What day of the week was December 1, 1989?

The day of the week December 1st, 1989 fell on was a Friday.

There were 24 days until Christmas.

Alvin Ailey the American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931) died on this day in 1989.

1989 Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état. Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.