Cal State Fullerton - Titan Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

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FEBURARY 6 The House of Representatives forced Speaker Jim Wright to set a vote on the proposed 50% pay in- crease for themselves and other top federal officeholders. The vote was scheduled as a result of public outcry. If no vote took place, the pay increase would take place automatically. 12 Former California Governor Jerry Brown, Jr. was elected chairman of the California Democratic Party. It marked Brown ' s political come- back after being defeated by Re- publican George Deukmajien for governor. 15 Salman Rushdie caused a stir in the Islamic world with his book, The Satanic Verses. Iran ' s Ayatol- lah Khomeini sentenced Rushdie to death and called the book blas- phemous. Meanwhile, sales of his book skyrocketed. 17 Los Angeles Dodger Orel Her- shiser became the highest paid player in baseball when he signed a $7.9 million deal in a three-year contract. Hershiser was this year ' s Cy Young Award winner and the World Series MVP. 22 CSUF President Cobb was given a mandate by faculty, staff and stu- dents who urged that Cobb ban smoking in all university build- ings except for the dormitories and the University Center. This ended a year ' s debate on the controversial issue. 23 President Bush began his Asian trip by attending Japanese Emper- or Hirohito ' s funeral. Bush ' s trip also took him to Beijing and South Korea. This was Bush ' s first for- eign trip as President. 25 A ten by twenty feet rectangular hole tore open on an United Air- lines flight from Honolulu to New Zealand. Nine people were sucked out of the hole at 20,000 feet to their deaths. Two of Flight 811 ' s engines on the 747 failed, but the veteran pilot managed to return to Honolulu safely. The hole was caused by an unsecured baggage- hold door which tore away during the flight. This semester, skateboards and bi- cycles were banned on most areas of CSUF. Public safety was cited as the reason for the ban. 29

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■ ' JANUARY 5 Two Navy F-14 fighters shot down two Libyan MIG-23 jets over the Meditteran- ean Sea. The Navy jets acted in self-de- fense after the Libyan jets threatened U.S. warplanes. Libyan leader Kadafi vowed to seek rev enge. 7 Japanese Emperor Hirohito died after a long struggle with intestinal cancer and kidney failure at the age of 87. He had served as Japan ' s Emperor for 62 years, including the years of World War II. 17 Violence flared in Miami, one week before Super Bowl XXIII was to open. Riots began after a policeman fatally shot a black mo- torcyclist in the predominately-black Overtown area. A three square mile area was cordoned off as stores were looted, cars were burned, and shots were fired. 18 Patrick Edward Purdy, a drifter, walked into the Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California, and began firing a semiautomatic. In three minutes, he killed five students, and injured thirty others. 20 Republican George Herbert Walker Bush was inaugurated as our nation ' s 41st Presi- dent. Bush described the nation as prosper- ous and at peace, but promised that a new breeze was blowing. He took the oath of off ice in front of 200,000 guests at the Ca- pitol. Bush, after being sworn in by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, pledged to make the U.S. a better nation. 22 The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cin- cinnati Bengals 20-16 in Super Bowl XXIII in Miami. The Bengals were 34 seconds away from victory when Joe Montana threw a ten-yard touchdown pass to clinch the victory for the 49ers. This is the third Super Bowl title in the 1980 ' s for San Fran- cisco. 27 Temperatures plunged to nearly 100° below zero in some parts of Alaska. The two- week blizzard closed schools and roads, and cut several towns off from the world. 28 i I 61 15!

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Strike Cripples Eastern MARCH 5 Pilots and flight attendants joined me- chanics and baggage-handlers in a walkout that virtually paralyzed the operations of financially-troubled Eastern Airlines throughout North, Central and South America. The mechanics would not accept pay cuts requested by management. 10 The Senate rejected the nomination of Sen. John Tower to be Bush ' s Defense Secre- tary. Tower, 63, was surrounded by charges of drinking and womanizing. The rejection of Tower was received angrily by President Bush. 12 An apple scare rocked the nation when it was revealed that the nation ' s apples were sprayed with the chemical Alar, which was linked to cancer. School districts, like Los Angeles and New York, and supermarket chains rushed to get apples off the shelves. 15 The U.S. banned the importation of more than 110,000 semi-automatic assault weap- ons. The action was taken by drug czar William J. Bennett, who stated that these weapons were used in too many drug-relat- ed crimes. 23 Two University of Utah scientists, Martin Fleischamnn and B. Stanley Pons, an- nounced that they achieved nuclear fusion at room temperature. This could mean that the world may one day have a virtually clean, inexhaustible source of energy. 25 The Exxon oil tanker, Exxon Valdez, rammed into Bligh Reef located in Prince William Sound, Alaska. The tanker rup- tured and spilled almost 11 million barrels of crude oil into the environmentally-sen- sitive Prince William Sound. The largest oil spill in U.S. history spread over a 100 square mile area due to a slow cleanup ef- fort. 27 Soviet citizens voted in the first nationwide election for the first time since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Many Communist Party officials were defeated as they bore the brunt of rising public anger over short- ages of consumer goods, poor living condi- tions and the lack of self-determination. 30 Titan ' 89