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1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The world population growth in absolute numbers is believed to have been the highest ever around this time. It has been called the "Year of Miracles", due to the fact that it was during this time the dissolution of the Soviet Union began. *
Events
January
- January 7 - Last day of the Showa period due to the death of Emperor Hirohito (aka Emperor Showa after his death) in Japan Akihito became Emperor of Japan, and the Heisei period began the following day.
- January 8 - the Kegworth Air Disaster - A British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on approach to East Midlands Airport - 44 dead.
- January 12 : George Bush names William Bennett to be his Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and James Watkins as Secretary of Energy.
- January 16–18 - Race riots in Overtown, Miami.
- January 10 - Cuban troops begin withdrawing from Angola.
- January 10 - Assistant Australian Federal Police commissioner Colin Winchester is shot dead in the driveway of his Canberra home.
- January 17 - A mentally ill man named Patrick Purdy kills 5 children, wounds 30 and then shoots himself in Stockton, California. This became known as the Stockton massacre.
- January 18 : Poland's Communist party votes to legalize Solidarity.
- January 20 - George Herbert Walker Bush succeeds Ronald Wilson Reagan as President of the United States of America. Soviets begin to airlift supplies to Afghanistan as they pull out.
- January 24 - Serial killer Ted Bundy is executed in Florida's electric chair.
- January 30 - American Olympic medalist Bruce Kimball is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing two teenagers in a drunk driving accident.
Wars :: United States
Panama :: Regional
December 20, 1989 u never forget what happen to Panama
LinPanama (Linda Sabo) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:42:27 -0000
December 20, 1989 u never forget what happen to Panama
1989 Dec 20 US troops invade Panama, seeking capture of General Manuel Noriega
voluptas1 (matt decosti) Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:00:36 -0000
1989 Dec 20 US troops invade Panama, seeking capture of General Manuel Noriega
Operation Just Cause - Provides an overview to this military conflict with links to references.
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Operation Just Cause - Panama 1989-1990 - Collection of raw data compiled during the course of the operation.
Panama - Operation Just Cause - Fort Bragg information page on the 1989 United States invasion.
Panama - Operation Just Cause - Discussion of the history of the operation by Anthony Gray and Maxwell Manwaring.
Panama - Operation Just Cause - Short fact sheet from US Army Ranger Association about Ranger activities.
PSYOP in Panama - Operation Just Cause - Discusses training and planning for United States psychological operations, with details of activities during the invasion and an analysis of lessons learned.
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The Panama Deception - Documents the untold story of the December 1989 U.S. invasion, the events which led to it, the excessive force used, the death and destruction caused, and the devastating aftermath.
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