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35 years on, house librarian Tizane Navea-Rogers revisits the bloodless Velvet Revolution that changed the face of a nation
17 March – First day of the Australian Track & Field Championships for the 1988–1989 season, which are held at the QEII Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland. 23 July – Bradley Camp wins the men's national marathon title, clocking 2:10:10 in Brisbane , while Jan Federick claims the women's title in 2:51:30.
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 ...
Revolutions of 1989 (11 C, 27 P) 1989 in Romania (5 C, 4 P) ... Pages in category "1989 in Europe" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Organizations of the Revolutions of 1989 (15 C, 38 P) P. Peaceful Revolution (2 C, 27 P) R. Romanian revolution (4 C, 27 P) S. Singing Revolution (2 C, 33 P)
The Velvet Revolution (Czech: Sametová revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: Nežná revolúcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then Czechoslovakia, occurring from 17 November to 28 November 1989.
Now 30 years removed from 1989's "annus mirabilis" -- Central and Eastern Europe's year of miracles, when communist regimes seemingly toppled like dominoes -- it's easy to focus on the Western ...
In 1989, the Soviet Union saw the end of communism, marked by the Revolutions of 1989 across Eastern Europe, culminating in the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Socialists have adopted the causes of other social movements such as environmentalism , feminism and progressivism . [ 4 ]