Good Morning POU! Let’s take a look at 1989!
In Technology the 486 series of microprocessor is released by Intel opening the way for the next generation of much more powerful PC’s. Microsoft releases it’s Office Suite including Spreadsheet, Word Processor, Database and Presentation Software which today still dominates in office applications.
Following Massive protests bring about the collapse of The Berlin Wall and the East German Government both are dismantled which leads after many years to the reunification of East and West Germany.
In China Pro democracy protesters clash with Chinese Security Forces in Tiananmen Square on June 4th and the pictures of a man taking on a tank are seen on TV news throughout the world.
South Africa – Violence in black townships worsen with over 2,500 killed. New Prime Minister F.W. de Klerk starts to dismantle apartheid.
How Much things cost in 1989
Yearly Inflation Rate U.S.A. 4.83%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 2753
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 10.50%
Average Cost of new house $120,000.00
Average Income per year $27,450.00
Average Monthly Rent $420.00
Average Price for new car $15,3500.00
1 gallon of gas 97 cents
US Postage Stamp 25 cents
BMW 325 $21,400
Ford Probe $12,695
Top Grossing Films
| 1. | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Paramount | $474,171,806 |
| 2. | Batman | Warner Bros. | $411,348,924 |
| 3. | Back to the Future Part II | Universal | $331,950,002 |
| 4. | Look Who’s Talking | TriStar | $296,999,813 |
| 5. | Dead Poets Society | Disney | $235,860,116 |
| 6. | Lethal Weapon 2 | Warner Bros. | $227,853,986 |
| 7. | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids | Disney | $222,724,172 |
| 8. | Ghostbusters II | Columbia | $215,394,738 |
| 9. | The Little Mermaid | Disney | $184,155,863 |
| 10. | Born on the Fourth of July | Universal | $161,001,698 |
Top Television Shows
| 1 | The Cosby Show | NBC | 23.1 |
| Roseanne | ABC | ||
| 3 | Cheers | NBC | 22.7 |
| 4 | A Different World | 21.1 | |
| 5 | America’s Funniest Home Videos | ABC | 20.9 |
| 6 | The Golden Girls | NBC | 20.1 |
| 7 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 19.7 |
| 8 | The Wonder Years | ABC | 19.2 |
| 9 | Empty Nest | NBC | 18.9 |
| 10 | Monday Night Football | ABC | 18.1 |
| 11 | Unsolved Mysteries | NBC | 18.0 |
| 12 | Who’s the Boss? | ABC | 17.9 |
| 13 | Murder, She Wrote | CBS | 17.7 |
| Chicken Soup | ABC | ||
| 15 | Grand | NBC | 17.6 |
| 16 | L.A. Law | 17.4 | |
| 17 | Dear John | 17.2 | |
| 18 | Coach | ABC | 17.0 |
| 19 | In the Heat of the Night | NBC | 16.9 |
| 20 | Matlock | 16.6 | |
| 21 | Growing Pains | ABC | 15.4 |
| 22 | Full House | 15.3 | |
| Designing Women | CBS | ||
| 24 | CBS Sunday Movie | 14.9 | |
| Hunter | NBC | ||
| 26 | Head of the Class | ABC | 14.8 |
| 27 | Murphy Brown | CBS | 14.7 |