May 18, 1989
Gas cost $1.02 a gallon in the spring of 1989, and the Dow Jones stood at 2,753 — the Bush administration was actively pressing both Israel and the P.L.O. toward a peace framework in the Middle East. On the cultural front, "The Cosby Show" remained the top-rated program on American television, while Tom Clancy's "Clear and Present Danger" held the number one spot on the fiction bestseller list. The Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to claim the NBA championship that June, the same spring that a British scientist named Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal document at CERN that would become the foundational blueprint for the World Wide Web.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — May 18, 1989
NY Times Headlines — Week of May 18, 1989
Beijing Throngs Again Thwart Advances By Troops Amid Signs Military Balks At Crackdown
Baker, In A Middle East Blueprint, Asks Israel To Reach Out To Arabs
Egypt Urges Arab Lands To Join To Build Vision Of Mideast Peace
World Events — May 1989
Time Person of the Year — 1989
On the radio
Billboard Charts — May 18, 1989
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1988–89 Season
Emmy Winners — 1989
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — May 18, 1989
Ebert 4-Star Films — May 18, 1989
On the field
Sports Champions — May 18, 1989
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