Year in review
1989
8 recaps from this year - events, occasions, and cultural moments.
1989Fall of the Iron Curtain
The symbolic and literal collapse of communist Eastern Europe's barrier with the West transformed global geopolitics and ended Cold War divisions.
1989Tiananmen Square Pro-Democracy Protest
Hundreds of thousands of Chinese students and workers occupied Tiananmen Square demanding democratic reforms before military suppression ended the movement.
1989Hillsborough Football Disaster
A fatal crush during an FA Cup semifinal killed 97 fans and reshaped stadium safety standards worldwide.
1989Tiananmen Square Massacre
1989Solidarity Movement Legalization in Poland
1989Japanese Asset Price Bubble Peaks
Japan's Nikkei index reached an all-time high at 38,957, marking the apex of the bubble before the Lost Decade of deflation and stagnation.
19891989 Philippine Presidential Election
Corazon Aquino's reelection consolidated democratic rule following her 1986 People Power Revolution victory over Ferdinand Marcos.
1989The Fall of the Berlin Wall
An accidental press conference, a confused border guard, and the end of a 28-year division