Space Shuttle Discovery Launches STS-29 with TDRS-4 Satellite March 13, 1989

Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts. Date: August 22, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Imre Nagy Reburied in Budapest After Communism’s…

In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place. Date: September 4, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 4 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-30…

Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia. Date: December 29, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 29 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Honduras Boeing 727 Crash Kills 131 Near Tegucigalpa, October 21,…

Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu. Date: September 13, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Egypt Raises Flag at Taba, Ending Israeli Occupation March 19, 1989Mickey Leland Dies in Ethiopia…

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The 10-metre high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators. Date: May 30, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Denmark Introduces First Legal Same-Sex…

Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States. Date: November 7, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Tbilisi Massacre: Soviet Army Crushes Georgian…