WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MARCH 1989
Find out what all happened January to March 1989

Beginning of Japanese Heisei period. (8. January 1989)

The Montreal Protocol Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer comes into force. (1. January 1989)

The Egyptian Flag is raised on Taba, Egypt announcing the end of the Israeli occupation after the Yom Kippur War in 1973 and the peace negotiations in 1979. (19. March 1989)

The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe. (6. February 1989)

Sports Illustrated reports allegations tying baseball player Pete Rose to baseball gambling. (21. March 1989)

Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul. (2. February 1989)

After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months. (3. February 1989)

Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party. (10. February 1989)

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a US$3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie. (24. February 1989)

Exxon Valdez oil spill: In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of petroleum after running aground. (24. March 1989)

Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so (29. January 1989)

Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce their discovery of cold fusion at the University of Utah. (23. March 1989)

Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation. (4. January 1989)

Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century. (2. March 1989)

The United States becomes a member of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. (1. March 1989)

In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy was found near the Pyramid of Cheops. (18. March 1989)

Financially troubled Eastern Air Lines filed for bankruptcy. (9. March 1989)

A military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay since 1954. (3. February 1989)

Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat. (22. March 1989)

An IRA bomb destroys a section of a British Army barracks in Ternhill, England. (20. February 1989)