1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (dominical letter A), 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.
Real World Events
- HarperCollins is formed by the merger of Harper & Row and Collins.
February
7
June
- Issue #1 of the comic series Predator: Concrete Jungle is released.
July
11
- Actress Shareeka Epps is born.
August
- Issue #1 of the comic series Aliens: Nightmare Asylum is released.
October
- David Twohy turns in his first script draft for Alien III.
November
- Issue #34 of Dark Horse Presents, containing part one of the short story Aliens vs. Predator, is released.