1989, The Year-In-Review...
U.S. Statistics
President: George Bush
Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle
Population: 246,819,230
Life expectancy: 75.1 years
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 57.4
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 50.8
•George Herbert Walker Bush inaugurated as 41st US President (Jan. 20).
•Ruptured tanker Exxon Valdez sends 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound (March 24).
•US jury convicts Oliver North in Iran-Contra affair (May 4).
•Army Gen. Colin R. Powell is first black Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (Aug. 9).
•A San Francisco Bay area earthquake measuring 7.1 in magnitude, killed 67 and injured over 3,000. Over 100,000
buildings damaged or destroyed. (Oct. 17)
1989 Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $5,438.70 billion
Federal spending: $1143.17 billion
Federal debt: $2868.0 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $28,906
Consumer Price Index: 124
Unemployment: 5.3%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.25
1989 Sports
Super Bowl
San Francisco d. Cincinnati (20-16)
World Series
Oakland A's d. SF Giants (4-0)
NBA Championship
Detroit Pistons d. LA Lakers (4-0)
Stanley Cup
Calgary d. Montreal (4-2)
Wimbledon
Women: Steffi Graf d. M. Navratilova (6-2 6-7 6-1)
Men: Boris Becker d. S. Edberg (6-0 7-6 6-4)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Sunday Silence
NCAA Basketball Championship
Michigan d. Seton Hall (80-79 OT)
NCAA Football Champions
Miami-FL (11-1-0)
Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: Breathing Lessons, Anne Tyler
Music: Whispers Out of Time, Roger Reynolds
Drama: The Heidi Chronicles, Wendy Wasserstein
Oscars awarded in 1989
Academy Award, Best Picture: Rain Man, Mark Johnson, producer (United Artists)
Nobel Prize for Literature: Camilo José Cela (Spain)
1989 Emmy Awards
1989 Tony Awards
Grammys awarded in 1989
Record of the Year: "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin
Album of the Year: Faith, George Michael (Columbia/CBS)
Song of the Year: "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin, songwriter
Miss America: Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (MN)
