People’s Daily April 26 Editorial Sparks Tiananmen Protests April 26, 1989

The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre. Date: May 20, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Bush and Gorbachev Signal Cold…

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 1989Soviet Union Announces Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan, February 15,…

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 1989Largest Anti-Apartheid March in South Africa Led…

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404, carrying 54 people, disappears over the Himalayas after takeoff from Gilgit Airport in Pakistan. The aircraft was never found. Date: August 25, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Hillsborough…

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) More events from 1989United Airlines Flight 811 Midair Explosion, February 24,…

The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people, only to be followed a week later by an underground gasoline pipeline explosion, which kills two more people. Date: May 12, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…