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February 14, 1989

On February 14, 1989, union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster. The year's #1 song was "Look Away" by Chicago. Jan Blokhuijsen, David Ngog, Christian Vietoris would arrive in the same year.

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1989

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The year in brief

1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1989th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 989th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1980s decade.

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What happened

On February 14, 1989

  1. 1989 Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.

    American chemical company

    Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) is an American chemical company headquartered in Seadrift, Texas. It has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company since 2001. Union Carbide produces chemicals and polymers that undergo one or more further conversions by customers before reaching consumers.

  2. 1989 Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

    Country in West Asia

    Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a population of over 92 million, Iran ranks 17th globally in both geographic size and population.

Arrivals

Born on February 14, 1989

Néstor Calderón 1989– Mexican footballer (born 1989)
Adam Matuszczyk 1989– Polish footballer (born 1989)
Emma Miskew 1989– Canadian curler (born 1989)
Byron Mullens 1989– British-American basketball player (born 1989)
Derek Norris 1989– American baseball player (born 1989)
Brandon Sutter 1989– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Jurij Tepeš 1989– Slovenian ski jumper
Kristian Thomas 1989– British artistic gymnast

Farewells

Died on February 14, 1989

James Bond American ornithologist and inspiration for the name of the fictional spy
Vincent Crane English keyboardist (1943–1989)

Elsewhere that year

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The class of 1989

Others born in 1989

Jan Blokhuijsen 1989– Dutch speed skater
David Ngog 1989– French footballer
Christian Vietoris 1989– German racing driver
Charlie Culberson 1989– American baseball player
Torrin Lawrence 1989– American sprinter (died 2014)
Bethan Dainton 1989– Welsh rugby union player

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