Stockton Elementary School Shooting Kills Five, Wounds 31 — January 17, 1989

Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so. Date: January 29, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Tim Berners-Lee Proposes World Wide Web…

Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland. Date: April 1, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Burkina Faso Coup Attempt Foiled Against…

Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City in one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history. Date: January 7, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

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 1989Burma Junta Puts Aung San Suu…

In Honduras, 131 people are killed when a Boeing 727 crashes on approach to Toncontín International Airport near the nation's capital Tegucigalpa. Date: October 21, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Romanian Revolution Protests…