Blogger Elise Andrew

Events in 1989 and 5-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Elise Andrew

• US planes shoot down two Libyan fighters over international waters in Mediterranean (Jan. 4).
• Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares author Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses offensive and sentences him to death (Feb. 14).
• Tens of thousands of Chinese students take over Beijing's Tiananmen Square in rally for democracy (April 19 et seq.). More than one million in Beijing demonstrate for democracy; chaos spreads across nation (mid-May et seq.). Thousands killed in Tiananmen Square as Chinese leaders take hard line toward demonstrators (June 4 et seq.).
• Mikhail S. Gorbachev named Soviet President (May 25).
• P. W. Botha quits as South Africa's President (Aug. 14).
• Deng Xiaoping resigns from China's leadership (Nov. 9).
• After 28 years, Berlin Wall is open to West (Nov. 11).
• Czech Parliament ends Communists' dominant role (Nov. 30).
• Romanian uprising overthrows Communist government (Dec. 15 et seq.); President Ceausescu and wife executed (Dec. 25).
• US troops invade Panama, seeking capture of General Manuel Noriega (Dec. 20).

Birthday Elise Andrew (5-7) in history

• Day 5-7 year 1811: Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain.
• Day 5-7 year 1865: William Booth formed the Salvation Army in London, England.
• Day 5-7 year 1946: Larry Doby signed with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first African American player in the American League.
• Day 5-7 year 1954: Elvis Presley recorded "That's All Right," his first commercial record.
• Day 5-7 year 1975: Cape Verde became independent after 500 years of Portuguese rule.
• Day 5-7 year 1996: Dolly, the first sheep cloned from adult cells, was born.
• Day 5-7 year 2002: Baseball great Ted Williams died.