TV actor Rhys Ward

Events in 1989 and 6-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Rhys Ward

• 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 Rhys Ward (6-9) in history

• Day 6-9 year 1901: President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. McKinley died on September 14th.
• Day 6-9 year 1941: Nazi Germany required all Jews over the age of six to wear a yellow Star of David on their clothes.
• Day 6-9 year 1995: Baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr., broke Lou Gehrig's iron man record by playing in his 2,131st straight game.
• Day 6-9 year 1997: More than 2 billion people watched Princess Diana's funeral on TV.
• Day 6-9 year 1998: Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa died in Tokyo at age 88.
• Day 6-9 year 2007: Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti died at age 71.