In context
- When
- Saturday, December 23 198937 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1980s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- David Szymanski
At a glance
Born 1989-12-23.
Known as: video game developer. Citizenship: United States.
Listed as: human.
Who they were
David Szymanski is an American video game developer. He is best known for having developed the games Dusk, Iron Lung, and Gloomwood.
Why this date
David Szymanski appears on our December 23 calendar for 1989 as a birth entry.
December 23 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1989David Szymanski
- 1997Pioneer Helmet
- 2002General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
- 2003PetroChina
- 2005Antonov An-140
- 2007Kingdom of Nepal
- 20082008 Guinean coup d'état
- 2008Republic of Guinea Armed Forces
- 20152015 Sabiha Gökçen Airport bombing
- 20232023 Plateau State massacres
- 2025Harmony Jets Flight 185
Also in 1989
- September 11East GermanyHungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
- September 13ApartheidLargest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
- September 14Typhoon Sarah (1989)Typhoon Sarah dissipated after causing extensive damage along an erratic path across the Western Pacific, killing 71 in Taiwan, the Phili…
- September 14Standard Gravure shootingThe Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former…
- September 16Boris YeltsinDuring a tour of the United States, Soviet politician Boris Yeltsin visited a grocery store in Texas that had a major impact on his views…
- September 181989 Burkina Faso coup attemptAn attempted coup d'état against Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaoré is uncovered and foiled.
- November 17Walt Disney PicturesWalt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, beginning the Disney Renaissance.
- November 17Velvet RevolutionCold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprisi…
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When did David Szymanski happen?
December 23 1989 — 37 years ago, on a Saturday.
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