| 30 November 1989 | Fastest speed for an outboard motorboat | 284.14 kilometre(s) per hour | Bob Wartinger |
| 09 November 1989 | Most minutes played in an NBA game | 69 minute(s) | Dale Ellis |
| November 1989 | Fastest speed barefoot waterskiing (male) | 218.44 kilometre(s) per hour | Scott Pellaton |
| 17 September 1989 | Youngest actor nominated for an Emmy (lead category) | | Fred Savage |
| 21 August 1989 | Fastest aircraft, piston-engined | 850.24 kilometre(s) per hour | Rare Bear |
| 06 July 1989 | First image of a sprite | first | John Randolph Winckler |
| 16 May 1989 | Most expensive animation cell in black and white | 286000 US dollar(s) | Walt Disney's The Orphan's Benefit |
| 29 April 1989 | Most cars hurdled in one hour | 101 total number | Jeff Clay |
| 19 February 1989 | Most sprint triathlon races completed in one year (male) | 123 total number | Bart M. Hackley |
| 20 January 1989 | Farthest shot put (male) (indoors) | 22.66 metre(s) | Randy Barnes |
| 1989 | Fastest 100 m joggling with three objects - men | | Owen Morse |
| 1989 | Most flaming torches juggled | 7 total number | Anthony Gatto |
| 1989 | First driver to earn US$1 million purse for winning Indianapolis 500 | first | Emerson Fittipaldi |
| 1989 | Most living generations (ever) | | 7 generations |
| 1989 | Most field goals in an NBA career | | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |