WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1989
Find out what all happened February to August 1989

Leading presidential hopeful Luis Carlos Galán is assassinated near Bogotá in Colombia. (18. August 1989)

A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market. (16. August 1989)

Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission – Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission. (8. August 1989)

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

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

Soviet war in Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan. (15. February 1989)

Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972. (2. August 1989)

Hillsborough disaster: A human crush occurs at Hillsborough Stadium, home of Sheffield Wednesday, in the FA Cup Semi-final, resulting in the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans. (15. April 1989)

Cedar Point opens Magnum XL-200, the first roller coaster to break the 200 ft height barrier, therefore spawning what is known as the "coaster wars". (6. May 1989)

United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, Hawaii, rips open during flight, blowing 9 passengers out of the business-class section. (24. February 1989)

The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. (1. February 1989)

The Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack: 14 bus passengers are killed when an Arab assaulted the bus driver as the bus was driving by the edge of a cliff. (6. July 1989)

Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events which began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. (19. August 1989)

Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe. (25. August 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)

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 Hextall becomes the first goaltender in NHL history to score a goal in the playoffs. (11. April 1989)

Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government. (24. August 1989)

Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster. (14. February 1989)

On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle. (28. June 1989)