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August 1989
Extracted from the Wikipedia article 1989.
August
- August – Gazprom, an energy production and sales organization in Russia, becomes state-run enterprise, changing from the Soviet Ministry of Gas Industry.
- August 2 – Pakistan is readmitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after leaving it in 1972.
- August 5
- Park Avenue Joe is finally declared the winner after finishing in a dead heat with Probe in the Hambletonian Stakes for parimutuel and prize money purposes, based on the two heat and runoff format, based on average finish.
- Jaime Paz Zamora is elected President of Bolivia, taking office the next day.