In 1989, with the end of the Cold War and pressure from the East German population, the Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989 and was subsequently mostly demolished, with little of its physical structure remaining today ; the East Side Gallery in Friedrichshain near the Oberbaumbrücke over the Spree preserves a portion of the Wall.

In 1989, when the Cold War was coming to its end, the army numbered at least 152, 000 regular troops.

Unfinished Business: America and Cuba after the Cold War, 1989 – 2001.

The Cold War ( 1945 – 1989 ) provided a global network of material and ideological support that perpetuated civil wars, which were mainly fought in weak ex-colonial states, rather than the relatively strong states that were aligned with the Warsaw Pact and North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Conversely, the end of the Cold War marked by the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 resulted in a reduction in the duration of Cold War civil wars of 92 % or, phrased another way, a roughly ten-fold increase in the rate of resolution of Cold War civil wars.

* 1989 – Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the cold war between Nato and The Soviet Union may be coming to an end.

* 1989 – Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the communist party the leading role in the state.

He is the author or editor of several books including Global Effects of Environmental Pollution ( 1970 ), The Ocean in Human Affairs ( 1989 ), Global Climate Change ( 1989 ), The Greenhouse Debate Continued ( 1992 ), and Hot Talk, Cold Science ( 1997 ).

The US military de-emphasized hand-to-hand combat training during the Cold War period, but revived it with the introduction of LINE in 1989.

* 1989 – Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall.

* 1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution – In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.

* 1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police.

The album eventually became multi-platinum in the spring and summer of 1989, and it spawned five American Top Three singles, four of them # 1s ( three in 1989 and one in 1990 ): " Straight Up ", " Forever Your Girl ", " Cold Hearted ", and " Opposites Attract ".

Perestroika is often argued to be the cause of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe, and the end of the Cold War.

At the end of the Cold War in 1989, there were over 400 nuclear-powered submarines operational or being built.

Beginning at the Cold War ’ s conclusion, in late 1989, popular civil and political public discontent forced the Communist governments of the Warsaw Treaty countries from power – independent national politics made feasible with the perestroika-and glasnost-induced institutional collapse of Communist government in the USSR.

Collectively known as the Revolutions of 1989, they heralded the dissolution of the Soviet Union two years later and the beginning of the post – Cold War period which is characterized by the dominance of the United States in world affairs.

Following the definite end of the Cold War, Honecker refused all but cosmetic changes and was ousted by the party in late 1989 and removed from power.

* Cold Cash Warrior ( 1989 ) with Bill Fawcett

Fusion was an American comic book series published from 1987 – 1989 by Eclipse Comics, whose creative team included the writer Steven Barnes, the artists Lela Dowling and Steve Gallacci, conceptual editor Lex Nakashima and many more.

* 1988: Politics-awarded " Best Jazz Fusion Performance " Grammy award ( 1989 )

She subsequently sold Fusion Fire ( 1988 ; a sequel to Firebird ), Crystal Witness ( 1989 ) and Shivering World ( 1991 ).

He was a science writer and broadcaster with the Voice of America radio service and author of three science books: The Quickening Universe: Cosmic Evolution and Human Destiny ( 1987, St. Martin ’ s Press ), The Starflight Handbook: A Pioneer ’ s Guide to Interstellar Travel ( 1989, John Wiley & Sons, with co-author Gregory Matloff ), and Fire from Ice: Searching for the Truth Behind the Cold Fusion Furor ( 1991, John Wiley & Sons ).

9 years before releasing " Triptytch ", Ottottrio performed on " The Super Fusion " in 1989, with all members of T-Square and Casiopea, respectively, as well as Ottottrio's aforementioned backing band.

* Cold Fusion: The Making of a Scientific Controversy, 1989, Contemporary Books, ISBN 0-8092-4243-5

Jazz Fusion / Rock guitarist Robby Krieger performs an instrumental version of the song on his 1989 solo album, No Habla.

In 1989, the Charvel line was expanded into a number of different series, including the Classic, Fusion and Contemporary.

In 1989, a group of European and American scholars in the field of anthropology established the European Association of Social Anthropologists ( EASA ) which serves as a major professional organization for anthropologists working in Europe.

Formerly abundant, it was last seen in 1989.

From 1975 to 1989, Angola was aligned with the Eastern bloc, in particular the Soviet Union, Libya, and Cuba.

* Robert E. Cox ( 1917 – 1989 ) who conducted the " Gleanings for ATMs " column in Sky and Telescope magazine for 21 years.

All of these methods remain to be applied to the languages attributed to Altaic with the same degree of focus and intensity they have been applied to the Indo-European family ( e. g. Mallory 1989, Anthony 2007 ).

Since early 1989, Aztlan Underground has played Rapcore.

* Nuclides and Isotopes – 14th Edition, GE Nuclear Energy, 1989.

Alumni would later climb up to first division winning 5 titles: 4 consecutive between 1989 and 1992, and the other in 2001.

David Suchet has starred as the eponymous detective in Agatha Christie's Poirot in the ITV series since 1989.

It has been celebrated as The Emperor's Birthday from 1927 to 1988, then renamed as Greenery Day after Hirohito's death in 1989.

* 1902 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer ( d. 1989 )

* 1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress ( d. 1989 )

Economic requirements triumphed over environmental considerations when the Soviet-era Nairit plant was reopened in January 1992 after being closed in 1989 because of the massive air pollution it caused.

Most of Armenia's ethnic Azeri population was deported in 1988 – 1989 and remain refugees, largely in Azerbaijan.

In 1992-93, GDP fell nearly 60 % from its 1989 level.

The Australian team of 1989 was comparable to the great Australian teams of the past, and resoundingly defeated England 4 – 0.

After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

Australia's record between 1989 and 2005 had a significant impact on the statistics between the two sides.

Before the 1989 series began, the win-loss ratio was almost even, with 87 wins for Australia to England's 86, 74 having been drawn.

In the period between 1989 and the beginning of the 2005 series, the two sides had played 43 times ; Australia winning 28 times, England 7 times, with 8 draws.

* 1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972.

* 1989 – A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.

* 1961 – Pete de Freitas, Spanish drummer ( Echo & the Bunnymen ) ( d. 1989 )