The United States invasion of Panama deposes Manuel Noriega. The United States invasion of Panama, code-named Operation Just Cause, took place in December 1989 and…
Tag: 1989
14 February 1989
Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster. The Bhopal disaster, which occurred…
10 November 1989
Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was a physical barrier that divided the city of Berlin, Germany, from August 13,…
1 December 1989
Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d’état.
4 June 1989
The Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People’s Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate)
2 May 1989
Cold War: Hungary begins dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allows a number of East Germans to defect.
24 March 1989
In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground.
2 August 1989
A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.