Date: December 22, 1989
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 coup in Panama City is suppressed and 11 participants are executed. Date: October 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 3 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19891989 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira First Leg at Estádio da Luz, October 25,…
Aeroflot Flight 37577 crashes on approach to Sovetsky Airport, killing 32. Date: November 21, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989East Germany Abolishes Communist Party Rule December 1, 1989Honduras Boeing 727 Crash Kills 131…
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…
The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-34 to deploy the Jupiter-bound Galileo space probe. Date: October 18, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 18 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Largest Anti-Apartheid March in South Africa Led by Desmond Tutu -…
Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century. Date: March 2, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Wayne Gretzky Becomes NHL All-Time Points…