Lianne La Havas (født 23. august 1989) er en soul- og folksanger/-sangskriver/-multiinstrumentalist fra Storbritannien. Hendes debut-EP, Lost & Found, udkom den 21. oktober 2011, og hendes debutalbum, Is Your Love Big Enough?, udkom den 9. juli 2012 med sangen "Lost & Found" som den officielle førstesingle.
Læs mere...23. august 1989 var en onsdag under stjernetegnet for ♌. Det var 234 dag på året. Præsident for USA var George Bush.
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Date: 23 August 1989
LEAD: NBC News announced yesterday that Deborah Norville will replace John Palmer as news anchor of the ''Today'' show, beginning Sept. 5. The change, said Michael G. Gartner, the president of NBC News, is one of several the division plans to make to increase news coverage on the morning program.
Date: 24 August 1989
LEAD: The Public Broadcasting System and the Cable News Network plan to carry live pictures of Neptune taken by Voyager 2 as the spacecraft passes the planet early tomorrow morning.
Date: 24 August 1989
By Michael Wines, Special To the New York Times
Michael Wines
LEAD: In an unusual and intense attempt to stop unapproved disclosures of Justice Department investigations, Attorney General Dick Thornburgh has stepped up efforts to find and prosecute Government officials who told a reporter about a Federal inquiry involving a Pennsylvania Congressman.
Date: 23 August 1989
LEAD: The Justice Department, the Iran-contra special prosecutor and a lawyer for a former high C.I.A. official face an important hearing today before the Federal Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va. They will argue over Attorney General Dick Thornburgh's right to intervene in the special prosecutor's case against Joe Fernandez, the former agency station chief in Costa Rica, charged with lying to investigators of the scandal.
Date: 23 August 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-11 Polish Communists backed off from threats not to share responsibility in a new coalition Government after Soviet President Gorbachev held a phone conversation with the party leader. Page A1
Date: 24 August 1989
LEAD: INTERNATIONAL A3-17, B6 Capitalism will expand in Poland, said the Solidarity supporter who is expected to become Poland's Prime Minister. The statement came a day after Lech Walsea was quoted as making similar remarks. Page A1
Date: 24 August 1989
LEAD: The International Business Machines Corporation said its scientists had demonstrated new chips that are able to transmit and receive data over fiber-optic lines at speeds of a billion bits a second. The new optoelectronic chips are 50 times denser than earlier components. The new I.B.M. parts are fingernail-size devices that contain 8,000 transistors.
Date: 23 August 1989
Reuters
LEAD: The Bell Atlantic Corporation said its board had extended the company's stock repurchase program through Dec. 31, 1991, from Dec. 31, 1990, and increased the authorized amount from $450 million to $1 billion.
Date: 23 August 1989
Special to The New York Times
LEAD: The Amdura Corporation, the Denver-based hardware distribution company, urged its shareholders to refrain from voting on Cilluffo Associates Inc.'s proposal to unseat its board. Amdura asked that shareholders give it an opportunity to state its position.
Date: 24 August 1989
Reuters
LEAD: Wellman Inc. and Fiber Industries announced today that they had agreed to merge in a deal worth $560 million.