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1989 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1989th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 989th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1980s decade.
April 1 – Bill White becomes president of baseball's National League, becoming the first African American to head a major sports league. April 3 The Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team defeats the Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team to win the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Richard M. Daley is elected Mayor of ...
1989 events in the United States by month (12 C) / 1989 disestablishments in the United States (41 C, 19 P) 1989 establishments in the United States (55 C, 97 P) A.
January 1989 events in the United States (1 C, 10 P) February 1989 events in the United States (1 C, 7 P) March 1989 events in the United States (1 C, 8 P)
1989 – Time Inc. and Warner Communications announce plans for a merger, forming Time Warner. 1989 – The tanker Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska's Prince William Sound, dumping 10.8 million US gallons of oil into pristine wildlife habitat. 1989 – Awareness of stalking is raised with the murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer by an obsessed fan.
On 1 June 1989 the Communist Party admitted that former prime minister Imre Nagy, hanged for treason for his role in the 1956 Hungarian uprising, was executed illegally after a show trial. [51] On 16 June 1989 Nagy was given a solemn funeral on Budapest's largest square in front of crowds of at least 100,000, followed by a hero's burial. [52]
Revolutions of 1989 and the collapse of Communism, especially in Eastern Europe; German reunification in 1990, with the democratic West absorbing the ex-Communist East. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, replaced by a friendly Russia and 14 other countries. Except for Tiananmen Square in China, all the events strongly favored the ...
2007 — George W. Bush orders a troop surge which substantially increases the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and ultimately leads to reductions in casualties and major victories for coalition and Iraqi forces, against the insurgency.