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Major Events of 1989 Free trade agreement goes into effect between USA and Canada. Soviet forces withdraw from Afghanistan, Solidarity defeats the Communists in Polish elections. Berlin Wall falls. Communist regimes in Eastern Europe collapse. Anti-Communist revolution in Romania. Chinese pro-Democracy demonstrators and students massacred in Tiananmen Square. Ayatollah Khomeini condemns British author Salman Rushdie to death for blasphemy. Ayatollah Khomeini dies. An oil tanker, the Exxon Valdez, runs aground in Alaska, resulting in a massive oil spill. Ring around Neptune is discovered. USA invades Panama. Back To Year Index

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