USS Iowa Gun Turret Explosion Kills 47 Sailors April 19, 1989

Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board. Date: January 8, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Soviet Submarine…

Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China. Date: April 15, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Margaret Thatcher Introduces Poll Tax in Scotland, April 1, 1989China Eastern Airlines…

Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany. Date: September 11, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989People’s Daily April 26…

Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses. Date: March 7, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Wayne Gretzky Becomes NHL…

Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary. Date: June 16, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 16 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1989Khomeini Fatwa Targets Salman…