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March 21, 1989

On March 21, 1989, transbrasil Flight 801 crashes into a slum near São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, killing 25 people. 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 March 21, 1989

  1. 1989 Transbrasil Flight 801 crashes into a slum near São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, killing 25 people.

    1989 aviation accident

    Transbrasil Flight 801 (TR801/TBA801) was a scheduled cargo flight from Eduardo Gomes International Airport to São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport that crashed on 21 March 1989. The Boeing 707 crashed into a heavily populated slum in Guarulhos 2 kilometres from the runway. The crash resulted in the death of all 3 crew members and 22 people on the ground.

Arrivals

Born on March 21, 1989

Jordi Alba 1989– Spanish footballer (born 1989)
Nicolás Lodeiro 1989– Uruguayan footballer (born 1989)
Takeru Satoh 1989– Japanese actor (born 1989)

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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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