16 januari 1989 was een maandag onder het sterrenbeeld ♑. Het was de 15e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Ronald Reagan.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 37 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op vrijdag 16 januari 2026, 170 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op zaterdag 16 januari 2027, in 194 dagen. Je hebt 13.684 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 328.439 uur, of ongeveer 19.706.370 minuten, of ongeveer 1.182.382.200 seconden.
Date: 16 January 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A2-7 Yasir Arafat's wing of the P.L.O. has not planned or carried out any guerrilla acts in more than two months, the Israeli Army Chief of Staff has disclosed, drawing criticism from Prime Minister Shamir. Page A1
Date: 17 January 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-19 The Soviet grain harvest fell short of its target last year by 40 million tons, making it the worst harvest in three years, according to preliminary estimates, a Soviet offical said. Page A1
Date: 17 January 1989
By Albert Scardino, Special To the New York Times
Albert Scardino
LEAD: The Miami Herald became the oldest daily newspaper in town when The Miami News, a 92-year-old afternoon paper, died of circulation problems and neglect last month. But the demise of The News, its only English-language competitor, promises to have little effect on The Herald, which long ago won the battle for readers and advertisers, at least those who spoke its tongue.
Date: 17 January 1989
By Robert D. McFadden
Robert
LEAD: Nearly two years after its contract expired, a union representing 72 machinists at The New York Times said yesterday that it would strike the newspaper on Friday unless a new labor agreement was reached by then.
Date: 17 January 1989
By Richard Halloran, Special To the New York Times
Richard Halloran
LEAD: On the afternoon of the day that two United States Navy F-14's shot down a pair of Libyan fighters over the Mediterranean, Adm. William J. Crowe Jr. called in his top aides to assess the situation, including the publicity surrounding the episode.
Date: 17 January 1989
By Robert Pear, Special To the New York Times
Robert Pear
LEAD: Thirty-five nations today made public a new East-West agreement that includes commitments for the protection of human rights, including freedom of association, religion, travel and emigration.
Date: 16 January 1989
By Nicholas D. Kristof, Special To the New York Times
Nicholas
LEAD: In a country where the boundaries of debate are real but ill-defined, a weekly newspaper here is renowned as perhaps the best surveyor of the changing frontiers of intellectual tolerance in China today.
Date: 17 January 1989
AP
LEAD: The Mitsubishi Metal Corporation said it would build a $250 million copper smelter in Texas City. The plant will employ about 250 people and generate an estimated $5 million annual payroll, the company said. The plant is expected to be in full operation in 1991 and will produce about 150,000 metric tons of copper a year.
Date: 17 January 1989
Reuters
LEAD: The McDonnell Douglas Corporation said China Eastern Airlines had agreed to buy five MD-11 jetliners in an order valued at more than $500 million. The MD-11 is a long-range, wide-bodied jet that is slightly smaller than the jumbo Boeing 747. Its main competitor is the Airbus A340, produced by the European consortium Airbus Industrie.
Date: 17 January 1989
Reuters
LEAD: The Hoechst Celanese Corporation, the American subsidiary of Hoechst A.G. of West Germany, said it would offer to acquire all the shares of Celanese Canada Inc. that it does not own in a deal valued at $210 million (Canadian), or about $175 million (United States). Hoechst Celanese owns about 56.2 percent of Celanese Canada and is offering to buy each of the remaining shares for $35 (Canadian), or about $29 (United States).