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August 1989

1989JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberFrom left to right, top to bottom: an earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area, killing 63 people;the proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted;the Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing a large oil spill;the fall of the Berlin Wall begins the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe, and heralds German reunification;the United States invades Panama to depose Manuel Noriega;the Baltic Way led to the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the Soviet Union;the stands of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where the Hillsborough disaster occurred;students demonstrate in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; many are killed by forces of the Chinese Communist Party.the state funeral procession of HirohitoCalendar yearWikimedia Commons has media related to 1989.1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1989th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 989th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1980s decade.

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