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1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and the overthrow of the communist dictatorship ...
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October 15 – Wayne Gretzky becomes the leading scorer in the history of the National Hockey League. October 17 – The 6.9 M w Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX ( Violent ).
By RYAN GORMAN A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta ...
The events on and around the central Beijing square on June 4, 1989, when Chinese troops opened fire to end the student-led pro-democracy demonstrations, are a taboo topic in China and the ...
Whole Year: Revolutions of 1989. January to February 15 — Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan. [2] 6 February — Negotiations between the Polish government and the union ‘Solidarity’ opened. March 27 — 1989 Soviet Union legislative election: first contested elections in Soviet History. [3]
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