Tank Man Stops Tanks After Tiananmen Protests, June 5, 1989
Date: June 5, 1989
Date: June 5, 1989
The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. Date: June 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 3 ๐ Events on this day in 1989 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches STS-30 to Deploy…
SovietโAfghan War: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan. Date: February 15, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 15 ๐ Events on this day in 1989 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Independent Air Flight 1851 Crashes at Pico Alto, Killing 144,…
Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near Sรฃo Josรฉ do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12. Date: September 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 3 ๐ Events on this day in 1989 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Montreal Protocol Comes into Force to Stop Ozone-Depleting…
Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Vรกclav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia. Date: December 29, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 29 ๐ Events on this day in 1989 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh Executed for Indira Gandhi Assassination…
Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. Date: June 24, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 24 ๐ Events on this day in 1989 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1989National Cold…
Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall, allowing its citizens to travel to West Berlin. Date: November 9, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1989 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Iran-UK Break…