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black crime
Violence in black townships worsen with over 2,500 killed -
bowl
Jan 2 75th Rose Bowl: #11 Michigan beats #5 Southern California, 22-14 -
bowl
Jan 2 55th Orange Bowl: #2 Miami (FL) beats #6 Nebraska, 23-3 -
soldiers blocked
Jun 2 10,000 Chinese soldiers are blocked by 100,000 citizens protecting students demonstrating for democracy in Tiananmen Square, Beijing -
comet
Jan 4 Comet Tempel 1 at perihelion -
troops
Jun 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre: Chinese troops clear the square of student protesters, unofficial figures place death toll near 1,000. -
plo
PLO and Israel begin preliminary talks -
nyc transit
Jan 1 NYC transit fare rises from $1.00 to $1.15 -
boxing
May 29 to June 3 – 28th European Amateur Boxing Championships held in Athens, Greece -
boxing
February 11 – In Grenoble, France, Rene Jacquot won a 12 round decision over Donald Curry to win the World Welterweight Championship -
goverment
200,000 protesters in Prague, Czechoslovakia call for the resignation of the country's communist government in the "Velvet Revolution". -
took action
The Montreal Protocol to end ozone depletion enters into force -
rico
Hurricane Hugo ( Category 5 ) strikes Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, South Carolina and North Carolina, the hurricane claimed over 80 lives and in 1989 was the costliest hurricane in financial terms up the that date. -
tokyo
Tokyo Stock Market Crash ends Japans long period of high Economic Growth -
prime
New Prime Minister in South Africa F.W. de Klerk starts to dismantle apartheid -
FATWA
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issues a ( FATWA ) death sentence on British writer Salman Rushdie for the Satanic Verses -
money
Hillsborough disaster occurred on April 15th , 1989, at Hillsborough, a football stadium in Sheffield, England, resulting in the loss of 96 lives.
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freedom
Apr 21 Thousands of Chinese crowd into Beijing's Tiananmen Square cheering students demanding greater political freedom -
football
Grey Cup – Saskatchewan Roughriders won 43–40 over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats -
hunger strike
May 13 Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China -
cfc
12 European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end century -
basketball
The Detroit Pistons win 4 games to 0 over the Los Angeles Lakers to win the franchise’s first championship. -
price
The Savings and Loan Crisis leads to nearly 1/4 of all savings and loan associations requiring bailout dur to poor real estate lending practices and an easing of regulatory oversight . -
poland
Jun 4 Eastern Europe's 1st partial free elections in 40 years held in Poland, Solidarity Party comes to power -
elections
Jun 4 Eastern Europe's 1st partial free elections in 40 years held in Poland, Solidarity Party comes to power -
death
Jun 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre: Chinese troops clear the square of student protesters, unofficial figures place death toll near 1,000. -
amendment
The United States Supreme Court ruled on June 21st that flag burning as a form of political protest is an act of protected speech under the First Amendment to the Constitution. -
power
The Savings and Loan Crisis leads to nearly 1/4 of all savings and loan associations requiring bailout dur to poor real estate lending practices and an easing of regulatory oversight . -
tax
Leona Helmsley the billionaire hotel operator is convicted on Tax Fraud Charges -
cars
Yugo Cars go bankrupt -
killingpeople
Thousands of Students occupy Tiananmen Square in Beijing China protesting for democracy , Chinese Government Declares martial law and Hundreds of Demonstrators are killed -
chair
Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair -
lives
Marchioness pleasure boat collides with a barge on the River Thames adjacent to Southwark Bridge and 51 die. -
us goverment
The US Government provides a $150 billion bail out for hundreds of saving and loan associations -
wall
Nov 10 Germans begin demolishing the Berlin Wall -
war
Civil War in Lebanon increases between Christian and Islamic Fundamentalists -
president
Dec 3 Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and US President George H. W. Bush, declare the Cold War over -
football
Hillsborough disaster occurred on at Hillsborough, a football stadium in Sheffield, England, resulting in the loss of 96 lives. -
rule
Dec 22 After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolae Ceausescu -
gate
Massive protests and either side of the Berlin Wall bring about the collapse of the East German Government and the Berlin Wall is breached and eventually dismantled and The Brandenburg Gate opened