The Revolutions of 1989 continue: In the first truly competitive elections in the Soviet-bloc, the voters of Poland elect candidates from the independent Solidarity trade union to all open seats in parliament.

       [added 1/23/2023]

       The Tiananmen Square (China) Massacre: The People’s Liberation Army of the fascist People’s Republic of China fires indiscriminately upon peaceful pro-liberty/anti-communist protesters killing between 300 to several thousand Chinese citizens.

       [added 1/23/2023]

Subsequent Events:

7/7/1989                   8/24/1989                    8/27/2002

References:

CHRONOLOGY-Communism’s fall around eastern Europe – Reuters
www.reuters.com/article/idUSL10690064

Fall of the Berlin Wall: Timeline of a year of wonder, when the unthinkable became the unstoppable | The Independent
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/fall-of-the-berlin-wall-timeline-of-a-year-of-wonder-when-the-unthinkable-became-the-unstoppable-9821984.html

Revolutions of 1989 – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1989

Tiananmen Square Massacre – HISTORY
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tiananmen-square-massacre-takes-place

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