Air Ontario Flight 1363 Crash at Dryden Airport March 10, 1989

Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Date: February 14, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh Executed for…

Tbilisi massacre: An anti-Soviet peaceful demonstration and hunger strike in Tbilisi, demanding restoration of Georgian independence, is dispersed by the Soviet Army, resulting in 20 deaths and hundreds of injuries. Date: April 9, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This…

Independent Air Flight 1851 strikes Pico Alto mountain while on approach to Santa Maria Airport in the Azores, killing all 144 passengers on board. Date: February 8, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Iran-UK…

Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so. Date: January 29, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Gorbachev Arrives in Havana to Mend…

Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century. Date: March 2, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Soviet Submarine Komsomolets Sinks, Killing 42…

Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee, becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party. Date: February 10, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 10 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Air Ontario Flight…