Video: 'USS Iowa Gun Turret Explosion - Australian TV News Item (1989)'
(Wednesday, April 19, 1989, 9:53 a.m. local time; during the USS Iowa turret explosion) — 47 sailors were killed today when an explosion and fire tore through a huge gun turret aboard the battleship Iowa about 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico. Continue reading 47 sailors killed in USS Iowa turret explosion 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 19 1989)
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(Saturday, April 15, 1989) — “She Drives Me Crazy” by Fine Young Cannibals peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘She Drives Me Crazy’ by Fine Young Cannibals peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 15 1989)
(Saturday, April 15, 1989) — “You Got It” by Roy Orbison, who had died Dec. 6, 1988, of a heart attack at age 52, peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘You Got It’ by Roy Orbison peaks at #9 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 15 1989)
(Saturday, April 15, 1989) — “Orinoco Flow” by Enya peaked at #24 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Orinoco Flow’ by Enya peaks at #24 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 15 1989)
Video: 'Hillsborough Disaster: How it happened in 1989'
(Saturday, April 15, 1989, 3:05 p.m. BST; during the Hillsborough disaster) — 96 people were killed and 766 others were injured today when soccer fans surged forward in severely overcrowded stands at a match in the northern English city of Sheffield. Continue reading 96 soccer fans killed in Hillsborough disaster 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 15 1989)
(Saturday, April 8, 1989) — The Look by Roxette peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘The Look’ by Roxette peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 8 1989)
(Saturday, April 1, 1989) — Eternal Flame by The Bangles peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Eternal Flame’ by The Bangles peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 1 1989)
(Saturday, March 25, 1989) — “The Living Years” by Mike + The Mechanics peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘The Living Years’ by Mike + The Mechanics peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 25 1989)
Video: '1989: Exxon Valdez tanker spill'
(Friday, March 24, 1989, 12:04 a.m. AKST) — Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker owned by Exxon Shipping Company, bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef, 1.5 miles west of Tatitlek, Alaska, this morning and spilled 10.8 million U.S. gallons (260,000 barrels) of crude oil over the next few days. Continue reading Exxon Valdez spills 260,000 barrels of oil after running aground in Alaska’s Prince William Sound 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 24 1989)
(Wednesday, March 22, 1989) — Ex-Beatles George Harrison and Ringo Starr joined Tom Petty today on a sound stage at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, west of London, to film a promotional video for Petty’s track “I Won’t Back Down.” Continue reading Harrison, Starr film Petty’s ‘I Won’t Back Down’ promo video 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 22 1989)
