United Airlines Flight 232 Crash in Sioux City, Iowa, July 19, 1989

While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232. Date:…

The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed. Date: January 30, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-30 to Deploy Magellan Probe May 4, 1989United Airlines Flight 811 Midair Explosion,…

Interflug Flight 102 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, killing 21 people. Date: June 17, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-30 to Deploy Magellan Probe May…

Soviet–Afghan War: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul. Date: February 2, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 2 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Ali Khamenei Elected Supreme Leader of Iran June 4, 1989Gorbachev Arrives in Havana to Mend Soviet-Cuban…

Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China. Date: April 15, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989People’s Daily April 26 Editorial Sparks Tiananmen Protests April 26, 1989Soviet Union…

U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia. Date: August 7, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Hillsborough Disaster: 97 Liverpool Fans Die at Sheffield Wednesday Stadium,…