1989

This article is about the year. For other uses, see 1989 (disambiguation).
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Gregorian calendar1989
MCMLXXXIX
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ԹՎ ՌՆԼԸ
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(平成元年)
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民國78年
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1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A) 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. It was a historical turning point for the wave of revolutions that swept the Eastern Bloc, starting in Poland that summer with the beginning of a move towards private enterprise,[1] coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin Wall in November, embracing the overthrow of the communist dictatorship in Romania in December and ending in December 1991 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Collectively known as the Revolutions of 1989, they heralded the beginning of the post–Cold War period.

It was the year of the first Brazilian presidential elections in 29 years, since the end of the military government in 1985 which commanded the country for more than twenty years, and marked the redemocratization process's final point. F. W. de Klerk was elected in South Africa, and his regime gradually dismantled the apartheid system over the next five years, culminating with the 1994 election that brought jailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela to power.

The first commercial Internet service providers surfaced in this year,[2][3] as well as the first written proposal for the World Wide Web and New Zealand, Japan and Australia's first Internet connections. The first babies born after preimplantation genetic diagnosis were conceived in late 1989, starting the era of designer babies.[4]

1989 marked the beginning of the current Heisei period in Japan. It is also, the latest year, when written in Roman numerals, to have an L. The next such year is 2040.

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April 2 - The fifth Wrestlemania was taken place at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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People's Liberation Army were to drive away students in Tiananmen Square.

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Germans standing on top of the Berlin Wall
A peaceful demonstration in Prague during the Velvet Revolution.

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Protests in Romania, December 1989.
Flames engulf a building following the United States invasion of Panama.

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Nobel Prizes

In fiction

References

  1. Uchitelle, Louis (December 11, 1989). "International Report: East Europe Tries a Mild Capitalism". The New York Times.
  2. "Company History". Sublime IP. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  3. "Wired 7.08: Harmonic Convergence". Archive.wired.com. 2009-01-04. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  4. "Genetic Defect Screened Out; Healthy Twins Born". latimes.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Crystal, David, ed. (1990). The Cambridge Encyclopedia. Cambridge University Press. p. RR69.
  6. Transition in Eastern Europe: Current Issues and Perspectives - Herbert Wilkens, Wolfgang Maennig - Google Books. Books.google.com. 1990-01-01. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  7. "The birth of the World Wide Web | CERN timelines". Timeline.web.cern.ch. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  8. "Judge Rejects Keating Suit - Sees 'Looting' of Lincoln - NYTimes.com". 24 August 1990.
  9. http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre1991101800
  10. "The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search".
  11. "First McDonald's in Moscow, Russia ~". Bleskon.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  12. "Gay Peru News & Reports 2011". Archive.globalgayz.com. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  13. "HDTV - High Definition Television". Birds-eye.net. 1989-06-03. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  14. "Mourners Rip Shroud, Khomeini`s Body Falls", Chicago Tribune, June 7, 1989. Accessed 21 November 2012.
  15. Belsie, Laurent (June 29, 2009). "Madoff's sentence: big, but not 141,078 years". The Christian Science Monitor.
  16. "Doe v. Michigan (E.D. Mich. 1989)". Bc.edu. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  17. 1 2 "Soviets Line Up For Makeup - Estee Lauder Shop Draws Moscow Crowds". Philly.com. Articles.philly.com. 1989-11-17. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  18. "The Danish Registered Partnership Act". 1989-06-07. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
  19. Rule, Sheila (1989-10-02). "Rights for Gay Couples in Denmark". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
  20. {{cite web|url=http://www.std.com/~bzs/ |title=The Barry Shein Home Page |publisher=Std.com |date|accessdate=2013-08-08}}
  21. "Former Two Guys Delran NJ | Flickr – Condivisione di foto!". Flickr.com. 2011-06-26. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  22. http://calleam.com/WTPF/wp-content/uploads/articles/DIABaggage.pdf
  23. "Spumco, Inc. in Encino, CA - Bizapedia Profile". Bizapedia.com. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  24. "The Warsaw Voice". Warsawvoice.pl. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
  25. Hayes, Thomas C. (1990-02-28). "Wal-Mart Net Jumps By 31.8%". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  26. Pareles, Jon (December 10, 1989). "Outlaw Rock: More Skirmishes on the Censorship Front POP VIEW; More Skirmishes on The Censorship Front". The New York Times.

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