1989 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1989?
- January 29, 1989 – Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so
- February 3, 1989 – After a stroke two weeks previous, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
- February 6, 1989 – The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
- February 24, 1989 – United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.
- February 27, 1989 – Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo riots.
- March 24, 1989 – Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240000 oilbbl of petroleum after running aground.
- April 15, 1989 – Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi Final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.
- April 19, 1989 – A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
- April 21, 1989 – Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
- May 1, 1989 – Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- May 2, 1989 – Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
- July 6, 1989 – The Israeli 405 Bus slaughter in which 14 bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus is driving by the edge of a cliff.
- August 24, 1989 – Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
- October 9, 1989 – An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.
- October 15, 1989 – Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
- November 7, 1989 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected mayor of New York City.
- December 17, 1989 – Fernando Collor de Mello defeats Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected President in almost 30 years.
- December 22, 1989 – Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
- December 28, 1989 – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.
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