Unix Timestamp: 619833600
Wednesday, August 23. 1989, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Record-setting baseball player Pete Rose agrees to a lifetime ban from the sport following allegations of illegal gambling, thereby preventing his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Yusef Hawkins is shot in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York, sparking racial tensions between African Americans and Italian Americans.

Indonesia's first privately owned television station, Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia, (RCTI) begins broadcasting.

Colombia's cocaine traffickers declare total and absolute war against the government and begin a series of bombings and arson attacks.

"Voyager 2" makes its closest approach to Neptune.