Luis Carlos Galán Assassinated Near Bogotá, Colombia, August 18, 1989

A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954. Date: February 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-29 with TDRS-4 Satellite March 13, 1989Soviet Submarine Komsomolets Sinks,…

United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 111. Date: July 19, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Poland Round Table Talks Begin Communist Overthrow in Eastern Europe, February 6, 1989Pakistan Re-admitted…

Flying Tiger Line Flight 066 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four. Date: February 19, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Jiang Zemin Becomes CCP General Secretary…

Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions are later overturned. Date: July 5, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day…

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…