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On This Day, April 29, 1989: Jon Bon Jovi married high school sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley

Tuesday, April 29 by ABC News

On This Day, April 29, 1989…Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi married his high school sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley.Bon Jovi was in Los Angeles for their tour in support of their album New Jersey when the couple decided to head to Las Vegas, secretly tying... Read More.

On This Day, April 24, 1989: Tom Petty released his first solo record, Full Moon Fever

Thursday, April 24 by ABC News

On This Day, April 24, 1989…Tom Petty released his first solo album, Full Moon Fever.Although it wasn’t billed as a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers record, most of the Heartbreakers were on the album, as were Petty’s Traveling Wilburys bandmates Jeff Lynne, George Harrison... Read More.

On This Day, Dec. 23, 1989: Phil Collins hits #1 with ‘Another Day in Paradise’

Monday, December 23 by ABC News

On This Day, Dec. 23, 1989 ...Phil Collins landed at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Another Day in Paradise,” from his #1 album …But Seriously.The song, which spent four weeks on top of the chart, highlighted the problem of homelessness, and the... Read More.

On This Day, Dec. 9, 1989: Billy Joel hit #1 with We Didn’t Start The Fire

Monday, December 9 by ABC News

On This Day, Dec. 9, 1989 ...Billy Joel began a two-week run atop the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with “We Didn’t Start The Fire” from his 11th studio album, Storm Front.The song has Billy listing off a series of important events and happenings that took place from... Read More.

Brooklyn man convicted in 1989 murder of Yusuf Hawkins will try to prove his innocence

Thursday, November 21 by ABC News

(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) -- When Yusuf Hawkins, a Black 16-year-old, was shot and killed in Brooklyn in 1989 as he went to purchase a car, the crime set off months of angry protests.Now, the man convicted in Hawkins' murder, who has been behind bars for... Read More.

Stories tagged with: 1989

On This Day, April 29, 1989: Jon Bon Jovi married high school sweetheart, Dorothea Hurley

On This Day, April 24, 1989: Tom Petty released his first solo record, Full Moon Fever

On This Day, Dec. 23, 1989: Phil Collins hits #1 with ‘Another Day in Paradise’

On This Day, Dec. 9, 1989: Billy Joel hit #1 with We Didn’t Start The Fire

Brooklyn man convicted in 1989 murder of Yusuf Hawkins will try to prove his innocence

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