1989
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The year is historically notable for the wave of revolutions that swept the Eastern Bloc, starting in Poland. Collectively known as the Revolutions of 1989, they were the death knell for the Soviet Union and for Stalinistic Marxism-Leninism as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of neoliberal globalization, free trade, and United States dominance that lasts to this day.
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Art and culture
- Tian'anmen Square, Bejing, China, 5 June 1989: "Tank Man" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.
- King Tubby shot
- Berlin Wall falls
- The Simpsons premieres
Film
- Wallace and Gromit - A Grand Day Out by Nick Park
- Monsieur Hire by Patrice Leconte
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover by Peter Greenaway
- sex, lies, and videotape by Steven Soderbergh
- Crimes and Misdemeanors by Woody Allen
- Parents by Bob Balaban
- Santa Sangre by Alejandro Jodorowsky
- Dead Calm by Phillip Noyce
- Drugstore Cowboy by Gus Van Sant
- Communion by Philippe Mora
- Life and Nothing But by Bertrand Tavernier
- Time of the Gypsies by Emir Kusturica
- Slaves of New York by James Ivory
- Parenthood by Ron Howard
- Dead Poets Society by Peter Weir
- Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills by Paul Bartel
Literature
- Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of 20th Century by Greil Marcus
- The Quincunx by Charles Palliser
- London Fields by Martin Amis
- No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture by Andrew Ross
Music
Singles
- Jerry Edwards - I am somebody
- French Kiss by Lil' Louis
- Jungle Brothers - I'll House You
- Frankie Knuckles present Satoshi Tomiie - Tears (feat. Robert Owens)
- Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino (E2-E4 reinterpretation)
- 808 State - Pacific State
- Symbols and Instruments - Mood (Mark Farina)
- Octave One - I Believe
- Ten City - Where Do We Go
- Black Box - Ride On Time
- Frankie Knuckles - Your Love/Baby Wants To Ride
- S'Express - "Theme from S'Express"
- Mr Fingers - What about this Love [1]
- Steve Poindexter - Work That Mutherfucker
- R-Tyme - R-Theme
- Psyche - Crack Down
- Technotronic - Pump Up the Jam
Births
Deaths
- Simenon (1903 – 1989)
- Samuel Beckett (1906 – 1989)
- Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989)
- Jack Smith (1932 - 1989)
- Sergio Leone (1929 – 1989)
- Thomas Bernhard (1931 - 1989)
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