Flying Tiger Line Flight 066 Crashes Near Malaysia Airport, 1989-02-19
Date: February 19, 1989
Date: February 19, 1989
Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power. Date: November 28, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Hungary…
The Nikkei 225 for the Tokyo Stock Exchange hits its all-time intra-day high of 38,957.44 and closing high at 38,915.87, serving as the apex of the Japanese asset price bubble. Date: December 29, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This…
Iran–Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal. Date: May 4, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
People's Daily publishes the April 26 Editorial which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests. Date: April 26, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Iran-Contra Affair: Oliver North Convicted, May 4, 1989Egypt-US Agreement to Manufacture…
The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal. Date: December 6, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989United Airlines Flight…
The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". Date: December 17, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph Resigns Amid Protests, November 7,…