Burma Junta Puts Aung San Suu Kyi Under House Arrest, July 20, 1989

Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the last planet in the Solar System at the time, due to Pluto being within Neptune's orbit from 1979 to 1999. Date: August 25, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This…

Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-30 to deploy the Venus-bound Magellan space probe. 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 from 19891989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira First Leg at Estádio da Luz,…

Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29). Date: November 17, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 17 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅…

The East German Politburo votes to remove Erich Honecker from his role as General Secretary. Date: October 17, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Hungary Dismantles Austria Border Fence, East Germans Defect, May 2,…

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 1989Surinam Airways Flight…

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:…