Date: July 26, 1989
The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Date: April 27, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Monkseaton Shootings in Tyne and Wear…
While attempting to land at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, Korean Air Flight 803 crashes just short of the runway. Seventy-five of the 199 passengers and crew and four people on the ground are killed, in the second accident involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks, the first being United Airlines Flight 232. Date:…
Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa encouraging Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Date: February 14, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Ron Brown Elected First African American DNC…
The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan is closed. Date: January 30, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Monkseaton Shootings in Tyne and Wear Kill One, Injure 16 – April 30, 1989China Eastern Airlines Flight…
After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months. Date: February 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)…
The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield. Date: April 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…