1989 was a year in the 20th century.
Events
- Tuesday, May 22: Back to the Future Part II released on VHS.
- Unknown date: In 1989, in Hill Valley, California, two young men discovered and stole Doc Brown's DeLorean time machine and used it to travel to 2015. They asked a police officer where they could find pizza, and she pointed them to a Pizza Hut restaurant.
Real world
- Sunday, December 17: The Simpsons makes it's television premiere.
Behind the scenes
- Unknown dates:
- The Back to the Future Part II novelization is published.
- The video game Back to the Future is released for the NES.
- Sunday, February 5: Bakku tou za fuyucha, the Japanese dubbed version of Back to the Future, premieres in Japan on TV Asahi.
- Saturday, June 3: Ayatollah Khomeini passes away.