Date in year · 1989 · The 1980s
On October 23, 1989, the Hungarian Republic officially replaces the communist Hungarian People's Republic. The year's #1 song was "Look Away" by Chicago. Jan Blokhuijsen, David Ngog, Christian Vietoris would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · October 23, 1989
Communist rule in the Hungarian People's Republic came to an end in 1989 by a peaceful transition from a one-party state to a multi-party and liberal-democratic system. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was suppressed by Soviet forces, Hungary remained a Marxist–Leninist state. As the Soviet Union weakened at the end of the 1980s, the Eastern Bloc disintegrated.
Around 1989
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1989th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 989th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1980s decade.
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1988–1989 transition to a multi-party system
Communist rule in the Hungarian People's Republic came to an end in 1989 by a peaceful transition from a one-party state to a multi-party and liberal-democratic system. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was suppressed by Soviet forces, Hungary remained a Marxist–Leninist state. As the Soviet Union weakened at the end of the 1980s, the Eastern Bloc disintegrated.
Defunct Finnish shipbuilding company (1987-89)
Wärtsilä Marine was a Finnish shipbuilding company.
1989 flammable gas explosion accident in Pasadena, Texas, US
On 23 October 1989 at approximately 1:05 PM Central Daylight Time, a series of explosions occurred at Phillips Petroleum Company's Houston Chemical Complex (HCC) in Pasadena, Texas, near the Houston Ship Channel. 5 on the Richter scale, and the resulting fires took 10 hours to bring under control, as efforts to battle the fire were hindered because the blast damaged water pipes for the fire hydrants. The initial explosion was found to have resulted from a release of extremely flammable process gasses used to produce high-density polyethylene, a plastic used for various consumer food container products.
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