Youtube star Scotty Dynamo

Events in 1989 and 7-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Scotty Dynamo

• 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 Scotty Dynamo (7-9) in history

• Day 7-9 year 1822: Brazil declared its independence from Portugal.
• Day 7-9 year 1901: The Boxer Rebellion in China officially ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol (Peace of Beijing).
• Day 7-9 year 1940: Nazi Germany began its initial blitz on London during World War II.
• Day 7-9 year 1979: The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) made its debut on cable TV.
• Day 7-9 year 1986: Desmond Tutu became the first black to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa.