He was a central figure in the resistance against the Soviet occupation between 1979 and 1989 and in the following years of civil war.

The league changed its name to the Australian Football League ( AFL ) following the 1989 season.

France and Comoros signed a mutual security treaty in 1978 ; following the mercenary coup against Abdallah in 1989, French troops restored order and took responsibility for reorganizing and training the Comorian army.

Two other satellites made observations at the time of the impact: the Ulysses spacecraft, primarily designed for solar observations, was pointed towards Jupiter from its location 2. 6 AU away, and the distant Voyager 2 probe, some 44 AU from Jupiter and on its way out of the Solar System following its encounter with Neptune in 1989, was programmed to look for radio emission in the 1 – 390 kHz range.

The following year, Earnhardt won five times, but a late spin out at North Wilkesboro arguably cost him the 1989 championship, as Rusty Wallace edged out Earnhardt for the championship.

Germans standing on top of the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate, November 1989 ; it would begin to be torn apart in the following days.

Major was promoted to the Cabinet as Chief Secretary to the Treasury in 1987, following the general election, and in a surprise re-shuffle in July 1989, a relatively inexperienced Major was appointed Foreign Secretary, succeeding Sir Geoffrey Howe.

The Kop in 1983, before the Taylor Report recommended that standing areas in football grounds be outlawed following the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.

The Federal Republic of Germany declared this on September 1, 1989 and the Soviet Union on December 24, 1989, following an examination of the microfilmed copy of the German originals.

In November 1989 SWAPO won 57 % of the votes in the Namibian General Election and immediately requested the help of a British Military Advisory and Training Team following independence on 21 March 1990.

The biggest happenings however took place in the years 1987 through 1989, with the " orange " wave spilling over Poland into cities such as Warsaw, Łódź, Lublin and Tomaszów Mazowiecki following Major Fydrych's arrest on 8 March 1988.

In most of the countries in Eastern Europe, following the fall of communist-led governments in 1989, the communist parties split in two factions: a reformist Social Democratic party and a new, less reform-oriented Communist Party.

A third live album and video, A Show of Hands ( 1989 ), was also released by Anthem and Mercury following the Power Windows and Hold Your Fire tours, demonstrating the aspects of Rush in the ' 80s.

In 1989, Wright became involved with actor Sean Penn following his divorce from Madonna.

However, many dance clubs shut down in the recession following the market crash of 1989.

The political system of the Republic of Sudan was restructured following a military coup on 30 June 1989, when Omar al-Bashir, then a colonel in the Sudanese Army, led a group of officers and ousted the government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi.

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.

In 1989, They Might Be Giants signed with Elektra Records, and released their third album Flood the following year.

Under the terms of the Higher Education ( Amalgamation ) Act 1989 ( NSW ) the following bodies were incorporated into the University in 1990:

The CPV's claim to legitimacy was retained following the collapse of communism in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 by its commitment to the thoughts of Hồ Chí Minh, according to Sophie Quinn-Judge.

Between 1989 and 1991 ASIS came under scrutiny following allegations relating to its role and activities in Papua New Guinea.

On August 31, 1989, following a 600, 000-strong demonstration in Chişinău four days earlier, Romanian ( Moldavian ) became the official language of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic.

The accession of new states to the European Convention on Human Rights following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 led to a sharp increase in applications to the Court.

Carey was promoted to the senior list the following year and, after dislocating his left shoulder in a practice match early in the year, made his first appearance for the North Melbourne seniors as an 18 year old in round 11 of 1989 against Fitzroy.

* 1989 – People's Daily publishes the People's Daily editorial of April 26 which inflames the nascent Tiananmen Square protests

* 1989 – Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100, 000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.

In 1989, the death of former general secretary Hu Yaobang helped to spark the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, during which students and others campaigned for several months, speaking out against corruption and in favour of greater political reform, including democratic rights and freedom of speech.

There has been a gradual relaxation of Marxist interpretation after the death of Mao in 1976, which was accelerated after the Tiananmen Square protest of 1989 and Revolutions of 1989, which have damaged Marxism's ideological legitimacy in the eyes of Chinese people.

The ideology itself, however, came into conflict on both sides of the spectrum with Maoists as well as progressive liberals, culminating with other social factors to cause the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests.

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 represented a controversial point in criticism of the Chinese Communist Party by Chinese students within China.

Due to deadlines, some real-world events have rendered some of Trudeau ’ s comics unusable, such as a 1973 series featuring John Ehrlichman, a 1989 series set in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, a 1993 series involving Zoë Baird, and a 2005 series involving Harriet Miers.

As the tower neared completion, Pei was shocked to witness the government's massacre of unarmed civilians at the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

* 1989 – The Unknown Rebel halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

* 1989 – The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.

* 1989 – Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high " Goddess of Democracy " statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators.

* 1989 – Large groups of students occupy Tiananmen Square and begin a hunger strike.

* 1989 – The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.

An iconic image of pacifism came out of the Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 with the " Tank Man ", where one protester stood in nonviolent opposition to a column of tanks.

* In China, increasing demands for political freedom culminated in the Tiananmen Square Massacre in June 1989, when tanks and troops of the People's Liberation Army crushed student protesters who were camped in the square, killing or injuring 3000 or more people.

* The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, culminating in the deaths of hundreds of civilian protestors, were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.

In 1989, U. S. Ambassador Charles Price and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dedicated a bronze statue of Eisenhower in Grosvenor Square, London.

Squaresoft, Inc. was established as the official North American subsidiary of Square in March 1989.