Born in 1989
Turns 37 in 2026
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BACK TO 1989 · United Kingdom
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Batman brought a darker comic-book hero to cinemas, Microsoft Office became available for Macintosh, and the V-22 Osprey made its first flight. Film, desktop software and aircraft design each offered a different glimpse of 1989’s changing technology and style.
What happened in 1989?
Batman arrives in theaters and turns the summer dark
Tim Burton's Batman opened in U.S. theaters on June 23, 1989, starring Michael Keaton as the masked crime fighter.
Office arrives on Macintosh
Microsoft dates the first Office for Macintosh availability to June 19, 1989.
LeMond wins the Tour by eight seconds
Greg LeMond overturned a 50-second deficit on the final stage to beat Laurent Fignon by eight seconds.
Crowds begin opening the Berlin Wall
On November 9, crowds began dismantling the Berlin Wall as East Germany opened its borders.
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian · Associated Press
Firsts and new ideas
A proposal sketches the World Wide Web
In March 1989, Tim Berners-Lee proposed a distributed hypertext system for organizing information at CERN.
World Wide Web Consortium · U.S. Government Publishing Office
Voyager 2 makes its historic Neptune flyby
Voyager 2 flew close to Neptune on August 25, 1989, returning humanity's first close views of the distant planet.
Number ones and music in 1989
Chart positions belong to the country and chart named in each record.
Taylor Swift is born
Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania, a future pop star whose work crossed from country into mainstream music.
Madonna turns Like a Prayer into a visual argument
Madonna released Like a Prayer in the United States on March 3, 1989, pairing its pop launch with a striking music video.
Prices and everyday money in 1989
United Kingdom figures in the money of the time. Units and sources matter: these are not today's prices.
| Item or measure | Then | Unit and source |
|---|---|---|
| Average weekly earnings per person in the United Kingdom (Bank of England series) | £183.70 per week | GBP per week Bank of England (series republished by Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED) |
| sugar (annual average) | 57p | perkg source-table measure Office for National Statistics |
| flour (annual average) | 54p | per1.5kg source-table measure Office for National Statistics |
| bread (annual average) | 49p | 800g source-table loaf Office for National Statistics |
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