Topic summary
December 1989
Extracted from the Wikipedia article 1989.
December
- December 1
- In a meeting with Pope John Paul II, General Secretary of the Soviet UnionMikhail Gorbachev pledges greater religious freedom for citizens of the Soviet Union.
- Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist-dominated Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) its monopoly on power. Egon Krenz, the Politburo and the Central Committee resign two days later.
- A military coup attempt begins in the Philippines against the government of Philippine PresidentCorazon C. Aquino. It is crushed by United States intervention ending by December 9.