During 1988, the Liberals formally merged with the SDP to form the Liberal Democrats, though a small splinter Liberal Party was formed in 1989 by former members opposed to the merger.

During the Perestroika era, The Law on the Status of the Estonian Language was adopted in January 1989.

During the summer of 1989, rapid changes known as peaceful revolution or Die Wende took place in East Germany, which quickly led to German reunification.

* During the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Budapest, and through the fall of Communism in 1989, protesters often attacked and took down sculptures and images of Joseph Stalin, leader of the USSR.

During his career with the NBA ’ s Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers from 1969 to 1989, Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships and a record six regular season MVP Awards.

During his tenure as leader of Afghanistan, the Soviets began their withdrawal, and from 1989 until 1992, his government tried to solve the ongoing civil war without Soviet troops on the ground.

During the summer of 1989, New Order supported Technique by touring with Public Image Ltd, Throwing Muses and The Sugarcubes across the United States and Canada in what was the press dubbed the " Monsters of Alternative Rock " tour.

During this game, CBS would introduce a new theme that would be used the following season for the NFL Today pregame show between 1976 and 1981 in its original form, with a remake for 1982 followed by updates for 1983 and 1989 before its retirement.

During this breakup period, Byrne continued his solo career, releasing Rei Momo in 1989 and The Forest in 1991.

During their time together, the five members of the Traveling Wilburys frequently collaborated on each others ' solo records ; Lynne and Petty worked on Orbison's final album Mystery Girl ( 1988 ), Harrison played on Dylan's Under the Red Sky ( 1990 ), and Petty and Harrison worked on Lynne's Armchair Theatre ( 1990 ); Lynne produced Petty's solo albums Full Moon Fever ( 1989 ) ( which involved all the Wilburys, save for Dylan ) and Highway Companion ( 2006 ), as well as the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album Into the Great Wide Open ( 1991 ).

During Nicolae Ceaușescu's leadership ( 1965 – 1989 ), much of the historic part of the city was demolished and replaced with Socialist realist development such as the Centrul Civic ( the Civic Centre ), including the Palace of the Parliament, where an entire historic quarter was razed to make way for Ceaușescu's megalomaniac constructions.

During 1989 Prost began to contemplate starting his own team, as his relationship with his McLaren teammate, Ayrton Senna, had turned sour.

During the third state reform in 1988 and 1989, under Prime Minister Wilfried Martens, the Brussels-Capital Region was established with its own regional institutions, as well as Dutch and French institutions for community matters.

During the Velvet Revolution of 1989, he supported the Public against Violence ( VPN ) and the Civic Forum.

During the Tiananmen protests of 1989, Li used his authority as Premier to declare martial law, and in cooperation with Deng Xiaoping, who was the Chairman of the Central Military Commission, to order the June 1989 military crackdown against student pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, Beijing.

During the constitutional talks of 1989, the Métis were recognized as one of the three Aboriginal peoples of Canada.

During the 1989 passage Castalia peaked at an apparent magnitude of 12.

During 1989 Steve Jobs said of his new NeXT design, " It will either be the last new hardware platform to succeed, or the first to fail.

New England Captives Carried to Canada: Between 1677 and 1760 During the French and Indian Wars, Heritage Books, 1989 ( reprint 1925 ).

During 1988 and 1989, Davis was fêted for her career achievements, receiving the Kennedy Center Honor, the Legion of Honor from France, the Campione d ' Italia from Italy and the Film Society of Lincoln Center Lifetime Achievement Award.

During this period, the Rangers were owned by Gulf + Western, which was renamed to Paramount Communications in 1989, and sold to Viacom in 1994.

During the 1980s, she appeared in several Australian productions, including Emerald City ( 1988 ), and Bangkok Hilton ( 1989 ), and in 1989, Kidman starred in Dead Calm alongside Sam Neill and Billy Zane.

During the late 1980s and the 1990s, debate between positivists and post-positivists became the dominant debate and has been described as constituting the Third " Great Debate " ( Lapid 1989 ).

During his career with the Panthers, Capers finished with an overall record of 31 – 35 ( including the playoffs ) and one division title.

During the playoffs, Joe Louis Arena is generally adorned with a giant octopus with red eyes, nicknamed " Al " after Joe Louis Arena head ice manager Al Sobotka.

During the 2003 season, the Vikings came close to getting into the playoffs.

During the 1970s, the Patriots had some success, earning a berth to the playoffs in 1976 — as a wild card-team — and in 1978 — as AFC East champions.

During Mora's tenure the Saints made the playoffs four times, with teams marked by strong defenses led by the " Dome Patrol " linebacking corps, but they were never able to win a playoff game.

During his first year, the team improved to a 9-7 regular season record, barely missing the playoffs.

During the first round of the 1987 playoffs against the Capitals, the Isles had fallen behind in the series three games to one.

During the 1994 – 95 lockout-shortened season, the Rangers lost in the second round of the playoffs by succeeding head coach Colin Campbell.

During the 1987 and 1988 Stanley Cup playoffs, Global aired NHL games syndicated by Carling O ' Keefe.

During the early part of the decade, the Penguins made a habit of being a tough draw for higher-seeded opponents in the playoffs.

During those seven seasons the two teams played five postseason series against each other in the Stanley Cup playoffs, with the Avalanche winning three of the series and the Red Wings winning two of them.

During the 2005 playoffs, they easily defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 4 – 1 and then rallied from a 2 – 1 deficit to finish off the Indiana Pacers, 4 – 2.

During the 2009 – 2010 season, Pacers forward Tyler Hansbrough ( drafted in 2009 ) suffered a season-ending ear injury and without center Jeff Foster, the Pacers again fell into another season under. 500 and missed the playoffs for 4 years in a row.

During the first game of the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs ' victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder tied the longest winning streak extending into the playoffs ( 19 games ) in NBA history.

During the 1978 – 79 season, the team posted a 47 – 35 record but lost to the SuperSonics in the semifinal round of the playoffs.

During the 2003 playoffs the Battalion started what would eventually become a rivalry with the Barrie Colts defeating the Colts in the first round in six games.

During the playoffs, the team stumbled, losing in three games to the Sacramento Monarchs.

During the 1986 playoffs, Gilmour broke out and scored 21 points in 19 games ( tied with Bernie Federko's 21 points in 19 games ), as the Blues lost in the Campbell Conference finals.

During the 1992 – 93 playoffs, Gilmour was the offensive and defensive catalyst as the Leafs eliminated the powerful Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues, both in seven game series.

During the playoffs in his rookie season, Hitchcock was happy with Lyashenko's play, saying " He's an exceptional defensive player -- his offensive skills have improved as the season's gone on.

During the 1991 – 92 SM-liiga season, Jokerit won the SM-liiga championship and Selänne won the Aarne Honkavaara trophy ( top goalscorer ) and had the most points scored in the SM-liiga playoffs during that season.

During the first top flight season, it managed to win both games against Valencia, managing a 5 – 1 home win against Barcelona in the 1964 – 65 campaign, but being relegated nonetheless, after losing in the playoffs against CD Málaga, and spent most of the following two decades in the second and third divisions – Segunda División B would not be created until 1977.

During the playoffs, the Pirates faced the Montreal Maroons in a best-of-three, semi-final Stanley Cup playoff series.

During the rail travel back to Hamilton after the season's final game, the Tigers ' players went to their general manager, Percy Thompson, and demanded $ 200 pay for the six extra games they played that season or they would not play in the playoffs.

During that first playoff season, Dryden won the Conn Smythe Trophy ( 1971 ), as the playoffs ' most valuable player.