(Inaugural Year of Ironman Golf Championship)
- A postage stamp cost 25¢.
- Intel introduced the 386 chip.
- Adjusted to today’s dollars, a cell phone cost $4,300.
- Adjusted to today’s dollars, a 150mg hard drive cost $8,750
- Gas cost 90¢/gallon.
- The Berlin Wall fell, signaling the end of communism in Europe.
- The Time Person of the Year was Mikhail Gorbachev.
- The Top grossing movie was Batman (starring Michael Keaton).
- Sue Ellen shot JR.
- Magnum PI ended its TV run, leaving millions of women in despair on Thursday nights.
- The San Francisco 49’ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII.
- Notre Dame won the college national football championship (no BCS back then).
- And, the Oscar goes to...
- Best Picture – Rain Man
- Best Actor – Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man)
- Best Actress – Jodie Foster (The Accused)
- Steve was in the middle of his first and toughest home renovation (1926 Avondale Estates home).
- For you Corvette fanatics -
- The 1989 Corvette produced a whopping 245 horsepower; front-engine motor..
- Current base motor produces 460hp, Z06 produces 650hp, ZR1 produces 755hp
- The C8 Corvette, debuting in July 2019, features a mid-engine design.
- The 1989 Corvette produced a whopping 245 horsepower; front-engine motor..