Date: December 25, 1989
Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard. Date: June 7, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Second Optional Protocol…
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang. Date: April 21, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Montreal Protocol Comes into…
USAir Flight 5050 crashes into Bowery Bay during a rejected takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, killing two people. Date: September 20, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989European Community Nations Agree to Ban CFC Production…
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…
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 📅…
A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Date: July 26, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1989…