| January 1, 1989 |
Vince Dooley ends his college coach career with a 34-27 win over Michigan State at the Gator Bowl
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Vince Dooley |
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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| January 12, 1989 |
Zell Miller announces his support for a Georgia lottery. At the time Zell was Lt. Governor and intending to run for governor. |
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Zell Miller |
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Georgia Lottery |
| January 14, 1989 |
Louise Suggs, Tommie Aaron, Thomas William Barnes, Arnold Blum, Alexa Stirling Frazer, William Goodloe, Watts Gunn, Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., Mary Dorothy Kirby, Hugh Royer, Jr., Doug Sanders, Harold Sargent and Charlie Yates become the first people inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame |
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Louise Suggs |
| March 21, 1989 |
Trial of Jim Williams moved to Augusta
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| May 4, 1989 |
An explosion in Marion County is attributed to a 90kg explosive device in a bomb accidentally released in a rural area. The bomb was intended for the practice range at Fort Benning.
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Marion County, Georgia |
| May 4, 1989 |
Testimony in fourth trial of Jim Williams begins
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| May 7, 1989 |
Former president Jimmy Carter calls recent Panamanian elections "fraudulent" after first-hand observation.
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Jimmy Carter |
| May 9, 1989 |
Jim Williams is acquitted
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| May 30, 1989 |
Speaker of the House Jim Wright, who suffered ethical problems thanks to unusual royalties from the sale of a book, becomes the first Speaker to resign. Pushing the investigation into Wright's ethics problems: Georgian Newt Gingrich
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Newt Gingrich
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| June 19, 1989 |
Batman, starring Michael Keaton and Kim Basinger, premieres. |
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Kim Basinger |
| August 5, 1989 |
Mel Blount inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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| August 23, 1989 |
Off-duty Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail, 27, was shot twice with a .38-caliber pistol as he tried to break up an early morning fight in the Greyhound Bus Station/Burger King restaurant on Oglethorpe Avenue. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| November 1, 1989 |
Coca-Cola sells Columbia Pictures to Sony
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Coca-Cola |
| November 8, 1989 |
One person dies and 8 are injured when a series of 3 tornadoes strike Pineview, Georgia
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| November 22, 1989 |
Groundbreaking on the Georgia Dome
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The Georgia Dome |
| December 13, 1989 |
Driving Miss Daisy opens in limited release (3 screens). The blockbuster hit, which starred Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd was filmed in the Atlanta area. Tandy won Best Actress for her role (Daisy Werthan) and Freeman and Aykroyd were nominated for Best Supporting Actors, but both lost.
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| December 15, 1989 |
Glory, a story of African-American troops during the Civil War, starring Denzel Washinginton, Morgan Freeman and Matthew Broderick, opens in general release. Portions of the movie had been shot in Savannah and on Jekyll Island
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Movies filmed in Georgia
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| December 30, 1989 |
Georgia loses to Syracuse 19-18 in the Peach Bowl
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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