Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist prime minister in Central and Eastern Europe. Date: August 24, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government. Date: August 24, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands. Date: August 23, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts. Date: August 22, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed. Date: August 20, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Date: August 19, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This…
Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years. Date: August 19, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia. Date: August 18, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 18 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading. Date: August 16, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 crashes after takeoff from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, killing 34 of the 40 people on board. Date: August 15, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)