--- description: Taylor Swift was born that year, and some other stuff happened too title: Taylor Swift 1989 Album: How Much Do You Know About the Year? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de9b156e3199dc3/698762a655a859634ca836b1/taylor-swift-1989.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [History](/section/history/) ## History Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # How Much Do You Know About 1989?  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Oct 27, 2014 5:00 AM CUT  Taylor Swift performing on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on Oct. 23, 2014 in Los Angeles Taylor Swift performing on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' on Oct. 23, 2014 in Los AngelesBauer-Griffin / Getty Images  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Oct 27, 2014 5:00 AM CUT One of the year’s most anticipated albums drops Monday: Taylor Swift’s _1989_. The album draws its name both from the year Swift was born and the era’s musical influences. So what else happened in 1989? See how much you remember from 25 years ago. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3535129/taylor-swift-1989/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3535129/taylor-swift-1989/"},"headline":"How Much Do You Know About 1989?","datePublished":"2014-10-27T05:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:59:03.942Z","description":"Sure, it was when a certain pop star was born. Test your knowledge of what else happened that year with our quiz","url":"https://time.com/3535129/taylor-swift-1989/","keywords":["Music","Taylor Swift","1989 topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de9b156e3199dc3/698762a655a859634ca836b1/taylor-swift-1989.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de9b156e3199dc3/698762a655a859634ca836b1/taylor-swift-1989.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taylor Swift 1989","caption":"Taylor Swift 1989","creditText":"Bauer-Griffin / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3535129/taylor-swift-1989/","name":"How Much Do You Know About 1989?"}}]}] ```