Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. Date: December 16, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted. Date: December 15, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Troubles: Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches an attack on a British Army temporary vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland. Two British soldiers are killed and two others are wounded. Date: December 13, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day…
Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union. Date: December 10, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact may be coming to an end. Date: December 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅…
The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia. Date: December 2, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On…
Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state. Date: December 1, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état. Date: December 1, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)