Date: December 2, 1989
China Airlines Flight 204 crashes after takeoff from Hualien Airport in Taiwan, killing all 54 people on board. Date: October 26, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 26 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Panama City Coup Suppressed, 11 Executed -…
El Salvadoran army troops kill six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University. Date: November 16, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Ron Brown Elected First African American DNC Chairman February…
Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City in one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history. Date: January 7, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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 📅…
Bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine, the biggest bankruptcy in the Nordic countries up until then. Date: October 23, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Robert T. Morris Indicted for Morris Worm Release, July 26, 1989Monkseaton…
In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa. Date: October 21, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Hungary Dismantles Austrian…