deemed safe to use. At the start of Game 3, emergency responders who had aided during the earthquake, including police officers and firefighters, were honored and threw out the ceremonial first pitch. The starters were the Game 1 starters, Stewart and Garrelts. The ten-day delay due to the earthquake allowed both staff aces to start.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Dave Henderson just missed hitting three home runs for the A's as his first inning shot bounced off the top of the wall for a double.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Giants catcher Bill Bathe became the fifth National League player in World Series history to hit a home run in his very first at-bat.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
When Game 3 was originally scheduled for October 17, the scheduled starting pitchers were Bob Welch for the A's and Don Robinson for the Giants. Meanwhile, Ken Oberkfell was slated to start at third base for the Giants, with Matt Williams moving over to shortstop instead of the benched José Uribe. Also, Pat Sheridan was slated to take over for Candy Maldonado in right field for the Giants. Maldonado told ESPN that he was in the clubhouse getting ready when the earthquake hit.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The first person he saw in the midst of all of this was his teammate, Robinson, who told Maldonado that he sensed that an earthquake was occurring. For Oakland, Ron Hassey was slated to be the starting catcher for Game 3 in place of Terry Steinbach, as Hassey was at the time Welch's personal catcher.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
This game set a record for most combined HRs hit in a World Series game (7) as well as tying a record for most HRs hit by a single team (5) in a World Series game (the New York Yankees won Game 4 of the 1928 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, which like this series, would end in a sweep). This record for combined HRs in a World Series game would endure until Game 2 in 2017, in which the Astros and Dodgers combined for 8 HRs.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
At the time, October 28 was the latest end date ever for a World Series, even though the series only lasted the minimum four games. (The 1981 Series, which went six games, had also ended on October 28. This record was tied again in 1995, and has since been surpassed several times, beginning with the terrorism-delayed 2001 Series, which ran from October 27 through November 4. The World Series now regularly concludes at the end of October or beginning of November due to the addition of the Division Series and Wild Card Games to the postseason.) After Nell Carter sang the National Anthem, Willie Mays (who was initially scheduled to throw out the first pitch on October 17 and was about to be interviewed by ABC's Joe Morgan when the earthquake hit) threw out the ceremonial first pitch.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The A's led from the first batter of the game on as Rickey Henderson's home run set the tone. Kevin Mitchell's homer would bring the Giants closer as they cut an 8–0 deficit to 8–6 in two innings. But it would prove to be too little too late for San Francisco as they would lose 9–6.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
This was also Candlestick Park's final World Series game. The Giants' four subsequent National League pennants have come since their move to Oracle Park, in 2002, 2010, 2012 and 2014 (with the last three appearances also ending in World Series championships).


1989 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
Out of respect for the Loma Prieta earthquake victims, the Oakland Athletics chose not to celebrate their World Series victory with champagne, as is normally customary for the winning team in the World Series.


1989 World Series, Matchups, Composite box
1989 World Series (4–0): Oakland Athletics (A.L.) beat San Francisco Giants (N.L. ).


1989 World Series, Radio and television coverage
ABC play-by-play man Al Michaels, who spent three years in San Francisco as an announcer for the San Francisco Giants, was nominated for an Emmy Award for news broadcasting after giving an eyewitness account of the aftermath of the earthquake at Candlestick Park.


1989 World Series, Radio and television coverage
This would be the last World Series that ABC would televise from start to finish (and also the last they would produce themselves), and Game 4 was the last MLB game on ABC until July 1994. The television rights would move exclusively to CBS the following year (ABC had shared coverage with NBC since 1976 up until the end of the 1989 season). ABC would next televise a World Series in 1995, but only broadcast Games 1, 4, and 5 (the other games were covered by NBC, who had a joint venture with ABC and MLB called The Baseball Network).


1989 World Series, Radio and television coverage
Due in part to the earthquake and subsequent interruption of play, as well as the four-game sweep by the A's, ABC only drew an overall Nielsen rating of 16.4 for the Series. This was the first World Series since the introduction of prime-time games in 1971 to draw a rating of less than 20.


1989 World Series, Radio and television coverage
As previously mentioned, CBS Radio also covered the Series. Jack Buck returned for his seventh and last World Series as the radio voice for CBS, as he was to move to the television side the next year. He was joined by Johnny Bench as his analyst, who replaced Bill White when he was appointed to replace Giamatti as president of the National League earlier in the year. Buck was replaced by Vin Scully the next year, who made his return to CBS Radio following NBC Sports' loss of television rights to CBS. Bench covered four more World Series for CBS Radio with the 1993 series being his last.


1989 World Series, Aftermath
The A's would return to the World Series the following season, making it three years in a row. However, they were unsuccessful in defending their championship as the Cincinnati Reds swept them in the 1990 World Series. Oakland has not returned to the World Series since then and has only made two appearances in the American League Championship Series—losing in 1992 to the Toronto Blue Jays and in 2006 to the Detroit Tigers—and a total of 11 times in the postseason (1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2019) since the 1990 Series. At the time of the 1989 World Series, the Oakland franchise had not seen a World Series win since 1974.


1989 World Series, Aftermath
The Giants, meanwhile, failed to repeat as National League Champions and would not return to the playoffs until 1997, when they were swept by the Florida Marlins in the NLDS. The Giants would not return to the World Series until 2002, when they lost a seven-game series to the Anaheim Angels after holding a 3–2 series lead. It took the Giants until 2010 to get back to the World Series, and they won their first world championship since 1954, when the team was still located in New York, by defeating the Texas Rangers in five games. In 2012, the Giants would go back to the World Series and defeat the Detroit Tigers in a four-game sweep, and in 2014 they would beat the Kansas City Royals in seven games to capture their third World Series crown in five seasons.


1989 World Series, Aftermath
On the A's, players Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco would later play for other teams. McGwire would be traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1997, where he would beat Roger Maris' single-season home run record in 1998 and retire as a Cardinal in 2001. Canseco was traded during the 1992 season to the Texas Rangers and after that bounced around from team to team including a return to Oakland in 1997. He would later win the 2000 World Series with the New York Yankees. Canseco retired in 2001 after a stint with the Chicago White Sox.


1989 World Series, Aftermath
Manager Tony La Russa remained with the A's until 1995, when he resigned to take the managerial position in St. Louis, where he again got the chance to manage McGwire. La Russa would remain with the Cardinals through 2011 after having led the team to three World Series and two world championships. In 2021,  he began a stint as manager of the Chicago White Sox.


1989 World Series, Aftermath
Giants manager Roger Craig (affectionately known as "Humm Baby") was fired after 1992 season and replaced by Dusty Baker, who managed the team to their next World Series. The final member of the 1989 team, Matt Williams, was traded to the Cleveland Indians after the 1996 season in a trade that brought future Giants star Jeff Kent to the team. Williams would eventually win a World Series as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2001, and retired in 2003.


1989 World Series, Aftermath
Kevin Mitchell would never regain the form that helped him win the National League MVP award in 1989, and after his production declined in the next two seasons he was traded to the Seattle Mariners in the 1991 offseason. Brett Butler would leave after one more season with the Giants, going to play for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Wins leader Rick Reuschel was gone after the following season, retiring in 1991.


1989 World Series, Aftermath
Finally, Will Clark was let go by the Giants after 1993 due to a decline in production thanks in large part to injuries that kept him out of the lineup for much of the previous three seasons. Clark signed with the Texas Rangers and despite not being able to escape the injury bug, he was a productive member of the team for the next five seasons. Clark retired following the 2000 season, where he made one last trip to the postseason as a member of La Russa's Cardinals.


1989 World Series, Aftermath
On June 13, 2009, immediately prior to the second game of the interleague regular season meeting between the Giants and A's, the Giants honored 27 members of their 1989 team.


1989 World Series, Aftermath
The A's victory continued a string of success for any Bay Area-based professional sports team. The San Francisco 49ers of the NFL continued its '80s dynasty by winning Super Bowl XXIII and XXIV in between the Athletics' World Series triumph. The next championship for the city of Oakland came in 2015, when the Golden State Warriors of the NBA won the 2015 NBA Finals. Later, the Golden State Warriors would win the 2017 and 2018 NBA Finals, defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers.


1989 World Series, Aftermath
This would be the first time that the World Series ended in the last week of October, until the 2001 World Series when the 9/11 attacks delayed the NFL and MLB games for a week, and caused the World Series to end in November. The 1981 World Series also finished on October 28.


1989 World Series of Poker
The 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe. The 1989 Main Event was won by  24-year-old Phil Hellmuth, defeating defending champion Johnny Chan, and also breaking the record for being the youngest player to win the WSOP Main Event (a record previously set by Stu Ungar in 1980). Had Chan won, he would have tied Johnny Moss's record of 3 Main Event wins. This year also marked the first year in which Moss did not finish any WSOP tournaments inside the payout positions.


1989 World Series of Poker, Main Event
There were 178 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.


1989 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Other High Finishes
NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.


1989 World Snooker Championship
The 1989 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the Embassy World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 15 April to 1 May 1989 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, it was the eighth and final ranking event of the 1988–89 snooker season and the thirteenth consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible, the first tournament at this location having taken place in 1977. There were 142 entrants to the competition.


1989 World Snooker Championship
The defending champion was Steve Davis, who had previously won the World Championship five times. He met John Parrott in the final, which was a best-of-35-frames match. Davis won the match 18–3, which remains the biggest winning margin in the sport's modern era, and meant that the final, scheduled for four sessions, finished with a session to spare. This was Davis's sixth and last world title, and his last appearance in a World Championship final. Stephen Hendry scored the championship's highest break, a 141, in his quarter-final match. There were 19 century breaks compiled during the championship.


1989 World Snooker Championship
A five-round qualifying event for the championship was held at the Preston Guild Hall from 22 March to 4 April 1989 for 126 players, 16 of whom reached the main stage, where they met the 16 invited seeded players. The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom by the BBC, and was sponsored by the Embassy cigarette company. Davis received £105,000 from the total prize fund of £525,000.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Overview
The World Snooker Championship is an annual professional snooker tournament organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). Founded in the late 19th century by British Army soldiers stationed in India, the cue sport gained popularity in the British Isles in the 1920s and 1930s. In the modern era, which started in 1969 when the World Championship reverted to a knockout format, it has become increasingly popular worldwide, especially in East and Southeast Asian nations such as China, Hong Kong and Thailand.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Overview
Joe Davis won the first World Championship in 1927, hosted by the Billiards Association and Control Council, the final match being held at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England. Since 1977, the event has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. The 1989 championship featured 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches in a single-elimination format, each round being played over a pre-determined number of frames, and each match divided into two or more sessions containing a set number of frames.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Overview
These competitors in the main tournament were selected using a combination of the top 16 players in the snooker world rankings and the winners of a pre-tournament qualification stage. It was the eighth and final ranking event of the 1988–89 snooker season, and the thirteenth consecutive World Snooker Championship to be held at the Crucible, the first tournament there having taken place in 1977. The defending champion in 1989 was Steve Davis, who had defeated Terry Griffiths 18–11 in the final of the 1988 World Snooker Championship to win his fifth world title. The 1989 championship was sponsored by cigarette brand Embassy, and was also referred to as the Embassy World Snooker Championship. The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom by the BBC.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Overview, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the championship is shown below:


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying
Qualifying matches took place at Preston Guild Hall from 22 March to 4 April 1989, all matches being the best of 19 frames. There were 126 participants in the qualifying competition, 16 of whom reached the main stage, where they met the 16 invited seeded players. Mannie Francisco, playing his first match in the United Kingdom since losing in the final of the 1972 World Amateur Snooker Championship, led Tony Wilson 5–4 after their first session, but was eliminated 6–10.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying
Darren Morgan compiled breaks of 108 and 103 against Eric Lawlor, the first time that two century breaks had been achieved in consecutive frames in the World Snooker Championship. Bill Werbeniuk had been due to return to competitive play after a six-month ban imposed by the WPBSA for his use of beta blockers, but did not appear for his match. From 4–9 in arrears, Paddy Browne won six consecutive frames against Steve Meakin to progress to the next round, 10–9 after a deciding frame. Joe O'Boye built a 9–0 lead over Danny Fowler, who then won six successive frames before O'Boye achieved a 10–6 victory. Six-time champion Ray Reardon was eliminated 5–10 by Gary Wilkinson.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying
In the final round qualifying, Tony Meo established a new record highest break for world championship qualifying by compiling a 142 during his defeat of Tony Jones. Steve Duggan eliminated two former World Championship title-holders, Fred Davis and John Spencer. Another ex-champion, Alex Higgins, failed to qualify for the championship for the first time in his career, after he lost to Morgan. Higgins, the world number 17, who had beaten four of the top seven players in the rankings on the way to victory at the 1989 Irish Masters on 2 April, was defeated 8–10 by Morgan the following day. Morgan broke Meo's record for the highest break in world championship qualifying by compiling a break of 143, his fourth century break of the competition. Seven players qualified for the main event for the first time: Morgan, Wilkinson, Browne, O'Boye, Duggan, Steve Newbury, and David Roe.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The first round took place between 15 and 20 April, each match played over two sessions as the best of 19 frames. Defending champion Davis played Newbury, and took a 7–2 lead at the end of the first session after being 0–2 behind. Newbury won the first three frames of the second session to narrow the deficit to 5–7 before Davis won 10–5. For the seventh time, Cliff Wilson failed to win a match at the Crucible, eliminated 1–10 by Steve Duggan.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Winning seven consecutive frames to move from 2–4 behind Tony Knowles to 9–4 ahead, David Roe went on to defeat Knowles 10–6. Mike Hallett was 0–3 behind Doug Mountjoy before winning the fourth frame after he fluked a yellow, ended the first session at 4–4, then fell 4–6 behind, but won six of the next seven frames to progress to the next round 10–7.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Terry Griffiths led Bob Chaperon 4–0 and, always at least three frames ahead from that point on, won 10–6. Silvino Francisco eliminated Joe O'Boye 10–6 after leading 6–1. Paddy Browne was 5–4 ahead of Willie Thorne after their first session, but then lost six successive frames as Thorne progressed 10–5. Stephen Hendry built a 4–0 lead over Gary Wilkinson, and led 6–3 as the second session commenced, but after missing several short-length pots during the match, won only in the deciding frame, 10–9.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Third seed Neal Foulds lost 9–10 to Wayne Jones, at the end of a season that saw Foulds fall from third to twentieth place in the rankings. Peter Francisco held a 7–4 lead over Dean Reynolds but lost 7–10. Meo led the 1987 champion Joe Johnson 8–0 before winning the match 10–5. Eddie Charlton defeated Cliff Thorburn 10–9 in a match that finished at 2:39 am, which was the second-latest finish time for a match at the Crucible. Charlton, aged 59 years and 169 days, became the second-oldest player to win a match at the World Championship, after Fred Davis in 1979.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
After constructing breaks of 110, 103 and 102, John Parrott led James 9–7. In each of the next two frames, he missed pots on the black that would have won him the match, James taking both frames. The deciding frame was won by Parrott, who compiled a break of 33. Parrott, from Liverpool, wore a black armband during the match in recognition of the Hillsborough disaster that had happened on 15 April at the FA Cup semi-final between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Dennis Taylor led Hughes 6–3 after their first session, and in the second session won four consecutive frames including breaks of 106 and 94, to qualify for the next round 10–3. John Virgo progressed to the second round for the first time since 1982 by eliminating Darren Morgan 10–4. Second seed Jimmy White defeated Dene O'Kane, who recorded a 127 break, 10–7.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
The second round, which took place between 20 and 24 April, was played as best-of-25-frames matches spread over three sessions. Davis defeated Duggan within two sessions, going from a 7–1 lead after the first to a 13–3 victory in the second. Hallett won in the deciding frame against Roe. Griffiths and Silvino Francisco were 3–3 at the end of their first session, after which Griffiths obtained a 10–6 lead during the second session, and eliminated Francisco 13–9. Thorne took a 2–0 lead against Hendry, but was eventually defeated 4–13.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
Jones lost 3–13 to Reynolds. Meo was warned by the referee for slow play during the 21st frame against Charlton. This turned out to be the last frame, as Meo won the contest 13–8. Parrot won four consecutive frames to go from 9–10 behind Taylor to win 13–10. The match between White and Virgo saw White take a 5–3 lead from the first session, and went to a deciding frame during which Virgo, leading by two points in the frame, announced that he had committed a foul by slightly touching a red ball with his cue stick. White went on to win the frame and match.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
The afternoon session on 22 April, featuring the matches between Parrott and Taylor, and Griffiths and Francisco, had its start time delayed from 3:00 pm until 3:06 pm, commencing with a minute's silence in acknowledgement of the Hillsborough disaster a week earlier. There was no television coverage of matches on 24 April due to strike action by the Broadcasting and Entertainment Trades Alliance and the National Union of Journalists relating to a pay dispute.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played as best-of-25-frames matches over three sessions on 25 and 26 April. As in the previous round, Davis won his match before the final session was required. Davis compiled a 128 break in the second frame as he built a 7–0 lead, before Hallett took the last frame of the first session. The first four frames of the second session were won by Davis, putting him 11–1 ahead. Hallett compiled a 133 break when 2–12 behind, but lost the match 3–13. Griffiths and Hendry were level at 4–4 at the conclusion of their first session. Hendry won nine successive frames to progress 13–5, constructing a 141 break in the thirteenth frame of the match.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Reynolds, who had criticised Meo for the slow pace of his play during the 1989 British Open final between the pair in March, was warned by referee John Williams for slow play. Meo won the match 13–9, having held leads of 4–3 and 9–7 after the first two sessions, At the post-match press conference, Reynolds started crying during his opening sentence, and, a few minutes later, expressed his dissatisfaction with the referee's decisions during the match. Making several mistakes, White trailed Parrott 1–7 after their first session, but recovered to 6–8, and finished the second day 6–10 behind. Parrott won three of the first four frames on the third day to complete a 13–7 win.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The semi-finals took place between 27 and 29 April as best-of-31-frames matches played over four sessions. After trailing Davis 2–5 and 4–10 at the end of their first two sessions, Hendry reduced his arrears to 6–10, and compiled a 68 break to lead by 51 in the 17th frame. Davis then forced a re-spotted black by compiling a 51 break consisting of the three remaining red balls, each followed by a black ball, and the colours, and went on to win the frame. Hendry won three of the next four frames, making a break of 139 in the 20th frame. Davis took a 13–9 lead by prevailing 67–59 in the last frame of the third session. In the final session, Hendry scored only eight points across three frames, while Davis made breaks of 63, 71, 54 and 40 to wrap up a 16–9 victory.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Meo's highest break in the first session of his match against Parrott was just 28, and he finished that session 2–6 behind, narrowing Parrott's lead to 4–6 by winning the first two frames of the second session. The session finished with Parrott 10–5 ahead. Meo won on the black having needed Parrott to concede penalty points in the 16th frame, then Parrott won the next three frames, the 18th and 19th both being close. The session ended with Meo having made a 112 break but Parrott 15–7 ahead. In the fourth session, Parrott's break of 82 won him the frame, and the match 16–7.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The final between Steve Davis and John Parrott took place on 30 April and 1 May. It was a best-of-35-frames match scheduled for four sessions, with John Street as referee. In the afternoon session on the first day, Davis established a 2–0 lead, before Parrott won the third frame. Davis extended his lead to 5–1, Parrott winning the last frame of the first session to leave Davis 5–2 ahead.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Davis increased his advantage to 9–2 by winning the first four frames of the evening session on 30 April, recording breaks of 42, 37, 55 and 112, whilst Parrott potted only six balls, totalling 15 points. Parrott led by 44 points in the twelfth frame after constructing a 52 break, but lost the frame after Davis compiled a 62 break. Parrott went in-off after potting a red in the thirteenth frame, allowing Davis the opportunity to win the frame with a break of 59. In the next frame, Davis missed potting the pink whilst using the rest, and Parrott made it 3–11 with a break of 68. During the last two frames of the first day, Parrott potted only one red as Davis extended his lead to 13–3, including breaks of 80 and 68.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Although Parrott had chances to win both of the first two frames in the third session, Davis won them both on the pink. With breaks 59 and 38 to add the next two frames, Davis increased his lead to 17–3. Parrott led 40–0 in the 21st frame, before a break of 42 by Davis. Davis won the frame, his 18–3 victory becoming a new record margin of victory in a World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible, surpassing his 18–6 defeat of Thorburn in 1983. It was a third consecutive World Snooker Championship win for Davis. and his sixth title, to equal Reardon's total since the competition was re-launched in 1969. The match ended with a session to spare, and the pair played an exhibition match at the venue in place of the last session.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Parrott said afterwards that "Me not playing anything like, and Steve playing exceptionally well, that's a recipe for 18–3." Davis remarked that "A month before the championship I wasn't playing well enough to beat players like Hendry and Parrott. To actually pull out all the stops and produce the standard of play that I have must rate as one of my greatest achievements. I've played the best snooker of my career."


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The two players occupied the top places in the 1989/1990 world rankings, calculated based on results from the previous two seasons; Davis retaining first position with 64 points, followed by Parrott on 48. Parrott later won the 1991 World Snooker Championship title, whilst 1989 was the last world final reached by Davis.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
In his 1989 book Snooker: Records, Facts and Champions, Ian Morrison wrote "Don't let the scoreline lead you to believe that Parrott did not do justice to the occasion. But simply, no man could have lived with Davis the way he played at the Crucible in 1989." Snooker historian Clive Everton, who played in the qualifying rounds of the tournament, reflected in 2012 that after the 1989 tournament, despite Davis having lost the 1985 and 1986 championship finals, "such was his dominance that it would have been impossible to predict with confidence that [Davis] would never win the title again."


1989 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Authors Luke Williams and Paul Gadsby claimed that "It is ironic, then, that in the wake of his most dominant World Championship triumph, Davis's career almost immediately headed into decline," and that Davis's losses to Hendry in the finals of the 1989 UK Championship and the 1990 UK Championship "symbolised a monumental power shift in the game."


1989 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
Shown below are the results for the tournament. The numbers in parentheses beside some of the players are their seeding ranks (each championship has 16 seeds and 16 qualifiers). Players in bold are match winners.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
Results from the qualification event are shown below. Players shown in bold denote match winners.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks
There were 19 century breaks in the 1989 World Snooker Championship. The highest break of the event was 141 made by Stephen Hendry.


1989 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying
There were 28 century breaks in the qualifying stages, the highest of which was 143 made by Darren Morgan.


1989 World Sportscar Championship
The 1989 World Sportscar Championship season was the 37th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1989 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship, which was open to Group C1 Sports Prototypes, Group C2 Sports Prototypes and IMSA GTP cars. The championship was contested over an eight round series which ran from 9 April to 29 October 1989.


1989 World Sportscar Championship, Results and standings, Race results
In order to be classified for points, a team had to complete 90% of the winner's distance. Further, drivers were required to complete at least 30% of their car's total race distance to qualify for championship points. Drivers forfeited points if they drove in more than one car during the race. Group C2 entries earned two extra points for any finish within the overall top ten finishing positions.


1989 World Sportscar Championship, Results and standings, Drivers championships
Drivers only scored for their six best results. Points earned but not tallied toward their total are marked in parenthesis.


1989 World Sportscar Championship, Results and standings, Teams championships
Teams were only awarded points for their highest finishing entry.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships
The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Dortmund from March 29 to April 9, 1989.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles was the 40th edition of the men's doubles championship. Jörg Rosskopf and Steffen Fetzner won the title after defeating Leszek Kucharski and Zoran Kalinić in the final by two sets to one.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles was the 40th edition of the men's singles championship.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
Jan-Ove Waldner defeated Jörgen Persson in the final, winning three sets to two to secure the title.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 40th edition of the men's team championship.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
Sweden won the gold medal defeating China 5-0 in the final. The final was interrupted during the fourth game when Jiang Jialiang refused to play on against Jan-Ove Waldner after being called for a service foul. After a delay the match continued but Jiang was booed for the remainder of the match. North Korea won the bronze medal defeating the Soviet Union 5-3 in the bronze medal play off.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles was the 40th edition of the mixed doubles championship.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
Yoo Nam-kyu and Hyun Jung-hwa defeated Zoran Kalinić and Gordana Perkučin in the final by two sets to nil.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles was the 39th edition of the women's doubles championship. Qiao Hong and Deng Yaping defeated Chen Jing and Hu Xiaoxin in the final by two sets to nil.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Singles was the 40th edition of the women's singles championship. Qiao Hong defeated Ri Pun-hui in the final by three sets to one, to win the title.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (Women's Team) was the 33rd edition of the women's team championship.


1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
China won the gold medal defeating South Korea in the final 3-0. Hong Kong won the bronze medal.


1989 World Taekwondo Championships
The 1989 World Taekwondo Championships were the 9th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships, and were held in Seoul, South Korea from October 9 to October 14, 1989, with 446 athletes participating from 59 countries.


1989 World Weightlifting Championships
The following is the final results of the 1989 World Weightlifting Championships. Men's competition were held in Athens, Greece and Women's competition were held in Manchester, United Kingdom.


1989 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


1989 World Women's Curling Championship
The 1989 World Women's Curling Championship was held at the Milwaukee Auditorium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from April 3–9, 1989.


1989 World Women's Curling Championship
After having lost the 1988 World final, the Heather Houston team, representing Canada, defeated Norway in the final to claim Canada's sixth women's world championship gold medal.


1989 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Heather Houston Third: Lorraine Lang Second: Diane Adams Lead: Tracy Kennedy Alternate: Gloria Taylor


1989 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Marianne Qvist Third: Lene Bidstrup Second: Astrid Birnbaum Lead: Lilian Frøhling


1989 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jaana Jokela Third: Nina Ahvenainen Second: Terhi Aro Lead: Tiina Majuri


1989 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Agnes Mercier Third: Catherine Lefebvre Skip: Annick Mercier Lead: Andrée Dupont-Roc


1989 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrea Schöpp Third: Monika Wagner Second: Barbara Haller Lead: Christina Haller


1989 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Trine Trulsen Third: Dordi Nordby Second: Hanne Pettersen Lead: Mette Halvorsen


1989 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Christine Allison Third: Margaret Scott Second: Kimmie Brown Lead: Carol Dawson


1989 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anette Norberg Third: Anna Rindeskog Second: Sofie Marmont Lead: Louise Marmont


1989 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Cristina Lestander Third: Barbara Meier Second: Ingrid Thulin Lead: Katrin Peterhans


1989 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jan Lagasse Third: Janie Kakela Second: Colleen Bertsch Lead: Eileen Mickelson


1989 World Wrestling Championships
The 1989 World Wrestling Championships were held in Martigny, Switzerland.


1989 World's Strongest Man
The 1989 World's Strongest Man was the 12th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Jamie Reeves from the United Kingdom. It was his first and only title after finishing third the previous year. Ab Wolders from the Netherlands finished second after finishing fourth the previous year, and Jón Páll Sigmarsson from Iceland finished third. The contest was held at San Sebastián, Spain.


1989 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1989 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Cowboys' 94th season and they competed as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The team was led by head coach Paul Roach, in his third year, and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 5–3 WAC).The Cowboys offense scored 357 points, while the defense allowed 329 points.


1989 Wyoming's at-large congressional district special election
The 1989 Wyoming's at-large congressional district special election was held April 25, 1989. Incumbent Republican Dick Cheney had resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Defense.


1989 Wyoming's at-large congressional district special election
State Representative Craig L. Thomas defeated John Vinich with 52.55% of the vote. This was also the first election that white nationalist William Daniel Johnson ran in.


1989 XXV FIBA International Christmas Tournament
The 1989 XXV FIBA International Christmas Tournament "Trofeo Raimundo Saporta-Memorial Fernando Martín" was the 25th edition of the FIBA International Christmas Tournament. It took place at Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, on 24, 25 and 26 December 1989 with the participations of Real Madrid (champions of the 1988–89 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup), Jugoplastika (champions of the 1988–89 FIBA European Champions Cup), Aris (champions of the 1988–89 Greek Basket League) and Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (runners-up of the 1988–89 FIBA European Champions Cup).


1989 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1989 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 25th-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 8–2 overall.


1989 Ykkönen – Finnish League Division 1
League table for teams participating in Ykkönen, the second tier of the Finnish Soccer League system, in 1989.


1989 Ykkönen – Finnish League Division 1, League table
Replay for 2nd place: Kumu Kuusankoski - Koparit Kuopio  4-2


1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 1989 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 June 1989 at the Automotodrom Grobnik circuit, near Rijeka.


1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Another pole for Kevin Schwantz, but Wayne Rainey gets a little gap after the light, and is chased by Eddie Lawson, Schwantz, Kevin Magee and Pierfrancesco Chili. Soon, the usual trio develops at the front. Lawson takes the lead, but makes a mistake and goes off-track, letting Schwantz and Rainey through and getting dropped from the leading group, though remaining in the third place.


1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Schwantz wants a win and Rainey wants as many riders between him and Lawson, so Schwantz has to earn the gap he gets from Rainey. Magee and Sarron fight for fourth.


1989 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Schwantz wins it ahead of Rainey and Lawson, and Rainey pulls ahead slightly in the standings.


1989 Yukon general election
The 1989 Yukon general election was held on 20 February 1989 to elect members of the 27th Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party.


1989 Yukon general election, Incumbents not Running for Reelection
The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1989 election:


1989 Yukon general election, Results by Riding
Bold indicates party leaders† - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA


1989 air battle near Tobruk
On 4 January 1989, two Grumman F-14 Tomcats of the United States Navy shot down two Libyan-operated Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23s which the American aircrews believed were attempting to engage and attack them, as had happened eight years prior during the 1981 Gulf of Sidra incident. The engagement took place over the Mediterranean Sea, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Tobruk, Libya.


1989 air battle near Tobruk, Background
In 1973, Libya claimed much of the Gulf of Sidra (south of Latitude 31° 30′) as its territorial waters and subsequently declared a "line of death", the crossing of which would invite a military response. The United States did not recognize Libya's territorial claims and continued to challenge the line, leading to military hostilities in August 1981 and March 1986. A terrorist attack which killed two American soldiers and one Turkish civilian on 5 April 1986 was linked to Libya and prompted the U.S. to carry out retaliatory air strikes against targets in Libya ten days later.


1989 air battle near Tobruk, Background
Attempts by Libya to obtain weapons of mass destruction were of great concern to U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration since it viewed Libya as a state sponsor of terrorism. Tensions between Libya and the U.S. were running high after the latter accused Libya of building a chemical weapons plant near Rabta in the fall of 1988. During a December 1988 press interview, Reagan indicated the potential for military action to destroy the plant. The possibility of a U.S. attack caused Libya to increase its air defenses around Rabta and its state of military readiness throughout the country.