What Happened In November 1989 In History

Historical Events for November, 1989

• 7th » David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City known as mayor of New York City.
• 7th » East Germany named East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
• 9th » Cold War: Berlin Wall Fall of the Berlin Wall. Communism Communist-controlled East Germany opens Border checkpoint checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. This key event led to the eventual German reunification reun
• 10th » German citizens begin to bring the Berlin Wall down
• 13th » Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein named Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
• 16th » A death squad composed of El Salvadoran army troops Murder of UCA scholars kills six Society of Jesus Jesuit priests and two others at Central American University Jose Simeon Canas University.
• 17th » Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
• 20th » Velvet Revolution: The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million.
• 22nd » In West Beirut, a bomb explodes near the motorcade of Lebanese President René Moawad, killing him.
• 22nd » Back to the Future Part II was released.
• 27th » Avianca Flight 203, a Boeing 727, explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel will claim responsibility for the attack.
• 28th » Cold War: Velvet Revolution In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
• 30th » Deutsche Bank board member Alfred Herrhausen is killed by a Red Army Faction terrorist bomb.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1989

• 2nd » Stevan Jovetić, Montenegrin footballer
• 2nd » Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player
• 2nd » Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
• 2nd » Katelyn Tarver, American actress and singer
• 3rd » Paula DeAnda, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 3rd » Joyce Jonathan, French singer
• 6th » Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
• 6th » Shaina Magdayao, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
• 7th » Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and activist (Pussy Riot)
• 8th » Giancarlo Stanton, American baseball player
• 9th » Baptiste Giabiconi, French model and singer
• 10th » Daniel Agyei, Ghanaian footballer
• 10th » Luke Daley, English footballer
• 10th » Matt Magill, American baseball player
• 10th » Adrian Nikçi, Swiss footballer
• 11th » Adam Rippon, American figure skater
• 11th » Reina Tanaka, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Elegies (J-pop) called Elegies, High-King, and Morning Musume Otomegumi)
• 11th » Lewis Williamson, Scottish race car driver
• 14th » Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer
• 14th » T. Y. Hilton, American football player
• 14th » Jake Livermore, English footballer
• 14th » The Ready Set, American singer-songwriter
• 15th » Jonalyn Viray, Filipino singer and actress
• 16th » Iamsu!, American rapper and producer (The HBK Gang)
• 17th » Ryan Griffin (quarterback) or Ryan Griffin, American football player
• 18th » Lu Jiajing, Chinese tennis player
• 18th » Natalie Osman, American wrestler
• 19th » Tyga, American rapper
• 19th » John McCarthy (Australian rules footballer born 1989) called John McCarthy, Australian footballer (d. 2012)
• 19th » Roman Sergeevich Trofimov, Russian ski jumper
• 20th » Cody Linley, American actor
• 20th » Agon Mehmeti, Swedish footballer
• 20th » Sergei Polunin, Ukrainian ballet dancer
• 21st » Will Buckley (footballer) named Will Buckley, English footballer
• 21st » Dárvin Chávez, Mexican footballer
• 21st » Fabian Delph, English footballer
• 21st » Getter Laar, Estonian footballer
• 21st » Justin Tucker, American football player
• 22nd » Candice Glover, American singer-songwriter
• 22nd » Chris Smalling, English footballer
• 22nd » Gabriel Torje, Romanian footballer
• 25th » Tom Dice, Belgian singer-songwriter
• 28th » Laura Alleway, Australian footballer
• 30th » Vladimír Weiss (footballer born 1989) or Vladimír Weiss, Slovak footballer

Famous Deaths for November 1989

• 3rd » Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist-commentator (b. 1893)
• 6th » Dickie Goodman, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
• 6th » Margit Makay, Hungarian actress (b. 1891)
• 6th » Yūsaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)
• 13th » Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
• 13th » Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1906)
• 14th » Jimmy Murphy (footballer) known as Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 16th » Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
• 17th » Costabile Farace, American criminal (b. 1960)
• 21st » Harvey Hart, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 21st » Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
• 22nd » C. C. Beck, American illustrator (b. 1910)
• 22nd » René Moawad, Lebanese politician, 13th List of Presidents of Lebanon known as President of Lebanon (b. 1925)
• 25th » Alva R. Fitch, American general (b. 1907)
• 26th » Ahmed Abdallah, Comorian politician, List of heads of state of the Comoros known as President of Comoros (b. 1919)
• 27th » Carlos Arias Navarro, Spanish lawyer and politician, List of Prime Ministers of Spain called Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1908)
• 30th » Ahmadou Ahidjo, Cameroonian politician, 1st List of heads of state of Cameroon named President of Cameroon (b. 1924)
• 30th » Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (b. 1930)

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