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December 1989 Tropical Ephemeris

What happened in December 1989

• December 1, 1989: Meeting between Pope John Paul II and Mikhail Gorbachev results in a pledge for greater religious freedom in the Soviet Union.
• December 2, 1989: Solar Maximum Mission scientific research satellite crashes back to Earth after its launch in 1980.
• December 3, 1989: The entire leadership of the ruling Socialist Unity Party in East Germany resigns, leading to Hans Modrow becoming the country's last leader.
• December 4, 1989: Zaid ibn Shaker resigns as Prime Minister of Jordan, succeeded by Mudar Badran.
• December 6, 1989: DAS Building bombing in Bogotá kills 52 people and injures approximately 1,000.
• December 7, 1989: Ladislav Adamec resigns as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia, succeeded by Marián Čalfa on December 10.
• December 9, 1989: Socialist Unity Party of Germany elects Gregor Gysi as party leader, signaling a shift towards reform.
• December 10, 1989: Czechoslovakia's President Gustáv Husák swears in a non-Communist cabinet and subsequently resigns.
• December 11, 1989: International Trans-Antarctica Expedition, comprising six explorers from different nations, reaches the South Pole.
• December 12, 1989: Hong Kong begins forcibly repatriating Vietnamese boat people, starting with a group sent to Hanoi.
• December 14, 1989: Chile holds its first free election in 16 years, electing Patricio Aylwin as president, marking a significant democratic milestone.
• December 15, 1989: Colombian drug lord José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha is killed by police.
• December 16, 1989: Romanian Revolution begins in Timișoara, initiated by the Hungarian minority, sparking political unrest.
• December 17, 1989: Romanian Revolution continues in Timișoara as rioters damage the District Committee building, leading to military intervention.
• December 19, 1989: Romanian Revolution intensifies as workers in cities go on strike against the Communist regime, culminating in a large-scale protest in Timișoara.
• December 20, 1989: United States invades Panama in an attempt to overthrow dictator Manuel Noriega (Operation Just Cause).
• December 21, 1989: Nicolae Ceaușescu addresses a crowd in Bucharest, facing unprecedented opposition and dissent.
• December 22, 1989: Ion Iliescu takes over as President of Romania, ending Nicolae Ceaușescu's communist dictatorship, as the army joins the rioters in Bucharest.
• December 23, 1989: Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu are captured in Târgoviște, marking a significant turning point in the Romanian Revolution.
• December 24, 1989: Charles Taylor's troops launch an attack from Ivory Coast into Liberia, sparking the First Liberian Civil War.
• December 25, 1989: Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu are summarily tried and executed outside Bucharest, marking the end of their regime.
• December 28, 1989: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, resulting in 13 fatalities.
• December 29, 1989: Václav Havel, a Czech playwright, philosopher, and dissident, is elected as the first post-Communist President of Czechoslovakia.
• December 31, 1989: Poland's president signs the Balcerowicz Plan, transitioning the country from a Communist system to a capitalist system and leading to the abandonment of the Warsaw Pact.