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'''1989''' (''']''') was a ] of the ].
==Events==
===January===
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*] - ] period ends, due to the death of ] (aka ]) in ]. ] becomes ], beginning the ] period the following day.
⚫ *] - The ]: A ] ] crashes on approach to ], leaving 44 dead.
*] - ] troops begin withdrawing from ]. *] - ] troops begin withdrawing from ].
*] - George Bush names ] to be his Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and ] as Secretary of Energy. *] - George Bush names ] to be his Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and ] as Secretary of Energy.
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** A military coup overthrows ], dictator of ] since 1954. ** A military coup overthrows ], dictator of ] since 1954.
** After a ], ] resigns his party's leadership and the presidency of ]. ** After a ], ] resigns his party's leadership and the presidency of ].
* ] - The ] City Council bans the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons. * ] - The ] City Council bans the sale or possession of Champion.
* ] - ] is elected chairman of the ], becoming the first ] to lead a major ] ].
* ] - ] is consecrated as the first female bishop in the ] (]).
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** ] agrees to pay ] $470 million to the ]n government for damages it caused in the ] ].
** ]ian leader ] encourages ]s to kill '']'' author ].
** The first of 24 ]s of the ] is placed into orbit.
* ] - ]: The ] officially announces that all of its troops have left ].
* ] - ]: Investigators announce that the cause of the crash was a ] hidden inside a radio-cassette player.
* ] - After protracted testimony, the U.S. ] rejects, by a vote of 11-9, President Bush's nomination of ] for Secretary of Defense.
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** ] ] places a three-million-] bounty on the head of '']'' author ].
** ], a ] bound to ] from ], rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers and crew out of the first class section.
* ] - ] is rocked by the ].

===March===
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** The ], an international ] on ]s, is ratified by the ].
** A ] is imposed in ], where protests continue over the alleged intimidation of the ] minority.
** ] starts his term of office as ].
** ] starts his term of office as ].
** The ], ], ] and the ] amalgamate to form ] political party the ] (GL, GreenLeft).
* ] - Twelve ] nations agree to ban the production of all ]s (CFCs) by the end of the century.
* ] - ] abducts and murders two 8 year old girls in Myllypuro suburb in ], ]
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** ]. and ] announce plans for a merger, forming ].
** The ] leaves 5 dead and 94 injured.
** The first ACT (]) elections are held.
* ] - ] breaks off ] with the ] over ]'s '']''.
* ] - A strike forces financially troubled ] into ].
* ]
** ]: U.S. President ] bans the importation of certain guns deemed ] into the ].
** Christian General ] declares a 'War of Liberation' to rid ] of ] forces and their allies.
* ] - In ], a 4,400-year-old ] is found in the ].
* ] - ] ] weeps on national television as he admits marital infidelity.
* ]
** ] and ] announce that they have achieved ] at the ].
** A 300 m (1,000 ft) diameter ] misses the ] by 500,000 km (400,000 miles).
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* ] - ]: In ]'s ] the '']'' spills 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of ] after running aground.
* ] - The first free elections for the ] parliament go against the ].

===April===
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* ] - ]'s new ] tax, the ], was introduced in ].
* ] - April 2 was the night of ] which ended ] defeating ] (with ] in the neutral corner) to become the WWF Champion.
* ] - ] is elected mayor of ]. * ] - ] is elected mayor of ].
* ] - National Safety Council of Australia chief executive ] is arrested after defrauding investors to the tune of $235 million. * ] - National Safety Council of Australia chief executive ] is arrested after defrauding investors to the tune of $235 million.

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*January 8 - The Kegworth Air Disaster: A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport, leaving 44 dead.

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The Unknown Rebel holds up a column of Chinese tanks sent to crush the student rebellion in Tiananmen Square
Jeff Widener (The Associated Press)

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Neptune on 1989-08-25

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Germans celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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For musicians born in 1989, see 1989 in music.

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