1989

1989 was a common year starting on Sunday. It followed on 1990 and preceeded 1988.

The year is historically notable for the wave of revolutions that swept the Eastern Bloc, starting in Poland. Collectively known as the Revolutions of 1989, they were the death knell for the Soviet Union and for Stalinistic Marxism-Leninism as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of neoliberal globalization, free trade, and United States dominance that lasts to this day.

In the world

 * January
 * 7 - Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan, beginning the Heisei period the following day.


 * May
 * 1 - Disney-MGM Studios at Walt Disney World opens to the public for the first time.


 * June
 * 4 - The Tiananmen Square massacre takes place in Beijing on the army's approach to the square.

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