Date: June 21, 1989
The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate). Date: June 4, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Todor Zhivkov…
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 → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Tim Berners-Lee…
Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission. Date: August 8, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989China Airlines Flight 204 Crashes After Takeoff in Taiwan,…
In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact may be coming to an end. Date: December 3, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅…
Singing Revolution: Two million people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius–Tallinn road, holding hands. Date: August 23, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Soviet Union Announces Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan, February…
The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe. Date: February 6, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Brandenburg Gate Reopens, Marking German Reunification…