Singer Quynh Nhu

Events in 1989 and 31-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Quynh Nhu

• 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 Quynh Nhu (31-12) in history

• Day 31-12 year 1879: Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of an electric incandescent lamp.
• Day 31-12 year 1938: The first breath test for drivers, "drunkometer," was introduced in Indianapolis.
• Day 31-12 year 1946: President Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
• Day 31-12 year 1961: The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.
• Day 31-12 year 1963: Central African Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was formally dissolved.
• Day 31-12 year 1964: The al-Fatah guerrillas of Yasser Arafat launched their first terrorist raid on Israel.
• Day 31-12 year 1987: Robert Mugabe sworn in as Zimbabwe's president.