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Events in October 1989 11
1908 – 1989Bette Davis (1908-1989)Died 6 October 1989, aged 81Bette Davis was an American actress known for her commanding screen presence in films such as All About Eve and Jezebel. She won two Academy Awards and received ten nominations across her career. She was one of the founding figures of what became the American Film Institute's honors.
1912 – 1989Cornel Wilde (1912-1989)American actor and director, Chopin in A Song to Remember.
1989Album "Enjoy Yourself" releasedSecond studio album continues chart successEnjoy Yourself, Minogue's second album, arrived in October 1989 and included the hit duet "Especially for You" with Jason Donovan as well as "Hand on Your Heart" and "Wouldn't Change a Thing." It topped the UK charts and reinforced her status as one of the era's biggest pop exports.
1989Bruce Springsteen breaks up the E Street BandTen years apartHe tells the band he is going on without them.
1989Neil Young releases FreedomRockin' in the Free WorldA return to form, weeks before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
1989 – presentSami ParliamentSametingetEstablished to give the indigenous Sami people a political voice in Norway.
1989Cornel Wilde dies in Los AngelesCornel Wilde dies aged 77.
1989Loma Prieta earthquakeMagnitude 6.9 quake strikes the San Francisco Bay AreaA major earthquake centered near Loma Prieta peak struck the San Francisco Bay Area during the World Series, killing 63 people and causing billions of dollars in damage. It caused the collapse of a section of the Interstate 880 Cypress viaduct and part of the Bay Bridge. Television coverage of the World Series broadcast the earthquake live to a national audience.
1989Galileo spacecraft launchedSpace Shuttle Atlantis deploys probe bound for JupiterNASA launched the Galileo spacecraft aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on a mission to study Jupiter and its moons. Galileo used gravity assists from Venus and Earth before reaching Jupiter in 1995. It became the first spacecraft to orbit an outer planet.
1989Hungary declares a republicHungarian People's Republic formally endsHungary's parliament adopted constitutional amendments abolishing the Hungarian People's Republic and establishing a multi-party republic. The declaration came on the anniversary of the 1956 uprising against Soviet rule. It formalized reforms agreed during the National Round Table talks earlier that year.