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Events in 1989 and 8-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Dante

• 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 Dante (8-6) in history

• Day 8-6 year 632: The Arab prophet and founder of Islam, Muhammad, has passed away.
• Day 8-6 year 1845: Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States, died in Tennessee.
• Day 8-6 year 1861: Tennessee became the 11th and last state to secede from the Union.
• Day 8-6 year 1968: James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, assassin, was arrested.
• Day 8-6 year 1982: President Reagan became the first American president to address a joint session of Britain’s Parliament.
• Day 8-6 year 1983: Negro Baseball League great Satchel Paige died.
• Day 8-6 year 2001: Tony Blair and his Labour Party won a second term, overwhelming the opposition at the polls.