Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

Oliver & Company is a 1988 American animated musical comedy drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and inspired by the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist and the Victor Hugo novel Les Misérables. It reached US theaters on 18 November 1988.

Square released Final Fantasy II on the Famicom in Japan on 17 December 1988, a sequel with a new story and a skill-based growth system instead of classes. It was not released outside Japan until later compilations and remakes.

A Guangming Road breakfast shop serving Daojiao-style meatball congee, preserved-egg congee and roast-meat noodles.

An established Shandong restaurant on Jingwu Road, serving scallion-braised carp, lotus-leaf meat buns and traditional suguo.

Bell's Brewery brewed the first Expedition Stout in 1989, one of the earliest Russian imperial stouts made in the United States and now its longest-brewed imperial stout.

Magnum Classic, an 86 g / 120 ml vanilla ice cream bar in a thick milk-chocolate shell developed at Frisko in Aarhus, Denmark, went into production in autumn 1988 and was introduced in 1989.

One- and two-bedroom homes in historic buildings, with shared porches and on-site laundry. The developer’s 2024–2025 report identifies Regent Terrace in its affordable-housing preservation program. Operator project listing and published rent information reviewed October 9, 2026; original opening date not established. Published rents: 1 bedroom $917, 2 bedrooms $1,101.

Commercial operation begins. This dates the original generating unit, before the later shutdown and recovery described in this thread.

At the 31st Grammy Awards on 22 February 1989 the first Best Rap Performance trophy went to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, who led a boycott because the category was not televised; Bobby McFerrin won Record and Song of the Year and George Michael Album of the Year.

The plant was undamaged in the December 1988 earthquake but later shut amid seismic-safety concerns.

On 24 March 1989 the Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling about 11 million gallons of oil in what was then the largest oil spill in US waters.

The six-episode OVA Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket begins release, following a boy on the neutral space colony Side 6 whose fascination with the One Year War turns serious once Zeon commandos infiltrate his home searching for a hidden Federation mobile suit program.

The 24th Academy of Country Music Awards, held on 10 April 1989 at Disney Studios in Burbank and hosted by Patrick Duffy, George Strait and K.T. Oslin, gave Hank Williams Jr. a third Entertainer of the Year, K.T. Oslin's This Woman Album of the Year and Alabama the Artist of the Decade award.

Nintendo released the Game Boy handheld in Japan on April 21, 1989, a monochrome cartridge-based portable that started the Game Boy line.

Toei Animation begins broadcasting Dragon Ball Z, the sequel series to Dragon Ball following an adult Goku, his son Gohan, and the Z Fighters against escalating threats like Frieza, Cell, and Majin Buu.

On 1 June 1989 the FDA approved Epogen (epoetin alfa), Amgen's recombinant erythropoietin for anemia in kidney dialysis patients, its first product after nine years in business.

Kiki's Delivery Service follows a young witch, Kiki, as she leaves home at thirteen to complete her training year in a new city, opening a flying delivery service with her talking cat Jiji.

On 16 August 1989 Qantas' first Boeing 747-400, VH-OJA City of Canberra, flew non-stop from London Heathrow to Sydney in 20 hours 9 minutes, setting FAI distance and speed records. It landed with under 900 kg of fuel to spare.

The 34-meter, five-loop Olympia Looping premiered at Munich's Oktoberfest on 17 September 1989, becoming the largest portable roller coaster ever built and the only one with five inversions.

Finnair received the first ATR 72 on 27 October 1989, a month after French certification, and became the first airline to operate the 66-seat stretch.

The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical fantasy film written and directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and produced by Musker and Howard Ashman, who also wrote the film's songs with composer Alan Menken. It reached US theaters on 17 November 1989.

Square released Makai Toushi Sa-Ga for the Game Boy in Japan on 15 December 1989; the first SaGa game and the handheld's first RPG, it became Square's first million seller with 1.37 million units shipped.

Il Fornaio - Del Mar in Del Mar. Published specials, menus and service conditions are shown in the restaurant details.

Pacifica Del Mar in Del Mar. Published specials, menus and service conditions are shown in the restaurant details.

In 1990, Orange County opened the Frank R. Bowerman Landfill in the hills above Irvine, California, which grew into the ninth-largest landfill in the United States.

Momoko Sakura is an elementary school student who likes popular idol Momoe Yamaguchi and mangas. She is often called "Chibi Maruko-chan" due to her young age and small size.

The first MD-11 trijet, a stretched and updated DC-10 derivative, took off from Long Beach on 10 January 1990, about nine months after its original schedule.

Enix released Dragon Quest IV on the Famicom in Japan on 11 February 1990, opening the Zenithian trilogy with a story told in separate chapters.

Cisco Systems listed on the Nasdaq as CSCO on 16 February 1990 with a market capitalization of US$224 million, six years after its Stanford-born founders started selling routers.