Drum artist David Friedrich

Events in 1989 and 22-10

Events in the world in the birth year of David Friedrich

• 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 David Friedrich (22-10) in history

• Day 22-10 year 1797: Balloon operator Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes the first parachute jump from a hot air balloon.
• Day 22-10 year 1836: Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
• Day 22-10 year 1954: West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
• Day 22-10 year 1962: President Kennedy announced an air and naval blockade of Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet missile bases on the island.
• Day 22-10 year 1973: Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer Pablo Casals died in Puerto Rico, at age 96.
• Day 22-10 year 1979: Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, the deposed Shah of Iran, was allowed in the United States for medical treatment. This action led to the Iran hostage crisis.