What Happened In 1989 - On This Day
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- Feb 6 Poland's communist government begins "Round Table" talks with the Solidarity trade union and its leader Lech Wałęsa in an attempt to ease growing social unrest
Soviet Union Leaves Afghanistan
Feb 15 Soviet military occupation of Afghanistan ends as the last Soviet troops cross the Soviet-Afghan border- Apr 21 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square, cheering for students demanding greater political freedom
- May 13 Approximately 2,000 students begin a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China, to force a dialogue with the government ahead of a visit by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
- May 16 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing and formally end a 30-year rift
Goddess of Democracy
Jun 2 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, protecting students demonstrating for democracy
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Jun 3 Beginning of the Tiananmen Square Massacre as Chinese troops open fire on pro-democracy supporters in Beijing- Jun 4 Eastern Europe's first partially free elections in 40 years are held in Poland, Solidarity Party comes to power
- Jun 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre: Chinese troops clear the square of student protesters, unofficial figures place death toll near 1,000
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Nov 9 East Berlin opens its borders at the Bornholmer Strasse crossing when thousands arrive after East German government official Günter Schabowski mistakenly announces that restrictions on travel to the West will be lifted "immediately, without delay"- Nov 10 German crowds begin demolishing the Berlin Wall, quickly followed by officials with bulldozers
- Dec 3 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush declare the Cold War over
Romanian Revolution
Dec 22 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu from power
- Jan 13 British comedy sketch series "A Bit of Fry and Laurie", starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, debuts on BBC1
- Feb 10 WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and not a sport in a New Jersey court to gain deregulation
- May 19 "Do the Right Thing", directed by Spike Lee, starring Danny Aiello and Ossie Davis premieres at the Cannes Film Festival
- Jun 23 Movie "Batman" premieres, directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson
- Sep 16 14th Toronto International Film Festival: "Roger & Me" directed by Michael Moore wins the People's Choice Award
- Dec 13 "Driving Miss Daisy" directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy is released (Best Picture 1990)
- Dec 17 "The Simpsons," created by Matt Groening, premieres on Fox TV as a full animated series with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
- Nov 12 Robert Wright, George Forrest, and Maury Yeston's musical "Grand Hotel: The Musical" opens at the Martin Beck Theatre in NYC, runs for 1,018 performances, and wins five Tony Awards
- Apr 15 Hillsborough disaster: 96 people are crushed to death and 766 are injured at Hillsborough Football Stadium in Sheffield, England, during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest
- Jul 2 American jockey Steve Cauthen wins the Irish Derby on Old Vic to become the first rider in history to sweep the world's four major Derbies (Kentucky, Epsom, French, Irish)
- Oct 15 Wayne Gretzky surpasses Gordie Howe as the NHL's all-time top scorer
- Nov 24 Sachin Tendulkar scores a Test cricket fifty at the record young age of 16 years and 214 days
- Dec 29 Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova are named Athletes of the Decade by the Associated Press
- Dec 31 Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets a record with 598 wins in a single year
A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects microchips, leading to a halt in all trading on Toronto's stock exchange
August 16, 1989
Gedhun Choekyi Nyima
April 25
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
October 13
Elizabeth Olsen
February 16
Chris Brown
May 5
Daniel Radcliffe
July 23
Brie Larson
October 1
Dakota Johnson
October 4
PewDiePie
October 24
Labrinth [Timothy Lee McKenzie]
January 4
Lucy Hale
June 14
Bebe Rexha
August 30
Taylor Swift
December 13
Nick Foles
January 20
Yani Tseng
January 23
Agnieszka Radwańska
March 6
Michael van Gerwen
April 25
Rob Gronkowski
May 14
Thomas Müller
September 13
Wine merchant William Sokolin breaks a bottle of 1787 Château Margaux, possibly belonging to Thomas Jefferson, worth $500,000 at the Four Seasons restaurant in New York
April 23, 1989
Ted Bundy
January 24
Osamu Tezuka
February 9
Ayatollah Khomeini
June 3
William Shockley
August 12
Huey P. Newton
August 22
Andrei Sakharov
December 14
Lucille Ball
April 26
Sergio Leone
April 30
Laurence Olivier
July 11
Bette Davis
October 6
Tiny Grimes
March 4
Irving Berlin
September 22
Bill Terry
January 9
Lefty Gomez
February 17
Sugar Ray Robinson
April 12
Secretariat
October 4
Billy Martin
December 25
Doug Harvey
December 26
France's Biggest-Ever Bank Robbery
Its vault was thought to be impregnable, but the bank had not reckoned on the ingenuity of a determined thief who died on this day, with the loot still missing.June 8
- Jan 1 American actor and director Leonard Nimoy (57) weds American actress Susan Bay (45), until his death
- Jan 7 MLB pitcher Greg Maddux (22) weds Kathy Ronnow
- Jan 21 "Falcon Crest" actor Lorenzo Lamas (31) weds actress Kathleen Kinmont (23) at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas
- Feb 14 Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in the Dominican Republic
- Feb 16 Actress Jane Fonda and activist Tom Hayden separate after 16 years of marriage
- Mar 1 "Baywatch" actor David Hasselhoff (37) divorces actress Catherine Hickland (33) after nearly 5 years of marriage
Daniel Day-Lewis
Oscar for Best Actor
George Michael
Grammy for Album of the Year
Jessica Tandy
Oscar for Best Actress
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