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World Events[]

  • Japan mourns the death of Emperor Hirohito
  • Ayatollah Khomeni, the spiritual leader of Iran orders a fatwa against British novelist Salman Rushdie, over the novel of Satanic Verses, which is alleged to blaspheme against the Islamic religion.
  • Hillsborough Football disaster claims 94 lives.
  • Crackdown follows massacre on Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China
  • Ayatollah Khomeni, the spiritual leader of Iran dies at the age of 86
  • Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe.
  • Arsenal win the Division One title on goal difference, away over Liverpool, thanks to a last gasp goal by Michael 'Micky' Thomas, in the final game of the season.

Events In Rock[]

  • Mötley Crüe's album Dr. Feelgood reaches number one on the Billboard Top 100.
  • Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Ozzy Osbourne, Scorpions, Mötley Crüe, and Skid Row take part in the Moscow Music Peace Festival on August 12 & August 13, 1989.
  • For the first time in its history, a Grammy is given for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. The award is given to Jethro Tull for Crest of a Knave.
  • Future Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo joins Suicidal Tendencies (and remains with them until their split in 1995). As a result of his participation, the band would abandon their hardcore punk style and become more of a thrash metal/funk metal band.
  • Steve Vai leaves David Lee Roth's solo band and joins Whitesnake.

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