1989: what happened around the world

In 1989, 165 events recorded on Erask's globe began — Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre and Velvet Revolution among the best known. 94 more were already under way, such as Soviet-Afghan War and First Nagorno-Karabakh War. 159 things were founded or built that year, from Grande Arche and U.S. Bank Tower.

165events began
94already under way
159founded or built
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Accidents and fires60

+20 less-known, on the globe.

Revolts, massacres and attacks55

+15 less-known, on the globe.

Wars, battles and sieges37

Disasters7

Treaties, councils and politics6

Already under way in 198994

Came to an end in 198914

Founded or built in 1989159

+129 more, on the globe.

Stories that pass through 1989

Volcanic EruptionsEvery significant eruption on record since 1500 How America Filled UpEvery American city of 60,000 people, in the year it began Women's SuffrageA map filling in, one country at a time, 1893-2012 DecolonisationHow a third of the world stopped belonging to somebody else, 1945–1990 Nuclear detonationsEvery recorded nuclear test, 1945–1998

Nearby years

1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 All of the 20th century →

Every entry comes from Wikidata and links to its Wikipedia article; entries are ordered by how many language editions of Wikipedia cover them. Only things with a date are listed, and dates before the modern era are often approximate. How this is made →