In context
- When
- Tuesday, November 7 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
- Sonny Gray
Who they were
Sonny Douglas Gray is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, and St. Louis Cardinals.
Why this date
Sonny Gray appears on our November 7 calendar for 1989 as a birth entry.
November 7 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1989Sonny Gray
- 1996NASA
- 2000Drug Enforcement Administration
- 20002000 United States presidential election
- 2000Hillary Clinton
- 2004Iraq War
- 2007Jokela school shooting
- 20122012 Guatemala earthquake
- 2017Shamshad TV
- 2020Joe Biden
- 2023António Costa
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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“Sonny Gray”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/sonny-gray-1989-november-7, accessed October 28, 2026.
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Questions about this entry
When did Sonny Gray happen?
November 7 1989 — 37 years ago, on a Tuesday.
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