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Events in 1989 and 3-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Dashiel

• 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 Dashiel (3-7) in history

• Day 3-7 year 1608: Captain Samuel de Champlain founded the Canadian city of Quebec.
• Day 3-7 year 1775: Commander in chief George Washington took command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Mass.
• Day 3-7 year 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg ended.
• Day 3-7 year 1890: Idaho became the 43rd state in the United States.
• Day 3-7 year 1930: The U.S. Veterans Administration was created by Congress.
• Day 3-7 year 1962: Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.