World Events of 1989
US planes shot down two Libyan fighters over the Mediterranean.
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeni declared Muslims must kill Salman Rushdie following publicatuion of his book The Satanic Verses.
Pro-democracry demonstrations across China ended with troops killing thousands of students in Beijing's Tiannanmen Square.
The Berlin Wall was opened to people from the west.
Romanian Communist President Ceausescu was executed during an uprising.
US troops invaded Panama.
The oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck rocks in Alaska's Prince William Sound causing a major environmental disaster when 11 million gallons of crude oil escaped.
Comedienne Lucille Ball of I Love Lucy fame died.
People were able to experience 'virtual reality' for the first time.
The main movies were Born on the Fourth of July and Sex, Lies and Videotape.
Voyager 2 reached Neptune.
Artist Salvador dali died.
Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos died.
Iran's Ayatollah Khomeni declared Muslims must kill Salman Rushdie following publicatuion of his book The Satanic Verses.
Pro-democracry demonstrations across China ended with troops killing thousands of students in Beijing's Tiannanmen Square.
The Berlin Wall was opened to people from the west.
Romanian Communist President Ceausescu was executed during an uprising.
US troops invaded Panama.
The oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck rocks in Alaska's Prince William Sound causing a major environmental disaster when 11 million gallons of crude oil escaped.
Comedienne Lucille Ball of I Love Lucy fame died.
People were able to experience 'virtual reality' for the first time.
The main movies were Born on the Fourth of July and Sex, Lies and Videotape.
Voyager 2 reached Neptune.
Artist Salvador dali died.
Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos died.
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