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1989 Polish legislative election: Solidarity's victory in the first round is the first of many anti-communist revolutions of 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe. Ufa train disaster : A natural gas explosion near Ufa , Russia kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
January 20 – George H. W. Bush is sworn in as the 41st president of the United States, and Dan Quayle is sworn in as the 44th vice president. January 22 – The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII. January 24.
Part of the Cold War, the Revolutions of 1989 and the Chinese democracy movement. Protesters in Tiananmen Square on 2 June (top), and tanks in Beijing in July (bottom) Date. Initial protests: 15 April – 4 June 1989. (1 month, 2 weeks and 6 days) Massacre: 3–4 June 1989; 34 years ago.
The fall of the Berlin Wall (German: Mauerfall, pronounced [ˈmaʊ ɐˌfal] ) on November 9, 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were
The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, was a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world.
Events from the year 1989 in the United Kingdom . Incumbents. Monarch – Elizabeth II. Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher ( Conservative) Events. January. 4 January – A memorial service is held for the 270 people who died in the Lockerbie air disaster two weeks ago.
May 13 – Mikhail Gorbachev visits China, the first Soviet leader to do so since the 1960s. May 19 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: Zhao Ziyang meets the demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. May 20 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: The Chinese government declares martial law in Beijing. May 30 – Tiananmen Square protests ...
